Hiding Behind a Mask

Chapter 32- Liar

Lance sat in the library alone playing on his phone. He didn't want to talk to his other friends since they'll scold him or tell him that they need to all be friends again. Lance thought that what he was doing the right thing. So lately he's been alone.

He saw his english teacher walk out of the copying room and slowly walks back to her room. She passes Lance and waves.

"Hello Mr. McClain."

"Hi Mrs. Boston." He said while looking up from his phone. He noticed all the papers in her arms. "What's that?"

"Senior finals. What you'll do in order to graduate."

"What is it?"

"You'll see." She said. "Also it's Friday, what are you still doing here?" She teases. Lance looks back down at his phone.

"I felt like staying here." He said. "It's quiet and I don't have to worry about helping my brother."

"Hm?"

"His heart rate was messed up this morning so he had to stay home." Lance said. "Can you please tell me what it is!"

"No." She said. "You'll know Monday." She walks off, Lance went back to his phone.

He walks into his home and saw Sarah walking down with an empty glass. She waves at Lance and hugs him.

"Hi Lance."

"Hey." Lance said. "What are you doing?"

"I brought Sam some water. Wanna go see him?" She asks. Lance walks upstairs and went into their room. He stood at the edge of his bed and looked at Sam who was staring at the ceiling, breathing was uneven.

"H... Hi Lance." He said while trying to breath.

"Hey bud. How you doing?"

"Great.... Just staring at the fucking... the fucking ceiling." He laughs, then coughs a bit. "My heart rate has... it's gone down a... a bit."

"Still hurts?"

"Like a bitch." Sam touches his heart monitor. He flicks the wires going in him and sighs. Lance held his hands to keep him from messing with the wires that were keeping him alive.

"Don't do that."

"Why? I'm bored."

"You don't mess with your heart buddy."

"It's not gonna kill me."

"It might." Lance laughs. "I'm heading back down, you rest okay?"

"Okay." Sam closed his eyes, Lance got looks over at the baby monitor next to him. He laughed. "Shut up, Sarah put it there so she could hear me." He mumbles.

"Good job Sarah." Lance said through the monitor.

"Lance, Sam needs to sleep. Leave him alone." She said back, Lance rolls his eyes and got down. He walks down and hung out with his little sister who was playing with beads while keeping a close ear on Sam.

"What are you making?"

"Wanna see?" She asks. Lance nods, his little sister held up a few bracelets. "The green one is yellow one is Rico's, the green one is Sam's, and..." She tied a blue one around Lance's wrist. "You get blue." Lance saw his name in block shaped beads with blue colored letters on them with dolphin beads on each side.

"Aw... thanks sweetie." He said with a smile. Sarah gave him a dorky grin, she ties the last one loosely and hands it to Lance. "Hm?" Keith's name was on it in red letters with crown beads on each side.