Connor called just as I was about to leave to catch the bus. "Ditch school with me," he said, almost as an order rather than a suggestion, though the slight tremble of his voice said differently.
"W-what?"
"I know I can't ask it of you, but I just...I can't handle school today."
"Con, I'm not sure - "
"You don't have to, I can't really ask you to do this. I just...need someone." He coughed. "Sorry, I shouldn't have even asked. I'll probably see you tomorrow - "
"Con, are you okay?"
"I - "
"Yeah, I'll ditch with you," I told him, hearing the tremble in his voice, the tears he had probably just been crying still on his cheeks. "Meet me at the ice cream shop in a bit?"
"O - okay."
Mum is completely wrapped up in a book when I leave the house, and I know that I won't get caught - when she starts reading, she doesn't stop, she's so wrapped up in the world of the book she's reading.
Tyde sends me suspicious glances but doesn't say anything when I take the keys to Mum's car and get into the car instead of following him to the bus. "Please don't tell," I hiss at him quickly. He only nods and goes on his way to the bus.
I start the car, turning left towards the ice cream place, stopping at the nearest red light to check the text I had just received. Please don't be Mum.
Zoe: I heard you're ditching school with C today
Troye: yeah can u tell me stuff i miss
Zoe: Yeah, no problem. You do know what day it is today, right?
Troye: ummm the twenty fourth of november?
Zoe: Yeah. Today's the day that his mom died. I've been there for him every year since it happened, and he's a mess every year. So just be careful.
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Fanfiction[COMPLETED] NaNoWriMo 2015 - "My heart skips a beat and all the careful precautions and burned photographs and the pretense of safety and normalcy is shattered, oh God what have I done?" Troye Sivan is running from a past that he's still livin...
