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"Holy shit! Was that a animal?" Esme asked as the pair were on their way home, stopping when something ran out infront of them.

"Stay here." Stan tried to say, being ignored as Esme got out of the car in the rain as well. The two neared the end of the forest as they saw Syd let out a yell as the many trees around them fell over quickly.

"Holy shit." Esme said in shock as she watched with wide eyes, Syd turned around quickly as she felt the two staring at her.

"Syd!" Stan called out as the duo walked closer to her.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Esme asked her worried as she walked as well, not nearly slipping like Stan did.

"How did- I mean-" Stan began to stumble over his words as Syd stormed toward them with a angry face.

"They were like this when I got there, I swear they were." Syd said as Esme shook her head quickly.

"No- no we saw you. How did you do that?" she asked her in shock as Syds face turned to a much angrier one.

"Well you better keep this a secret! Both of you! Not a fucking word! Got it? Promise me!" She shouted at them causing Esme to become frightened at the way she was seeing her friend, taking a few steps backwards as she looked at her through her one honey eye and her other bright sky blue eye.

"We promise, we both promise." Esme said back due to Stan being lost of words currently.

"We better get out of here." Stan finally spoke up after Syd walk away, Esme nodded and hurried back to the car much like he did.

The ride was silent, the rain hitting the windows was all that was heard. Esme watched as the rain drops rolled down the window, her mind clouded with all her thoughts.

"Esme? Esme did you hear me?" Stan asked, snapping her out of her thoughts as she turned to him.

"I'm sorry, what?" she asked in a quiet and weaker voice.

"We've been sitting in your driveway for a few minutes now." he said as she blinked and began to unbuckle her seat belt.

"Right, right i'm sorry." she apologized while running a hand through her wet hair.

"Are you gonna be okay? With your Dad being home and everything?" Esme asked, remembering how Stan told her earlier he'd gotten home.

"I'm sure, don't worry. It's been a really long night, you should get some sleep and we can talk in the morning." he said as she nodded and took him by surprise as she quickly wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug, him hugging her back almost instantly.

"Text me when you get home, you know because of the rain." Esme said as he gave a half smile and watched as she walked inside. Esme noticed her two Dads asleep on the couch together with the tv on, assuming they probably binged one of their shows together again. With a small smile Esme turned to tv off and threw a blanket over them before heading to her room to change into a large t-shirt and crawling into bed.

She thought about Syd. She thought about how angry she look at them earlier, yet how upset she did to. Esme felt bad for her, she wanted nothing more then to wrap her in a hug and tell her it would all be okay. No longer being about to help herself she grabbed her phone, listening to it ring until she was sent to voicemail.

"Hey, Syd. It's me, Esme.. you know. I just wanted to make sure you're safe or something, I don't really know. Just call me back, or a text maybe. I- goodnight." Esme spoke into the phone as it sent to voicemail making her throw it across the room and fall back on her bed while covering her face with her pillow. She hated every second of this, she hated worrying about Syd and about Stan. She hated absolutely everything.

"Hey! Glass eye!" Esme heard the next morning as she looked over her shoulder as saw Brad walking down the hallway to catch up with her.

"Danny Zuko, hows if hanging?" she asked while adjusting her backpack.

"I watched that movie, I don't see it." he said as she gave a 'are you serious' look.

"Are you kidding? That's all I see when I look at you." she commented as he rolled his eyes.

"Yeah okay, maybe the hair but that's it." he said as she hummed.

"Which one did you watch?" Esme asked as Brad gave a look of confusion.

"There's more than one?" he asked her as Esme slapped her forehead.

"See you later." she called out with a salute as she entered chemistry class. She met eyes with Sydney almost instantly as the redhead looked away quickly making her sigh and fall next to Stan with a huff.

"Has she talked to you?" Esme asked as Stan shook his head causing his curls to bounce.

"Pst, Sydney." Esme whispered as she ended up infront of the girl that gave her a annoyed look.

"Look, I know that we said that thing is a secret and it is totally safe with Esme and I but we have to talk about it." Stan spoke as he came up besides Syd as she stood up quickly and went to the next table.

"Oh look at that, I dropped my pen." Esme said loudly as she threw her pen over to Sydney and stood to go get it, ending up by her side again.

"What's your problem, darling?" Esme questioned while leaning on her elbow to look at the girl, who didn't make eye contact.

"Okay, can you say something? Please." Stan whispered while coming to them across the table.

"Yeah I can say something, why don't you just shut up." Syd snapped at him as she glared at Esmes foot that was tapping up and down.

"Stop it Esme, you're freaking me out." she said to the girl bouncing leg as Esme tried to make it stop, it only coming back a few seconds later.

"Look we've been doing some research and I think, Syd I think we should test your powers." Stan said to the shorted redhead girl.

"What are you even talking about?" she asked him annoyed as Esme began to zone out, not hearing a word they said until Syd stood and walked off.

"Wait, where's she going?" Esme asked as Stan look to her.

"Did you not hear our conversation?" he asked as Esme gave a odd look.

"No, what did she saw about testing her powers?" she asked as Stan sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"I should probably go after her." Esme said as she stood up and walked down the hallway. She was about to open the bathroom door before it swung open.

"Sorry Esme, I didn't see you there." Dina quickly apologized as the shorter girl smiled and gave her a wave before entering the bathroom.

Syd panicked as she exited the bathroom stall and saw Esme though. Going to move past her quickly Esme grabbed Syds shoulders and pushed her against the bathroom stall.

"Esme, what the hell?" Syd asked as she struggled against Esmes hold as she held her against the wall even more.

"You have to talk to me Sydney. You're like one of my best friend and I adore you and i'm sorry if thing are awkward because of that night at Stans but I care about you and I don't want anything to happen to you, so please stop pushing me away." Esme begging as she looked the blue eyed girl in the eyes with desperate eyes.

"I'm really scared, Es." Syd said as her voice broke slightly making Esme frown and let the smaller girl go before they wrapped each other in a hug.

"I care about you too, and I'm sorry." Syd said as she hugged her tighter, Esme didn't say anything but the squeeze Syd felt from her arms was enough for her to know she didn't blame her.

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you're telling me esme and syd don't have a unspoken love going on? sounds fake but okay.