“What?” I immediately dropped my phone after that. I ACCIDENTALLY TOLD EZRA WHAT WAS ON MY MIND! “Alexis? What was that sound? Are you okay?” Ezra asked with a worried voice which caused me to feel even worse for what I had done. I picked up my phone while trying to regain my calm. “I-I’m sorry, my grip loosened all of a sudden, and I dropped my phone.”  I heard Ezra chuckling, which caused me to feel even more embarrassed. “You’re such a klutz.” He said while still laughing, and I sat on my bed feeling more embarrassed. “Oh right, coach Alfred and I decided that we should have the year-end party before 24, so maybe it’ll be on 23. Would you be free on 24?” Ezra asked straightforwardly, thus making me feel my face heating up.  “Y-Yes. I don’t have any schedule on the 24th.”&nbs

"My stomach's going to burst."    Ezra laughed a ton after I'd said that. It's good that we took the private room here in this fast-food chain because it'll be embarrassing if people recognize Lia while she's eating so many foods all at once. "I told you we can't finish all of these." He said while patting my back after finishing the big burger I ordered. I really wanted to try eating it, but I didn't know it'd be too heavy on my stomach.   "Should I let the staff know that we'll be taking these out?"    I shook my head. "N-No. We should at least try and finish them—"What I was about to say was interrupted when we heard children talking on the other side of the glass wall.    "What should I do, brother? I lost the money for our food."    I noticed two children, their clothes are both dirty, and their hair is messy. "I-It's the only time we could eat something

Jade scoffed as if she couldn't believe my question. "How could you, Ion. Your sister's long dead, but you keep on using her to gain money? Utterly disgusting!" She brushed her hair backward again, showing her pink under hair dye which made me remember something.  "W-What's your full name?" I asked, but Jade scoffed again.  She raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. "You can't figure who I am by yourself? I see you're still the same stupid coward I once knew— Oh, you improved. You became a manipulative person who manipulates those who came to love Lia." Jade said as she scoffed again. "It's me, Jade Angelique. Lia's best friend." She rolled her eyes after saying that as she pushed me again, which caused me to fall to the ground.  "You're still the same, Ion. Lia's shadow."  I started panting as I looked at the ground and saw blood. "You killed Lia, didn't you?" 

How did I end up inside Ezra's room again? I swear I was only going to return his jacket, but— Ebony, his sister, told me to wait for Ezra in his room. She didn't even ask me why I had come and immediately pushed me here.  I'm scared of being alone inside Ezra's room filled with his nostalgic scent. What if I do something terrible to him again? What if I harassed him again and made Ezra hate me?  I shook my head to remove those thoughts. It's not the time for me to think about such things. All I need is to leave this jacket here and leave. Right! I must at least leave a letter, then I can just tell him that we should talk tomorrow. That's right, at least that way I could still prepare what I need to say.  And so I wrote on the paper I saw on Ezra's desk. I left it on his table and placed the jacket on his chair. I should probably leave before Ezra arrive since this might make him uncomfortab

“Is there something wrong, Mitch?”   Mitch flinched and immediately let out an awkward laugh. I knew it; he’s not being himself right now. “Uh, did something happen between you and Royce?” He stopped laughing, and he couldn’t answer. Am I right on? “Y-You don’t have to say the reason, but… I want you to calm down.” Hearing that, Mitch looked like he was about to break down. However, he got a hold of himself, smiling at me.    “You’re right. I should apologize to Jade.”    Even though Jade doesn’t seem to care, Mitch still apologized for his rough greeting. Our other classmates were confused too, but they didn’t pay it any mind because Kyros and Kyril were arguing again about Liliana. They really do like Liliana so much. Which reminds me, I need to talk to Jade later about Lia, whom she really loves. Since it’s just the second day since school started, we have new teachers, and the introductio