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Chapter 11- Lightbulb Moment (Part 1)

Yesterday's outing seemed to have caused a cosmic shift in the platelets of our friendship groups. Yukishiro, Quinn and Azlan started walking to school together, and Bennett wasn't entirely repulsed by the idea of Maya walking into school with him.

So that just left Silas. He couldn't walk into school with a robot, so he was left all alone. Since walking to school with Azlan, Silas never had to fear being alone. But now, things had changed.

Silas spotted Azlan and breathed a sigh of relief. He rushed over to the girl, tapping her on the shoulder. "Hey. Thought we were gonna walk to school together?"

"Oh! Sorry, Si. I was at the coffee shop with Leo and Quinn", she said, smiling when two people came out of one of the rooms.
"Speak of the devils."

Silas' face fell when he saw Quinn and Yukishiro. Not that he had a problem with them, he just didn't expect to see them with Azlan again.

"Hi, Silas!", greeted Yukishiro.

"Hey", said Quinn.

Silas nodded his head at the pair. "Hey."

Azlan looked at her phone. "Oh dude, you should get going! You have to get Katie, remember?"

Silas nodded before looking at the ground to hide his frown.
"Yeah. See you later then."

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Bennett stared at the messages on his phone, unable to shake the feeling that this was more than just some prankster.

Unknown Number
Bennett please. Trust me. When the time is right I need you to meet me somewhere.

Unknown Number
I know you are reading these Bennett. Please respond.

Unknown Number
Time is running out Bennett.

"So you're telling me your parents just hugged you? They didn't shout at you or anything?", asked Maya.

Bennett pulled away from his phone to focus on the girl beside him.
"Yeah."

"Your parents are amazing", said Maya.

Bennett rolled his eyes.
"Sure."

Maya furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
"Are you ok?"

Bennett sighed.
"What's with all the words, man? Haven't you ever heard of walking in silence?"

"Bennett!", called out an approaching Elodie.
"Are you ok?"

Bennett groaned, slamming his hand into the nearby wall. He groaned in pain, biting his lip to stop himself from crying.

"Bennett!", exclaimed Maya. She grabbed his arm and attempted to turn him around, but he just shoved her.

Maya stumbled, losing her footing and crashing to the ground. Bennett gasped as he looked at Maya. Elodie's eyes widened.
"Are you ok?", she asked, holding her hand out.

Despite being in extreme pain, Maya couldn't help but be fixated on the fact that Elodie was concerned about her. Their relationship was rocky, to say the least, so Maya really wasn't expecting her to stay and help.