「 FRATERNIZING WITH THE ENEMY 」

46 | "He's not coming"

"You can't sit in your room all afternoon and listen to 'The Best of Taylor Swift's Breakup songs' for the rest of the week!" Mia scolded me as we ran another lap during cheerleading practice,

"I can and I will"

"He's off the grid- not dead" she told me and a frown appeared on my face,

"He's not dead!" Mia reassured me.

Of course he's not dead. I shouldn't be stupid, Joseph wouldn't kill his only son, right? I'm just overthinking it.

"We're going to meet him today anyway" Mia added.

It was Wednesday, we were supposed to meet Logan today and I could not be more anxious,

"See you tomorrow girls!" Monique yelled to us and I nearly collapsed on the floor from exhaustion,

Mia started walking off towards the bleachers where we kept our bags,

"Leave me here, save yourself" I called out to her and she ignored me.

Suddenly I was lifted into the hair by a strong pair of arms as they threw me over their shoulder,

 "We leave no man behind" Valentino's familiar voice rang through the air and I could faintly make out the chuckles of the boys behind me.

"Val, you asshole! I'm wearing a skirt!" I pounded my fists on his back and he chuckled, dropping me down on the hard metal bleachers.

"Ow" I muttered, rubbing my ass,

"Hey babe" Mia greeted Will with a peck on her lips,

"Hey babe" I mocked in a high pitched voice and Mia threw her empty water bottle at me which hit me square on my forehead.

"Want some fries with that salt?" Mia shot back which earned her a round of laughs from Val, Chase, Will, Grayson and Ethan.

"So where are we meeting up with Logan?" Grayson questioned as we grabbed our bags and headed to the car park,

"Evergreen bridge" Chase replied,

"Now?" I asked,

"Now".

***

When we reached Evergreen bridge Megan, Noah, Liam, Dylan, Chase, Kyle, Kasey, Vicky and Beth.

"Took you long enough" Kasey spoke,

"Sorry, there's this thing that helps us learn; it's called the education system- otherwise known as high school" Valentino shot back and which started an argument between them.

"Do you have food?" Liam questioned when Chase joined us,

Liam began ravaging Chase's school bag in search of his beloved food.

"So how was sch-" Megan started before Mia interrupted her,

"Monique is such a bitch!" Mia complained,

"You know, back in my day-"

"Meg, sweetie, I don't want to hear about when the dinosaur were alive"

"I'm only six years older, you shit face".

"How was school?" Noah asked me,

"Boring, tiring, exhausting, a waste of time, did I already say boring? I have a whole list prepared"

"Okay dial down the attitude just a bit" Noah joked, "What's up?"

"I'm just really nervous"

"Everything is going to be fine" Noah reassured me, "Logan's going to get here safe and sound and we're all going to get through this weekend like every other weekend" he said, pulling me into a hug.