|Audree|
Zahaire and I searched the campus for Braylon. So far, we haven't had much luck.
"Maybe we should look in the cafeteria?" Zahaire asked with his hands shoved into his pocket.
He still looks pretty beaten up from all of those nightmares.
"Are you sure you want to do this? Can you handle it?"
"I can handle it, uh, yeah, I can handle it!" Zahaire states in a sing-songy voice.
I mentally facepalm because he's mocking Jaden Smith in "Never Say Never" with Justin Beiber.
He smirks but once he notices my unamused face he clears his throat awkwardly.
"Yeah, i'll be fine. It's better than doing nothing." Zahaire puts on a more serious expression.
"Mkay, the cafeteria is too big to check. I say we go check the computer lab again."
Zahaire nods his head and we make our way to the computer lab.
I swipe my student ID card and open the door to the computer lab.
Zahaire holds the door open for me and we both enter the lab.
Once we enter there is a sea of students. Some are glued to the computer screen and some are chatting with friends or on their phone.
Why do some of them look so stressed? Wait...FUCK midterms are coming up! Its crazy how something like that seems so small now. I wonder if me and Zahaire can go back to normal after all this passes.
I scan the room looking for, basically a clueless looking man. Most likely isolated.
Sure enough I find exactly what I am looking for. I see our #1 alien boy with his glasses practically merging with the monitor.
I nudge Zahaire's arm and point his attention to where Braylon is seated. He is in the farthest, and surprisingly darkest corner of the room. If he was a few shades darker I'm sure he would perfectly camouflage there.
We make our way to him and he has about 30 tabs on his browser! He is currently on some news page that's covering the disappearances and murders of people similar to the one we heard about a few weeks back.
"Braylon, you can't be looking at stuff like this here! What if someone sees you?" Zahaire shouts in a low whisper.
Braylon jolts and turns to us, looking surprised.
"Wha- what are you doing here?"
"So turns out we wanna be heroes o whateva so we're here to help." I take a seat next to Braylon.
"Really? This is getting much bigger than I imagined...are you sure you're up for it?" Braylon asks, looking into our eyes for any trace of doubt.
Zahaire nods. "It wouldn't be right to know what we know...a-a-and not do something about it." Zahaire puts on a determined look.
"Plus, you should have seen him! He was a wreck before today." I giggle.
Zahaire shoots me a glare as he sits down.
"Maybe I was...but I know you lost some sleep over this too. Even if you don't wanna show it."
"Me? Pshhh, you know me...I'm just wherever the party's at."
I try to act cool about it but he was right. That day we found out...I couldn't sleep. But instead of getting lost in my thoughts I just got drunk or hung out with Sean.
"Anyway, Braylon...you could get kicked out if you are caught looking at this. Some of these sites are NSFW if you know what I mean." I say to him.
"I don't." Braylon looks at me confused.
"Not safe for work. Just- let's get out of here. I know someone who can help get us info without prying eyes."
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YOU ARE READING
The Secrets Among Us
Science Fiction"W-what is it?" I ask, too afraid to look at the body again. "Look!" He wretches. "I was hoping you'd tell me..." I whimper and slowly turn towards the body. The muscles all over the body are all contracting and twitching. -- The art for the cover i...
