First Drop

Chapter 9: Media

Days had passed since I last seen Sarah. I guessed she was with the Covern. But one good thing came out of it, I got to go back to school. I missed the old grey bricks just keeping the building together, I missed the teachers, I missed my friends. All those things I got back except from my friends. I didn't know if it was that they believed the media, like most of the school, or it was Josh telling them to not talk to me. Josh was the person I had missed the most. I had lost my best friend to a bunch of lies. I tried to talk to him but he would not listen and neither would Hannah or Randy. I felt alone. At least I had Sarah. So when lunch came about I sat at at Sarah's table. I didn't feel wanted at my usual space. So I sat and ate my lunch slowly as it was raining outside. The lunch tasted vile but what do you expect from the lunches at the cafeteria. I looked at my old table to see Josh sitting on one side of the table looking wet, from the rain, and sad. I think most of the rain drops where actually tears. I could tell he was not moving on. Then I looked at the other side of the table to see Randy and Hannah doing homework, both helping each other. They were both dry. When I went to look at Josh once again, his eyes were locked on me. He looked as if he was ready to kill me. So I turned around quickly to stop the tension. I could see him gettting out of his seat and came walking over to me. I started to feel nervous. He sat down on the opposite side of the table to me without speaking. His eyes locked onto mine. I noticed his baby face had suddenly became more grown up and rough since I last spoke to him. He went to talk then stopped himself. He then tried again. 

"Did you do it?" 

"No, I'm telling you now the media made it all up!"

He didn't speak for a few moments, his eyes still staring into mine.

"I seen the papers today, there making out it's some guy working on the docks now" 

I went to speak but he spoke before me.

"I'm sorry, man. I should have never of thought it was you"

"Don't worry. The papers were trying there best to make out it was me"

He laughed and then went on to tell me how Rachel's service was. I didn't go due to being enclosed in my home. He then went on to telling me how much he missed Rachel. Josh did the most talking as we needed to catch up. We talked until lunch was over and we went our separate ways. Before leaving the cafeteria I seen Hannah give me a small smile. I felt a lot better now. I just wished the media had never done this to me. But I was happy, my life was getting back on track.