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Chapter forty-four: Uncovering the truth

𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝

Alex is back at court today.

Like last time, he didn't want me to go. I respect his wishes, so I stayed at home, anxiously waiting for his return and hoping to whoever is up there that Mr Montgomery pleads guilty and is locked up for a long time.

Unlike last time, I didn't want to wait alone, so I asked Lucy, Kenzie and Jake if they wanted to come round and hang out with me. Lucy couldn't, as she's seeing her grandparents, but Kenzie and Jake agreed. I didn't ask Cami because I'm still kind of pissed at her for the gay comment, and she knows that Alex lives with me and most definitely would bring it up, even when knowing that the other don't know.

"Are you alright, Matty?" Kenzie asks after twenty minutes of her and Jake being round. We decided to watch a movie and gouge on Eva's popcorn, me sat in the middle of the two on my bed with my laptop in front of me.

I've tried to keep a relatively calm outer demeanour, so I'm momentarily confused as to why she asked, but then I see her looking down at my fist and that's when I feel the sting of my nails digging into my palm. I unclench my fist, giving her a smile and a nod.

She doesn't pry any further, which I'm grateful for because I'm aching to ramble on about how nervous I am about Alex going to court, and I know that if she probes me about it, I'll crack and spill everything.

I change the subject before Jake can question me about it too and ask, "Have you got a date to the prom yet?"

The seniors had their prom in May as they finish school a month earlier than the rest of us. Sofia didn't go because she felt too self-conscious about her bump in a prom dress, despite the fact that everyone knows about her being pregnant. She gets no shit for it, luckily, apart from one guy who called her a slut and got the business end of her palm against his cheek. Now it's the juniors turn.

In our school, junior prom always signifies the end of the school year, and breaking up for the summer break. This happens during the second week of June, so as it's the last week of school starting Monday, in exactly a week, our prom will commence.

We had a rule where we were not allowed to talk about the prom until finals were over to avoid any added stress about limos and dresses and dates, but now it's the weekend and we're officially done with exams, it's all we've been talking about.

Kenzie sighs, "Unfortunately not. Is your boyfriend taking you?"

I pause for a second as I realise that Alex and I haven't spoken one word to each other about it. Now I hits me that, unless we come out as a couple in the next seven days, I'm going to have to go alone. "Oh, um, we haven't actually talked about it yet."