I haven't stopped thinking about what Hyde said. School's over. I haven't spoken to Liam since I stepped out of the washroom. I told him that I'm just stressed about the upcoming semester. He pulled me closer and placed a kiss on my neck.

How big of an idiot am I to think that confessing to Hyde in a humanistic way would actually make things better. Not only did it make things worse, I'll soon have to register myself to an asylum. All this confusion is driving me crazy.

I shut the locker and zip my bag. Liam's in the washroom. Chloe's still arranging the books in her locker. "Evelyn. What's going on?" I look at her, then look at Jasper. He smiles and tells Chloe that he'll meet her outside.

"I don't have a good feeling about Liam. Something's going on."

"Evelyn, we've been over this. We already know that there's a good chance he's cheating on you. And you still wanna give him time.... And chance.... Remember?"

"No No. He's not cheating. I guess. I think it's something else." Chloe suddenly starts to search her bag. "What? What are you doing?"

She looks over my shoulder and whispers "incoming". Oh.

I don't turn around to look at him. Several seconds later I feel his presence beside me and he instantly throws his arm on my shoulder. I look up at him and smile. He removes a few hairs from my forehead and kisses on it. I put my hand around his back and held him closer.

I wish I could hold him like this forever. There's always a possibility that he fell out of love and got involved with some other girl or that she could've been a friend from the past whom he was helping.

But if it were just a friend he wouldn't have kept it from me. Maybe it's his ex and now things are platonic so he's kept her away from me to keep me from getting insecure. But then hiding something like this is not ideal either.

And then there's the woman. All of these theories are just a bunch of rubbish because it was not a girl. It's a woman. It's more than just helping out an ex-girlfriend and lying to me about it. The lying to me part stays consistent and rest of it is just a big puzzle.

Now I kind of wish this whole lie to be about a previous relationship. Because I don't want him to get involved in something dangerous.

And then there's the fact that all of this goes back to Hyde, who's most certainly not to be trusted. The only thing that's keeping me from disbelieving him was his behaviour. He was so mad that he couldn't poison Liam.

After leaving school, we walk together for a little while. I tell Liam that it's better for him to not go much near my place, he doesn't say anything after that, just gives me a forehead kiss and leaves.

Chloe and Jasper parted just outside school so Chloe's standing in a distance and judging me. She isn't wrong to judge me. I judge me. I'm going insane I suppose. At times so many things goes on inside my mind that I can't get hold of one single thought. And I'm left with nothing.

"So... you were saying?"

"Uh, are you free tonight?"

"Yeah, you can come to my place."

"Cool, let's talk then. I just- there's so much going on in my mind. I need to get some rest and get my head straight." Even though I'm pretty sure getting rest is gonna be impossible. I'm gonna try my best.

Chloe gives me a hug and tells me to not worry. She walks to her place and I walk inside my house. Mum's not home. Thank goodness. I go straight upstairs. I walk into the washroom and clean myself up. Take a bath to calm myself down. I guess I even dozed off a little. I'm tired.

I wear a robe and go downstairs. I know there's some tacos in the fridge. Mum brought some yesterday. I had some yesterday in the middle of the night. I take out the tacos and put them inside the microwave. I pull out a chair and sit on it until the microwave beeps. I sigh and look at the ceiling. So much for a good year.

I remember Chloe's call at the beginning of this year. She was so excited about high school. She just couldn't stop talking about how much fun we were gonna have. I remember the first day I saw Liam. I remember Mrs. Violate introducing him to the class and I thought to myself, what in the good heavens is happening to me. Mrs Violate took his whole name, 'this is Liam Kade, he'll be joining us from now' or something of that sort. I just remember his name and everything after that kinda just blurred.

*Microwave beeps*

I'm pulled out of my doze. I take them and walk upstairs. I got a can of soda too from the kitchen. Sometimes when I look in the mirror, at myself, I can't even imagine that I am a part of all this. I am a part of this whole guy drama. Sometimes I feel that all this is worth it. All this fight will come to an end and I'll have Liam all to myself.

And other times, most of the time I feel that I should just give up. All of this is unnecessary. I don't need this. I can live without all this. And I don't know why, but when I think of something other than Liam Dan keeps popping up in my mind. As if that would be an option. I know that we've had a little thingy in Liam's absence but that wasn't even real. I was caught in the moment. I was missing Liam and he somehow comforted me.

I take a big bite of the taco when I hear the front door open. I walk to my door and listen carefully. Yeah, I hear footsteps "mom?!"

"Yes honey! I came back for some lunch. Did you eat something?"

"Yes! Yeah.... I'm having the tacos"

"Okay!"

I sit on the balcony and finish my food. Once I'm done eating I go downstairs with the plate. Mum's in the kitchen she has finished as well, she's cleaning the dishes. I go stand near her and wait for her to finish washing them so that I can clean mine. She asks me for my dish so I give it to her. I tell her thanks for the tacos. She smiles.

I like when she remembers the little things I like. It's not unlike her, she has always remembered these unimportant yet important things about me. As much as she keeps bugging me with weird things, or behaves weirdly around me. She does a good job as a mother. It's just that it becomes overwhelming sometimes.

"So.... you have any plans for tonight?"

"Yeah, I was gonna go over to Chloe's just me and her."

"Okay. Make sure to lock the door properly. I'll be home soon." I nod.

I go upstairs and lay down on the bed. After almost 10-12 minutes I hear mom leaving. There's still an hour left before I go over to Chloe's. I guess I should finish a little bit of tomorrow's assignment. I arrange my books and get on with it.

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"OH. Thank god you're alive." a very familiar yet faded voice register in my brain. It's Chloe's voice! Huh? I open my eyes and come to senses. "Evelyn. You have a serious problem of not responding to your phone while you're asleep. I'm changing your ringtone to some loud ass music."

I rub my eyes and run my hands through my hair "how long?"

"Two fucking hours! I called you like a 100 times." Oh man. I get up and go to the washroom.

I peep out before closing the door, "wait, how did you get in?"

She points at a key "you gave me this key a few years ago. Turns out the locks haven't changed since then." Ah.

I close the door. Chloe's messing with my phone by the balcony. I'm not sure how much that loud ass music's gonna work. I open the tap and start splashing water on my face.

As soon as I close the tap I hear Chloe knocking on the washroom door rapidly but not loudly. I open it and she's scared and confused. She's looking at me then looking at the balcony then again looking at me and slowly walking over to the balcony. She's obviously trying to say something. I approach the balcony to see what it is that she's talking about? "what? What?"

"Shhhhh....." Chloe holds my arms and walks me back near the washroom door. She slowly closes the door of my room. As soon as she does I hear the front door unlock. That must be mum. She said she'll be home soon. I didn't think this soon but, okay.

"Chloe" I say in a low voice "it's probably mum, wha-? What's going on?"

She takes my arm again and asks me to sit. I do. "Yes. It is your mom. With Liam."

I've suddenly lost my voice.

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