Amour Mystérieux

nineteen

BLAKE'S POV

I hit the call button for the third time as I tried to get a hold of Eddie. Putting the phone to my ear, I listened as it continued to ring, Eddie not answering.

"What the fuck?" I mumbled under my breath. I saw Victoria watching me with her arms crossed. She was leaning on her luggage giving me a blank stare.

"What?" I asked as she continued to stare not saying anything. She shook her head at me before grabbing her luggage and throwing it on the bus.

"Blake, we are about to leave. Have you gotten a hold of Eddie yet?" My English teacher, Mr. Ross, questioned. I shook my head at him and sighed.

This wasn't like Eddie at all, but come to think of it he had been distant all week. I kept asking him what was wrong but he always brushed it off as he was just tired.

"He probably isn't coming, Blake. We need to get on the bus, we can no longer wait for him." Mr. Ross spoke as he gave me a quick pat on the back.

I nodded slowly and looked down at my phone again before putting it in my pocket and getting on the bus. Victoria and I made eye contact as I got on the bus, but I looked away and took a seat around the middle of the bus.

Mr. Ross yelled at us to keep quiet as he started to take roll. I stared at the window already dreading this trip without Eddie.

"What, your boyfriend isn't coming on the trip?" I turned to give Greyson a dirty look. He winked at me before going back to kissing down the neck of the girl he was sitting with. Greyson had joined our group for the first week of school but easily branched out due to his good looks and carefree nature. Immediately becoming the school's bad boy.

We still talked and hung out at lunch together but he usually had his tongue down someone's throat. Of course, Victoria wasn't happy about me hanging out with him, but what could she do she refused to talk to me.

Mr. Ross finished the roll call and was about to tell the bus driver that it was okay to go but was interrupted by a yelling Eddie.

"I'm here, I'm here...ughh wait let me catch my breath."

" Yuh let me count these checks..." Greyson whispered.

"...Flex on ex yeah..." I whispered back.

We laughed together and high fived just as Eddie flopped down on the seat next to me.

"Eddie!!" Greyson said hitting his shoulder, "Blake here almost killed himself because he thought you weren't coming on the trip."

"Shut. up." I said glaring at him. He just laughed and gave me a cheeky smile. "Honestly though where were you, Eddie, the bus almost left you."

"Slept in?" Eddie said with a shrug.

"Liar!" Greyson and I said at the same time.

"It's nothing really," Eddie said leaning his head on the chair and closing his eyes. He had dark circles around his eyes like he hadn't slept in weeks.

"No sir you are going to tell us," I demanded, shaking him awake. He sighed and turned his head towards me with an exhausted expression.

"My mom found out I'm bi and it's just been a rough week. She's been avoiding me."

"Wait, you're bi?" Greyson asked confused.

"Isn't it obvious?" Victoria said entering the conversation.

"No, it isn't," Greyson said back coldly.

"I don't think you know who you are talking to." Victoria shot back.