Tess' P.O.V.
Perhaps the last thing I need to do is interfere in other people's problems considering all the problems I've caused on my own time. What can a say, I like drama. But I can't watch Shane suffer like this.
"Everything's really good again. I've been writing music again, I'm in a couple more classes now and there hasn't been any drama in a while," he said to me earlier. He's only happier, though, because he literally hasn't spoken a single word to Nate or Mitchie. I've watched him avoid troubles like this before but I don't know when that boy is going to learn that he must face everything eventually.
Now all I want is to make sure that Shane never finds out about Nate and Dana. I've made a simple plan to make sure Nate knows that I know about him and his girlfriend and his cheating… and from there I'll basically blackmail him.
I pass him every day when I'm on my way to mess hall, this time I'll stop and talk to him.
"Hey Nate," I say trying not to sound angry but by the look on his face I could tell he knows I'm not exactly here to talk about unicorns. "Is it true that Dana and you are… a thing?" I ask, without planning my words before I say them.
"How did you find out about that?"
Mitchie's P.O.V.
Walking to lunch I hear a muffle of whispers from around the corner. I stop, trying to hear the voices. One of them I recognize as Tess' snotty tone.
"It doesn't matter how I found out," she murmurs, "Is it true that the two of you have been seeing each other since the beginning of the summer?"
"Yeah." Nate? Is she friends with Nate now, too? "Please don't tell her dad, he still hates m-"
"That's not what I'm here to talk about."
I step closer and the leaves crunch underneath my feet. I freeze and nothing changes. They didn't hear anything.
"Then what are you here to talk about?" Nate says sounding more worried than one would expect.
"I know that you cheated on Dana with Shane."
Are my ears hearing right! Nate cheated on his secret girlfriend… with my ex-boyfriend? This must be why Shane's been acting so weird lately. He's not with Tess. He's with Nate. It's hard for me to wrap my brain around this.
Sure, part of me wishes he would have stayed friends with me and given me his trust with this sort of news instead of going and making new friends like Tess. But the other part of me wishes I still didn't know this information now.
I make my way to the cafeteria and see Shane sitting away from the big crowd, with a seat saved next to him with a sweater. I fall into the seat across from him and he seems up at me, looking puzzled.
"We need to talk."