The Sight (bxb)

Chapter 66 - Back to School

Going back to school was stranger than Evan had imagined. He had no idea what to expect but rather prepared for the worst, and in the end, it was completely unnecessary. No one frowned at him or gave him a biting look anymore. Kieran and Josh weren't even at school, and Evan didn't find out until later from Lola that they'd both gotten the flu over the holidays, so they were staying home.

It also meant that Aiden had no one to spend time with and couldn't avoid Evan. I mean, he could, but since both Lola and Angie were sitting with him at lunch, he decided to sit with them. Not once, however, did he address Evan and avoided any conversation with him. And as much as he felt sorrow, he already considered it progress that his once best friend was sitting so close to him.

"How was your break?" Lola decided to make a casual conversation. Her once pink hair had been dyed blue, so Evan knew her answer when it came to holidays. Apparently, it was time for a change for her.

"Good," Aiden mumbled, continuing to eat his sandwich as if the conversation didn't even concern him.

"Angie got drunk and called everyone dude," Evan snitched, for which he earned an elbow to the ribs. Lola snickered at that and covered her mouth.

"It was New Year's Eve." Angie immediately defended herself. She waved her hand as if it was no big deal, and since it was Angie and it was a conversation with their friends, she had nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone already knew her anyway, so she didn't have to pretend.

"Sounds like you had a cool New Year's Eve," Lola caught on to that right away, expecting more details.

"It was fine," Evan said. Not that he didn't want to tell her more, but he was afraid all it would take was one word, and he might give her the wrong idea about Ryan. The last thing he wanted was for everyone to think he'd cheated on Kieran.

"Yup," Angie confirmed his words, "We spent some time obediently with our parents and then snuck off to watch the fireworks with our friends."

"You have friends in North Hallson?" It was the first time Aiden had used a full sentence since he'd sat down with them, and it turned out he'd been listening in on their conversation after all.

"That's exactly what Rory asked. As if we couldn't have more friends," Evan spoke up without thinking. He knew it wasn't a good idea to talk to Aiden, as it could very easily burst this fragile bubble of false friendship they were now in, and now he had no choice but to wait for his reaction.

Aiden paused as if he also had no idea what to do now since he hadn't anticipated this situation.

Fortunately, Angie decided not to wait for either of them to recover and continued the conversation as if nothing had happened. "We have two friends there. It's not much, but we assessed that we're too good for North Hallson."

"Speak for yourself," Evan interjected. He, unlike his friend, was aware that it was just the opposite, and the fact that he didn't fit in with their community wasn't because he was better than the other wolves.

"You never talk about them." Lola's confusion was spot on since she was right. As much as Evan had avoided Ryan in the beginning, he'd also avoided talking about him. He'd made a secret of him, and though he didn't like the idea, he had no idea what to do about it.

"Michael gets on my nerves most of the time, and Ryan just recently moved in," Angie explained simply, and Evan was glad he didn't have to get involved in the topic just yet.

"Who doesn't get on your nerves," Aiden assessed quietly but still loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Excuse me. I happen to get along with everyone. I'm just not in the mood for you sometimes, or you're annoying," was her reply, which from her tone, she meant completely.