Yo guys Conner is on the top so you can see what he looks like.
Johnny
I don't get it. Why does she think I'm out to get her? I sighed and just closed my room door and locked it. I changed into a pair of black Calvin Klein underwear and red basketball shorts. My black socks were dirty so I changed those too. I climbed onto my bed and just laid on top, not even bothering to get under the covers. I couldn't get her out of my head. Her light brown hair falling freely around her shoulders, her beautiful brown eyes, her plump lips, her cute face. I smiled as I thought about her but eventually my mood changed when I thought about what she said to me. She doesn't trust me, she thinks I'm out to get her. I sighed and left my room, running down the stairs. Lauren was still down there sitting at the table drinking tea from a cup. She looked up when she saw me and smiled. "Put a shirt on John," she said and I rolled my eyes. "My body is beautiful, thanks." I said and I flexed my biceps. She laughed and motioned for me to sit in front of her. I took a seat and she shut off her phone and looked at me. "So what's up?"
"Well, Mackenzie doesn't trust me, thinks I'm out to get her, and I think I like her a little bit." Lauren nodded and took a sip of the tea. Literally. "You can't blame her," I sighed, "I know I know. It's just, I feel so horrible for what I've done but she doesn't trust me. She doesn't want to talk to me either. How am I supposed to create a relationship with her?" "I don't know but, when are we reporting Hayden?" I clenched my jaw and my anger flared up at the mention of his name. "Tomorrow. We will get the texts from Mackenzie's phone and show them." she nodded and we talked about lighter topics for the next few hours before finally heading to bed at 3 am.
Mackenzie
I woke up at 4:57 am and sighed as I got up and put on a red t-shirt, red hoodie, black jeans, white socks and my vans. My hair was still straight from last night so I didn't need to do that. I don't usually put on makeup so I didn't today either. Too much work and no matter what, they'll call me ugly so what's the point? I quietly walked down the stairs and made it to the front door without waking anyone up. Or so I thought. "Going somewhere?" someone asked and I jumped at the voice. I looked to the right and I saw Carlyle dusting a painting. "Um, yeah. I'm just going for a walk." he nodded. "why so early? It's a school day isn't it? Don't you kids like getting all the sleep you can?" I laughed. "Yeah but, I'm not really a normal kid." he looked over at me and stopped dusting. "Is anything wrong? Perhaps I could help you with it? I mean, I do have 58 years of wisdom in my brain." I laughed again and shook my head. "No, I'm alright Mr.C, thank you though." he nodded and went back to dusting. "See you later," I called. "Goodbye. See you after school." I closed the door and instead of going on a walk I got into my car and drove to Starbucks.
Once I got there I ordered a drink and I sat down at a table with it. Once I was settled I pulled out the envelope from my pocket. "The Answers Will Lead You To Me," I decided that it's time for me to find Maddie. I need to leave. I can't do this, I can't keep living like this anymore. I took out the piece of paper from within the envelope and read the first question.
Johnny
I barely slept. I woke up at 5:34 and groaned. I tried to fall back asleep but there was no use. I got up and got dressed, pulling on a black t shirt, black hoodie, black ripped jeans, black socks, and my black vans. "Yikes, I look emo," I muttered to myself before opening my room door and heading towards the stairs. I stopped at the top stair before spinning around and walking to Mackenzie's room. I opened the door and was immediately worried when I didn't see her. "Mackenzie?" I called, no answer. I shut the door and opened Laurens room only to be greeted by Laurens body hanging half on, half off the bed, snoring loudly. I rolled my eyes and shut the door again. I ran down the stairs and searched the whole house for her but didn't find her. I did bump into Linda, our cook, who told me to ask Carlyle. I ran around trying to find Carlyle and eventually found him dusting the hallway. "Carlyle!" I shouted and he turned to me with a smile. "Johnny! How are you?" "I'm well sir," I said with a smile, "Have you seen Mackenzie?" his smile grew wider and I grew hope that he could tell me where she was. "Well, I saw her this morning and we had a little chat but I don't know where she went. Said she was going for a walk." I nodded and thanked him before walking out the front door and to my car, ready to start the hunt for Mackenzie.
Mackenzie
I was sitting in the starbucks just staring into space, thinking about the question.
"In two years I know, I'll be twice as old as five years ago, how old am I?"
I don't know if I'm just stupid or if this is just really hard. Either way, I don't get it. And the following questions aren't any easier. I checked the time on my phone, 7:12am. I sighed and got up then walked out to my car. Once I was seated I started it up and drove to school.
I parked away from the school and down the street like always. The times I parked in the parking lot my car was spray painted. I pulled my hood over my head and shoved my hands in the pockets of it. I kept my head down trying not to draw attention to myself and it actually worked. I got to the gym part of the school without being noticed and was able to slip in the doors too. It's 7:29, kids are here, my phone is still silently blowing up with texts from Lauren, Johnny, Annie and Brynn. I walked swiftly past the few groups of kids standing in the hallway talking. I almost made it to class but I was pushed into the wall and held there. "Hello Mackfatty," I heard someone say, Sophia Rose Turino. I know that voice anywhere. I was being held against the wall with my face pressed against it so I couldn't see her. There were at least three of them. "Funny how you're showing your ugly face here at school after Hayden. He finally realized what an ugly pig you are and got with a real girl." they all laughed and I knew it was more than three. "Can you just leave me alone?" I asked and I was spun around and slapped. Standing there in all their glory was Sophia Rose, Nadia Turner, Ruby Rose Turner, Maisy Stella, and Dylan Conrique. The person holding me was Caden Conrique, Dylan's brother. "No one likes you. Why do you still come to school? If you would just kill yourself everyone would be happy." Nadia spat and her words didn't really do anything different. I get that all the time, it's nothing special. I just rolled my eyes and Dylan grabbed my jaw, "Don't be disrespectful Ziegler. Caden, you know what to do." he laughed before letting me go and punching me in the gut, causing me to double over in the pain that spread through my abdomen. I was shoved to the ground and used as a kickboxing bag. I tried to kick one of them in self defense but it didn't connect. I was kicked over and over by them all and I just curled up in a ball and covered my head and face. They shouted insults the whole time, worthless, slut, fat, whore, ugly, useless. I waited for the beating to stop and when it did I uncovered my head only to be punched in the face by a crouching figure. They all laughed and walked away after their usual spitting. One I knew the coast was clear I tried to get up but failed, pain was radiating from so many different places. The bell rang and I just groaned and leaned against the wall as kids walked past me, laughing and pointing at me. A few minutes later I heard someone running and when I opened my eyes there was a boy kneeling in front of me. I didn't recognize him and he was looking at me worriedly. "Thank god. I thought you were dead!" he said and I laughed weakly. He was really attractive, dirty blonde hair and a handsome face. "What happened to you?" he asked. "I don't wanna talk about it," I muttered and he nodded. "Well let me help you up." he put his arms around me and lifted me very easily. Pain shot through my body and I stifled a scream. When he put me down he still had his arms wrapped around my waist and we were standing pretty close to each other. We both blushed when we realized and he removed his arms. "I'm Conner, Conner Finnerty." he said with a grin and held out his hand. I took it and smiled, "Mackenzie Ziegler."
"Well nice to mean you Mackenzie." "You're new here right? I haven't seen you around before." I asked and he smiled wider. "Yeah. I just moved here from California." I raised my eyebrows. "Wow. That's far." he nodded. "Can you help me find my class? And I'll help you get to yours?" I laughed and nodded. He handed me his schedule and I took a look. "Hey we have all the same classes!" I exclaimed and he smiled. "Cool!"
I told him which room it was and he put an arm around my waist to help me when we started walking.
When we walked into class Conner sat next to me where Hayden used to sit and Annie gave me a worried look. When the teacher finished telling us the assignment Annie leaned over to me. "Why have you been avoiding us in the mornings these past couple days. Who the hell is that?" I glanced to see if the teacher was looking then leaned towards her. "No reason, and his name is Conner. He's new." Annie gave me a devilish grin and I just rolled my eyes and turned back to my desk to work on the assignment.
Johnny
I waited outside of her classroom for her to get out. I checked my phone 8:59, I got ready and a few seconds later the bell rang. Kids flooded out and she was one of the last ones. Her, Brynn, and Annie all walked out and next to Mackenzie was a boy I didn't recognize. They were talking about something and laughing. Jealousy crept into my emotions but I tried to ignore it. Why the hell am I jealous? I swallowed and before she could get any farther, I grabbed her arm. Jesus Christ she's really skinny. She turned to me and so did the boy. "Can we talk?" I asked and she stared at me for a second. "Is this your boyfriend?" The boy asked, and when I looked down I saw that his arm was around her waist. I clenched my jaw to try and calm myself down. "No, he's just someone I know." Ouch, that hurts. Not even friends? "Do you want to go with him?" he asked and she hesitated to answer. "n-nyeah." "You don't seem too sure," he said and she turned around to face him. "It's OK Conner, I know him. I'll see you later." she kissed his cheek and gave him a smile. He smiled back, kissed her forehead and walked away. She watched him turn the corner before facing me and when she did she looked a little uneasy, probably because my face was twisted into an angry look and my teeth were clenched. "Are you alright?" she asked and I nodded before saying, "Let's go," then grabbing her hand and walking out of the school.