Letters From Prince Charming

11| I'm The Plague

"Don't let the hard days win"
~Sarah J. Maas

The new issue of Hamilton Times comes out today. Which means two things; one my interview is and two Masons' proposal to Nikki is coming out today.

I don't know how he did it but he somehow convinced Marissa to put it on the front of the newspaper. Then again one smile was all he needed and those damn blue eyes. For someone who usually always has a smile on his face, he looks pretty nervous as he's standing next to me by my locker.

"What if she says no? What if she laughs me off? Worse, what if she's mortified of the idea of even going out with me?" He questions, panicky.

I close my locker and turn towards him. "She won't say no. Relax. Take a deep breath. This is Nikki we're talking about. She won't laugh at you or cry or scream and if she says no she won't do it in front of everyone else. I'm pretty sure she has some idea already. Do you know how difficult it was to keep that shit from her? And you know how she is, she's like a bloodhound for lies."

He laughs, relaxing a bit. "That's true, I swear it sucks. Especially when it comes to buying her presents. But you're right, everything is going to be fine. I mean who would say no to this gorgeous face." He bats his eyelashes at me.

"I would," I deadpan. A flash of curly brown hair catches my eye but his gone before I can even blink. I slump against my locker and close my eyes.

Josh and I haven't spoken since our argument, which was almost two weeks ago. He cancelled our movie night last Friday, some lame excuse.

Idiot: Sorry can't make it tonite. Hard practice, going to bed early.

This was the first time one of us cancelled movie night. I knew he was bullshitting me, practice had been cancelled. I walked past the field and bumped into Jackson who told me. He still sat in front of me or next to me in the classes we shared but we hadn't exchanged a word. He hadn't been eating lunch with us either, Mason said he had to catch up on work or he had to help out Coach. But I knew the real reason.

He was avoiding me.

We were both too stubborn to admit to speak to the other first. He was being irrational. I knew it was wrong to lie and I didn't want to but I knew that we were going to get into another fight. And we did. I feel like he was more upset about the fact that I went out with Hunter than anything else.

I can feel Mason's gaze on me. "You guys are still not talking?"

I turn towards him and lean against my locker. "Nope, and I don't know what to do about it. I apologized for lying. He's still avoiding me. If best I get a text saying where he is. And his never home."

He rubs my arm in a comforting gesture. "I know him and I know you. You guys will make up eventually. He'll come around."

"Except we've never fought like that. Hell we've never fought this much ever. And something is wrong with him. I don't know what but it's like his feelings are heightened and his awake and odd hours, what happened while I was away?"

"Nothing much. I didn't see a lot of him. He spent a lot of time at home. I know he went away for a weekend, to his grandma I think." He's lying, he's not looking, me in the eye. Before I can call him out on it he says, "Josh is probably just stressed. You know how senior year can be. And he's been training hard because coach is relying on him and so is his parent. Who still haven't been to one of his games."

I heave a sigh. "Okay. But I'm done trying .It's like this see-saw, constantly up and down. I never know what to say or what not to say or what is going to make him upset. And I don't know what's wrong with him. He's been lying to me, I know he is."