changing • ed (DISCONTINUED)

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ethan's pov

paige went storming out of the classroom, but right as i tried to get up to follow her out, the teacher yelled at me to go and sit back down.

"now back to what we we were saying," the teacher yelled. "i would like to introduce you to our new student; andrew rodgers."

everyone looked up at andrew. he was pretty tall and buff. he had brown hair and green eyes. he was kinda intimidating to be honest.

we all got back to work but my teacher called me up to the front.

"ethan i would like you to show andrew around, as well include him in your project."

even though i really didn't want him to join out group, i couldn't have said no.

"sure," i reply.

andrew and i walk out the door into the hallways so i could show him where everything is.

"so, you just moved here?" i ask.
"yeah," he replied. "i'm from toronto!"
"oh that's cool. my friend just moved here from toronto as well." i exclaim.
"really?" he asks.
"yeah, her name is paige." i reply.

his face instantly lights up. i was confused in a way, why was he so excited about this?

"oh," he replied. "that sounds familiar, very familiar."

i was getting creeped out now. why was he repeating things? what the fuck was going on.

i continued to show andrew around the school.

paige's pov

i couldn't bare to be in the classroom for any longer. i looked dead straight into the eyes of my ex. andrew rodgers.

he was an asshole. why was he even here? i know that he noticed me, but i just tried to brush it off. i kept looking down at my work, but i looked up and he was staring right at me. i couldn't handle it. i had to run. after i stormed out the door i heard ethan get up and follow me, but get stopped by the teacher. it'll give me some time to be alone.

i decided to text grayson. i felt like he was the only one who understood me sometimes.

me: grayson.
grayson🙂: yes paige?
me: are you busy right now?
grayson🙂: no, i just finished my school work, what's wrong?
me: can you come pick me up from school?
grayson🙂: be there in 10😉

i waited in the bathroom looking at myself in the mirror. what was wrong with me? why was i so scared of him? so we had a past and a bitter one too, but why am i the one that has to run?

i soon got a text from grayson saying he was here. i scurried outside trying not to get caught.

"hey paige!" grayson said as i got in the car.
"hey gray, thanks for coming and getting me." i reply.
"i'm guessing something happened with ethan?"
"no, well kinda. i don't know." i say.
"okay what's wrong?" he asks.
"can we talk somewhere else. i don't wanna get caught." i exclaim.

we drive over to the nearest chick-fil-a, and park the car. we walk inside and grab a table.

"can you explain now?"
"yeah, okay."

i explained everything that happened. from when elise told me what ethan supposedly said, to where my ex walked into the classroom.

"what happened with andrew?" grayson asked. "if you don't mind me asking."
"well we were dating for a while before i moved here. everything was good until he stopped talking to me. i was so confused and didn't know why we had lost our connection." i explain. "i decided to go and talk to him about it, but he just brushed me off. i heard from one of his friends that he cheated on me and hardcore too. not just a casual hook up, but they were hooking up every weekend ever since we started dating."
"aweh i'm sorry to hear that." grayson said.
"yeah and the worse part is that even when i confronted him about it, he didn't even acknowledge that i knew about it, he just owned up to it and acted like it was fine."
"that's really stupid." grayson exclaimed. "also what's happening with my brother?"
"what do you mean?" i ask.
"well when you told me what elise said he said."
"i don't even know. she came up to me while i was putting stuff away in my locker and told me that they 'hungout'. or at least that was the message she was trying to tell me."
"wow. that's all i gotta say." grayson sighs.