DEH short stories(kleinsan, treebros, request)

What went wrong? PART 2 (Story #1)

Jared's P.O.V~

I saw Evan walk away from his locker (could have been mine too they are right next to each other) with tears on his face. When he spotted me, his eyes widened and he stepped quickly to the other side of the hall, rushing away from me.

He looked scared.

Which scared me.

Not that I can blame him.

But it took every cell in my body not to run after him screaming 'I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! Come back!'

But of course, I didn't. He needs to be by himself. I have good intentions, even if it doesn't show.

But maybe I'd been too harsh to him. I hadn't seen him with anyone all day, he looked broken, and he seemed to be ignoring Alana.

He probably thinks she wouldn't care.

And she probably wouldn't.

I walked towards my locker and got all the way there before I noticed his dark blue backpack, propped up against his locker.

Hm....

He probably forgot it. Wouldn't be the first time.

I grabbed it and swung it over my shoulder before I realized that it was way too light for all the books he has. I dropped it to the ground and unzipped it.

There were no books in it other than his textbooks from last period. I turnt his lock, putting in his password he so stupidly gave me a chance to memorize, and noticed that while the backpack was mostly empty, his locker was still filled with all of his books.

I shoved them all into his bag and decided to drop it off on my way home. It was the least I could do. I slammed the door closed and opened my locker.

A small, folded, baby-blue piece of paper floated out, landing at my feet. It had to be from Evan. No one else uses blue paper in this school.

I unfolded it carefully, unconcerned.
                                                                                     
Dear Jared,

Tell Connor and Zoe Murphy that I'm sorry.
And, I know we were only 'family friends' ,
but I felt the need to tell you this: It was great
to be your friend. Even if that's not how you view me.
I love you more than platonically.
So this is it,
                   GOODBYE
                                                                                       

"Weird." I muttered. Than I noticed little wet circles on the paper.

One above family, one above love, and one under GOODBYE.

Curious, I sniffed the biggest blot.

It smelled like paper and........

Salt.

Suddenly, it all clicked for me. I felt the note flutter from my hands but didn't make a move to grab it before it touched down.

My hands shook and tears flooded my eyes. I should have blamed myself, but being as big as my ego was, I aimed my blame at Connor and Zoe.

But mosly Connor.

I gritted my teeth and without a second thought, I grabbed the note up off the floor and stormed quickly toward Connor's locker.