Chapter 2

Later...

Reagan POV

I finally finished unpacking and organizing everything in my room. It was about 9:30. And I was hungry. I spent a lot of energy organizing.

So I decided to go down to the cafeteria.

I walked down the stairs and the halls. There was only one other person in the cafeteria.

I decided to get a bag of chips. My stepdad gave me a special card. It's like a credit card, but it only works here at the school. He put money on it so I could buy food here.

After I paid, I turned around and nearly crashed into the boy I saw when I came down here.

"Whoa. Sorry," I said, trying to walk past him.

"Are you new here?" He asked.

"Yeah. My stepdad's the head of the school, so he decided I could go to school here."

"Oh... Well I'm Sebastian Smythe. What's your name?"

"Reagan."

"Cool name. So are you excited to be here?"

"I don't know. An all boys boarding school makes me feel weird considering I'm the only girl here."

"Right... Well the good news is that there won't be any competition for any guys you want to date."

I raised my eyebrows at him. I have a bad feeling about him, and I kind of think I should stay away from him. He seems like a player.

"Uh... Well I should get going," I said, trying to walk past him again.

I went up to my dorm room. Nick and Jeff were nice. I think they're going to be my friends. I'm not so sure about Sebastian though. I think I might just try to stay away from him...

I got changed into my pjs for bed, and then fell asleep since I was so tired.

The next day...

Jeff POV

Since I'd napped all day yesterday, I got practically no sleep last night. And I was exhausted. But Nick insisted on dragging me downstairs for breakfast.

When we went down, I noticed Reagan was sitting at our usual table. Nick and I got some cereal for breakfast and then went to go sit with Reagan.

"Morning!" Nick said.

His morning cheerfulness annoys me. Nobody should be so awake and happy in the morning...

"Morning. How'd you guys sleep?" Reagan asked.

"I slept pretty good. Jeff... not so much... What about you? How was your first night here?"

"Pretty good. I was so tired after unpacking all day that I actually went to bed early."

"Oh, nice."

"So what do you guys do on the weekends?"

"Well... We usually have a lot of homework, so we do homework, sometimes we'll study with friends, watch movies on my laptop... I don't know. Anything really. Do you want to hang with us today?"

"Sure. I don't really have anything else to do."

We finished our breakfasts. Reagan was going to meet us at our dorm after we all got changed. We were still in our pjs.

"Take your medication, Jeff?"

"Yes..." I said, annoyed.

I feel like he doesn't trust me sometimes. He feels like he needs to watch me. Which, maybe he does. But that doesn't mean I like it.

I heard a few knocks on the door. Nick was in the bathroom changing.

"Jeff, can you get that?"

"Fine..."

I don't like interaction. It makes me anxious.

But I answered the door anyway.

"Hey, Jeff," Reagan said.

"Hi."

I opened the door, letting her in. She sat down on Nick's bed, and that made me jealous. Why can't she sit on my bed? Nick always gets everything.

Nick came out, and sat down next to her.

"So what do you want to do?" Nick asked.

"I don't know. Any ideas?"

"We could give you a tour of the school and show you where your classes are for tomorrow."

"Ok, sounds good."

"Alright, let's go. Jeff, you coming?"

I sighed, and got up. I didn't feel like coming, but I want to be with Reagan for as much time as Nick was.

I followed them down to the school hallways. Nick started talking about which classes were where, and other random stuff. I got bored, so I decided to go back to our dorm. But I didn't get very far.

"Sterling."

I felt someone grab the back of my shirt and slam me into the lockers. It was Sebastian.

"Leave me alone, Sebastian!" I whined.

"What do you know about Reagan?"

"I don't know. Let me go!"

I started struggling, but he was way stronger than me. He always bullies me, and it's always when Nick isn't with me. And I hate it!

"Get me her number by tomorrow. Lunchtime. And if you don't, you'll be sorry."

He let go of me, and walked off. I was starting to get a bit panicky. He triggers panic attacks for me sometimes. So I ran to the bathroom.

Later...

Reagan POV

Nick and I went back up to his room when we were done touring the school. I was glad he showed me around because the school was a bit confusing.

"Hmm... I wonder where Jeff is. I thought he would've come back up here..." Nick said.

He had a somewhat concerned look on his face. I didn't know what the big deal was. Can't Jeff be wherever he wants?

"Is something wrong? You seem concerned."

"It's just that... It's complicated, ok? Jeff has issues, and it's just a bit weird that he's not here."

"Oh... Do you want to look for him? I could help."

"Yeah. Thanks. This is just extremely unusual for him."

I followed him out the door. We started walking down the halls. I basically just followed Nick around. I didn't know the school well enough yet, and if I went off on my own, I know I'd get lost.

"Ok, can you check this hallway, and I'll check this one?" Nick asked.

"Yeah. Just don't leave me for too long. I'll get lost."

"I won't."

I started walking down the hall. But I ended up getting lost anyway. I started wandering around, trying to find either Nick or Jeff.

As I passed the bathrooms, I heard faint crying.

"Jeff?"

The crying stopped, and I heard someone moving. The stall door opened, and Jeff walked out.

"Are you ok?" I asked.

He nodded, and wiped his tears.

"Are you sure?"

I offered him a hug, and he started to cry again. I was so confused what he was crying over. Nick said he has issues. I don't know what that means exactly. But they were nice enough to introduce themselves and show me around. So I want to be nice to Jeff.

"Do you want to go back up to your room? I don't know how to get there, but I'll walk there with you."

He nodded. I followed him up to his room.

"Do you have Nick's number? He was looking for you. You should text him."

Jeff took his phone out and texted Nick. And a few minutes later, Nick showed up.

"What happened?" Nick asked.

Jeff was buried under the blankets in his bed. So I decided to tell Nick.

"I just sort of found him crying in the bathrooms. I walked him back here, but I don't know what happened."

"Ok. Do you mind if I talk to him privately for a minute?"

"Of course."

I went back to my own room. I'm worried about Jeff though.

Jeff POV

Nick pulled the covers back, and sat on the edge of my bed.

"Was it Sebastian again?"

I nodded.

"Jeff, you just need to ignore him."

"He didn't call me names this time. He threatened me..." I said, quietly.

"I don't care what he said. Ignore him. You don't have to do anything for him."

"Ok..."

"I'm getting hungry for lunch. Are you hungry? Or have you lost your appetite?"

"Not hungry."

"Ok. I'm going to grab some lunch with Reagan then. I'll bring you something, ok?"

I nodded.

"Ok. Just text me if you need anything."

I nodded again. And Nick left.