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xxxi. it hurts badly

CHAPTER THIRTY ONE

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I sigh. I didn't know what to do about Mitchell, he isn't talking to me or any of his friends. During lunch periods, I see his friends sitting at their table alone, probably wondering where and why their friend had gone. In class, he keeps his head down and keeps his comments to himself and every time girls throw themselves at him, he pushes them away and just carries on as if nothing happened.

Only a few days ago, he was smiling and joking around and now, he's a mess; a mess that didn't want to be cleaned up by the looks of it.

"Did I do something? Do you think I pushed him away?." I ask Luke through the phone as my mind begins to think of different situations. I begin to pace my bedroom floor, needing something to distract myself from the thoughts in my head, but so far it isn't working which isn't what I had wanted.

"No Faye, as you said before he was perfectly fine a couple of days ago." Luke tells me, but something seems off about him "maybe he had an argument with his parents." He suggests and I nod my head, that could be a possibility. But that argument must of been big if Mitchell was taking it so seriously. It hasn't looked like he slept at all.

"No, it can't be that." I mumble "maybe Athena got a boyfriend or something?."

Luke hums "that could be possible." He says.

I let out a loud sigh before falling on to my bed, slightly bouncing from impact "that's stupid, it must of been something big if he's reacting like this." I state "I just want to know what's wrong! I'm worried about him and I shouldn't be! A month ago, I hated him to my very core and now I'm acting like a worried mother." I say and I can hear Luke chuckle through the speaker.

"Because you care-." Luke says "because you see him as a friend-." He continues in a singing tone "maybe you even like, like him." He finishes and I roll my eyes at him. Me like Mitchell like that? I don't mind us being friends because he isn't bad, but being his girlfriend? I'm not his type and quite frankly, I don't think he'd go for a girl like me anyways and he uses girls, he doesn't date them or keep them for very long.

"Yea right." I say, but I feel my cheeks flush red at Luke's comment "maybe it's you who likes him since you talk about him so much." I quickly spit out, wanting to change the subject as quickly as possible.

"Don't get your knickers in a twist princess, he's all yours." Luke tells me jokingly, but him calling me princess seems wrong since Mitchell was the only one who called me that and I miss it. I couldn't believe that I missed that stupid nickname of his that made me sound like a brat and a spoiled one at that. I sigh "you shouldn't worry so much Faye, he'll probably return to his old annoying and weird ways in a couple of days, just give him time." Luke informs me, trying to calm my nerves down.

"Do you think he hates me still?." I ask.

"I don't think so Faye." Luke replies "he'd be stupid to hate you."

I smile at his kind words "so I should just give him time?." I ask.

I can feel Luke smile, even though we're talking through the phone "it'd be a good idea and whatever it is if he wants to tell you, he will."

I sigh. It isn't the answer I'm hoping for, but it's better then nothing. If it's bad, Mitchell will tell me on his own time and I'll be able to help him through it, I only wish that I can help him through it now, whatever it is. Why does it hurt so badly knowing that he's ignoring me? Why am I thinking of the worst situations when it could be that he's just missing his grandma?

I went from hating him to caring for him in the span of a month. That doesn't just happen, but it did and the month we spent together will be a month I'll never forgot. I'll never say these things to Mitchell's face because he does have an ago, I'm right about that, but he's funny, kind and caring especially for his family. Yes, he can be annoying at times, but that's his personality and who he is. When you love the good things in people, you begin to love the bad too.

"All it took was a month for me to get to know him, who he really is." I tell Luke.

Luke chuckles "that's what getting to know someone does to you."

Silence falls between the phone line, neither of us saying anything. I just look up to the roof and think of a million things that could be wrong for Mitchell to act like this, worry settles into the pit of my stomach. Fear circles my mind and pain rushes through my veins at the fact that Mitchell is ignoring me, something that I didn't want and didn't like.

"Don't worry Faye-." Luke begins "Mitchell can get through it, he isn't hotheaded for nothing."

At that I release a chuckle "I hope you're right." I sigh again.

I really do