Find You There (Fanfic Version)

Thirty-One

It seems a little easier back in my room than in school. That's why the moment I get there, I tell Robbie to turn the car around and head someplace else. I've got nothing else on my mind so I go with the bridge. In good measure, I also deliberately ordered Robbie not to tell my mom.

I spend my day there, listening to music, staring at the horizons and how they change, feeling the vibrations of the bridge with every vehicle that passes by. It's calming.

When I get a little sense in myself that there's another world back in school, I take out my phone and text Runner.

Hey.

And he replies almost immediately. I wonder why but then I see that it's already twelve.

Where r u?

I seriously disapprove of his style on texting but almost everyone does that and apparently, there's nothing to do about it.

I reply,

Just not in school.

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Tomorrow?

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To be honest, I still do not want to go to school tomorrow but I figure it's alright. I kind of needed just one day.

Will be there.

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Ok ate yet?

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Seeing as I'm in the middle of a bridge, probably not.

Yep. You?

It is so much easier to lie when the person can't see you.

Rn.

The text conversation keeps itself going until it's already one and he's got classes. Not being the bad boy people see him as, he says he doesn't want to use his phone in classes so he'll text me later. Truth is, he's not really a bad boy, people just see him like that because of the ultimately cliches checklist: sportsman, check. Rich kid, check. Dating one of the so-called popular kids, check. Wears his uniform horribly, check.

I wish people would actually stop with that.

Then again, even I didn't know a lot of things about him until I actually spent time with him.

Good thing I brought my school bag with me which meant I brought my books along. Again with the cycle of reading the same three books.

When I get home, I'm glad Robbie didn't tell mom because if he did, then I'd never see the light of day. I love my mom, I do, but sometimes she acts like she knows me when she really don't. It's not the best mother-daughter relationship but it's the only one we have and I'm thankful for the very effort.

"Where have you been yesterday?" Madz asks the moment I walk in class.

"Outskirts, places," I mumble and take a seat. I think I recall a situation where this happened before, like deja vu but I shrug it off.

"Well, you missed the entirety of the school talking about Isabelli Stenton having a boyfriend," Micha says, holding her phone. She shows me the screenshots of those horrible comments. "Bitches, but then, karma has a way and I can be a devil any day." She almost says that in a singsong way but also with an outsmarting smirk.

I raise an eyebrow, "What did you do?"

"I didn't get them kicked out, that's Isabelli's powers but I did spill the most awful secrets. If they're going to judge, they should have made sure that they're a hundred and ten percent perfect because if not, I'll find it."