Chapter 2 Where Did He Go

"NATHAN WAKE UP YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THE BUS" I woke up when my mom suddenly yelled from downstairs

"huh?" confused I get up and reach for my phone "oh shit"

I hurry and grab my stuff, then quickly run downstairs "why didn't you wake me up?"

"I tried, multiple times. What time did you go to sleep yesterday"

"at a normal time, why?" Well, that's not really true.

"Well doesn't matter, hurry up. You said you could go to school on your own, if you miss the bus I'm going to drive you every morning." "Yes, mom

As I said that, I quickly stuff my face with food, as I run towards the door I almost trip over my brother, who was, as always, laying on the couch "Hey, watch out!"

"Then dont sit like that". I reached the bus just in time, I take a seat and try to make my hair and clothes look a bit better.

As soon as the bus reaches the bus station, I look around trying to find Adam. I don't see him. Maybe he already left?

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"NATHAAANN~" the minute I got to school, my friends were already on top of me "Hey dude, can you stop jumping on me?" I pushed Emily off and started to walk inside.

"Are you in a hurry or something ?" She asked, following me "no.. not really." What's wrong with me.

"Then where are you going in such a hurry" "huh?" I turn around, it took me a second to understand what was happening. I was looking for Adam..

The bell rang and we went to the classroom. I sat down and before I knew it I was staring at his seat, whats happening.

10 minutes into the lesson I was still staring, I didn't realize he never came into the room. I was to far lost I thought I didn't even know if he was sick, of if he just never came inside.

What is happening to me, why am I so worried about him, we're barely even friends.

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I decided to just let it go and I continued my day as normal. My friends were worried about me, but I couldn't bring myself to ask them about him, or talk about it.

After school I went to the bus stop, on my way out I bumped into someone, it was Adam

"You!" I yelled, grabbing him by his arms "woah, what?" I realized we were in the middle of the hallway. People were staring at us "Uhm, j-just..come with me for a second, please" I said quietly.

I dragged him into the nearest empty classroom and closed the door, "what's wrong? " he asked.

"Uhm...I don't really know myself.." I said looking down "what? Are you serious" he tried to walk back to the hall, but I grabbed his arm "wait-" I quickly let go.. "I'm sorry I'm-"

"Nathan. what's wrong?" He touched my arm and looked me into my eyes, I pulled away and averted my eyes.

"I'm not sure, when I didn't see you today I got worried, I know that's weird, we barely know each other bu- I... I don't know" he looked at me, not sure if he was worried or weirded out, maybe a bit of both

"what do you want to do?"

"I- can I maybe have your phone number" I asked. "What, why?" I didn't exactly know why I asked that, but I could stop myself

"I guess, maybe to get to know each other a bit better. If you don't want to it's okay." I started walking to the hall slowly but he stopped me ".....okay..".

We exchanged phone numbers, after that we went to the bus stop together. The ride home was pretty awkward. But I felt better now that I got it off my chest.

When he switched lines we said goodbye, and for a small moment, I felt really embarrassed. It felt like my face could explode every second.

This might be bad.

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As I got home, it was quiet. When I went inside the living room I saw my mom on the couch "hey.." she looked over at me, as though she wasn't expecting me

"you're early, what's wrong" "nothing is... wrong." She came up to me "your face is red. " wait what? "Oh, Uhm.." she turned around

"you know what, if it's nothing important. I don't need to know, but just know.." she turned around "you can tell me anything, and I mean anything"

I stepped back a bit "mom...that's kind of creepy" I laughed and she sat back down on the couch.

When I went to put my jacket and bag away, I noticed there was a jacket I had never seen before. "Mom, is there someone here? " I walked back into the room, pointing at the jacket

"Hmm? Oh yeah, your brother met up with a friend" I couldn't believe my ears "heh, very funny, now really" there's no way my brother, of all people, had any real life friends. At even though that might sound mean, he would agree

"no I'm serious" my mom continued "he actually brought a friend."

Before I could ask anything more, we heard screaming and not soon after the friends came down the stairs, "oh hello?" I said walking up to him

"Sorry, I got to go, it was nice to meet you." He grabbed his jacket and left the house. "Well then, that was something" my mom and I just looked at each other confused, but none of us went to go ask Michael anything, he wouldn't share it anyway.

I got down next to my mother and we watched some tv together until we heard dad come home, we didn't really plan any dinner, we had leftovers, and if we really wanted to we'd just order something.

My brother came down later that night, my mom, my dad and me were all on the couch together.

"Uhm, what the hell are you doing?" He asked as he sat down at the dinner table "family time" my dad answered "you should try it sometime" my mom added "it's really fun" I also added.

"I'm definitely not related to you guys" he said laughing "we know you love us" my dad said.. "I'm pretty sure you are though" my mom added "Yeah, tell me one thing I have in common with you guys" he dared putting down his phone

"Well.....Uhm mom help me with this" I said, leaning against her "Well, you got your voice from you father" my dad looked at my mom, then at my brother "what's that supposed to mean?"

My brother also looked confused "what do you mean with my voice ?" Oh no, I know where this is going. "What happened this afternoon, you were pretty mad at your friend."

"He brought a friend?" My dad was surprised at the statement, "Yeah..we didn't tell you" I asked, and my dad just shook his head, "nothing happened" my brother snapped, and he went back upstairs. My mom went after him "I'll handle This".

She went upstairs, and my dad and I continued to watch tv.

As soon as my mom would be back she tell us everything, my brother knew that if he said he didn't want to talk about it, we wouldn't bring it up.

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10 minutes later, my mom came down, looking pretty worried "what's wrong?" My dad asked, my mom sat between us.

"Well, his friend. Turned out he was a classmate, he'd been following him for the last couple of weeks, and when Micheal said something about it, he asked if he'd wanted to be friends.

2 weeks later, was today. Turned out he had a crush on Micheal. But when Micheal rejected him... he tried forcing it..." my dad looked worried, but angry too "what did he do?" "Nothing...he pushed him off before he could do anything."

But I think he might not want to go to college yet. "Yeah, I get that" my dad said. I just sat there in awe, does that mean he will stay home longer.

"It's okay, I think we should leave him alone for a while" my mom suggested "Yeah" my dad agreed. The both looked at me. I just nodded in agreement.

We watched some more tv and I went upstairs. I started on my homework, which was done very quickly. I got ready for bed, but when I wen to charge my phone, it went off.

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Adam

Hey, are you still awake?