"You're in so much trouble"
"Shut up"
"I heard the head masters super pissed at you"
"Shut up Chris, It's your fault" I glared at him as he continued to taunt me.
Okay, so what he was saying was true.
I was in serious trouble and so was Phil
Chris' stupid little stunt had made my reputation worse than it was already.
Great, just great
"Who the hell do you think you are to talk back to me like that?" he snapped back at me
"Well, I was your friend. Remember that?"
A strange look crossed his face as he just stood there, stunned for a moment.
"Seriously Chris, just stop this."
"No! It's not fair. Why does he love you!? We were meant to be together"
"Chris…You don't need to be jealous" I mumbled as I adverted my gaze to the ground
"But I love him Dan! I wanted to be with him…why did he choose you?"
"Chris…I'm so sorry…" I reached out towards him, luckily, he didn't pull away this time. I wrapped an arm around his shoulders tightly as he began to sob.
"I'm so stupid! How could I do this to you? I'm such an idiot"
"No, Chris. Look. It's fine, okay?"
"It's not though"
"It is. I understand. Look. I don't want to fight with you anymore Chris. You're my best friend. Please, let's just stop this"
"Okay…" he flashed me a small, sad smile, which I attempted return.
Maybe everything would be okay after all
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"So, can you tell me about this article then Dan? I understand that your friend Chris Kendall wrote it"
Okay, I have to admit. I'm was terrified
So the head master is a really intimidating guy. I mean., he's nice enough. But when he's sitting in that huge chair of his and you're sitting in this tiny little blue plastic thing, he's intimidating as hell
Well here goes nothing
"Well, um. You see, Chris and I got in a fight about something. It was something really stupid honestly. And as a kinda pay back prank he wrote that article. Really, it's just a joke. He just took it too far. Mr Lester knows nothing about any of this. He was just a new teacher so Chris thought he could make things up"
He gave me a sceptical look but nodded in acknowledgement. "Okay, thanks for that Dan. You're free to go now"
"Thanks" I replied, quickly standing up and making my way out of the room. I bit my lip nervously as I stopped to think for a moment. Was he really going to believe that?
I flinched when I felt something touch my arm. I turned around to see, to my relief, it was only Phil. He looked even more nervous than I did. "You okay?" I asked him quietly, making sure not to make any sort of physical contact. The other teachers were watching us like hawks. Did they expect us to start having sex right here or something?
"I'm okay…I need to go in and talk to him though" I noticed he was fighting with his fingers while he spoke. He really must be nervous. He's never done that before.
"Hey, it'll be fine" I gave him a small smile, hoping it would reassure him in someway
"Yeah…I'm sure it will be" he replied. Giving me a small smile back. It was obviously fake. But I didn't say anything. He let a small sigh escape his lips before he walked through the door.
I just watched after him, hoping, praying. That everything would be okay
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"I fucking hate you!"
Mum was at it again
Just the usual screaming and shouting
"How dare you get in trouble at school! Do you know how hard I work to keep you in that place!?"
"Mum, it wasn't my fault" I replied calmly. I knew trying to fight back was useless
"Yeah right. Who's was it then?"
"Chris' he was trying to get me in trouble"
"Of course it was. Blame everyone but yourself. Like always"
She shoved me harshly, making me land on the floor with a thud.
"You're an ungrateful little shit. You know that?"
I didn't even reply, just attempted to shield my face she spat those words at me
"Always blaming everyone else. Because you're perfect, aren't you?"
She gave me another shove. I just lay there on the floor. Knowing if I moved it would make her more upset. I really didn't want to do that. I never wanted to hurt her.
"It wasn't your fault huh? Just like it wasn't your fault he's dead"
"Mum, you know about that already-"
"No. I will not take this from you. Get the fuck out of my house right now!"
I looked into her eyes, seeing the anger.
She really meant it
I sighed softly, picking myself up and walking over to the front door.
Looks like I'll be spending the night on the streets again