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Like a certain soh, this situation couldn’t be dealt with inhow she’d handle everything I was keeping to myself

Audrey understood me better than anyone else, to an extent She wasn’t aware of my history with Judas Her self-conceived notions of our relationship weren’t anywhere near accurate, which I didn’t blame her for

How could she possibly know that the twisted bond between us made me want to crawl beneath his skin just so that I could be closer with him?

Shifting ht, I uncrossedto do right now--deflect

“What about what you’re keeping from me?”

“Huh? I’ from you”

“Lies”

She tossed her blonde hair behind her shoulders and placed a hand on her hip “It’s nothing serious, just stuff with Gavin”

“What kind of stuff? Why are you so deter around?”

Her freshly threaded brows shot up to her hairline “First of all, Gavin and I are not fooling around I’ve slept with hiain Secondly, stop trying to flip this around on me”

This could be considered pot-calling the kettle, but I didn’t care about ht now

I already knew her issues had so to do with Gavin It was the secrecy of their rendezvous that bothered me Did she realize she’d avoided an actual answer just like I had? Was that the theme of the month? Avoidance?

The bell sounded again, signaling the beginning of the next class Luckily, this was our lunch period because otherwise, we’d have to ditch or hide out in here for fortyat Pesadilla, it was that the teachers played no games when it came to attendance

“We should go” I grabbedand looped it back over my head

“Why don’t you talk to me anymore Rhia?”

The obvious hurt in her voice almost made me cave

I held strong, my need to keep her safeI felt or anger I ht receive Her safety was a top priority I couldn’t say if Judas would hurt her or not and it wasn’t a risk I wanted to take

“I talk to you every day It was just a couple of texts, Auds”

“This isn’t about those Do you think I don’t know you’re dealing with so? I’m your best friend”

Withholding a sigh, I studied her face This was ridiculous Audrey and I were rarely at odds We had our disagreements like most friendships had but never to the point we locked ourselves in a school bathrooive

“We can’t talk here,” I finally said

“Why? It’s only us”

“Not here” I waved a hand around the room “I meant the school”

“Then we can talk later?”