POV: Chris
Why am I even here anymore? I hate this place so much. I hate everyone here. Especially Nickolai and Jake and everyone here. Actually no. I don't hate everyone here. I don't hate my best friend, Aiden. We've been best friends since preschool. We care about each other like we are brothers. But other than Aiden, I hate everyone. I don't know why I hate everyone, but I do. I don't always hate everyone, but today I do. Today is the saddest and most depressing day I've had in a long time. I try not to cry and put my hood up as I walk down the school hallway trying to find Aiden. I need to talk to him. The pain and sadness I feel right now is unbearable. Usually I don't self harm, but this morning I did. I couldn't find him anywhere, and the bell rang so I had to go to class. I text Aiden to meet me in the bathroom in 5 minutes. He texts back and says that he'll be there. I raise my hand and the teacher says "yEs ChRiS."
I am automatically in a bad mood hearing her voice. She's such an annoying teacher.
"Can I use the bathroom?" I say.
"I dOn'T kNoW, cAn YoU?"
Fuck you bitch.
"MAY I use the bathroom?" I say.
"SiGn OuT." She says.
I sign out and take the pass. I get there and Aiden walks in a few seconds later. Before he can even say anything, I hug him so tight and start crying my eyes out.
"Chris? What happened?" Says Aiden.
"I don't even know." I say in between sobs. "Usually there is a reason that I'm upset." I say.
"There might be." He says. "Try to remember anything that could have upset you this much."
I think back and remember what it was. I start crying more uncontrollably. "I think it's..." I say. "My family. They keep arguing. And I'm always in the middle of it."
Aiden hugs me. "What are they arguing about?" I sit down and he sits next to me.
"My mom and step dad keep fighting about...everything." I say.
"Me and my brothers are always dragged into it because they just expect us to join in. They're in nursing school so they aren't really making any money and They Can barely Pay bills and Christian cant even work because of his Cancer."
Christian is my older brother that has lymphoma. My younger brother, Abel, is not old enough to get a job. I also have a job as a host at a restaurant.
"I think he might die." I say. "What do his doctors say?" Asks Aiden.
"It's only stage two." I say. "He isn't getting Chemo yet, but he's getting radiation." I cry again. "I don't want him to die." I say. "He's one of the only people that truly understands me."
Aiden was about to say something when my science teacher walked inside. "WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?" She said clearly agitated.
"Nothing." Said Aiden trying to hide that I was crying. "GET TO CLASS OR ELSE YOU BOTH HAVE DETENTION!" He says.
We both get up and go back to our classes. I sit back down and continue to listen to that annoying bitch.
POV: Darwin
What the fuck did I just eavesdrop on? I probably should not have been there. I was just in a stall because I didn't wanna be in class and the two guys come into the room. One started crying hysterically, and a familiar voice started comforting them. I thought that it was Aiden, but I couldn't tell who that other person was. I thought maybe it was that weird guy he hangs out with that no one knows. I stayed in the stall and kept listening. The weird guy started telling Aiden about his home life. His mom and step dad are fighting and some guy named Christian has cancer or something? I don't know but he seemed pretty upset that this Christian guy has cancer. I don't blame him, my aunt has cancer and I can relate. All of a sudden, a teacher came in and told them to go back to class. He was probably looking for me because I had been In here for like 10 minutes. He left because she sucks at looking for me and I decided to go back to class too. I have Literature first period with my friend, Layna. We sit next to each other and pretty much talk all period. I decided to ask her if she knew who that guy was because she knows a lot of people. I sat down and decided to ask.
"Layna, do you know who that guy that hangs out with Aiden is?" I asked.
Layna thought for a second. "I'm not exactly sure...I think it's Chris something or another." Layna said.
"Oh, just curious." I said.
We talked about other things the rest of the period and then the bell rang. I was going to walk to the next class with Layna, but I spotted Aiden and decided to talk to him. "Aiden, hi." I said.
"Hi Darwin." Said Aiden. I tried to pretend like I didn't hear what I heard. I was also nervous. "Soooo, wanna hang out after school?" I said.
"Sorry, I've got plans." He said. "Oh." I said. "Well have fun in class." Aiden gave me a weird look.
"You too, I guess." Said Aiden as he left. It was at that moment that I felt something. I wasn't sure what it was-actually no. I'm lying. I know what I'm feeling. I like him a lot, but I'm still not exactly sure what I identify as. I try to ignore the boner that I got as I run to catch up with Layna.
POV: Aiden
That was a strange conversation. Darwin is up to something. He seemed so nervous whenever we talk to each other. He fidgets around, and stutters sometimes, like jeez Darwin, no need to piss your pants. I'm not that scary. I brushed over that conversation and tried to focus on how I can help Chris. He was pretty upset this morning. It hurts me to see my best friend in pain. I'm not sure how to help him though. I hope that he figures this out because I hate this state that he's in. The rest of the day seems to go normal. I met with Chris in the bathroom again in 7th period but that was it. We all went home, things were normal until around 4:30 when I was doing homework and Chris called me. "Hey, what's happening?" I said.
"You know that Darwin guy right?" Said Chris.
"Yeah, what about him?" I said.
"I think he's up to something." Said Chris. "Maybe he knows something?"
At least includes not the only one that caught on to Darwin's recently strange behavior. "Yeah I definitely noticed that too." I said. "He talked to me today and looked incredibly nervous."
"Darwin talked to me today. He just walked up to me and said hey."
I was a bit confused. "Is that all he said?" I said.
"I just said 'hi?'" Said Chris. "He just thought for a second and walked away."
That was weird. I knew he was up to something. "I will text him and try to get to the bottom of this."
I texted him asking him why he's acting weird. He didn't reply for a while. All he said was "i dunno." I told Chris about all of Darwin's strange behavior. Chris chuckled. "He likes you." Said Chris.
I felt surprised and not surprised at the same time. "Uh...he does?" I said.
"Yes!" Said Chris. "He really likes you. It'll be sad that you're gonna have to turn him down because you're straight."
That wasn't true. I am pansexual. I just haven't come out yet. This seemed like a good time to say it though. Chris would accept me. "Actually.." I said. "I am Pansexual." Chris was silent for a second.
"Aiden...It's ok." He said. "I totally accept you." I was relieved. "Thank you." I said. "I will call you later." I hung up. "You're pansexual?" Said a voice behind me. It was my sister.
POV: Layna
Ever since my first day at Hoes For Life High School, I had been obsessed with my Math teacher, Mr. Harana. He's honestly hot. I wanted to fuck him so badly in my freshman year. One day in April of my freshman year, we had sex for the first time. It was the best sex I've had in a long time. Me and him arranged times to have sex ever since then. I had been getting all A's in his class since. Lately though, I had been feeling weird. I sometimes wake up and throw up. My period is also late...I think I am pregnant. With Mr. Harana's Baby. There's no way to really say til I take a test. I have about an hour til my sister gets home from work so I have time. I take the test and wait impatiently for the test to be ready. I prepare for the worst. I was only a sophomore in high school. I don't want a baby. It was only a fling thing. Darwin calls me.
"Hey Darwin." I say trying to not sound nervous and scared.
"I have a crush." Said Darwin. This intrigued me. I have to know this stuff.
"Ooh, who is it?" I say.
"Aiden..." he says as if he is a ashamed. I was just mostly surprised. I didn't know that he was LGBT but I accept him.
He starts talking about how he thinks that he might be bisexual and I check the test. It was positive. I couldn't help it and started crying on the phone. "Darwin I'm pregnant!" I blurt out. He was silent.
"What." He says.
"I am pregnant." I say. "With...Nickolai's baby." That was a lie. I knew it was Mr. Harana's baby because he's the only guy I've been with but I didn't want to admit that I had slept with a teacher. I felt bad for saying his name but it would cause less problems for me.
"You slept with Nickolai?" Said Darwin. "Why? How the fuck did that happen?" I don't know how to reply to this. I think for a second and I remember something that happened a few months ago. Nickolai was high, and stumbled up to me. I decided I would tell him that I slept with him when he was high and I would tell Nickolai that he probably forgot because of the drugs he was on. I'm pretty sure it was Ecstasy.
"He was high, on Ecstasy I think..." I say crying because I felt bad but I knew I had to do this. "He stumbled up to me and he was quite flirty and we had sex..." I cry even more realizing what I was doing. It was too late to turn back. "I left early the next morning, before he woke up." I cried so hard. Darwin comforted me.
"You have to tell him about this." He said.
"What? No." I said.
"Tomorrow, we are going to do this together." Said Darwin. "Everything will be ok."
No it won't. Nickolai is going to think that he is a father when in reality Mr. Harana is the father. Honestly fuck Mr. Harana. I'm just gonna blackmail him now. It is important to know that Darwin knew about the Harana situation. He was for some reason too dumb to realize that I was lying. I knew I could trust him with this so I decided to just come clean. I wouldn't normally do this but I know he can help me cover this up. "Darwin I lied." I say. "It's Mr. Harana's baby." Darwin sighed.
"Why did you lie?" He said.
"I don't know." I say. "Just please help me cover this up.."
"Fine." He eventually says. "I will help you, but I need something in return."
"What?" I say.
"I want you to get me better grade in his class." Says Darwin. "He always gives me F's. It's so fucking annoying."
I sigh in relief that he is helping me. "Ok." I say. "You have a deal."