Eyes

Affliction

Friday night the mouse that I decided to keep instead of kill stayed in the bedroom with Link and I... she made a lot more noise than we initially expected. I was okay with it, but I could tell it bugged the hell out of him. For the night he put up with it. We decided it was probably best not to name her and get attached (I secretly named her Luna).

Saturday night he had enough of the constant sound and moved her onto the top floor by the pool. It was funny seeing him try to put up with her and then finally snap.

Link couldn't stay over last night since he had a class early in the morning and my house is way further than his from the university. I was lonely, yes, I hate spending nights alone. However, I moved the little mouse back into my room to keep me company. She made the night slightly more bearable, it was comforting to know something was there.

I had tried all weekend to avoid the reality that I have to go back to school today. Waking up, getting ready, there's no way to avoid it. I don't want to see him. I don't want to see Zander. I don't want to see anyone. Maybe I should just not go to school?

No. Avoiding the problem is not solving it, I can't not go to school forever. Enforcing my initial promise is always an option; avoiding everyone. It'd be better not to see him.

Either way there is no way I am getting into a car with him.

Amari🐼
Hey I don't need a ride to school today

Early. I have to be early, she'd probably be hurt if she saw me walking instead of snagging a ride with her. Why do I suddenly care what she thinks?

I leave the house twenty minutes earlier than usual so I can get there before they manage to see me. Only the second week of school and I'm already avoiding people.

After half an hour of walking I finally make it to the school. Walking in makes my heart race faster than it should. I want anything than to be here. The halls are almost empty since it's early making the atmosphere gloomy. Without the students the school becomes a dark husk.

I don't want to be here.

.+*+.Zander POV.+*+.

Two weeks of detention. It would have been more harsh, but 'a star student shouldn't have suspensions' or whatever bullshit got made up to keep the school's record polished. That's what I get for doing the right thing. Was that the right thing? I mean... I kind of jumped to conclusions, River could be completely innocent.

But I can't get his words out of my mind 'claiming what's mine' and then the look on her face after. There's no way he didn't do anything, right? Am I just overreacting?

The weekend was incredibly weird to say the very least. Living in the same room as the guy you're really angry at and vice versa is not the ideal situation. Yeah, I live with River, Kit and their family.

Not most of this weekend though; to avoid tension I stayed with Wyatt on Friday. His family is super rich so I got my own bedroom for the night there, I hope he didn't mind. I left on Saturday morning to not overstay my welcome.

Saturday night I stayed at Sage's house with Jasper since the two basically live together anyways. I felt like kind of like a third wheel though because they are so close.

Finally Sunday I went back to the house. There was tension between River and I, but we didn't address it. It just stayed as a heavy fog in our room. I want to ask him what happened. I want him to tell the truth which I know he won't do, so what's the point?

I ended up sleeping on Kit's floor like I sometimes do anyways if we watch a movie or something, she didn't question it since it wasn't too abnormal. Lately it's been more rare though. We used to be best friends, I'm not exactly sure what happened between us. Things are just... different. It seems like she resents me.