"hello?"

o

THE NIGHT BEFORE.

APRIL 21ST
11:24 PM

[jonah is online! would you like to say hi?]

jonah????

jonah:
hey.

holy crap dude
where have you
been??? we all tried
to talk to you -- drew
even tried to come
over but your mom
said you weren't
there

i get that
what happened
was really bad, but it's
like you've completely
flipped out

jonah:
have i?

uh YEAH. before, you
were the biggest ball
of sunshine (aside
from harri) and you
were always laughing.
now, you barely come
online, and you dont
show up to school
anymore

we still have to
graduate, and out
of all of us, YOU
were the most excited
about it but now it's
like you're a
completely different
person

now, you're always
having panic attacks,
and it's like you've
completely
disappeared

something is wrong
with you and I want
to help you, but you
have to let me in and
tell me

jonah...

jonah:
what do you want
me to say?

jonah:
that im sorry?

jonah:
i don't even know
what i should be
sorry for.

well, maybe be sorry
that you've become a
hermit and ditched us?
or how you can't even
send a simple text to
literally any of us that
you're okay and you're
fine???

jonah:
ive been busy

doing what
exactly

jonah:
things

seriously
jonah? can you
just be honest for like
one second and tell
me what's wrong
with you

jonah:
there's nothing wrong
I've just been distracted
and busy that's IT.

okay well i know
that's a lie because
you've barely left
your house

what the hell is up
with you dude

jonah:
you shouldn't be
talking to me.

why not????

FUCKING HELL
JONAH TELL ME.

you're obviously
fucking suffering
here, and I just
want to help you.

let me help you,
jonah.
[read at 11:35 pm]

seriously?

leaving me on read?
wow.
[read at 11:35 pm]





[jonah is calling you!]
[accept or decline]

"oh, so now you
wanna talk?"

"y-you need to listen
to me, o-okay?"

"what are you --"

"please, just listen to
me. at first i didn't
want to tell you, i
didn't want to put you
into more shit than
you already are in.
that's why i acted like
that in the texts. i, uh,
i know you have
questions, but just let
me explain everything."

"..everything?"

"everything."

"okay. let's hear it."

"but before i tell you,
you have to promise
me something."

"of course, jonah.
anything."

"you can't tell them--
the other guys -- about
this, okay?"

"but --"

"i know it's hard, and
it'll be hard, but you're
the only one i trust
right now. please,
whatever i tell you has
to stay between us."

"...yeah. yeah, jonah.
you have my word."

"thank you."

"okay. start talking."