Delilah pov
I've been avoiding Logan for the past six days, eight hours and thirty five minutes. We see each other in our dorm, first period and gym. Every time he tries to talk to me I either ignore him or talk to someone else.
It didn't help that I saw him at the rink so much, but we kinda know each other's schedules so we tried not to bump to each other on accident.
"Hey," Cleo says sitting down with breakfast
"Hi," I say smiling at her trying to eat the waffles with bacon and fruits in front of me
"Hello," Emory says eating a strawberry
"what's up with her," Cleo asks and I shrugg
"Hello girls, can I sit here," Blake suddenly appears and takes a seat
"I believe you already have," Cleo says with her sarcasm
"What did you do now," Emory asks and Blake smiles
"Me, nothing," he says eating his waffles
Emory then looks at him funnily and he confesses.
"Only the truth," he says taking a sip from his juice
"Which is," Emory asks
"That life is to short to hate Taylor Swift," he says eating his waffle aggressively
"True," I say taking a small bite from my waffles as well
"We both know that wasn't the only thing you said," she says and Blake rolls his eyes
"Gotta go," he says finishing his waffles
"That boy has problems," Cleo says and I nod
"He just has no filter," Emory says
"Did you hear," Cleo asks and I frown
"About what," I ask her
"A thunderstorm is coming to Leighton soon," she says and I take a deep breath
"No, when," I ask nervously
"Soon, a week or so," Emory says
"I can believe it's about to be fall of our last year," she says eaiting
I loose my appetite and start drinking the juice only.
"II'm so excited I saw a orange leaf walking here," Cleo says smiling
I wipe the gruesome expression of my face and start smiling
"I'm so nervous for tests," I say drinking my orange juice
"Each tell your schedule, D you start first," Cleo says
"I have Latin test tomorrow, Ap Lit, and Ap Calc Bc next week Thursday and ApUSH, Ap Physics and Ap Stat Friday," I say and they look like they've seen a ghost
"How the fuck," Emory says
"What," I ask
"How do you have so many Ap's," Em says and I shrugg
"You make me feel dumb," Cleo says eating a strawberry
"Why," I ask nervously
"You have five fuvking Ap's I mean it's fine with two maybe three but fucking five that's like social suicide," Cleo rambles and I fake laugh
"Agreed," Em says fist bumping Cleo softly
"What about you guys," I ask smiling
They tell me their schedules and I start wondering if they're right. If I'm setting myself up for failure. I mean I was raised to excel in every way I could, and academics were part of that
After we finished eating Emory and Cleo walked me over to Ap Physics even though I knew their classes were on the other side of campus.
"Look Delilah, I'm sorry if we made you feel awkward or uncomfortable it's just that you're you," Emory says and I frown
"What is that supposed to mean," I say and she cuts me off
"You have five Ap classes train with Aria four times a week, you won a scholarship which thousands of people apply, you're impossibly perfect," she says and I smile frown
"I shouldn't have made you guys feel less, sorry," I say falling back to my apologetic tendencies
"No, you don't have to apologize, we're the ones that are sorry," Cleo says and they both hug me before leaving for their classes
I enter class and take my seat and find Logan already there.
"Delilah we need to talk," he whispers to me and I sit up going to Mr. Thomson and asking him about the test next week
When I return to my seat again Logan doesn't try to talk to me he insteads plays with a strand of my hair and I let him if that's what makes him quiet.
Class continued and I took notes on everything and everything to make studying easier. Once the bell rang I didn't hesitate to pack everything quickly and go to my next class.
"Delilah wait," he says and I ignore him and he catches up with me
"Logan leave me alone you know how to do it," I say hurting not only him but myself because I knew he would leave me alone for a couple of days now
"Fine," he says walking opposite way that I was
I turned around to see him and he was walking madly he looked as if he would smash someone to the lockers
...
Lunch finally rolls around and when I was in gym class Logan didn't come. He must've skipped class.
I sit with the girls and chat with them.
"I hate Alison," Emory says as I search for the room for Logan, but he wasn't there either.
"You hate a lot of people," Cleo says
"What did she do now," I ask her
"She was breathing next to me," she says and I take a deep breath
"Emory little advice, if you hate someone just picture their shoes you never know what they're going through and also please don't slap her," I say and she shrugs "becauseI want to do it first," I say in my mind
"Or maybe just hear me out, she's a total bitch," Cleo says and we all laugh
"I've heard that advice before maybe I should listen to it," she says and I nod my head yes
"I still haven't processed we're seniors," I say and they all nod
"Right like next years we all be in different countries," Em says and I take a bite of my food
They served hamburger and it seemed really tasty but with the tests coming up my appetite has been all over the place.
"Aren't you gonna finish your burger," Cleo asks and I nod no
"Not hungry,"I say before forcing me to take a final bite and taking the tray to the trash
As I'm walking I meet with Grayson
"Hey D, have you seen Logan," he asks and I frown
"Not since first period, why," I ask him
"He skipped french and he doesn't answer me," he says and I start to grow worried
"I'll rush to the dorm when school ends, I'm sure he's okay," I add in reassurance
"Thank you," he says before we walk our own ways
"Do you guys have any periods with Logan," I ask both
"Yes, I have after lunch umm Ap US Gov," she says and I nod
"Would you please tell me if he skips it, Grayson said he hasn't been in any class after first period," I say and she nods
"Okay," she says and I nod before saying my goodbyes and walking to my Latin class. As I arrive the teacher says there would be a Pop quiz today even though there was a test tomorrow.
I luckily had studied since the teacher ad announced the test, so when she assigned it I wasn't too unprepared.
"Pencils down," the teacher says and I hand her my paper and she looks at the paper and me again
"Well job Ms. Rosewood," she says and I smile since all the papers I could see were blank
"Thanks," I say shyly
"She clearly cheated," Alison says and I take a deep breath
I hate this class because she is here. I hate it with my whole heart.
The bell rings and I go to my last class which is Ap Statistics
"Hello Delilah," Silas says smiling at me
"Hello Silas," I say smiling back and taking a seat
"Will you jump any doors at my practice today," he asks and I laugh
"Can't make any promises," I say and he also laughs
The teacher then starts the lesson and I take my whole attention to it escaping ocasional glanses at Silas.
I try to sneak my phone and call Logan, but he igmores it. Suddenly, I recieve a notification that Emory has posted a new post so I go check it out. She looks beautiful and I accidentally click on her profile and see the photos of Gray, Logan and her together. I scroll down a little more and watch part of Logan's life through a screen. It's funny how I'm watching his life when I used to watch him sleep.
I try not to worry about Logan even though it's all I can think of. The numbers on the board were all mixing. They turned blurry, and when the bell rang I quickly packed my things and went out the the door with my phone trying to reach him.
"Come on Lo pick up," I say to myself as I ring him once again. I get out of the building and walk as fast as I could to the dorm building. I take the elevator and open the door.
Everything seems so quiet.
I try calling him and he doesn't answer so I open the curtains and see him laying on the floor. As I walk to his side of the room I smell the stench of beer and alcohol coming from his clothes
"Logan," I say kneeling down besides him
"Logan Logan," I say shaking him and he wakes up
"Hello Delilah," he says slurring his words
"No, no, no," I reapeat to myself as I search for the vodka bottle in the floor and the beer in his hand
"What's up Rose," he asks as I search for a bottle of water and try to lift him up
I've done this so many times it comes to me in an instant as I take the bottle out of his hand carefully just in case he turns violently. He didn't, instead he let me touch him and put his hand on mine. So different that my dad even though it was caused by the same thing. Alcohol, which I have hatred for, but how could I when the only happy memory with my dad was drinking with him.
I help him up and find a letter in his bed which I decide to ignore as I walk him to the bathroom.
"Oh shit I have practice today in ten, shit shit shit," he says grabbing his hair as I place my hand near his elbow
"It's fine you could skip it," I say soothing him
"No I can't," he says and I frown
"Tell me," I say and he takes a deep breath
"Because this is not the first time someone has ever seen me like this nor the first person," he says and this time I take a deep breath
He's an alcoholic just like Silas said.
"I've been clean for almost a year, today just... I wanted to have a drink and then it turned into two and then I couldn't stop, but I promise you it won't happen again. I changed," he says and I notice the clear difference between my father and him. For starters my father couldn't go a week without drinking and secondly Logan wanted to change.
"That's a promise you need to keep for yourself and Blair," I say and he nods
"She's the reason I got clean, also I promise to never do it again," he says tearing up
"Okay, well you have ten minutes to sober up don't worry I'll help and I'll go to your coach and tell him your breakfast gave you an stomach ache so you decided to... stay in and study for your Ap Physics test," I say and he gives me a weak smile
"Where do we start," he asks and I take off his shirt... well tried to and he helps me take it completely off. I then took his head and put it down the sink, it was pretty spacious so his face could fit. Then I turned on the water and wet his face until I knew it was time to stop.
"Here, chug it," I say throwing him a water bottle and he opens it and does as I say so
It's so much easier when you actually have someone who won't complain.
"You have to take a shower," I say and he nods no
"I can't, if someone else finds me like this I'm on probation maybe off the team," he says and I nod
"I'll make sure it's empty," I say and he drinks another water
"I have an idea, everyone leaves when I go to take a shower at least when I took one yesterday so I'll text you to sneak in," I say an he nods
"Okay we're doing this," he says and I breathe deciding this is the right choice, helping him is the right choice
I take a backpack and have him fill it with his stuff.
He finishes and I go out after he told me he will wash his teeth.
"Hi," Silas say entering the elevator as me
"Hi," I say smiling
"How are you," he asks
"Good,I'm just gonna take a shower," I say and he frowns
"Here?" he asks and I nod
"I really don't wanna walk," I say and he laughs
"I'll help you clear the shower rooms," he says and I smile following him until the entrance of the shower rooms
He then walks out with two dudes fully clothed and three with their towels around their waist
"Use the one on the fifth floor," he says and the terrified boys ran up the stairs. One even dropped his towel and we laughed together
"How are you doing with Logan," he asks and I breathe thinking this is the best time to help with the lie
"Surviving with him being a bitch I think he died in the bathroom because of the smell he said something about breakfast giving him a stomach ache, but I think he should get that checked out," I say and he laughs "and now after I finish showering I have to tell his coach,"
"If you want I can tell him," he offers but I turn him down
"It's fine, also I need to go to the rink anyways," I say not giving him anymore information "well I gotta go shower, have a nice practice," I say and kiss his cheek before walking in and checking before I text Logan
I turn on the water and have him arrive quickly. He changed his shirt and took it off in front of me.
"I'll turn around," I say turning around and he chuckles at least he's sobering since I last saw him
He showers and puts on his clothes while I was turned and I tell him how Silas helped me
"Silas helped me," I say playing with my hair
"You told him," he asks mad "he's the first one that wants to see this happen so that this way he could take my spot," he says
"I didn't he just helped me clear the bathroom," I say and he sighs calming down
"Something we have in common," he says and I turn around
"What?" I ask him
"No one should see you vulnerable that's all I'm saying," he says and I smile because he is 80 percent sober now
"I'll go talk to your coach now, make sure to sober up a hundred percent," I say but before I walk out I wet my hair to make it seem I showered
I run and walk inside and see all the boys playing. I spot the coach and walk over where he was.
"Hi you're the coach right," I ask him offering my hand to shake it
"Yes how can I help you," he asks shaking my hand
"I'm Delilah Rosewood ICES program and Logan's Delcourt roommate he just sent me to tell you he caught a stomach ache with his breakfast and stayed in his dorm in the bathroom and studying for our Ap Physics test," I say and take a deep breath
"Okay," he asks frowning
"Now that my duty as messenger has finished goodbye," I say before walking and he stopped me
"Stay, Aria told me you were an amazing skater and I need to make these rusty boys better at ice," he tells me and I smile
"Yeah sure," I say before sitting down and turning my attention to the game and escaping some glances at the door when he finally comes in looking freshly. He talks to his coach and he smiles after he turns around and mouths something to me.
"We did it," he mouths and I take a deep breath before I see him come out with his hockey gear
I guess having to look up on the internet how to take care of a drunk guy when I was fourteenth had a positive outcome
Authors note
I'm back!
What do we think? This chapter is about them having each others back also I know one doesn't sober up in thirty minutes so he is just a very good actor
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