"Hell" wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, sure I barely had any friends and sure it wasn't as eventful as Sterling was, but it was a nice break from everything. Every day seemed more peaceful as it went by, the community seemed brighter and more of a family which I enjoyed a lot more than fighting for your life back at home.
I didn't want to say that the school was growing on me. Sure Jayson introduced me to his friends who don't seem to mind me that much, but I just missed Layla and Callie, don't get me wrong, I loved Jayson's friends, I just needed people that already knew me. It doesn't help that my parents haven't taken me to visit them ever since we got here, plus I was scared that I would only talk to them over the internet and just become their weird internet friend.
"It's okay, I guess. I miss you guys a lot." Layla laughed, I couldn't help it, but all I could think about was Jayson. Layla is still in love with him, she always screenshot any of his newer posts and sent them to me like I wouldn't have seen them. Then she would just go on and on about how hot he is.
I don't know why, but it just gave me a sick feeling in my stomach, the way she talked about him, the way she was just using him to make herself happy after everything. Luckily she still believed Northville was far away from Sterling, but I don't know how much longer I can keep it from her. She kept asking questions about the school and what the people were like, I was too scared to answer her.
"Oh my god he posted!" I got the notification that he posted as well and when I opened it up It was a picture of him and his best friend Asher, they were both in their football uniforms on the field after the first game on Friday. It was fun going to the game, his other friends kept asking me questions about myself and the old town I grew up in, it was nice.
"Sky? Are you tagged in this?" I clicked on the picture and I felt my eyes get wide, I was tagged on his picture, I never got the notification for that. I'm assuming she went straight onto his page and saw who was following him.
Why was I tagged on his picture??
"SKYLAR ROSE DIXIE DO YOU KNOW HIM?!" I felt my heart rate increase once she asked me that question, I obviously couldn't say I didn't know who he was. I followed him, he followed me and he tagged me in his post, it's too obvious that we know each other.
"I mean I sure hope I know him, we go to the same school." I tried to stay calm about it, I didn't want to expose myself this soon, but Jayson just had to tag me on this post didn't he?
Layla was freaking out, asking me if he lived up to the hype of his pictures. I didn't know how to answer any of these questions, I didn't want to expose any of Jayson's personal information to her. I just did the first thing that popped into my head.
"You should try to hook us up! I mean if he likes you he will surely love me."
"I've actually told him a lot about you, he thinks you're really cool and very pretty." I lied, I haven't told him that much about Layla or Callie, but Layla seems to be so wrapped up in him that I just had to say something like that.
I just wanted to cheer her up after everything she has been through. She deserved to be happy for once in her life.
***
"You know it's really nice of you to set Layla up with him." Callie smiled as we waited for Layla to come out of her house, this was the first time I was hanging out with them since I moved. It was nice, I missed a lot in the past week, but they filled me in on everything.
"Yeah, he's a sweet guy and he likes you guys a lot." I shrugged, keeping a smile on my face, hoping that we wouldn't be talking about Jayson the whole time, it's bad enough that I said I would hook them up, I didn't want to keep lying to them.
