Eavsdroppings

After a very long walk back to campus we were finally at Feather Fall's dorm, which was huge if I may add. I know there are 4 boys living here but still, this feels more like a house than a dorm. There were 2 bedrooms and a gigantic living room. Our dorm was a total of 2 rooms - if you included the bathroom.

"Hey boys! Get the first aid kit!" Juelz yelled as soon as he entered.

Ezra came running towards us as soon as he heard the ruckus.

"What's wrong?" He asked curiously, his face turned serious as he saw the state Leo was in. "What happened?"

Juelz looked at me before looking back at Ezra and answering. It was clear he wanted to remind Ezra that I was also present in the room, and they shouldn't mention too much.

"Some guys beat him up at the park." He finally replied and began walking towards one of the bedrooms, which I assumed was Leo's bedroom. He gently placed him on one of the beds, making sure he didn't hurt his friend.

"I've got the first aid kit!" A voice screeched as soon as we had placed Leo into a comfortable position.

"No need to shout, Jaxson." Ezra hissed with his arms crossed as he moved away from the doorway to let in the rushing Jaxson.

Jaxson froze when he got a good look at Leo in the bed. "Woah, he got beat up pretty bad..."

Ezra frowned as he looked at Leo, I could tell a million thoughts were rushing through his mind. "I don't get it, it's not even time yet-"

Just as Ezra was about to reveal some information, Juelz appeared next to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

I distracted myself by grabbing the first aid kit from Jaxson's hands and began rummaging through its contents. Maybe if they forget I'm here they might talk more?

As the room became silent, I looked up to see everyone's eyes on me. Well things just became awkward real quick.

I stopped what I was doing and pointed to the door, "Do you all want me to leave or something?"

"No. No it's okay." Ezra stated after another pause of silence. "We'll talk about this outside."

Ezra ushered Juelz and Jaxson outside the bedroom.

Wait if they all leave... then I'm in here all alone with that thing!

"Wait!" I screamed before they closed the door.

"What about...that?" I pointed at the beaten up Leo who was trying to get comfortable in bed but was in constant pain.

Ezra switched his gaze between me, Leo and the first aid kit on the ground. "Well I'm pretty sure you can handle that."

Before I knew it Ezra walked out and the door shut behind him.

I stood there for a few seconds, contemplating on how I can get myself out of this mess. Right at that moment I felt my phone vibrate in my back pocket. I grabbed it and checked to see that it was Gavin calling. I took a deep breath and answered, bringing the phone to my ear but not saying a word.

"Did you get my present?" Gavin asked. I could hear the smile on his face.

I took a glance at Leo's beaten up face. He had his eyes closed, or maybe it was just the huge lump that was forcing them shut. "Oh yeah, totally."

"Good." He said. "Make sure to use this opportunity to get close to them. Report to me if you find out anything interesting, okay?"

"Kay, bye." I muttered under my breath, so as not to disturb Leo, and shut the phone.

I kind of felt bad for the guy. He got beat up pretty bad just so I can go forth with my mission. As I was looking at him with pity, he winced once again.

Oh, what the hell! I thought to myself as I reached for a towel, a couple cotton buds and some rubbing alcohol from the kit.

I walked towards the bathroom, which was in the bedroom, and wet the towel under the sink. Once I was done with that, I made my way back to Leo and began gently wiping the blood off his face.

"Hey!" I heard him whimper, "Jaxson! Be more gentle."

Oh so he thinks I'm Jaxson? I guess it's better if he keeps thinking that.

After wiping away most of the blood, I began applying the rubbing alcohol onto the scars on his face with the cotton buds I had picked out. Although he kept whining and wincing, I pushed through. Until Leo finally had enough and grabbed my arm, yelling.

"STOP IT!"

I stopped what I was doing and looked at Leo's eyes to see that they were now wide open. When he realised that it was me that he was looking at right now, instead of Jaxson or one of the other boys, he let go of me immediately.

He cleared his throat, "Sofia? It was you?"

"Yes, it's Sofia. Saving your ass once again."

"No one asked you to!" He stated, getting worked up. "No wonder it hurt so much. It was you trying to kill me!"

"Ohh stop being such a princess. It doesn't even hurt that much."

"How would you know? You've never been beaten up like this before." He said confidently.

"Trust me. I have." I mumbled under my breath.

"What?" Leo asked, not hearing what I had just said.

"...Nothing. Just stop moving."

I began dabbing his face with the cotton buds again. He continued to whine and complain but we finally finished.

"Now, was it that hard?" I questioned.

"Yes! You will make the worst nurse."

"Not planning on being one." I smiled.

I could see Leo drifting off as he replied to my comment. "Good. I was just making sure you don't have any thoughts of being a nurse."

I don't think he even knows what he's saying right now.

"Just shut up and go to sleep." I answered, and to my surprise that was exactly what he did.

Now that I was done with taking care of Leo. I decided to make my way back to my dorm. I walked up to the door and was just about to turn the handle, when I heard the boys discussing something.

Gavin's words flashed through my mind, "Report to me if you find anything interesting, okay?"

I guess its kind of my job to find out information about these boys, so I decided to listen in on their conversation.

"I can get another part time job." I heard Jaxson say, his voice muffled by the closed door.

"Yeah I can as well." Ezra added.

After a small pause, Juelz spoke up, "I'm sorry guys, it's all my fault..."

"Come on Juelz, how many times do we have to tell you? It is not your fault." Ezra reassured Juelz.

"Hey, we're all in this together. Okay?" Jaxson added.

"Yep, and we'll get through this together as well." Ezra stated, bringing back the positive atmosphere.

"Come on, let's go check on Leo."

As I heard that I moved away from the door as quickly as I could. I began fiddling with the first aid kit, making it look like I was busy tidying everything back up. At that moment the door swung open.

"How's Leo looking?" Jaxson asked as he walked in.

"He'll be fine. He needs to grow up." I replied, annoyed.

"What, did he scream like a girl?" Jaxson laughed.

"Basically." I smiled.

I looked towards Juelz, he was staring at Leo intently. He seemed sad, even though he was smiling. I wonder why it's his fault...

"Sofia." I heard Ezra call my name, which broke my line of thought. "I heard you skipped detention so you could help Leo out. Thanks for that."

I stared back at Ezra, puzzled.

"Detention? That's right, I had detention!" I screeched as the realisation hit me.

I can't believe I risked my life - Miss Jennifer is most likely going to turn me into her next meal - just to save that princess wannabe!

"I gotta go guys!" I sprinted out of the bedroom and rushed towards the front door. "Miss Jennifer is going to kill me!"