Jason sat down in the 2nd desk behind mine.
And all went quiet as our lessons began,the tension still hovering in the class while Mike remained more silent then he had ever been.
Not even answering questions, head perched up on the temporary pedestal made by his hand, a sombre experience on his face.
Hours passed and soon it was lunch time.
Me and Valery were talking about our lunch meals while Mike was packing the last of his books and Jason came over.
“Avery, are we still on for lunch?” he asked and i nodded in response “Yeah just-” “You invited him to have lunch with us?” angrily hissed Mike.
“Yeah she did, its no big deal right?” stated Val, Mike glared at Jason “whatever, you can go enjoy your lunch with him I’ll go eat somewhere else” he said before walking angrily out of the classroom.
“Im sorry i didnt mean to cause any trouble i-”
“No no its okay, just give him time, Mike is not much of a people person so….” said Valery, trying to ease the worries Jason had.
“Anyway lets go to the Cafeteria, time is ticking slow pockes!!” she said.
And we all took our bags and went on our way.
Lunch with Jason was kinda fun, he made lots of jokes and kept us laughing and smiling the whole of lunch.
But even then i could not stop wondering why Mike was so angry, i knew that he did not like people much but he’s never been that hostile or angry and if he was he never ever showed it before, especially to people he did not know.
‘I just wonder what got into him’ i questioned worridly while deep in thought.
Lunch came to an end and back to class we went, Mike was there when we got back already digging his nose into a book, so we just went and took our seats.
The rest of the day went off with that same tension but it became more ignorable as time passed and everyone focused on their studies.
I went to my school locker to take out some books to do homework with and placed those i would not need inside.
I walked outside the building, the air was dry and cool as the trees swayed in the orange lighting of the setting sun, all senior students and students who had club time were leaving the school.
Smiles on their faces and cheerful bounces in their steps as they walked out of the school gates and headed to their homes.
I met up with my brother before waiting for the bus while he told me all about his eventful day.
And that was the end of another day in high school.
Within the school, the silhouettes of two male figures painted the hallway wall in transparent black, while the school was nearly empty they stayed behind.
The world moving while they remained still only their eyes moving as they watched the few students left file out of the school halls, no one caring to spare them a second glance, tired of their own day and minding their business.
“what’s your deal exactly?” asked the first boy, “No deal, im just here to have fun” answered the second,smile etched on his shadow adorned face.
“NO! I KNOW YOUR NOT YOU BASTARD! Your here for something and i wanna know what!” the first one yelled.
“I was bored and decided to hunt you down and come ruin your life….is that what you wanted to hear?” the second nonchalantly stated and asked.
“More like its what i expect..just leave. I dont want to see your face here. Not you nor them!, STAY AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS AND GET THE HELL OUT OF MY LIFE!! ” the first one hollered in anger, fuming as he turned around and walked away, the sounds of the pitter patter of his shoes echoing through the hall.
“hmph….since when did i ever listen to you….cant believe you would even waste your time like that” the one left behind started..
Then he too began to walk away in the opposite direction of where the other one went…
“Its game time, try to keep up,loser” he concluded, his words not heard by the one their meant for.
….
When i got home i decided to take a snack up to my room and begin my homework.
So i did just that after greeting my mother and my brother did his usual too, homework and then play time.
My father still not home,working still at his demanding job will be back a few hours later on.
After doing my homework i took out a book and began to study.
But as i was doing that, my phone beeped and i picked it up to have a look.
It was a message from Jason!
Jason: “Hey would you like to hang out this weekend, if you dont have plans tho”
Avery: “Hey, I’d lov to hang out .But understand that i cant stay till out too late”
Jason: “she said yesss, and sure it won’t be long we still need to mind our individual study time afterall wait are u studyin rn?”
Avery: “Great! And yes i am”
Jason: “And you stopped to answer my texts? Im honored to be honest.Well let me not stall anymore of your time Thank you again and see you tomorrow”
Avery: “haha yea see you tomorrow Jason”
I smiled as i looked at our texts and watched the screen before thoughts of Mike went through my head, the worry coming back to me..
I then decided to text him
Avery: “Hey Mike!! ”
I waited a minute or two and just as i was about to go back to reading..-
Mike: “Ave, what do you want?”
Avery: “i wanted to check up on you, is everything okay? You’ve been cold to us all day”
Mike: “im fine, is that all?”
Avery: “Mike whats going on? Why dont you like the new kid and y are u acting like this?”
Mike: “Nothing’s going on, i just dont like him and i dont know what your talking about”
Avery: “Ohh so we keep secrets now?”
Mike: “Cry or call the police if its a crime.”
Avery:” Wow”
Mike: “*sigh* look its personal, okay? And even if i asked you to stay away from the guy you two wouldnt so y would i even bother telling you my dislike towards him? Avery just drop it and know that as long as he’s hanging with u and Val i wont be doing the same, bye”
Avery: “But y?!”
I asked and he proceeded to seen me, not even attempting to reply.
Avery: “fine, whatever bye”
I texted again, a little anger brewing through me.
I sighed and put my phone down after seeing he had left me on read again.
It seemed he hated Jason but he would not say for what reason,and digging too much will only make things worse.
As of now i dont know what to do but i only hope that things with him go back to normal soon.
With that in mind, i went back to studying questions of what had happened between Jason and Mike crawling in my head like parasites.
Could not be stopped but could be pushed to the back of my head as i absorbed all the new knowledge and trying to memomorize the information from my books.
I am worried about Mike and I simply want all of us to get along without any trouble.
Jason seems like a nice person with a warm and welcoming personality so far.
I only hope Mike can see that in the long run as well but from the way things are going I would say he knows more then he leads us on to believe.
Why is he lying to us,why does he see a reason to need to.
I know what he said but i simply find it hard to believe that Jason is that bad a person for him to harbor such harsh resentment towards him.
And even then does he not deserve a second chance to make right of the wrongs done against or to Mike?.
I sighed,realizing I had been so deep in thought that I was now fiddling with my pen rather then writing with it.
My friends are my world,losing them is something I do not want to experience.
I feel lost and simply confused,I only hope for the best in this situation.
I do not want to abandon Jason,he’s new here and while he can easily find friends at school with his looks and personality I just want us to all be friends,he seems so kind.
I wonder why Mike does he not see that or he refuses to,I do not know.
All I want is harmony, for us to laugh together again.
I do not know what Mike is hiding but it will come out one way or another,but if the case of Mike hiding something is true then so is Jason.
Secrets secrets all around.
I sigh defeatedly, I wonder how I can find a resolution to this,how can I help them?is there even a way?
To be continued….