Poisonous Love. [EDITING]

twenty-three

i stalled looking up trying to guess the answer off the top of my head even though i knew damn well i didn't know it.

"can i ask somebody for help?"
i ask,making the rest of the class laugh.

"this isn't phone-a-friend mr Williams,the answer is boron"
he said turning back towards the board.

before he could finish the lesson,the bell rang.

letting it be known that seventh period was over and we had five minutes to get to our last period.

i packed up my bag,before sliding it on my shoulders and grabbing my phone out of my pocket,walking out.

the hallways were crowded,as always.

students stood by lockers engaged in deep conversations,people rushing in and out of the bathrooms as fast as they could to get to class on time.

i hadn't seen chris since lunch and we had last period together.

and ryan was nowhere to be found.

before i could turn the corner,a tall figure pulled me the opposite way.

i looked up to see that it was ryan and he was going in the complete opposite direction of the class i needed to go to.

"ms lee's class is on the other side of the school-"
i point.

"we have four minutes left,you'll make it"
he said looking down at his apple watch.

"so what did you find?"
i ask walking next to him hoping he had an answer for me.

he sighed.
"not much,i looked for hours and i only found basic information"

"i thought you were an expert?"
i ask making quotation marks with my fingers.

his face scrunched up.
"i'm a high school computer genius,not the federal government.so do you want the information or not?"

i nodded my head as we walked in the direction of the west side of the building.

my english class was on the south side.

i looked down at the time on my phone.

three minutes.

"ok,her birthday is February twenty sixth,and she shares it with miles,pisces."

"twins."
i stated out loud as he nodded his head.

he hummed.
"they stay with their dad,james brown,he owns an auto repair shop on the other side of town"

"what about her mom?"
i ask as we turned a corner.

he gave me an awkward look.
"what about her?"
he asked.

"what school does she work at? what's her salary,stuff like that?"
i wonder.

he shook his head as i looked down at my phone.

two minutes.