When Death Awaits [BxB]

Chapter 4

I had done some questionable decisions in my short life, most of which turned out to be huge mistakes, like that one time when I was fifteen I was so sure of myself that video games had thought me everything I needed to know about cars and tried driving my mom's old car. Needless to say, it was a disaster. I was lucky I stopped the car before I could run over my neighbour's kid Charlie. (I failed to complete Learn how to drive from my bucket list for obvious reasons.)

However, the most questionable of them all was the decision to actually give in to the stubborn Jeremiah and hang out with him and the twins in school.

Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad and maybe it was kind of fun to have someone with me in that hell, but I still couldn't shake off the weird feeling I got from the black haired boy. It also didn't help the fact that he looked like a confused puppy whenever I mentioned social media.

It was so bizarre to see someone in the 21st century who didn't know what Twitter or Instagram was, even worse - had no idea YouTube existed. Gasp.

I had to explain to him the basic concept of them and then show him some of my accounts for him to have a better understanding of what social media meant.

Good thing it all happened after classes or else we would have been late. Fifteen minutes of explaining were all worth it in the end because of his cute expressions. I couldn't believe somebody so sexy could be that adorable.

After that, he tried to be smooth and ask me for my phone number in case he "needed some help with the virtual world". I was still cautious of him, but I gave it to him anyway, albeit a little reluctantly.

I didn't like the feeling of my stomach catching on fire, as well as my face, whenever I looked at him. Usually I didn't blush easily, but then again I hadn't ever had a reason to.

I also had the suspicion that the twins weren't very fond of me. They stayed in the background, almost blending in with the shadows, just whispering among themselves. Occasionally they would spare me a glance accompanied with a glare from Nash and a wide smile from Natalie, which totally didn't look fake. No, not at all.

Since I wasn't planning on doing my homework today, and the school day was over, after my talk with Jeremiah I said goodbye to him, awkwardly waved at the redheads and headed home.

On my way to the house, I took a notice of the streets bursting with life. Many were out hanging out in groups, enjoying the warm weather while it lasted. What made me slow down were the people walking with newspapers in hand, excitedly exchanging words with one another.

I came to the conclusion that something big was happening or was going to happen in the near future.

I sped up once again. If there was important news I couldn't miss Ms Lokkum, the old lady who lived in the small two story house next to mine, gossip about it with her gossip buddy from across the street.

I didn't get any newspapers delivered anymore. Not ever since I accidentally tripped over the newspaper boy into a puddle of water, successfully soaking all of the papers he was preparing to hand out. He not so secretly despised me. I didn't mean for it to happen, though! It was April Fools and Alexander Brown had pranked me, covering me in honey and feathers when I opened the door to the classroom, and I was in a hurry to go home for a long shower.

I finally reached my house and I climbed up the steps, getting on my porch then sitting down on the singing bench seat which was in front of the kitchen window. It was on the right side of the porch and it was the perfect place to eavesdrop on the old ladies' conversations.

It wasn't anything new for me. The only source of serious news was Ms Lokkum and the members of her book club.

I sat comfortably, casually leaning towards them, propping my head on my hand, my elbow firmly resting on the porch railing. From my place I could clearly see Ms Lokkum sipping tea while sitting outside on her rocking chair. Next to her was Mrs Arnold. Her bright orange hair was pulled into a messy bun on top of her head, preventing rebellious stray hairs from falling into her cup.

"I can't believe people nowadays, Lucy," sighed the older of the two.

"It is actually great news, Meredith. Our little town won't be so little anymore," smiled Mrs Arnold.

"This is nonsense. Just because of one single school they want to merge the town to the city. Unbelievable."

"You have it all wrong. It's a great opportunity for us. There will be more business and jobs for the unemployed. Some families will even be reunited," the humanoid carrot explained.

Ms Lokkum rubbed her temples, "But what has this to do with that high school?"

"Well, you know Ronald Teegan? He did good creating the school for gifted kids but he doesn't have much students and money is tight. Well, he decided to make it a private school."

"Nobody here has enough money to pay for a private school," Meredith shook her head even at the thought of somebody rich living here.

"And here comes the involvement of the city. If Motika and Yanel merged into a bigger city, people would be able to send their kids to Emerson High," continued Lucy while slowly sipping on her coffee.

"See, it's all because of that damned school. Teegan should stay out of the town's business," Meredith slammed her cup on the small table in front of her, her tea splashing on the glass surface.

"Honey, the mayor has had this planned out for years. He was just waiting for the right time to expand our lands. This would cost a lot of money for new buildings and more roads but it will pay off, I can tell."

"I don't like this, not even one bit," huffed the old lady. "If I wanted to live in the goddamn city, I would go live in the goddamn city. They will destroy the beauty of our town, the greenery around it, everything! All because of that greedy mayor."

"Look at it on the bright side, imagine how many new people we will meet! It's time to broaden the mind with more modern outlook of life."

"If this is for real, I'm moving out."

They both changed the topic of the conversation, now talking about Charlie Adams' near death experience (oops).

I brought back my attention to the new information I had obtained. A private school, huh? I thought as Lucy's words echoed in the back of my mind.

Imagine how many new people we will meet.