Silence [Discontinued]

XVIII

Unknown Number
They're going to try
to get you to join the
Warblers, and you
aren't going to. Got
it?

He might have been taken out of his contacts, but Sebastian recognized the number.

Everything told him not to respond, but he did.

I don't want to join the
Warblers in the first
place. I want them to
leave me alone.

Good luck. They're
determined.

Why are you warning
me anyway? I already
know.

Because I'm not letting
you fuck this up for
me like you fuck up
everything else.

That stung. It brought tears to his eyes that he blinked back determinedly.

Whatever.

You're crying, aren't
you?

No.

You cry too much.

You've said that, yet
nobody else has.
Maybe you're just a
dick.

The minute he hit 'send,' he wished he hadn't. He was going to hate him even more.

God, finally.

He was sure he read it wrong.

What?

Finally you stand up
for yourself. You never
do, it's infuriating. You
know I'm unfair but
you keep your mouth
shut about it.

You need to stand up
for yourself when they
tell you to join the
Warblers. Just say
that you aren't joining
and that's final and
they need to fuck off.

You say that like
it's easy.

You just called me a
dick. I think you can
manage telling a
freshman to leave you
alone.

He half-scoffed. As much as he hated the son of a bitch, he had a point.

Fine.

Also I might have used
an analogy about you
being a rope around the
Warbler's neck and you
joining would be the
trapdoor under us opening
and that if they still
hung people we wouldn't
be the only ones hanging

It took him a minute to comprehend that.

WHY WOULD YOU
SAY THAT

Well it's true!

No! It was self
defense and you
know that

What

Don't even try to act
confused you KNOW
it was me or him and
I know you wish it was
me but I was thirteen
I didn't exactly want to
die yet

Back the fuck up

It was self defense

Yes! I tried to tell you
that!

Well fuck I thought
you just killed him

Why? Do I look like
a murderer??

I don't know!

Maybe let me explain
next time

I was mad at you for
just then telling me
that you had a body
count!

It was kind of
traumatizing, sorry
I didn't explain it on
the first date!

What does this mean?

It took Sebastian a minute to comprehend what he meant.

It means nothing
but that you finally
know the truth about
what happened.
Don't you dare get
any ideas.

He shut off his phone, not waiting for a response.