Who Are You?

Chapter 7

Salem

"You will never guess who I saw at work today!"

I jumped turning around to look at Gabe. He came in through the front door and put his backpack down and tossed his keys on the table.

"Who did you see?" I said looking back at the tv. Gabe came and sat down next to me on the couch. Una got up from my lap and sat on Gabe's, greeting him with little kisses to his hand.

"I saw Trisha Paytas! I swear I couldn't believe it. My little gay heart almost exploded." I laughed.

"What was Trisha doing at your work?" I asked curiously.

"She was there eating with her boyfriend, Jason." I whipped my head to look at him.

"You saw Jason there too? Did you say hi to them?" He shook his head.

"I wasn't their waiter. I couldn't stop working either to go over to their table. I would've done anything thoe if I wasn't working." He said looking down at the pup.

I nodded my head. I got my phone and opened up Instagram, I went to Jasons account and scrolled through it a little bit. Occasionally seeing Charlie and her brother Wyatt pop up.

I smiled. I suddenly got a message from one of the other dance teachers and went to my DMs. I paused and audibly gasped.

My finger hovered the message I opened four days ago. Gabe looked at me.

"What's wrong?" He asked worried. I looked at him and waved my hand. "Nothing sorry. I just saw a cute puppy." I said.

I closed out my phone and put it in my pocket. I got up from the couch and went upstairs to my bathroom.

I walked into my bathroom and closed the door, locking it.

I quickly took my phone out of my pocket and unlocked it. Opening my DMs again and opened David's message.

My fingers hovered over the keyboard, not knowing how to respond. I looked into the mirror trying to think.

I must have zoned out because the next thing I heard was Gabe knocking on the door. I jumped and looked at the door, I scrambled with my phone and put it in my pocket.

I grabbed a little towel pretending to rid my face of water and opened the door.

Gabe stood there and looked at me worried. "Are you Okay, Salem? I'm worried about you." I nodded my head and huffed.

"Why would you be worried? I was just washing my face." I said shrugging my shoulders.

Gabe looked at me suspiciously and nodded his head. "Alright, well I'm gunna get some food. Text me what you want."

"Okay." He left out of my room and closed the door.

I walked into my room and sat on the bed. I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and opened it. I looked down at my phone and my eyes almost popped out of my head.

I had sent a picture of myself on accident and sent it. I clicked on the picture and let out the ugliest groan ever. The picture was some what blurry but you can make out that I was clearly panicked.

I stared at the photo for what seemed like an hour when only it was a couple of minutes. I closed out of the picture and saw that he had already opened it.

I screamed and threw my phone. It hit the floor with a thud and went under my bed.

I debated on picking my phone up. I didn't want to come face to face with the humiliation I had just put myself through.