Life is Strange 2: Unexpected Trials

Chapter 6 of Episode 2 of this story, enjoy.

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Episode 2: Doubts

Chapter 6

Thursday 3rd November 2016

Sean smiled lightly as he joined his friends at school again, things felt lighter, in fact, even better than that. He brushed off his clothes, a simple white long sleeve T-shirt, black cargo pants and sneakers; simple clothes yet still bearing in mind the slowly cooling weather. His friends had all dressed up the same. Eric and Ellery in a black hoodie with blue jeans and boots and a black T-shirt, with whitewashed jeans and sneakers respectively. Meanwhile Adam wore a dark green T-shirt, brown pants and converse and Harv wore a white T-shirt under a purple jacket, black pants and sneakers.

"Hey, there he is." Eric remarked upon seeing Sean. "The big hero."

Sean rolled his eyes. "Stop it guys, seriously."

Harv smirked. "C'mon dude, think about what you exposed, you're practically a hero to all the girls in school at least."

Adam then added. "Course, you being you, you only have eyes for one of them."

"Very true, I'm still, psyched about that." Sean admitted.

Finally Ellery spoke, laughing lightly. "Dude, it is awesome to see you and Jenn together at last."

"Not just me and Jenn, huh..." Sean remarked, a smirk of his own forming.

They followed his gaze and all smiled when they saw Lyla, clad in a yellow T-shirt with black pants and boots, talking with Natalie, who wore a red sleeveless top under a grey thin strapped tank-top, black jeans and sneakers. It was clear to any who saw them, from their smiles and the looks they were giving each other just what they were talking about. Sean grinned, as did the others, all of them happy to see the two girls finally get together at last.

With a heavy sigh, Daniel fidgeted in his seat, he tugged at his clothes, a black T-shirt with light blue jeans and sneakers, and looked over at Chris, who was wearing a dark red T-shirt, sneakers and dark blue jeans. Daniel couldn't help but feel guilty about what had happened that day.

'I, urgh, I messed this up so bad...' He thought sadly. 'I've ruined my friendship with Chris, because I was too damn nosey...I...I've gotta try and fix this...'

Looking at Chris again, he noted the other boy was studiously ignoring him. Yet he couldn't miss the look in Chris' eyes, as if he was that close to breaking, just barely holding it together. He grimaced, biting his lip, thinking to himself, wondering what to do. It wasn't until after school, with Chris having already left and likely already home, that Daniel made up his mind.

'I can't leave this, I have to make this right.' He told himself.

So, with that determination, he turned from his route home and made his way to the Eriksen house instead. He knocked on the door, waiting nervously. Sure enough, it was Charles, clad in a dark red shirt, with brown slacks and boots, who answered and squinted at Daniel.

"Oh, it's you...what you want now?" He remarked.

Daniel couldn't help but notice Charles' voice seemed off, he also seemed to be using the door frame to stay upright.

Still, he swallowed and spoke. "I...I came to see Chris, I need to talk to him, I need to apologize."

A long silence followed, where Charles glared at Daniel, before seeming to consider his words.

Finally he spoke. "Fine, fine, he's in his room."

With that Daniel hurried past and made his way there, wondering just what was up with Charles and why he was in such a strange state. Shaking his head he focused and entered Chris' room, spotting the boy there, moping.

Chris barely looked up, but Daniel refuses to let himself be discouraged.

"Chris, I...We need to talk, I, I..." He began.

Chris did not replying, remaining reticent. Daniel persisted however, he knew he had to make this right and save his friendship with Chris.

Taking a deep breath he began. "Chris, I need you to hear me. I...I'm sorry, truly, I didn't mean to hurt you that day, I didn't mean for all that to happen. I just, didn't know and, I'm sorry for all of it."

Chris bit his lip, the tense set of his shoulders relaxing a little. "I...that's true."

"I should've known you wouldn't want to talk about." Daniel continued. "But I was just, I wanted to try and help, that's all."

"Yeah, I...I see that now, that's what friends do, right." Chris replied, calming down further.

Daniel nodded; managing a small smile. He still blamed himself for his rash action, he had his own family issues regarding his mother after all. He didn't like to talk about it, so it should've made sense to him that Chris wouldn't want to talk about his mother. Still, he saw Chris' smile and was able to relax, Chris accepted his apology and they finally patched things up.

Their friendship mended, Chris and Daniel continued to hang out that day. It was then Chris smiled as he seemed to recall something.

"Oh, I heard there was gonna be a special event tomorrow?"

Daniel nodded, also smiling. "Yeah, it's a pre-bonfire night firework display, get people ready for the real display on Saturday."

Chris grinned and they both soon began to talk about it, both considering watching it.

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