Tweetie

27

He stopped, blankly staring at her for a couple of seconds as he realised just what happened. He came in with the intention to threaten her and Oscar again in order to stop them from telling anyone about what he did... Yet, she ended up threatening him.

He pursed his lips together and scowled before stepping back.

"Fuck you. I swear, I'll kill you if you say anything." He snapped, glaring to her then to Oscar while stepping back and away before leaving without another word.

Silence followed as the three boys around her tried to figure out what had just happened. Meanwhile, she lost herself in her mind little by little, going over just what this meant. Honestly, she didn't want to put any faith in the fact that he wouldn't try to do something if she told anybody what he did. He punched her just for catching a glimpse of something she shouldn't have, now he was making direct threats.

She turned to Oscar who shared a worried glance, neither trusting that he wouldn't go through with his threats.

"What?" Ryan squinted between them. "What was that about?"

"...It doesn't matter," Hazel said, set on keeping quiet for the sake of Oscar's brother and beside her, he nodded along quickly, hoping to get the message across.

"D'you guys wanna head to the cafe?" Leo asked, deciding to move the topic along so no other questions could be asked about what happened. It was obvious they didn't want to say anything about it immediately.

"Yeah!" Oscar cheered, his usual smile growing brighter. "I wanna tell Fox and Joel I got a geography question right!"

"It took you three tries," Leo said.

"I still got it right!" Oscar argued back as Leo pulled a Hoodie onto his arms and lifted his bag up to his shoulder.

"Yeah, it was a three choice question."

"Ryan, what the hell, you haven't stopped glaring at her since we left school."

"-Leo, what's wrong with his face?"

"Hm?" Leo turned, his eyes meeting Fox's who joined the four as they approached the cafe buzzing with life. Hazel and Oscar walked only a few steps ahead, both far too distracted by their conversation about classical music to listen to the group behind them.

"I think he's pissed at Tweetie for something." Leo continued, gesturing towards the short brown haired girl who skipped along with a happy smile, oblivious to the conversation.

Fox let a hum slip from him as he glanced over the silver-haired boy with a scowl, his eyes burning into the slightly shorter boy before he brought a hand up, hovering it over the back of Ryan's head until he finally hit. his hand knocked his head forward with a light slap and brought a much more hardened scowl to Ryan's face.

"Fox, what the fuck?"

"Quit glaring at her," Fox demanded, unaffected by Ryan's bitter tongue. "Why do you look so angry? What'd she do?"

"Because," Ryan spat, turning to Leo for a moment but paused in thought, staring down at his feet momentarily until he seemed much less aggravated. "She knows shit about Dicky Ricky and I want to know what it is."

"That's all?" Fox sighed, tuning to Leo who shrugged. "You can be so dramatic sometimes."

"Yeah, whatever," Ryan groaned, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Something's weird about her, I dunno."

Eventually, after only a couple of minutes, the group finally arrived at the cafe, the smell of coffee and treats greeting them like a pleasant smile from an old friend. It was busy, but not too busy. People sat around tables, the group's usual table remained free as people avoided it with fear while others sat nearby, waiting for the boys to turn up.