Chapter 13: Entering the Frey part 1
The next day was a blur for Bronny, the school day had felt like a mere moment. The school had held a memorial for Dre during lunch, but Bronny didn't attend, he couldn't stand to be present at the funeral of someone he murdered. Murdered. His close friend was murdered, by him. "I had to do it," he said to himself, "I didn't have a choice, if I didn't kill him, he would have killed me, killed Jolyne, I, I couldn't let that happen." Bronny had pretty much checked out the whole day, his mind wasn't on school, he kept thinking about Dre, and what had happened. "Mr. James?" Bronny eyes opened and he looked up, his teacher hovered over him, "you've been called the front office." Bronny nodded and left the room, as he walked down the halls, he saw Jolyne outside the office. "Hey," Bronny said, walking towards her. "Hey," replied Jolyne, her voice was soft, clearly, she wasn't in a good mood. "Dad was pretty pissed off when I came home yesterday," Bronny said, "what did Josuke say?" Jolyne didn't answer, Bronny sighed and leaned next to her. "It's like you said, we did what we needed to do," Bronny said, "it's gonna be ok."
The two heard whistling behind them, they turned, only to see Noel. "Oh, now this, this is cute," she teased. Jolyne scowled and tensed up, "you fucking bitch," she muttered, "I'll rip your fucking head off!" She tried running at Noel, but Bronny held her back. "Back off Vasquez," Bronny said, "now's not a good time." "Yeah, it's about Dre, isn't it?" Noel replied, "it is sad what happened to him, house collapsing in on itself, that's something out of a horror movie, I wonder, how it happened…" Bronny glared at Noel, what was she getting at? The door to the office opened, and out walked Joshua. "Josh?" Bronny and Jolyne both looked at him, Joshua looked back, he winked at the two and walked away. "You two can come in now," said the principal who had leaned out of the door. As Bronny and Jolyne entered the room, Noel looked at Joshua leaving, "hmm, so that's the new kid they were talking about," she said, "looks like a cutie." Noel began to follow Joshua.
"I'm truly sorry about what happened to your friend," the principal said, "it pains me to see children die so young, he was a bright individual." Bronny nodded, "yeah, yeah he was." The principal stood up and paced around the room, "I noticed that you weren't at the memorial," he said. Bronny looked down, "I don't know, I just…" "I understand," the principal said, "I had a friend of mine pass away a couple years ago, it's hard to accept that someone you were close to has died, but it's reality." "Listen Mr. G, I know you're trying to be nice, but why did you call us down here?" Jolyne said. Mr. G frowned and sat back down, "I called you here to tell you that if you ever need anyone to talk to, it's my job to do just that." Jolyne rolled her eyes and stood up, "I'll take it under notice." She walked to the door and left, leaving Bronny and Mr. G alone.
"She can be a bit of a child sometimes," Bronny said, "don't mind her." Mr. G sighed, "I see." He stood up and moved over to Bronny, "the boy that was here earlier told me that you, Jolyne and him were with Dre before he died." Bronny's eyes widened. "You were the last people to see him, tell me, where was it you say him, I'm curious." Bronny had a worried expression on his face, did Mr. G know what had really happened? His tone of voice unnerved him, but Bronny tried not to show it. "We took a drive around the city, that's all," Bronny lied, "he dropped us each off home afterwards, I don't anything past that regarding Dre." Mr. G glared at Bronny, Bronny stared back, in the corner of his eye, he could see the white figure from earlier outside of one of the windows. "No fucking way," Bronny thought to himself. Mr. G stood and moved back to his seat; the white figure had disappeared from Bronny's eyesight. "I don't mean to pressure you, I was just curious," said Mr. G, "you could head back to class now." Bronny nodded and quickly left the room.
Noel skipped on her heels; this Joshua kid was completely clueless to her. "Heyo!" She said, Joshua paused and looked behind him, "where you headed?" Joshua stared at her with a blank expression, and continued walking. "Hey, you can't leave a girl hanging," Noel said, "you're not shy, are you?" Noel quickly moved in front of Joshua, "my names Noel, but my friends call me Nova!" She said, "you're pretty good looking, you gotta name?" "You are incredibly annoying," Joshua blatantly said, "fuck off, I have no interest in some bimbo." As Joshua began to move past Noel, she moved back in front, "well, excuse me for trying to be nice," she said, "just having some small talk, you looked new, that's all." Joshua rubbed his forehead and looked at Noel, she was an extremely attractive girl, but also extremely irritating. He sighed in frustration, something about her did intrigue him, but he didn't know what. "Joshua," Noel perked up, "what?" "My name," Joshua said, "it's Joshua, I'll see you around Nova." Joshua moved past Noel, her cheeks had begun to blush, "oh, uh, cool, I'll see you around too." As Noel began to leave, Joshua grabbed her shoulder, "promise me something," Joshua said, "you will be at a crossroads soon, promise me you'll take the right path." Joshua walked past Noel, her eyebrows furred, "the right path?" She muttered, "what's that supposed to…" Joshua had disappeared, Noel brushed her hair to the side, "weird guy," she said, "what did he mean by the right path though?"