High School Never Ends

I dragged myself off of the sofa, forcing myself to get ready in the 30 minutes Mike had given me. This was the first time I had been invited out in about a month, and for the first time in about a year I’ve been genuinely excited.
I crept into my mum’s room to check is she was awake but she was fast asleep. I made the decision to write her a note, telling her where I was going.
As soon as I placed the note gently on the bedside table, I heard a knocking at the door. Slowly, I sneaked quietly back out of her room, softly closing the door behind me. I grabbed my phone, shoving it into my pocket and opened the door to be faced with not Mike but Amelia. My smile instantly became no existent and I jumped back slightly into the house. She didn’t move nor look at me, she kept her head down focusing on her shoes.
“A-Amelia, what you doing here?” I nervously laughed
“Melissa sent me.” She bluntly replied
“Oh, eh… Come in.” I motioned for her to enter the house
As she did, I closed the door behind her and quickly checked the time on my phone. I still had 10 minutes before Mike was supposed to show up, better make this quick.
“So, Melissa’s back in town?” I asked
“No, she checks up on you through me.”
“Oh.” I shifted in my seat
“I told her what happened between us. She’s demanded that I stop being a bitch to you, especially after…”
“No. I don’t want special treatment, you know that!” I cut her off
“Yeh, I know. You’re not going to get special treatment for that. The only reason, I’m not plotting to kill you is because of Melissa. She’s the only one to ever keep me grounded.”
I sighed.
“Look, obviously you don’t like me and I don’t particularly like you much but Melissa does. She’s looking out for you. But she can’t if she’s not here, so that’s what I’m for.”
“Right, I get that. What did you come here for exactly? I don’t plan to start hanging out with you again, it’s not my ideal lifestyle.”
“I’m not here to kiss and make up. Look, she sent me to warn you.”
“About what?” I almost laughed
“Mike. Well all of them! You shouldn’t be hanging around them, they’re no good for you.”
“And you are!?” I scoffed
“There’s things you don’t know about them.”
“Like what? Please enlighten me.”
“Paige was in with a bad crowd, you know that.”
“What’s your point?”
“They were a part of that.”
“So you’re telling me that all 4 of those guys were involved in the death of my sister.”
“No, none of them were involved in Paige’s death. I know you’ve already realised it. I see the way you look at Vic. You seem almost confused by his presence when he’s around you. He knew Paige, he knew what was going on.”
“What’s your point? Are you telling me I should be blaming him?”
She sighed. “Drugs.”
“What?”
“That’s what killed your sister: drugs. Vic was involved in that. Who knows if he still is? He could be dangerous!”
“You’ve got to be kidding me.”
“But I’m not, please Aria listen…”
“No. Get out of my house, out of my life, just stay away.” I calmly cut her off
“Aria.”
“No. You know nothing.”
With that Amelia got up and left, leaving me sitting alone unsure of what to believe.

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