𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄𝐒 - Ethan Landry

𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑽𝑰𝑰

by the time the second train had arrived,
i had already tried to say hi to Ethan
4 times already, same for him but
Mind refused for me to even turn my head
towards his direction.

Even when we had gotten on the train,
she dragged me with her to the back
of the train where ethan wasn't at,
but he stayed closed, which i'm
glad he did, in case anything happens

i cross my arms and turn my body away
from Mindy, making sure to send a message
that i was annoyed she kept pulling me away
from Ethan, who looked sad as hell, lying
against the trains pole.

she gets the message at this point
"are you seriously mad at me?"
she says over my shoulder

i don't reply and stare out the
window, which was just
showing the subways walls.

"dude, you're cheating on jay and
dating the killer, why are you
mad at me?"

"god... he's not the killer Mindy"
i scoff

"...even if he's not the killer,
you're still cheating on
Jay again, why not just break
up with him already"

i feel my body go weak,
how does mindy know?
we never told anyone
what happened between us.
or at least i didn't.

i finally turn to face her
"what do you mean again"

she shifts her body so she appears
taller than me, tilting her head
"Max, i'm observant, of course
i knew what was happening
between you and amber"
she crosses her arms.

apart of me thinks she wants
me to think she's being funny,
that it's supposed to be our

'wow ha ha you knew about my secret
relationship with the killer! it's so
funny that you knew that and so
embarrassing for me!'

she smiles, but i don't smile back,
instead i straighten my posture

"Amber was trying to get intel"
shaking her head sarcastically
like a disappointed mother
"what makes you think Ethan
isn't trying to do the same"

again, i think she expects me to laugh,
because she nudged my arm with her elbow,
but i just stare back at her emotionless.
she clearly doesn't understand my
message and facial expressions
because she just kept on speaking,
placing her hands on my shoulders

"he's gonna use you just like Amber did,
he's probably even crazier than she was-"

i smack her hands away from my shoulders,
i know she's trying to be funny and lighten
up from the idea that she'd pissed me off
from pulling me away from Ethan, but
all she was doing was pissing me off
anymore. I mean was it impossible
for someone to like me for, me truly?
Jay only likes this weird, fake, fucked up
version of me, where I was ready to move
on, like I wanted to move to new york,
or as if i wanted to move away from Amber
and all the fucked up things in Woodsboro.
but i just cant, not this easily.

"seriously mindy, stay the fuck away
from me, i finally found someone
who makes me happy, like truly
happy, and you're comparing him
to some psychopath who completely
ruined my life and betrayed me.
I'm sorry if you have trust issues
but me personally, I trust Ethan, ok?"