Mr Barn

Chapter 36

Aiden's POV

What the hell did Jess mean by threaten the truth out of him? He likes me right? I don't need to threaten him, just play the good guy for him. He will understand if I just reason with him?

Chris: "Aiden?"

Aiden: "Hm?"

Rob: "You seem a bit out of it? Are you OK?"

Aiden: "Yeah sorry just thinking."

Kaila: "About what?"

Aiden: "Fischer and Jessica have been together for a while."

Landon: "Yeah?"

Aiden: "So no one bat an eye when Jessica sporadically "got with" Mitch. Or no one seemed surprised when they were hanging off of each other at the mall on Saturday."

Lachlan: "Jess is a bit of a skank. She tends to end up sleeping around or hanging from person to person but she always ends up back with Fischer."

Aiden: "Thats wrong though. Why be with one guy when you are just going to cheat on them anyway?"

Landon: "Least their parents are probably supportive of her loose legs."

Kaila: "Damn Landon want to turn that burn meter down a bit?"

Lachlan: "I'm sorry we couldn't do anything Landon, but you and Preston can't be together. You are related now. Blood or not it's never going to happen."

Landon: "I get it."

I watched as Landon stood up and then walked off in a huff. Seems his parents adopting him hasn't made him very happy.

Kaila: "Uh? Anyway, what makes you think of them Aiden?"

Aiden: "Just what she said. Interrogate Mitch and then talk to Vik. Maybe not those words exactly but come on it can't be that bad surely?"

Lachlan: "Why interrogate Mitch first? And isn't Vik the one trying to figure it all out. What would Jess know that a teacher wouldn't. Granted Vik has been with you most of the weekend. And you were with us Saturday."

Aiden: "I'm aware of where I was. But at the same time it just bugs me. Why would I need to interrogate him? Surely if I'm just talking with him responsibly, just wanting to get it out, it can't be that bad can it?"

Rob: "I mean you did just pin him against a wall and get really angry, Scaring the shit out of him. But yeah sure go after him and have a lovely chat."

As I glared at Rob, he let out a whine as Kaila punched his arm rather hard.

Kaila: "Ignore him. Why don't you just message him on Facebook or something like that? Ask if you can talk to him or something and see if he is willing to bury the hatchet so to speak?"

Aiden: "I can try. I don't know how it will go though. Hey wasn't he a good friend to you guys."

Jerome: "He was. Or use to be, I don't know he was friends with everyone. Kind of like Ryan here but like, genuinely good friends with every student here. He made it his business to be friends or at least on good terms with everyone, help them if they needed it etc. He usually ended up stopping Carly and her friends from beating people up, but we found out it was half a ploy to earn good merit from everyone. He usually instigated it, he told me one night we were alone, that if people have just one person they can trust, even if it's not through pure means. Then he would be happy to be the one person. Even if it meant breaking someone first."

Aiden: "But that doesn't make sense?"

Jay: "Yes it does."

Kaila: "Fuck when did you get here?"

Jay: "Just now, Michael is talking to Miss Close about music. Apparently he has a talent for it."

Aiden: "Wasn't Miss Close the lady at the administration desk when I first got here?"

Lachlan: "When she isn't running a class she is usually in the office Yeah, they are currently slightly under staffed considering one of our office ladies quit about a week before you got here. She picked it up quickly so she helps out when they need her."

Aiden:  "Sure. Anyway I can't just message Mitch and be like Hey, can we talk without fear of either of us hitting each other."

Mitch: "O-ok."

I flinched and turned around to see Mitch standing behind me, his body standing awkwardly as he tried not to look me in the eye. I noticed his hands playing with the cuffs of his black and red hooded jacket.

Aiden: "How did..."

Ryan: "Perks of knowing everyone. I guess it doesn't take long to get stuff done."

Mitch: "Is... Is t-there a re-reason I'm here?"

Aiden: "Can we talk Mitch?"

Mitch: "You looked like. Like you were going to kill me before. I don't want to."

Aiden: "Please Mitch? I'm sorry that I scared you, I was really angry and I shouldn't have taken it out on you, believe me. I hate that I did and you didn't deserve it. Please can we chat."

Mitch: "Aiden. You scared me."

Aiden: "Mitch I think there is a lot we need to talk about."

Mitch: "I don't want to."

Kaila: "Mitch please. He's still relatively new to this school. He is confused as a lot has happened already. The least you could do is try to fill him in."

Jay: "I could always ask Michael to get you two alone."

Mitch: "No thank you. He's fucking nuts so anything but that."

Aiden: "Can we please talk?"

Mitch: "But..."

Ryan: "I could ask Seth about Clarissa."

Mitch: "Fine."

I watched as Mitch pulled me up after grabbing my arm. Whatever Ryan said about some Clarissa chick got him moving quickly, I'll add that to my list. As we moved along I noticed people watching us strangely before he turned sharply and pulled me into a classroom.

Mitch: "Alone. No one will annoy us."

Aiden: "Look Mitch I'm sorry. OK? I am I promise."

Mitch: "What do you want?"

Aiden: "I just. Need to ask you some things about this school and what's going on."

Mitch: "You scare me. I try to be your friend and you pushed me away, I tried to instigate your friends falling out and yet you treated me like shit when I wanted to atone for what I did. Why the hell would I tell you anything?"

Aiden: "Because I know you like me, I know you have a thing for me, and I want to give you a second chance. Everyone deserves a second chance in life don't they. I was a dick because I was scared at first. When I got here, people were on me but not as bullies. And it was a foreign concept to me."

Mitch: "I don't like you though."

Aiden: "Someone told me that you were friends with everyone, but then you focused a lot on me. That normally bullies would go for anyone but yet you only targeted my friends... And never touched me. Even when Jesus got fired for being so homophobic towards me. You didn't raise a finger to me, in fact you tried to discreetly make them let go. Mitch what's going on? At first you wanted to be my friend, then you said you could fix me, then you hated me. And now you are scared to be around me. Please Mitch."

I walked closer to him. Putting one hand in his and locking our fingers together. The other one gently caressing his cheek.

Aiden: "Mitch I mean this OK? I'm sorry for hurting you and I'm sorry I pushed you away when you were just trying to be friendly. After hearing about Cal coming to the school and then everything that went down. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know how to react to it all and I was scared. I just, I really need you to tell me what's going on. So much shit has gone down and I don't even know my way to class yet."

I watched as he looked into my eyes carefully, his gaze never faltered as he watched me but then, he leaned in, catching me off guard and kissed me... And... I kind of liked it.