Thoughts That Count

Episode 5 Part 6

Ezra

I sat at my desk, string at the message on her phone, waiting to hear the inevitable knock. I couldn't believe that I was actually stupid enough to think that a high school girl wouldn't run off and tell her friends. I may have been the teacher, but apparently, there were a few things I needed to learn.

I heard a heavy knock on the door and got up. The second the door was open she was rambling in a way I would have found adorable if I wasn't so pissed.

"Please tell me you have a really deep pan, and please tell me I left my phone here."

"You did," I said without inflection, looking straight into her eyes. It didn't take much for her to catch on.

"Ezra… What's wrong?" She stepped into the apartment and I held up her phone, not closing the door. She wasn't staying anyway.

"Ugh- I was… trying to work, and it it kept… buzzing. I thought it was an emergency, your parents or something, so I looked at it. Um, just take it," She took the phone from me, not breaking eye contact until she looked down at the message, "Who's A?" I demanded. Who knew about us?

"I don't know," She said, dumbfounded.

I didn't believe her. I'd already seen that she would do anything to keep us together. I wouldn't put it past her to lie now, "How many of your friends did you tell?"

"I didn't"

"'Cause if A knows, I'm thinking B and C and everybody else does too," I spat at her. So much for never doing anything that would get me in trouble. She had no idea what she'd done.

"The person who sent this is not my friend," She said frantically.

I took a deep breath, "You told me you were mature enough to handle this. Do you know what would happen if the school board or-or if anybody-"

"I didn't tell anyone! You have to believe me," she pleaded.

"Well I don't," I snapped. I wasn't going to listen to this anymore. I couldn't do this, "Just go. Go! Now."

She turned away and walked out. I slammed the door behind her. I had no idea what I was going to do if this got out. How could I have let it get this far.

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