Shawn texted me this morning telling me he couldn't take me to school today, I'm not surprised.
It's been four days of pure ignorance and pretending there's nothing wrong when I try to ask about it.
Gray told me to confront him this afternoon after school, I'm scared to do so, due to the consequences I may obtain.
But that's better than being ghosted by your significant other.
DURING LAST PERIOD
I have all my classes with G, but last period also includes Ethan, whom will probably lecture me about how I shouldn't worry if he rejects me and blah blah blah, but I don't mind.
I sat on my regular seat and took my textbook out, today's work was just a 500 word (lucky lol) essay on a theme of your choice related to nutrition.
Nothing hard.
Grayson finished before me and Ethan, flashing us sassy looks because of his recent achievement.
I finished three minutes after, or at the same time as Ethan.
"For those of you who are already done, you may be excused from my class, have a great day!"
God bless this teacher, he's super nice, he actually makes class a bit more enjoyable, or actually more enjoyable than it already is, I love nutrition.
We all went to the library and sat all the way on the back, just so we could talk in private.
"So.. what's going on?" Ethan started. "Sarah's going to confront Shawn" he looked at me "for real?" I smacked my lips.
"I'm really nervous, how do I even get he conversation going? Do you guys think he's gonna be mad?" I ask as calmly as possible.
"Just talk to him, don't sweat it, be straight up and if he tries something, we'll be there to help you" "yeah, we're gonna be standing somewhere around there" Grayson added.
I smiled widely and hugged both of them. "Thank you guys, I don't know what I'd do without you" "no problem" they say in sync.
We were walking towards the gate, planning to go to the movies together on the weekend.
"I say we watch the new ant man movie, the one with that wasp girl?" I suggested, Ethan agreed.
"Uh Sarah?" "Yes Gray?" "He's here" I turned my head to the side, and there he was, talking to his friends, I could hear his contagious laugh from where I'm standing, his flawless hair was styled perfectly, and his eyes were just.. beautiful.
"I'll see you guys in a bit" I waved at them and walked over to the hoard of jocks surrounding Shawn.
I tapped his shoulder.
He turned around and seemed ver surprised to see me.
"Hey Shawn" "oh hi" he blurts out. "I've been meaning to talk to you.." "about?" I look the ground and tap on my nails.
"Us" he seems confused. "Oh?" I nodded. "Yeah" "lets go to somewhere more private" I follow.
"okayyyy so what's up with 'us'" he asks.
"Well, y-you've been really distant lately.. and I don't know if you still want to, you know.. be to-together..?"
I have this horrible thing with stuttering, I do it all the time when I'm nervous, and I hate it because it gives me away so easily, which makes people think they can put themselves above me.
He frowns. "Of course I do.. I'm sorry if I made you feel like I didn't" those words didn't seem genuine, maybe it's just my imagination though.
"It's fine, I was just wondering" he smiles. "What are you doing this weekend?" He asks. "I uhm, I'm going to the movies with the twins, wanna tag along?" I see him discretely roll his eyes.
"Sure, I'll go, I'll pick you guys up, just text me the time" I curve my lips upwards. "Okay, later" "bye" he walks back to his friends.
I walk to where the twins were standing with a big smile.
"So...?" Ethan starts. "So..?" I mock.
"Where is he?" They both say at the same time, it's getting creepy.
"With his friends..?" I say pointing to where they were, they both shake their heads and sigh. "What's wrong?" I ask. "What's wrong? Sarah, he's your boyfriend! He's supposed to take you home! A good boyfriend wouldn't let you walk alone with two guys, I know I wouldn't" Ethan exclaims. Grayson bites his lip.
"I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to agree with my brother, he's not acting like a proper boyfriend wouldn't just wave you off after you've told him you have an issue going on with your relationship, if he does want you he'll do anything to win both you and your trust over" he adds.
"I guess you guys are right.." I play with my fingers.
"Let's go home Sarah. We're really close to finishing the case, if Ethan helps today we may finish today" Gray said.
"I'm down" "cool! So I'll go to the lab to pick up the bullet I left a while ago, they should be done by now" I wiggled my brows.
"Isn't your boyfriend helping?" Ethan smacked his head. "Gray!" I giggled. "It's okay, and I don't think he will, even though he promised" I shrug.
"Well then, we'll go to the lab together"
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We went back to my house, the bullet had my mom's DNA and Manuel's fingerprint.
I guess it stuck there when he added them to the gun.
Ethan probably did more research than me or Grayson did, he said that it's his way of apologizing for even starting this in the first place, even though I told him it's totally fine.
2:34am
We're finally done with everything, stacks of papers are piled up everywhere, we have every single piece of evidence we could find, we're done.
I have such a great idea for the next few chapters and I can tell you one of them is gonna be tragic and one of them is gonna be so cute😂💜
