Chapter 4

I'm running late, again. So I could only have a quick shower amd shove on a quick outfit before I left my dorm room.

Currently, I'm rushing through the halls of the science block, trying to find where the fuck Evelyn is. We both have maths in about 3 minutes and usually we meet up beforehand.

I pull my phone out of my pocket and text her.

12:02PM: Me: Where are you? I've been walking around the block for ages already.

I wait for a good couple minutes before deciding to put my phone away.

Just as I'm about to slip my phone into my pocket, it vibrates in my hand. I pull my phone back only to see it's not Evelyn and that It's Zion.

I click on the notification and read his text as I walk towards Miss. Canty's room.

12:04PM: Zion: Sleeping in means staying after the lesson to finish your assignment again. Is that what you want?

I smirk at my phone as I type in my response. I soon come face to face with the classroom door and stop just outside to finish my message.

12:05PM: Me: I wouldn't mind it.

I'm about to hit send when I hear the door in front of me open. I look up to see Zion looking down at my phone. I quickly shove it into my back pocket. I swear he's everywhere I go...

"What are you doing?" He asks, giving me way to walk through the door.

I ignore his question and go to sit in my usual seat. Evelyn still isn't here. I sigh quietly to myself as I pull my phone back out and send the message over to Zion before opening mine and Evelyn's chat.

12:08PM: Me: Evelyn?

12:08PM: Me: You're late.

I wait for a response and stare at my phone which lays on the table. I watch the time at the top of the screen as minutes go by, and now I'm worrying. She's never late. She's always early or on time...somethings up with her.

"Elaine, Hun." I hear Miss. Canty say. "Pay attention, please."

I give her a small nod before looking back down at my phone to see nothing has changed.

I feel the presence of someone beside me and I look back up again.

"Put it away." Zion says, holding his hand out.

"You're not taking my phone." I mutter, turning back to my phone.

"Put the phone away." He says, moving his hand into his pant pockets.

"No, I'm worried about Evelyn."

"Evelyn went back to her dorm, now put it away." He sighs.

"Do you know why?" I ask him, putting my phone back into my jacket pocket.

"No." Is all he says before turning back around.

I watch him as he walks away and stands beside Miss. She gives him an odd smile before returning her focus back to the class.

For the rest of the hour, I'm left having to watch Miss's attempts on getting Sir in her bed go horribly wrong.

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I'm packing my stuff away when Sir comes up to me.

"What do you have now?" He asks, helping me pack some of my books into my bag.

"Why?" I question, pulling my bag away from him and snatching the book out of his hands.

"Alright, never mind." He sighs and begins to walk off. I don't bother calling him back.

I haven't got another class. Not now. Evelyn's probably ill, or feeling off and I would rather make sure she's okay.

I finish packing my stuff up and head out the door. But, again I'm stopped.

"Elaine, sorry." Miss. Canty calls me over. I walk towards her and her desk.

"I'm just making sure you're okay, Sir is paying a lot of attention to you. Are you comfortable with that?" She asks, giving me a sympathetic look.

"It's fine. We are just close, that's all." I say, smiling.

Even though I don't really want to bother with Zion, I won't make him look bad. And also I want this women to stop getting into peoples buisness.

"Are you sure? What do you mean by "we are just close?"" She mimics quotes with her hands as she speaks.

"I mean, we are like friends. Nothing to worry about." I sigh, "Now I've got somewhere to be, goodbye." I walk off and out the door, making my way towards our dorm.

As I get to our dorm room, I swipe my key-card and open the door. As soon as I walk in, I'm met with Evelyn in tears.

"Oh my god.." I whisper. I rush over to her, dropping my bags.

"What's wrong?" I say, pulling her into a tight hug. I rub my hand up and down her back, trying my best to comfort her.

"I'm okay, I'm okay." Her words come out wobbly and between pants for breaths.

"What happened?" I asked her again. She pulls herself out of my hug and her hands fall into her lap. I look around her bed and what looks like millions of tissues and old pictures are scattered across her comforter.

Holy shit...

"Mateo..." She takes a deep breath, "I saw him..." And now she's crying her eyes out again. I pull her back into my arms.

For context, Mateo is her boyfriend of 2 years. I think I know what she's about to say...

"What did he do? You can tell me, It will be okay." I turn and grab the last tissue from the box and pass it to her. She blows her nose loudly, I try my hardest not to laugh. Why is blowing your nose so funny?...Get it together, Elaine.

"He was with another girl...and they were kissing." She sniffles, digging her head into my shoulder.

"I saw it in the hall on my way to maths. I didn't want to see him anymore so I told Miss that I wasn't feeling okay and that I was going back to my dorm to rest." She lets out a long sigh...her breathing coming back to a sort-of normal pace.

"I'm so sorry..." I whisper to her. That must have been how Zion knew. I thought he's done something to her... but no, It was stupid little Mateo.

"He's a dick..." She mutters, sniffling again.

"Small one too, he was what? 5'5?" That makes her laugh a bit.

"No, 5'4..." I look down to see her smiling. I laugh at it as well.

"He doesn't deserve you. You're too pretty, sweet hearted and smart." I say, "Now we have to end things with him, chuck his jumpers and gifts in a box and mess them up a little. Then, we can leave it outside his door."

I feel her body deflate against me and she lets out a muffled groan.

"Now?" She asks against my shoulder.

"Whenever you want to."

"Okay, now then." She pushes herself up and begins to pick up the pictures that lay on her bed. I help her with the tissues and chuck them in the bin.

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"What the fuck." Kayla says as she walks into our dorm. I'm not surprised by her reaction, me and Evelyn are both sitting on the floor, covered in glitter and glue. Our hair is up in messy buns and we are both wearing old sweats and tank tops.

"Wait, is that Mateo's stuff? What happened?!" She almost shouts, rushing over to us.

We both watch her as she dumps herself down beside either one of us and picks up a bottle of the glitter.

"Can I?" She asks. I look at Evelyn and she nods, a small smile peeking through her lips.

"Okay, so what happened?" Kayla says, tipping a whole bottle of glitter into the box.

"Mateo's a fat dick." Evelyn whispers.

"So...he cheated?" Kayla asks, her face not so happy anymore. Evelyn nods and then proceeds to dumb everything that's around her into the box.

"I'm so sorry, Evelyn..." Kayla says, her hands now uselessly sitting in her lap.

"Yea, yea. Whatever, It's alright." Evelyn gives a reassuring smile before hitting Kayla on the knee. "Get to work."

I hold in my laugh and help out with whatever mess this is.

Evelyn decided to use this as a break-up method. I'm just following her lead. Unfortunately, she said we can't record him opening his door to see his reaction because she doesn't want anything more from him. Which is fair.

The three of us continue what we are doing together and close the box with tape. We shift the box close to the door, deciding it's a bit late now to deliver it and that we will do it tomorrow.

We order pizza and end up munching on it together while binge watching movies on Netflix.