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9:Can you guys just go?

    A/N just a little heads up before you go further into this book, well this book contains sensitive topics which some people don't like to discuss about and I know how hard it is to read topics like this, the main idea for this book was gotten from the Netflix series thirteen Reasons why...which means this book includes topic like murder, bullying, suicide and sexual assault but I promise you this book will also make you laugh and I don't want to go deep into topics like that in my book.

One more thing: it's definitely far from being that series... I'm gonna shut up now and let you enjoy your chapter.

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A knock.

It was just a knock.

That knock that keeps disturbing you and depriving you of your joy or sleep in this case.

Catherine didn't want to talk about it, about what was bothering her...why it felt like she kept shutting everyone out and she knew that her parents would tear open her door if she didn't do something about it.

She walks over and inserts the key into the lock before they both step in.

Catherine goes back to reading her Harry Potter series the part where Harry meets Gobby the elf.

She chuckles a little at Gobby's silliness before someone grabs the book in her hands right in time for her to drag it back.

The moment she drags the book from her mother she looks quite suprised and Catherine waits for them to give her the do not be rude to your mother speech but her mum just sits down opposite her on Catherine's comfy bed.

Catherine adjust herself on her desk as her eyes meet her father's who just stays still at her bedroom door.

"We're worried" her mum finally says and Catherine gives them an eye roll before opening her laptop.

"Why?"

"You locked yourself in your room and we haven't heard a word from you since then, is there...is there something you wanna tell us?"

Catherine sighs...she wanted to speak,to tell someone... somebody what she was feeling but not them.

Not her parents.

Not now,

And never.

"I'm fine really"

Her father shrugs and closes the door behind him probably for anyone not to hear them

"Are you-"

"Please don't ask me if I'm sure.... It's just been three hours why are you so worried?"

"Because it's not three hours Cathy, you've been in here for three days"

Catherine looks up at the wall clock after hearing her father's remark.

Three days?

It's actually been that long?

"Your wall clock stopped working some months ago...remember?"her mum says looking into Cathy's eyes.

"Seriously?" Catherine picks up her cellphone and begins to scroll through  her text messages...it was actually three days.

"I didn't pick up my phone since then....and I haven't actually closed my eyes since then" Catherine confesses...the words that came out of her mouth suprised her because it didn't feel real.

"What happened on that Tuesday Cathy?, you came home and you ignored I and your father...then locked yourself in here, your friends came by....Troy and Elle and um a skinny kid-" she looks up at her husband as if she had forgotten something.

"Jordan" he decides to provide an answer.

"They said they were worried and the Jordan kid wanted to-"

"Look Jordan's not my friend" Catherine doesn't hesitate before uttering those words.

Her mum sighs in hope that their daughter would actually feel free to open up to them at least once in a while.

"Did he...did he do something to you?"

Catherine just looks up at her mother who was waiting for an answer, the answer that could answer everything else...the answer she could not give.

The answer that she knew was right.

"No...umm...he didn't"

The words came out wrong, she looked at them wishing she could change those words,but at times we all have secrets to keep.

"Please can you just...just go?" Catherine decides to add before they both turn to look at her.

"Okay just know...if you ever want to talk, we're here for you sweetheart" her mum places a huge kiss on her head before Catherine turns to watch her walk towards the door.

"Remember don't be blue... that's for the Smurfs" her father adds with a cheesy grin.

"I told him not to say that"

Catherine smiles as she waits for a while for them to shut her bedroom door.

She could have given them an answer.

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"Caleb!..Caleb!.. Caleb!!"

Caleb Henderson smiles at the group of people surrounding him who cheered his name....he closes his locker and holds out his hand halting them to stop cheering his name.

"It's okay guys.... I'll... I'll do it"

"That's our man!"different hands find Caleb's back as they hit it.

"So we saw your little encounter with the freak" a girl says...with her blonde curls and tiny figure which made her stand out among the other figures around her.

Luke stops to look at her.

"Yeah what about it?"he asks folding his white shirt over his shoulder, the other guys look at the feminine figure  who just walked into the locker room in awe.

  A guy immediately rolls his sports shirt over his head and she chuckles at his sudden reaction.

"There's nothing to look at anyways" she gives a response and people laugh all across the room and the boy smirks at her before looking away.

"You can't be in here Steph"

"Why?....because you can't stand the fact that you are being looked at?"

Luke rolls his shirt over his head before he lowers his voice to face Stephanie who had her hand on her nose to prevent the stench of smelly bodies from getting to her.

"Look Steph-"

"Listen to me Luke, I don't know what you think you're doing but Just stay away from him...you don't know what he's capable of"

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  Well...I hope you enjoyed this chapter, don't forget to vote if you did!...I love you all.
 
And who do you think they were talking about?.. I'd like to know.