THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS ♡

chapter 29: back to school

Today I'd be going back to school, and today I'm gonna tell my friends what happened. I'm still quite emotional though, but it's better to tell them now I guess.

I get out of bed and walk to my mom's room only to find her still in bed, scrolling on her phone.

"Mom you're gonna be late for work." I say as I lay on the bed next to her.

"Yeah you're right, I should get up." she says as she tries getting up.

"Mom I miss him." I say sadly.

She turns to me and caresses my cheek. "I miss him too son, but there's nothing we can do now. He's gone." she says as a tear rolls down her face.

I get up and give her a hug and she returns it. We stay in each other's embrace for a few moments before we separate and get done for the day.

*TIME SKIP*

I walk into school and go to my homeroom where my friends are most likely waiting for me to arrive. I continue walking through the crowded hallways until I finally arrive outside my homeroom. I can see my friends talking through the glass window thingys on the door. I take a breath and open the door. As soon as I'm in I close the door and walk towards them.

"Hey guys." I greet softly as I look down.

They all stand up together and approach me.

"Gray what happened? Why weren't you at school yesterday?" asks Tony.

I don't answer for a moment. I take a deep breath before filling them in on what happened in the past few hours.

"It's because... when I got home from Jesse's house yesterday, I saw my dad was lying on the floor, and it didn't seem like he was breathing. So I called an ambulance. Few hours later the doctor at the hospital told us he was poisoned and now he's probably in a morgue." I say as a stray tear slides down my face.

The sound of gasps echo throughout the room as my friends register what I just said.

"I'm so sorry Gray." says Levona as she comes up to hug me. My friends joining in.

I didn't wanna tell them about the letter, don't want people to know. They'll find out when my mom and I catch these guys. Dunno how but, we will.

"How's your mom doing?" asks Shauna.

"She's trying her best but I can see how broken she is." I say as I look down again.

"I know there's nothing we can do about the situation now but just know that we're here for you and always will be." says Layyah reassuringly.

"Thanks guys." I say as I tighten my grip around my friends.

As we separate from our group hug Jesse comes bursting into the room.

"There you are!" he exclaims before closing the door and running towards me.

"I was so worried about you, you weren't answering my messages or calls is everything alright?" he says with arms on my shoulders.

I can't help but smile at him and how much he cares about me.

"I need to tell you something." I say as I put my arm around his neck and walk towards the other side of the room with him.

As soon as I finish breaking the news to him he wraps his arms around my neck and pulls me into a hug.

"I'm so sorry that happened to you Gray." he says as he tightens his grip. "I'm here for you, always." he continues.

"Thank you shnookums." I say and I can't help but giggle at the cheesy nickname I gave him. Don't judge.

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I make my way to my last period with Levona and Jesse which was English. This day felt like it was being dragged out and I'm so tired. *eye roll*

"Afternoon class, you may take your seats." says Miss Michael's, our teacher.

"Did everybody finish their essays? I'm coming around to check." she says as she starts moving to the front of the class to check books.

I look through my book and I can't find it. Shit. I look through my other books to see if I perhaps did it in some other book but no luck.

"Gray, where is your essay?" asks Miss Michael's as she looks at me expectedly.

"I... I don't have it Miss." I say softly.

Please don't give me detention.
Please don't give me detention.
Please don't give me detention.

"Well, that's detention for next week Monday." she states as she continues checking books. I mentally groan. I can't believe I forgot to do it.

The rest of the lesson takes forever to go by. Eventuay the bell rings and everyone starts packing up.

"Woah woah woah stop right there. The bell doesn't dismiss you, I do." she says and we all sigh in unison.

"And that is how to write a proper conclusion." says Miss Michael's as she finishes writing on the board. "Now class, exams are coming up and I want you guys to study hard, this paper is going to be tougher than previous papers. Practice essay writing because you're gonna be geting a 1000 word essay to write." she says.

"Are you kidding?!" shouts a kid from the opposite side of the class.

"Nope, I am very much serious." says Miss Michael's. "Anyway that will be all. Class dismissed." she says and everyone starts running to the door, freedom within reach.

As I'm about to leave, Miss Michael's stops me.

"Gray wait." she says as she grabs my arm.

I turn to face her with the most somber expression.

"How come you didn't do your essay? You always love writing essays and you always do your homework. Is everything okay?" she asks.

"Everything is fine Miss." I say quickly as if to end the conversation.

"Well okay then, I'm removing your detention if you bring me your essay tomorrow. Deal?" she asks.

"Deal." I say.

"Alright, off you go." she says and I quickly walk out of the class to get to my bus.

Great now I have to write a whole 700 word essay for tomorrow and I have to study for a math test and on top of that, physics and economics homework. Ain't life just peachy.

I make my way to my seat on the bus and surpringly it's not taken. I was sure it would've been taken by now since I'm already a few minutes late but oh well. Thank you universe.

I sit down and plug in my earphones and start playing Louder Than Bombs by BTS just as the bus starts pulling away from school.

Can it be the weekend already...

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chapter 29 done 😁

sorry i took so long to update , this quarantine life really make a person lazy but i will try my best to update as often as possible !

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