little lies (an e.d. fanfiction)

✭ chapter 53

song for chapter: i can't breathe by bea miller + play on repeat!!

claire's pov

i see ethan coming my way from the other side of the wide hallway, him looking a bit surprised to see me, "hey, why haven't you answered any of my texts?"

i can't even find the will to speak so i simply just shrug my shoulders, "i don't know."

he squints and narrows his eyes as he walks into the teen leadership class with me.

"yes, you do," he says surely, knowing there's definitely a reason behind it all especially because of the way i reacted to his presence.

i don't answer ethan as mr. kemp greets me after i walk in the door. i give him a short smile and wave in response without saying a word.

i feel a pair of eyes looking at me from the front of the room and my eyes travel to the direction of the source.

alex was seated on a couch next to a few of our peers who he seemed to casually small talk with in this class.

my heart drops from seeing him look at me so openly, like he didn't feel the need to hide it, and i can almost feel the anger radiating off of ethan.

i peel my eyes away from him and go to sit on the sofa which ethan and i usually claimed.

before ethan can say anything to me, our teacher begins to talk to the class about our activity for the day once the tardy bell rings.

i bring my leg up to cross over my knee and i also cross my arms across my chest with a sigh.

"class, today we're just going to be watching a few videos on bullying to raise awareness," mr. kemp says.

i thank god in my head, for us watching a video means we basically don't have to do anything.

the teacher knows it too. he knows half of the class is gonna fall asleep only five minutes in, but he's not gonna do anything about it.

"you guys can either watch or work on stuff for other classes. it's up to you," he says as he powers on the projector and walks back to his desk to face the computer.

i then curse myself once i remember that my geometry teacher had given me and the rest of my class a small homework packet to do over the weekend. i internally groan, knowing it's due today and that i haven't even touched it yet.

mr. kemp pulls the video up on his computer screen and hovers the mouse curser over the play button icon that was all visible on the projector.

he looks over his shoulder and into the lit classroom, "does anyone mind turning the lights off?" he asks since the light switch is on the complete opposite side of the room as him.

i don't say anything since i was seated near the back of the room, knowing that someone up in the front would do so out of respect.

"i got it," alex says as he stands up from the sofa that was only a few feet away from the classroom door and the light switch.

i get cold unsettling chills cover my body from the sound of his voice. i feel ethan's eyes burning holes into my side but i don't dare to look at him, i already know he's going to try to talk to me once the video starts.

alex gets up from his spot and walks straight towards to the small panel, flicking the switch off for the classroom to be dark and the only light source coming from the projector.

"thank you, alex," mr. kemp says with a genuine smile.

"of course," alex says, now turning around to face the class as he returns to his seat.