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

Part Fifty-Two

POV: Winston
Tuesday, June 10, 2021
11:44pm

"I fell," Molly told Rafalea when she asked what the blood was on her jacket, "I was running and...I fell."

"Fell where?" Rafaela asked her.

"On some rusty metal in the junkyard, I was running and scratched my arm."

"Is it hurting?" I played along.

The familiar, cold look was thrown at me once again with a bland response, "No."

I glanced down at the ice in my drink awkwardly. I quickly looked at Monty, just get a quick look at his face which I fell in love with, knowing that under the disguise of sudden friendship, was a roaring passion for one another. I glanced at him though, mostly to see if we were both equally nervous about it slipping out that we were too there with Molly when she "fell and scratched her arm."

"They would've said something, right?" Elio mentioned.

Molly was clearly confused, "Men-...Mentioned what?"

"The cut?" Elio said as if it was obvious.

"Oh," Molly realized, "No."

Elio looked around awkwardly as if trying to figure something out, "No?"

"Yeah," Molly answered adjusting her hair.

"What," Elio looked dumbfounded.

Everyone was confused at this point, especially me, I was nervous for her that she might say something she wasn't supposed to.

She chuckled, "What I mean is, no, she did not say anything because it wasn't that bad of a scratch."

Elio opened his mouth and leaned his head back slowly in realization, "I still think they would've said something-"

"Okay, just chill out, its fine," I interrupted the conversation so it wouldn't go any further than it should have.

Suddenly, Elio's face turned white while looking out of the window as if he had just seen a ghost. I didn't notice it right away but I knew something was off when he wouldn't look away.

I was about to look where he was looking to see what he was looking at when his voice distracted me right in time.

"Hey, Winston, Can you come get some napkins with me really quick?"

I examined the table, "I- I dont think we need anymore napkins-"

"No," he stopped me, "We definitely do."

I sighed and put down my drink on the table scooting closer to Monty so he could move over for me to get out of the booth.

I looked at everyone at the table before following Elio to the bar area to grab napkins, still confused.

I shrugged, "What?"

Elio carefully grabbed some napkins out of the box while speaking, "You know how yesterday I walked into your room and...you know?"

I cleared my throat, "Yes."

"I-"

I stopped this before he could speak, "You can't tell anyone."

He started to bite his lip and I knew it when he didn't respond, "Oh shit, who did you tell?!"

He exhaled sharply, "I accidentally told CJ yesterday."

I almost gasped.

"And now he's standing right outside of the diner," He told me, "And I think he wants to talk to me so can you just go there and talk to him for me and say that if he wants to talk to me that he can call me please."

I took a moment to comprehend his words because there was so many things wrong with what he just said, I almost couldnt believe it, "How do you accidentally tell that to someone?!"

"I don't know but can you please-"

"No!" I yelled trying to keep my voice down, "First of all, you literally exposed me to him and there's just so many things wrong with what you just said, and second, I am not on speaking terms with him either."

Elio sighed and slapped the sides of his legs, "Look, I'm so sorry for what I told him, it just slipped out," he complained, "and it was really awkward so I don't really wanna go there right now."

I clenched my hand in a fist and looked behind Elio's shoulder, I saw CJ standing in the driveway with his hands in his pocket. I couldn't make out any of his facial features but I could sense he was upset.

Something told me to go outside and talk to him but most of me wanted to stay mad at him and never see his face again.

I thought for a long time before I finally answered him, "Fine."

Elio exhaled in relief and thanked me with a smile as he crept back to the table and started talking to the group again.

I itched the back of my neck and ran my hands down my face, trying to prepare myself for the conversation with CJ. I started to bite my lip in nervousness as I proceeded towards the front door of the diner. I maintained eye contact with Monty the entire time while walking out of the diner, it almost felt like everything was in slow motion.

My heartbeats escalated. I could see CJ standing awkwardly behind one of the cars, waiting for someone to notice him.

The cold breeze hit me like a slap to the face as I walked out of the door. My teeth were biting down on my lip so hard that my teeth almost went straight through my bottom lip. As soon as CJ noticed me, his eyes immediately lit up and his hands came out of his pockets. I signaled for him to follow me behind the building and he followed with out hesitation.

His hoodie was covering his entire head and he had obviously been crying before.

"Elio sent me out here to talk to you and tell you that if you wanna talk to him that it's for you to call him and talk to him later," I said with no emotion.

He nodded and ran his pointer finger under his nose like he was wiping snot away.

"Okay," He muttered

I started towards the door again before he started to speak.

"I didn't come here for Elio," he spoke up.

I stopped in my steps and turned around.

"I came here to talk to you," he finished.

I shook my head, "Okay," I took a step closer, "what is it then?"

"I–uh–I'm...sorry," he was fidgeting with his fingers, "for everything."

I blew air out of my mouth and raised my eyebrows, "Okay."

"Can you..." his voice was shaky, "Can you please say something else other than okay?"

I scoffed, "I don't really know how to talk to you anymore."

He took a step back trying to hide the tear falling down his cheek but I saw it long before he did.

I bit the sides of my mouth, "Is there anything else-"

"No."

The sound of his footsteps quickly faded away as he ran off behind the building and never turned around once.

Part of me was telling my self that I did the right thing, that I gave him what he deserved, that I should never forgive him. But the other half, felt like a piece of my heart was ripped away along with my bestfriend.

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