This is how I disappear.

Chapter 37

**Next Day**

"Ray, I don't play video games" I said, rolling my eyes.

"So you're telling me, you've never played a video game, ever?" His head turning fully to face me as we walked down the pale, boring corridors of the school.

I nodded with a smile and raised eyebrows.

Ray looked at me like I was some kind of cyborg monster from a different realm.

"Got bad hand eye co ordinations" I shrugged.

"That's not what I've heard" Ray muttered under his breathe quickly followed by a cheeky grin.

"Excuse me?" I questioned shockingly.

"Nothing" He said quickly and shrugging, the smile removed from his face immediately "Anyway, Are you coming tonight?" 

"Erm- uh I-" I stuttered nervously. 

I hated even thinking of going to 'band practice' it reminded me of Bert, and I hated the thought of him.

The guy who beat up Frank twice, the guy who nearly got me to relapse -accidently-  and the guy who forced himself on me.

"I'm not sure Ray-" 

"It's okay Gerard" Ray smiled "I'd like you to come, everyone likes you there you know" He smiled bigger as he saw a smile grow on my face.

"Really?" I questioned, they actually like me, I thought only Ray, Lindsey and my brother -of course- liked me being there. Turns out they all do.

"Yeah, it would be nice if you would come. But I won't drag you there if you don't want to come" He said soft and friendly.

"I'll think about it Ray" I smiled bumping him on the shoulder with mine in a friendly gesture.

We walked in silence for a minute or so before I turned the corner before Ray and crashing straight into someone who was also turning the corner.

It was a boy with dark, short, brushed back hair. He was a little shorter than me, but not by a lot, he had a light denim jacket on and black skinny jeans.

"Oh- sorry" He muttered before picking his bag he had dropped.

"S'okay" I smiled friendly.

"Pete, you okay man?" Ray exclaimed from behind me.

"Oh, Ray, yeah man" He seemed to ignore me and started talking to Ray. Which I guess I didn't mind, I was used to getting ignored.

While Ray and Pete started up a conversation about some random shit I wasn't interested in I walked off to my next lesson, after saying bye to Ray of course.

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When I walked into me classroom I saw Lindsey straight away with a big grin on her face.

I smiled at her and walked over, sitting in the chair next to her.

"So" She smiled and giggled "How's Frank" 

I rolled my eyes and chuckled.

"Shut up" I nudged her gently before getting my equipment out of my bag.

"I like him" She said as she got her pen out of her bag "He's nice, clearly likes playing Electric guitar but I mean, he's cute" 

"Hands off, he's mine" I winked and laughed.

"I can see that..." Her eyes moved to my neck and her eyebrow raised suspiciously.

"What?" I asked, my laughing dying down and curios at what she was looking at.