𝐿𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑎 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠.

𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘

Kiera Max and Layla James.
There was a heart aching tragedy
that only brought them closer.

Monday, September 21.
It was a regular school day at Journey High.
High school students rushing through the narrow hallways. As the usual, teachers spilling their coffee over the student papers, boys attaching their lips to a girls neck in the janitors closet, a teacher catching the couple-
it was completely normal.
But, something was off.
The atmosphere was completely "dry".
There was no laughing, no gossiping.
It was depressing.

Cafeteria, 10:36 am.
Students rushed to their normal seats, the jocks in one corner, the nerds in the other, the mean girls in the middle-
Everyone else had a spot too.
Everyone was talking but, it was quieter then usual.
Some people noticed the quietness but, one particular student noticed it the most.

POV: Keira.
Nothing was ok.
The school was practically a ghost town!
I remember going to Math, the teacher wasn't yelling like she usually did..
When class ended, I went up to her and asked what was wrong.
"Ms.Lee, I have to ask what's wrong. Your not yourself, nobody is!"
She just looked away.
"Nothing Keira, go to lunch."
And She walked off.
A teacher pushed ME away?!
That's a first.
~~
I walked into the cafeteria.
Same thing, completely a ghost town.
I mean, what could have happened!.

~~
Keira sat down at a table with her usual friends, they talked for a little but then a teacher started to talk to the whole cafeteria full of students.
"Students..Some of you might be wondering what is going on..why everyone is quiet.
Yes, some of you know what happened but the rest of you don't. So, I will leave Ms.Lee to explain."
The teacher looked at the students in sorrow..
Keira was confused.
What the hell was going on...
Ms. Lee stood at the front of the cafeteria, staring with a blank face at everyone.
"...I'm aware that you all know who Ray Lee is.."
She said.
Everyone nodded.
Ray was the son of Ms.Lee, he was practically sunshine.
He kept everyone and everything together.....
"Well...I-it's a tradegy that I-I have to say that...Ray, m-my son, has c-committed s-suicide."
Keira's face dropped.
Ray committed..?
There's no way.
"His g-girlfriend was t-the person w-who found him...I-it hit h-her harder then I-it hit me..and t-that's so s-sad to say."
Ms.Lee started to break down.
She was taken away by the teacher comforting her.
Everyone's head started to turn to the one and only..

Layla James.
Layla James was a nice girl, in fact the girlfriend of Ray.
She looked at all of them..
"Turn t-the fuck around!"
She screamed in pain.
Keira looked at her
She was too pretty to cry, too perfect to deserve this pain.
Layla ran out crying in her hands.

Keira felt completely horrible, she felt bad for her.
Layla didn't deserve to see that.
Keira and Layla talked before.
Not as friends, just as classmates. They knew eachother, but not enough to call eachother friends.
Keira just wanted to help her like a nice classmate would do, but knowing that she would be judged for being nice, she didn't even bother to get up from her seat.

end of chapter one; intro.