Hey guys I'm back! I am so sorry for not updating when I said I would! I was busy and I procrastinated a little with this. Plus I'm doing summer classes and I have a job now, YAY, so I'm going to be busier than ever so just please be patient with the updates. Anyway I just want to say something about the second half about the season: I'M SO HAPPY THAT THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED! Literally when I posted it on my Twitter I would get updates every couple minutes of people favoriting it and retweeting it! I people make jokes about how almost every love story is better than twilights, but seriously Lapril's love story is so much better than twilights love story! Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter, to me it felt like a filler chapter, but at the same time the ending kickstarts the story basically so I'm proud of it. Hope you guys enjoy it! Also season 1 of Chasing Life is on Netflix and season 2 is August 17th who else is excited for it?!

Chapter 4: Irritating

April's P.O.V:

It's been a couple months since I started attending Fenway High and a lot has happened since then. First off, I did make a good amount of friends and made amazing impressions on my teachers. Secondly, we finished our midterms last week and were supposed to find out this week. Everyone is on edge including me, but I did study practically every night so I could pass them. Lastly, I joined the school paper, which I consider a good start to pursue my writing career. While I do enjoy everything that has been happening to me since I started attending the school, there have been there has been moments where I wouldn't want to be there, one of them being Raquel. She is just downright rude and disrespectful towards those around her and she tries to be in charge of everything. Unfortunately, she is the editor for the school paper, which is the only downside, but at least she isn't Leo Hendrie, who I can't stand! Not only is he annoying, but he is also irritating! He's in three of my classes and he's always showing up late or he doesn't doesn't show up at all. When he does show up on time he just does whatever he pleases! If you were to ask me what my general opinion about him, it would be this: he is a selfish, arrogant, moronic jerk who doesn't care who he hurts and our little encounter one the first day is a perfect example!

After I left the accident he caused, I went to go find Dominic so he could give Beth and I a ride to the coffee shop. Once I found them, they noticed I was upset and annoyed, so they asked me why. I lied to them that it just about Brenna, but Beth could tell I was lying. I sent her a quick text telling her I would explain once we were at the coffee shop. During the ride to the coffee shop, we all talked about how are day was and what classes we were in. Dominic asked me what happened with Brenna and I lied to him and told him not to worry about it. Once we got to the coffee shop and said our goodbyes to Dominic, Beth and I went in and found somewhere we could talk quietly. After we placed our orders in Beth said to me, "Alright, what caused you to be pissed?" I chuckled a little then proceeded to tell her what happened. During that time, our orders came then I finished telling Beth while we ate. Once I finished, she started to laugh a little, which confused me and I asked her why she was laughing. She stopped laughing after a minute then she started to explain to me who he was why he acts like that. Once she told me his name, it clicked and I remembered who his father was. She told me that Leo wasn't always like that, and that she's known him since she started attending Fenway high and he was her first friend to make there. She stopped for a minute and had a sad look on her face; it looked like she was fighting to hold back some tears, but she continued to speak. She explained how something happened to him over Spring Break last semester and he changed after that. She told me he started skipping school, showing up late to classes, and getting into fights, but he managed to pass the semester and that nobody really talks about what happened because it affected everyone hard. Once she finished talking, we had both finished our orders and decided to pay and leave. Before I went into the direction of my house, Beth stopped me and told me that even though he may act the way he does, deep down he's still a good guy. After she had said that, she went to catch the bus to get home while I proceeded to walk to mine, which was only a good 20 minutes away from the coffee shop. Once I was outside my house, I could hear my parents lecturing Brenna about leaving earlier this morning, knowing that she was getting a ride from Dominic. I silently chuckled to myself because I could picture the annoyed look she has on her face. After I got in, my parents had finished lecturing her and asked me how my day was. I told how it went, but I left out the part about Leo then went to my room until it was dinner later on.

Leo's P.O.V:

It's been a couple months since the semester began, which means 2 months down, 8 more to go. Things have been going good for me so far this semester and I hope thing continue to go that way. I have been keeping my promise to my dad and I've been trying to do better in school. Granted I do still skip classes, but they're classes that I'm really good though I do show up every now and then. We did have midterms last week and I'm going out of my mind wondering if I passed or not! I did bust my ass off studying for them, but part of me feels like I didn't do so well. Aside from all of this, things have been going alright, but there is one thing that keeps bugging me: April Carver. What pisses me off about her the most is that she reminds me a lot of myself before the incident and it's really irritating me. What also pisses me off is that she's dating Dominic Russo aka Dimples. The reason being is because there's been rumors going around that he's been secretly seeing another girl that attends this school. Nobody has mention the rumors since April started attending the school because of how much of a good person she is. Hell, I even feel sorry for her because she seems like a nice person.

After my first encounter with her, I road my bike to Scott's house to visit his mom and see how she was doing. After Scott's death and his funeral, she started to fall apart a bit. She wouldn't leave her house for days or weeks on end. I would visit her on weekends to see how she was doing and each weekend she looks worse than previous week. Finally, towards the end of June, I was able to convince her to get help and to go to counseling. The reason behind it was that one Saturday night I went to go visit her and when I knocked a few times, she didn't answer. I had a spare key that Scott had given me before his death and when I went in, I called her name a few times. She didn't answer so I went upstairs and I saw her on the bathroom floor; there was an open bottle of prescribed meds on the table. I ran over to check to see how she was and if she had a pulse. She did, but it was faint so I quickly called for an ambulance. They arrived a few minutes later and brought her to the nearest hospital. She was on suicide watch for the next 72 hours. During that time, I would visit her and that was when I was able to convince her to seek help then she was released a couple days later. She's doing better; she's going to counseling couple days a week and she's start to come to grips with his death a lot better than before. She told she'd have days were she truly missed him, but that he'd want her to keep on going in life. She asked how I was doing at one point. I lied and told her that I was fine, but I get the feeling she could tell I was lying. Before I left, she told me that sometimes the best way to deal with death is by letting others in, but that it's when we finally decide to let them in. By the time I got home, it was close to 4, so I decided to go for a run to help clear my head a little. Once I got home from my run, it was close to 5:30, so I took a shower then had some leftovers for dinner. I spent the rest of the night reading a little, playing my guitar, and thinking about what Scott's mom had said to me earlier. In a way she is right; she could tell I wasn't dealing with Scott's death and that I have haven't opened up to anyone about it. Maybe she's right; maybe I do need to open up. It's been months since his death and I haven't read the letter he wrote to me, or visited his grave since the funeral. By the time it was 9:30, I had decided to call it a night and go to bed, but when I did two thoughts kept going through my head. The first one was the last thing Scott's mom said to me and that was that it's when we decide to let others in. The second was when will I be able to let someone in?

Nobody's P.O.V:

It's the third week of October and everyone was supposed to find out our midterm grades during out classes. As April walked in away from the windy autumn weather, she could tell everyone was on edge as she made my way to my locker. When she got there, she heard Beth call her name and turned around to see her. "Hey what's going?" April asked with a smile. Beth responded, "Nothing really, just waiting for classes to begin so I can know how I did on midterms." "Don't blame you; I mean look around everyone is on edge because of it." "Yeah, can't say that you're right. So what's your first class?" Beth asked. April responded, "I have Mr. Williams first. And you?" Beth laughed a little then said, "Ms. Samuels, and nice! He's a good guy; plus, he's cute too so that's a win!" April rolled her eyes and chuckled then responded, "Can't say I blame you, well I have to get going I'll see you and Dominic at lunch." As April went to her class, she turned the corner and bumped into the one person she disliked so far: Leo Hendrie. Leo responded, "At least you were sort of paying attention this time." April was furious at this point and angrily said, "Screw you Hendrie. Why aren't you in class?" Leo chuckled and responded, "Wow, didn't think you actually cared. As for why I'm not in class, I have a free period." Annoyed, April was about to leave when the loudspeakers turned on and said, "April Carver and Leonardo Hendrie to Principle Lawrence's please. April Carver and Leonardo Hendrie to Principle Lawrence's office please." Shocked April turned to see Leo silently laughing and asked angrily, "What are you laughing at?!" Leo responded. Jokingly, "April Carver, what did you do?" Annoyed, April rolled her eyes and grabbed Leo by the sleeve and said, "Let's go, you annoying ass."

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