"Camryn! C'mon, Buddy! Talk to me!"
Camryn rolled his eyes. Despite the clear instructions not to let Jamie in, his mother had once again opened the door for him.
Camryn continued to type away at a site on his computer, completely ignoring his ex-friend.
"Cam, you're being ridiculous!"
Camryn scoffed under his breath and continued to type.
"Your mom is worried about you, you know. You can't just hole yourself up in your room because Andy stopped coming to scho--"
"You're wrong! It's so much more than that!" Camryn finally looked up. His eyes were sleeplessly bloodshot. "It wasn't just Andy that stopped coming to school, it was that toxic piece of fucking shit too!"
Jamie staggered back. He knew that Camryn was...struggling, but he hadn't realized it was to such an extent. The boy's once well-kept hair was in a state of destruction, tangled and greasy, and his skin had a sickly tint to it that made Jamie's heart ache with concern. "Cam, what happened to--"
"Nothing's fucking wrong with me!" Camryn slammed his fists against his desk. "I've just been working very hard lately...to find evidence that proves that creep did something to Andy. I'm gonna save her, Jamie--Jamison."
Jamie flinched. "Cam, please just calm down for a moment. We can talk this through, you know? It was my fault, I'll admit it. I started the whole idea that...Y/n was a bit, well, toxic...but I really do think I was too quick to judge! There's more to this situation the--"
Smack!
Jamie's eyes widened and he slowly brought his hand to his now stinging cheek. "Ca--"
"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Camryn held the hand he'd used to slap Jamie above his head, eyes wild. "YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, AN-AND I'LL BET THAT THE BITCH BRAINWASHED YOU OR SOMETHING!"
Jamie glanced away quietly. It hurt to see Camryn acting so unstable.
Camryn had stood up when he slapped Jamie, and was now at eye level with him, glaring with a deep hatred. "Just leave."
"Camr--"
"LEAVE!"
Jamie froze, before nodding defeatedly and turning to leave. Once he stood at the threshold of the room, he briefly turned back around. "If you come to your senses, you know I'll still be there..."
The only response he was given was the slamming of the door.
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Hi lol :StepOnMeDora
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Heroiknight: STEOS
Heroiknight: OMG SYEPS OMG
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Candyc0unter: Steps!!!!
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beans_lol: welcome back
YouKillMyFather: Why the fuck were you gone so long
YouKillMyFather: Idiot
Kole17: Hi
Omg :StepOnMeDora
The way all of those messages just came in in under a minute-- :StepOnMeDora
Heroiknight: WHAT KEPT YOU AWAY SO LONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG
Heroiknight: I THOUGHT U DIED
Heroiknight: I ALMOST HELD YUO A FUNERAL BUT LOOPS SAIF U WRE OK SO I JUST BUILT YU A SHRINE INSTAD
YouKillMyFather: HERO
Heroiknight: UM
Welllll :StepOnMeDora
There's just some personal stuff going on so :StepOnMeDora
Not much to say lol :StepOnMeDora
Candyc0unter: I hope you're okay now though ༼~﹏~༽
Well I'm alive :StepOnMeDora
So that's something haha :StepOnMeDora
Candyc0unter: Steps... (ノAヽ)
Heroiknight: we're here for you if you wanna talk!! D:
I'm good :StepOnMeDora
But thanks lol :StepOnMeDora
YouKillMyFather: What they said
YouKillMyFather: Just yknow
YouKillMyFather: Take care or whatever
YouKillMyFather: I sort of missed your dumb ass exploding my phone
YouKillMyFather: Doesn't mean I like you though
Heroiknight: suuuuuuuuuuuuuure
Candyc0unter: Mhmmm <(￣U￣)>
Thank you Yuki :StepOnMeDora
YouKillMyFather: Yeah whatever
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beans_lol: well im glad your back, steps
beans_lol: im busy with something rn tho
beans_lol: bye
Bye :StepOnMeDora
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Kole17: Steps
Heroiknight: HE SPEAKS
Kole17: Dont interrupt
Heroiknight: SORRY
Kole17: Steps
Kole17: I missed you
AW KOLEEEE <333 :StepOnMeDora
Ofc I missed u too :StepOnMeDora
Kole17: Yes
Candyc0unter: Steps! (*｀･へ･'*)
Candyc0unter: I also missed youuu
Heroiknight: AND ME!!
Steps love fest :0 :StepOnMeDora
Kole17: Yes
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Omg Vancey was online?? :StepOnMeDora
Heroiknight: yeah
Heroiknight: he hasn't talked in maybe 4 days
Heroiknight: wont respond when we ask why
Candyc0unter: I'm worried about him (☍﹏⁰)｡
Kole17: Yeah
It's probably something personal then :StepOnMeDora
Best to leave him alone and let him talk to us if he wants to :StepOnMeDora
Heroiknight: Steps is always so wise :D
NOT AT ALL LMAO :StepOnMeDora
Candyc0unter: No I think you are!!
Candyc0unter: You always know what to do! (ﾉ≧ڡ≦)
Nope nope nope nope :StepOnMeDora
It's just common sense stoppp :StepOnMeDora
Kole17: Bye
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RIP :StepOnMeDora
Heroiknight: NOO KOLEEE
I HAVE TO GO TOO LMAO :StepOnMeDora
Candyc0unter: But Steps..(>﹏<）
Heroiknight: DDDD:
IM SORRY BLAME MY FRIEND :StepOnMeDora
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"N/n! I didn't give you your phone back so you could ignore me! Put it down!"
You rolled your eyes at Andy's whining, lowering your phone. "Fine."
"Good N/n!" Andy smiled and reached up to stroke your cheek.
You exhaled slowly and held in place as gooseflesh rose where her skin met yours.
Thank fuck you were going back to school. Finally, you could reclaim some semblance of normality in your otherwise horrific life.
You could pretend that nothing had changed. That your mother and sister weren't gone. That your life wasn't in danger.
Surely life was finally done throwing curveballs at you. You could settle down now. You'd finally be alright again.
...but no. Apparently, that was too much to ask for.