Strawberry Blonde

四十二

He got off me and I hopped down, both of us trying to act normal.

" So should I come back ?"

I looked over and seen Bryan propping the door open.

" Oh thank god it's you." I said letting out a sigh of relief.

" Who is 'you' ?" Laurence questioned.

" Oh I don't think we've actually talked before I'm Bryan !" He said holding out a fist.

Laurence looked at me then back to Bryan before tapping his knuckles reluctantly.

" So am I missing something ?" Laurence said confused.

" Bryan um...Bryan knows." I admitted. That part kinda slipped my mind yesterday and I forgot to tell Laurence.

" Nope ! Bryan doesn't know a thing !" Bryan said winking.

Laurence pulled me to a separate corner of the bathroom.
" I thought we were going to keep this under wraps !" He whispered harshly.

" Well I tried ! Tanner has a big mouth and Bryan overheard his blackmail plans, he's the only one that knows though and he's cool !"

We both looked over our shoulders to see him wave at us.

" Okay okay....I trust you Hassan, so if you trust him then I'll follow your lead." Laurence whispered smiling at me.

I returned the smile before kissing him on the cheek and turning back around.

" So can I pee now ? Cause that's what I came in here to do but if you guys wanna 'occupy' this bathroom then I'll find another."

I laughed motioning him to proceed.

Before Laurence and I could exit he called us back.

" So what are you guys going to do about Tanner ?" He asked, his voice following the constant stream of liquid.

" Dude you don't want to pee first and then discuss that ?" Laurence said amused.

Bryan grunted before we heard the soon of a quick zipper and him shuffling to the sink.
" I'm just asking if you guys have anything planned ! Cause I actually had an idea."

Laurence and I looked at each other then back to Bryan who was pumping the soap dispenser.

" We're listening." Laurence said leaning against the door.

Bryan sat on top of the sink
" Well he's blackmailing Hassan into letting him play and so far that's all you guys know of what he wants. Sooooo if someone were to distract him or he couldn't make it to the game then technically Hassan wouldn't be at fault and he can't use anything against you cause you didn't cause that."

" But what if when the team plays without him he retaliates by leaking everything ? Plus we don't have a distraction." Laurence said.

I grabbed the straps of my book bag while closing my eyes to think.

How to get him to never show up and win the game. How to also counteract the potential of him leaking everything anyway.

The stress was starting to build up until the sound of the next period bell rang.

" Oh shi- guys I'll catch you later, I gotta book it to this class I'll see you guys at lunch !" Bryan said running out the bathroom into the sea of students.

" Interesting fellow.." Laurence said turning to me.

" Extremely, I thought he had a crush on me but I can't really read him."