EMILY***I had made it back to my dorm room and I had hoped to get some sleep before I had to wake up again for my classes but I had been unable to sleep. The fact that I was right shook me to my core. I had correctly predicted that the person who was sending us the texts was targeting our relationships.I had shared this with Gabriel at that moment and I could tell he also knew that it was true. It just made sense. We managed to find out the reason, but we had many other problems. The first problem was the fact that we couldn’t share this information with Harry and Harper.It was clear that we couldn’t work with them anymore, because the person, who was clearly spying on us would consider that as us having told them what they had asked us to do. The second problem was the new perspective this realization had given us, the realization being that it was not us who had enemies, but it was either Harper or Harry.Targets had been placed on our backs for the mere fact that we were dating
EMILY***“What are you talking about?” I asked, already feeling my heart thumping in my chest and my face turning red. I was not a good liar. I didn’t have it in me to look at Harry in the face and lie, yet here I was.“I’m asking if you were on the football field last night,” he asks again. I couldn’t seem to read the expression on his face, and I guessed it was because I had never seen him angry.“I heard what you said,” I said, “I'm just wondering why you would ask me such an absurd question.”He sighed in frustration and paced a few times in front of me before placing his hands on either side of his waist. He was trying really hard to keep his calm and
Bakersville High School *** “Weirdo,” a kid said to Emily as she walked by the halls. She didn’t know what it was about yet but she knew she was about to find out. It was probably another mean joke that Gabriel had played on her to mess her up. It was my first year of high school. The fresh start she had hoped to achieve had gone down the drain. She had given up on it. She decided to keep being friends with Gabriel, but it was a decision she would have to pay for. Dearly. She was already paying for it. She got to her locker and found that a piece of paper had been posted on the door. It was an ab
GABRIEL***“Call me back when you get this, or text me. I promise I can explain if you give me the chance,” I said into the phone.Harper’s phone was going to voicemail. She had switched off her phone and gone ghost on me ever since she discovered I had been on the football field with Emily.I hadn’t told her. It seemed that the person who was threatening me had told her about it and she asked. I guessed that it was part of the test. I had lied to the best of my ability and I had lost Harper.She didn’t say anything when she realized I was lying. The silence was haunting. I would have preferred it if she screamed at me, shouting and crying. At least I know that she was sad and angry. Now, I didn't
EMILY *** “She was right.” Those three words had remained lingering in my mind ever since Harry uttered them as he left. It had been a day and I couldn't think about anything else. Not even the argument, not even the fact that my relationship was essentially over. I hated the fact that all I could think about was the fact that I had finally gotten a lead. The person sending us the texts was a girl. It wasn’t a big, groundbreaking find but it was a start. At least we had a gender. I had lost Harry but I had gained something. The fact that he also knew her gender had also stuck out to me as I kept thinking about it. How had Gabriel and I not been able to find out what her gender was? It meant that their int
GABRIEL***“I should have called before I came,” Emily said.“It’s fine,” I said, “it’s a good thing you found me. Would you like to take a seat?” I asked.We were both standing awkwardly at my door. She had come in and just stood there and I couldn't take a seat if she was standing. I had been afraid that it was Harry but at that moment I preferred him. I preferred being punched in the nose. It was better than this awkward interaction. Why was she here? She had never come to see me of her own accord.“Sure,” she said as she made her way across the room to the seat on my desk.
GABRIEL***“Harper, what are you doing here?” I asked, loud enough for Emily to hear. I was informing her that we had company and things were about to get ten times more awkward.“I came to talk to you,” she said as she made her way past me into the room. She stopped in her tracks when she saw Emily who stood up. Harper looked back and forth at us, trying to figure out what was going on. She then rolled her eyes and scoffed. We were in big trouble.“So you lied to me and still met her? In your room?” she asked.“It’s not what you think,” Emily said, “I had come to ask him about the
EMILY***If I could describe my life at that moment, I could describe it as limbo. Things were just hanging in the balance. Nothing was happening but I was not at peace. There was so much chaos inside of me. It was as if I was waiting for the sky to drop on my head. I regretted going to Gabriel’s room.Only had nothing come out of the conversation, but I had also run into Harper and possibly made a bad situation worse. Everything was falling apart but to the outside world Everything looked calm and I hated it. I hated that life was going on and required me to do the same.If I was being honest, I was a bit jealous of Gabriel. Harper must have come to see him talk things out and if I hadn't done too much damage, they were going to work things out and restore their relationship. And then there was
EMILY***"You guys knew about it, didn’t you?" I asked Nila and Julie who were suddenly awfully quiet when Gabriel walked in."Who, me? I have no idea what you're talking about?" Nila asked while holding her hands to her chest in mock surprise.We all laughed."I won't lie and say I didn't know. In fact, I had a meeting with him to make sure he had changed for good," Julie said.She was always so intense. I loved it."Thanks for looking out for me," I said to her."You know I got you. Always," she said.
GABRIEL***"We're home," Mom said as she opened the door to our house.She dumped her bag onto the living room floor and went around every room as if she was announcing her presence. I shook my head. I knew she had forgotten all about it and so I picked it up and carried it to her room before I went to mine.It felt good to be back. It had been a great year, a year I would never forget but being home felt great. It felt like a sigh of relief. I had made it back. I had done it. My mother and I had chosen to relocate temporarily because it felt like a good idea to just start over in a place that was unplugged and away from real life and all the responsibilities that real life demanded from us.It had been healing to be in a place where no one kn
EMILY***“We’re gonna be late,” Nila said to me.“Just a minute,” I said as I put the finishing touches on my outfit.I was a perfectionist in everything my dressing included. Besides, today was a special day for someone special to me and I needed to look the part.“Okay, I'm ready,” I said as I turned to face Nila, “how do I look?” I asked.“You look.. Stunning,” she said, “you look really great.”“Thank you, you do too,” I said to her and she curtsied and smiled.
THE END(Bakersville High school)“Emily doesn’t want to see you right now,” Terry said to Gabriel and he could tell by the tone of her voice that she didn’t want to see him too.He still didn’t know what he had done. Was this still about the stupid argument they had had that past weekend? He wanted to believe that that was what it was but something felt incredibly off.Something very bad had happened but he had no idea what it was and he had no way of finding out either because Emily wouldn’t see him. She wouldn’t pick up his calls or answer his texts either.
EMILY***“See you on the weekend,” Mom said as she dropped me off in the parking lot.“See you,” I said as I got out of the car. I watched her drive off before I walked to my dorm room.I had a new roommate because it was part of the school rules to change roommates at the beginning of every academic year. Nila and I had hoped and prayed that fate would let us meet again as roommates but that hadn’t been the case.It almost didn’t matter, though, because we remained good friends who were always together around the school. It had been months since the school year started. In fact, it was closer to the end now than it was in the beginning. The semester in which Gabriel felt like it was ages ago- it was almost
GABRIEL **** “I heard that you were leaving,” Emily said. “At the end of the semester, yes,” I said. “What?” she asked, turning red, “I came running over because Harry made it sound like you were leaving today!” I laughed. “He probably did that on purpose,” I said, “I should thank him for that.” “We should thank him for that,” she said, “it’s about time we had this conversation anyways.” “Yeah,” I said, “I was going to save it for last but I guess now is just as great, considering you ran over and everything,” I
EMILY***“Are you sure you’re okay?” mom asked as she helped me pick up my last bag from her trunk.“I’m sure, Mom,” I said, “plus there are only a few days left until the end of the semester and I'll be back home.”“I’m only letting you go because you have finals,” she said and I couldn’t help but smile.My parents had been watching over me more carefully than ever since I went back home and it had become suffocating- I used the fact that finals were ongoing to free myself and go back to school. I just needed a few days.&ld
GABRIEL***“I think you already know what I’m going to say,” I said to Harper who was seated across from me.She was crying.“I do,” she said as she sniffled.“I am sorry for all the hurt I've caused you. I shouldn’t have dated you when I knew I had so much baggage. I only hope that you’ll find someone who will be easy to love, someone who won’t cause you as much heartbreak and pain as I have,” I said.“I’m sorry too, to you as well as to Emily. I shouldn’t have let my insecurities control me.”“I shouldn’t have pu
EMILY***“Dinner’s ready,” my Mom said, snapping me out of my thoughts.It seemed she had been standing there for a while, watching me, and I hadn’t even noticed.“I’ll be right down,” I said, and she smiled at me before she left.I had been home for the past three days. My parents had gotten wind of the news and they had come to pick me up in the evening after I talked to Harry. Final exams were ongoing, and I had been against the idea of being at home but my parents had insisted.I had appreciated the rest and being away from what had happened for the first few days, but now I wanted to go back to school. Doing nothing all day did not sit we