Let Me Know| Monty x Winston (13 Reasons Why) *discontinued*

Part Forty-Five

POV:Rafaela
Tuesday, June 10, 2021
8:30pm

TW:Self-Harm Mention

Every step we took deeper in the forest the sounds of branches cracking increased and I could feel the flies crawling all over my skin and in my hair.

"Where is it?" I brushed a branch out of my way, "the lake."

Elio rolled his eyes, leading the way, "We're practically already here."

The lumpy, wet ground soon turned into a hard, old, wooden dock that went over the lake.

"The sun's about to go down are you sure we should even be here," Molly's voice cam from behind me.

Elio stopped in his tracks, turned around and held open his arms, "Here it is."

The sun was peeking through the tall trees sprouting from the ground and the occasional squeal of the squirrels came from the depths of the forest. The water was calm and steady surrounded by moss and trees. Elio took off his shirt and threw to the ground, sliding off his pants and putting it on top of his shirt. He stood there in his underwear and had is hands covering his privates.

"Come on!" He ran off the dock and jumped into the water splashing me and Molly with cold dirty water.

I put a hand over my mouth, "Oh my god!" I laughed, "Are you fucking crazy?"

Elio emerged head-first out of the water like a dolphin and took in a deep breath.

I glanced over at Molly, she shrugged her shoulder and, "fuck it?" she started at her boots.

I sighed and rolled my eyes, "fuck it."

I wondered for a moment why she always wore boots and long shirt and mesh leggings. From the few times I've seen her, she's always been wearing a long sleeve shirt, mesh leggings and boots. She removed her shirt revealing her breasts cupped by her black bra. As I was taking off my clothes, for a slight moment, as her shirt came off, I caught a glimpse of her inner arm which was heavily decorated with horizontal scars, some old that I saw were covered up by butterfly tattoos and and some fresh that still had dry blood on it.

She immediately hid her arm behind her back and my eyes traveled up her side and met her eyes. I raised my eyebrows and smiled at her trying to disguise the fact that I had been looking at her scars, "You ready?"

Her emotion had seemed to be snatched from her face, "Yeah," She murmured in monotone, she forced a smile grabbed my hand running towards the ledge.

My feet struggled to catch up, "Wait!" But before I could even finish my thought I was submerged in the freezing water. It felt like I was underwater for at least an hour eventhough I'm sure it was less than 2 seconds. A hand grabbed my waist as I came up breathing in the summer air through my mouth. I opened my eyes and saw Molly floating in the water infront of me. It was her hand wrapped tightly around my waist. Her eyes stood out in the water with her wet hair and runny mascara.

"I told you it was worth it, see," Elio said splashing around and floating on his back, "I come here all the time but only by myself because I literally have no friends."

I gave him a sincere grin, "Well you have us now, plus CJ!" I reminded him.

His smile slowly faded away, "I'm not talking to CJ right now."

"Me neither," Molly added.

I struggled to keep my head above the water since I never learned how to swim. I frowned and swam over to the the edge of the dock and lifted my self up, sitting down with my hands by my side.

I scoffed, "Did I miss something, I'm confused I told them."

Molly, CJ, and Elio seemed like good friends I don't know why they weren't talking anymore.

"He's just a dick," Elio swam over next to Molly.

"Preach," Molly agreed.

I looked down at my feet playing with the water, "I feel like you guys don't like me half as much you like CJ or anybody else." I awkwardly smiled.

Elio put a hand on my thigh and lifted himself from the water and sat down next to me, "C'mon, you can't be serious," he laughed, "I might you not even 24 hours ago and I feel like I've known you my entire life!"

I gave him a hug as a thank you and whispered into his ear, "I can see your dick through you underwear."

He pushed away with red cheeks and wide eyes and shoved me aside, running to his clothes.

I laughed hysterically and layed down on my back.

"Rafaela, your phones ringing," He warned me.

"Ugh," I groaned and stumbled over to him running my fingers through my hair. I picked my shirt and struggled to slide my arms through the sleeves sticking to my wet skin.

He handed me my phone, "Hello?" I answered.

"Can you tell Molly to drop off CJ at his house so we can go see a movie," Winston said on the other line, "Me, you, Monty and Molly. Elio can come too if you wanna pick him up."

I held my phone with my shoulder and ear and put on my shorts, sliding my feet into my sandals.

"Uh," I said grabbing my phone with the other hand shaking my head to the get the moisture out of my hair, "I'm not with CJ, I'm actually with Molly and Elio."

"Oh perfect, can you meet us at the Crestmont in..." He elongated his sentence, I assume he was checking the time, "thirty minutes?"

I held the front of my phone to my chest and called out to Molly and Elio, "Winston wants to know if we can watch a movie in thirty minutes."

Molly got out of the water, almost slipping on the old wooden dock, "I'm down."

Elio nodded his head yes.

I put the phone back to my ear, "Mhmm, yeah."

"Bet," he said.

"Bet."

"Okay, bye," He replied.

"Bye."

Molly grabbed her clothes and carried her boots and started walking away.

"Your gonna go into the woods like that?" I questioned her.

"I don't wanna put all of this shit on right now," she responded.

"Wear my shirt," I walked to her and took off my shirt, putting on the pile of clothes she was carrying.

"Are you sure?" She giggled.

I shrugged, "I don't care."

She came close to me and kissed me. It was all so sudden I didn't know how to react so I back away.

She slowly wiped her lips, "I'm sorry I don't know why I did that-"

I chuckled softly and scratched the side of my head, "It's fine."

"No, really I dont-"

"Its okay," I repeated, "Come on, Elios waiting for us."