Jay's POV
I was sitting on my bed, staring at the ceiling, replaying yesterday in my head for the hundredth time.
Stones.
Jealousy.
School reopening.
Luke smiling like he owns the universe.
Knock knock.
"It's open," I said lazily.
The door swung open.
And there she was.
Chantelle.
I shot up immediately.
"WOW. Chan?! You're here?!"
She opened her arms dramatically. "Of course. My best friend is injured. I have to come take care of her."
I blinked. "I'm not injured."
"Emotionally injured," she corrected and walked in like she owned the room.
I threw a pillow at her.
"I really needed this," I admitted. "Ciel is mostly talking to Yuri these days."
Chantelle raised a brow. "Is that how you and MKW were?"
I frowned. "Whose MKW?"
She stared at me.
"It's Must Know Who."
"Huh?"
She gasped. "Mark Keifer Watson, you fool!"
"Ohhh," I said slowly. "Yeah."
She sat on my bed and looked around. "Nice room."
"How did you even come?" I asked.
"Ciel sent me the address."
"No, I mean my room."
She rolled her eyes. "Everyone was busy with who knows what. Only Ciel, Ci-N, David, Felix, Calix, Rory, Eman, and Kit saw me. Keifer, Yuri, Adrian, Endrix and some others didn't even notice."
I narrowed my eyes. "What are they even talking about?"
She flopped backward onto my bed. "Have nooo idea."
I sat beside her.
"Have you spoken to your mom?"
She went quiet.
"…About?"
I looked at her.
She slowly turned to face me.
Then crawled closer and rested her head beside mine.
"JayJay," she whispered, "I can't do it."
"You have to," I said firmly. "Or else you will become a lawyer."
She groaned dramatically. "I can't do it."
"You must tell her before school reopens."
She stared at the ceiling like it personally offended her.
"…Okay. I will."
I smiled slightly.
"Good."
Silence.
Then I suddenly sat up. "Let's go see what they're doing downstairs."
She didn't move.
"Chan."
Still nothing.
"Come on."
She rolled to the side dramatically like gravity betrayed her.
"Fine."
We walked out of the room together.
Down the stairs.
Into whatever chaos awaited.