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Chapter thirty-five: We're sorry

𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮

I pressed charges the next day, and Alex had to go to the police station for formal questioning as his case was a lot more significant.

I drove him and sat in the car, waiting to offer him support when he came out. And when he did come out, I was relieved to have found out that the questioning was seemingly a success.

What Alex had kept from everyone was a whole bunch of evidence to support the claim that his dad was abusing him: text message conversations that the police could check to see if they were legit, recorded phone calls of Mr Montgomery threatening Alex, even videos taken from security cameras in their home. All in all, it was looking up.

What I have noticed is that since we came back from the police station, Alex has been much more clingy than usual.

Don't get me wrong, ever since we started dating, he has been the one to want a good cuddle or kiss, but now he's ramped it up. I don't mind it, he needs comforting during all this, and I like being in his arms anyway. I'm just scared he's clinging to me to avoid expressing his emotions by talking about it.

He's always checking up on me since I sustained a minor sprained wrist; my nose thankfully did not break, it's just a bit sore. It's sweet how protective he is although I'm not sure he knows that he's the one that needs the frequent check-ups, not me.

The school is aware of Alex's situation and the fact that he's staying with me, so they've made sure that if Alex is in trouble or needs to get picked up, my mum or dad will be the person they call as well as his mum. They've offered him a two-week leave of absence. However, he turned down the full offer and only took the rest of the week off— which was three days.

Before we get out of the car to go into school, I make a point to kiss him extra firm and hug him extra tight. As soon as we're in school and going our opposite ways, I already start to worry for him. With him being at home for the rest of last week, I haven't felt so worried knowing he was in a safe place. Now he's at school, surrounded by shitty people and teachers who pretend to care, all that I'm thinking about is whether Alex is OK.

The first lesson we have together is Chemistry. When I step into the classroom, my eyes instantly fall upon Alex, surrounded by his friends. He offers me a small smile, small enough for his friends not to notice so much though enough for me to catch on that he's smiling. I give him one back.

It seems my smile was not subtle enough because Luke Maddison appears to notice it.

"Yo, why are you smiling like a creep at Alex? Just 'cause he likes guys doesn't mean you can go all predator on him," He sneers. I suck in a sharp breath and walk past, choosing to completely ignore him as I sit in the seat next to Cami. "I thought you had the fag beaten out of you." I flinch. Cami doesn't even bat an eyelid, which is odd because she'd usually get pissed over something like this.