High School Never Ends

The next day was a Friday. Finally, this week was coming to an end. I walked to school along with Mike, it just seemed to have become a daily thing and I sure wasn’t complaining. To be honest, I enjoy his company. He puts me at ease, I just wish I could talk to him about the problems with Vic and my sister instead of going behind his back with Vic.
When we arrived at school, I could feel eyes burning into the back of my head. The feeling didn’t go away for the rest of the day. I knew perfectly well that it was Amelia. She even sat at the table next to us at lunch. Vic noticed that I was uncomfortable and gave me a look as if to ask if I was okay. I nodded my head towards the cafeteria before piping up.
“I’m gonna go get a bottle of water, anyone wanna come?”
I knew that none of the guys would want to, mainly because it involved standing up and walking.
“Yeh, I’ll go with you.” Vic replied
We got up and walked towards the cafeteria, whilst the guys continued their conversation without suspecting a thing.
“What’s up?” Vic asked
“Amelia. She’s been staring at me all day and following me. I can constantly feel her presence. She’s even gone out of her way to sit at the table next to us instead of her usual.”
Vic peered back to see Amelia and her gang of friends sat at the table next to ours.
“I didn’t really see her as being the caring type. Plus Mike told us about the bad blood between the two of you.”
“Yeh, but Melissa has always kept her grounded. She’ll do whatever Melissa tells her to do.”
“Well, maybe I should have a chat with Melissa.”
“Good luck with that. She lives in Sacramento now.”
“I’ve got everything under control, I don’t see why she has to butt in.”
“She’s looking out for me. What’s everything anyway?”
“Huh?”
“What’ve you got under control?”
“Aria, please…”
“Do you have a drug problem?” I cut Vic off
“What!? No! Look you don’t know the full story.”
“Tell me then.”
“We haven’t got time.” Vic said through gritted teeth
We were walking back towards the guys by now and he was trying to keep a smile on his face to prevent any questions from being asked.
“Make it quick then.” I countered
“I was trying to help her. There, that’s as short as it’s gonna get.”
We sat back down but I spaced out, not paying attention to the conversation they were having. Help her? What does that mean?
Mike snapped me out of my thoughts by lightly punching my arm.
“Are you okay?” He whispered
“Yeh, why?”
“I dunno, you just don’t seem with it today.”
“I’m fine, just been a long week.”
“We’re gonna figure this stuff out with Amelia, don’t worry about it. I promise you’re not gonna get hurt.”
“Thanks.” I smiled at him and he smiled back before giving my hand a quick squeeze.
That’s a big promise for someone to make, I just hope he can keep it.

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