When Vee and I arrived at school, we were greeted with Patch. He looked at me then with what I hope was you-look-ok-now he smiled.
"How you ladies been?" he asked with his casual grin. He kept his gaze on me but he glanced at Vee as well. I looked at Patch and realised he didn't get much sleep. His eyes had darker than usual circles and his hair looked as if he had just woken up. Vee didn't notice though, she was scouting the area for Aaron (her new meat).
"Yeah I've been good I guess." Vee answered aimlessly. Patch however did not care whether or not Vee answered, he just kept looking at me as if I were his unpredictable science assessment.
After a few awkward moments Vee sighed. "There he is, my baby boy. I'm going to go over and see him." And just like that she was gone walking over to see Aaron.
"You sure you're ok? I heard you again last night; you haven't been sleeping have you?" Patch kept his black eyes on me. I didn't know what to say, of course I haven't been sleeping but I couldn't tell him that. So I thought of the most convincing lie I could think of.
"I just dreamt I fell off a cliff. No biggie. We better get to class." Then I left him just standing there.
I avoided being alone with Patch for the rest of the day. Though the avoiding would have been a lot easier if Vee didn't drive home and forgot that she gave me a lift to school. Which left me to get a ride with Patch.