BAD CUPID

Created By: Snow Marisvega

Chapter 24

~•Zach's P.O.V•~

"Henry? Henry!" I called, he groaned and stopped walking turning to me with a blank expression.

"If you're gonna ask me what I think you're gonna ask me I'm gonna kill you"

"You don't even know what I want to ask you" I said walking towards him.

"You want us to do our math homework together so you can copy mine" he said and arched his brow. He was absolutely right, my best friend could read me like a book and he knew that was my plan and what was I supposed to do? The homework was due tomorrow.

"Whaaaat?" I scoffed "That's not what I w-was go-gonna say" I denied.

"It wasn't?"

"Nope" I shook my head popping the 'p' "But...now that you've mentioned it-"

"Not happening" he dived his hands into his pockets and continued walking.

I groaned in frustration. "Help a brother"

"You were supposed to come over last night so we can study that stupid math" He said as he walked ahead, I ran and walked beside him.

"What do you mean? I came over" I shrugged.

"Yeah. And you were on your phone throughout the night." He sighed and walked to his locker.

"You know you can be a nerd sometimes" I said and opened my own locker which was next to his. He glared at me and I knew I had to rephrase that. "....an awesome nerd"

"Nice save" he said and took out a textbook. "Don't forget we have practice tomorrow and don't be late".

"I have never been late"

"You've been late three times last night and you're lucky I haven't  benched you or told coach to"

I shut my locker and snorted "yeah right. Like you could" I rolled my eyes and looked to my left and saw Raven and that other boy in her group which I don't know his name but Dylan wasn't there with them which was a little weird since every morning one of them was with him or three of them were together.

"Isn't it weird that Dark Angel isn't with them?" I asked looking their way, Henry looked at them and shrugged afterwards.

"I don't know" he said and slammed his locker shut.

I arched my brow at him suspiciously, I have noticed him staring at the boy most of the times, at lunch, in class, like half of the time and when I'd bring him up, he'd just ignore it or act like he didn't care but I remember complimenting his dance battle with the boy 'Dylan' whom everyone knew his name and he grinned like a child for like a second and he put on a straight face immediately and shrugged.

I hope its not what I really think it is but then, henry doesn't know how to show affection and can't like anyone that way so we good.

"Hey henry" a loud feminine voice called, I looked behind him and henry turned.

"Oh shit. I wonder what she wants" Henry said in a way only I could hear.

I chuckled silently. "Maybe she wants the 'D'. She's been trying since what? Fifth grade? Why don't you just give it to her? I mean you'd sleep with different girls but not this one? Come on" I joked, and as I was about to laugh, he hit me in the stomach with his elbow and I chocked on my laugh.

"Hi" Quinn smiled while I coughed. "Are you okay?" She asked and I nodded while coughing.

"He's got a cold" Henry said with a shrug.

"Oh" her concern looking face turned to wide smile as she ignored me and looked at henry. The fuck. "So I was thinking...would you maybe wanna come around tonight so we can you know, go through that math homework together" she asked and fluttered her lashes, flipping her hair.

"If you've got something in your eye, maybe you should first get rid of it" henry said and she blinked again, in shock. Wow henry. I looked down trying to hide the big smile on my face due to the laughter that was about to burst out. "And I'm busy tonight. I've got a date" He said and walked past her.

I smirked and waved at her and quietly followed him.

"A date?"

"I don't wanna be around her, for all we know, she could drug me, naked me, take a photo and send to the whole school and say, we banged.  Yeah, no thanks" he said and I laughed before looking behind me, taking a glance at Raven.

"I'm sure that's something Raven would do" I said and smirked at her once her eyes met mine, she flashed me a mean smile and looked away.

Don't get me wrong, I don't have any sort of feeling for her or any gross thing like that. She's super annoying and bossy and I don't like her at all but when it comes to Raven and Quinn, I'd pick Raven anytime-anyday.

"Down to earth Zach" henry said and snapped his fingers as the bell rang.

"Hmm? Ah sorry...was thinking of s-something. What'd you say?"

"I said we should meet at the library at lunch and I'd help you out" he said stuffing his hands in his football jacket.

"During lunch?" My eyes widen. "Man, you know I don't play with my food

" I guess you wanna fail, we're graduating soon remember" he said and flashed me a smile. The type were the corner of his lips would move up and that was his winning smile. "So. Lunch or math?"

"Damn you" I frowned at him as we walked into Mr. Rowen's class.

Mr. Rowen's class was boring, I won't lie to myself. I rested my head on my hands as he kept teaching this history thing. Mr Rowen was fun, one of the best teachers in fact but sometimes he could be boring especially when talking about history.  The only time I enjoyed his class was during that battle oral quiz between henry and Dylan and that was when I knew the boy wasn't just good looking, he was smart.. Come to think of it, its only been battle between those two.

"Zach." Mr. Rowen called

"Hmm?" I answered

"What year did George Washington become president?"

Shit. How was I supposed to know.

"I'm not...sure. 19...60?"

"Yeah. I didn't ask for Nigerian's independence day" he said and the class laughed, even henry chuckled.

"Well I don't know" I shrugged.

"Yeah. I figured" He said and shook his head.

"Hey, I'm smart"

"Mmhmm. Sure you are" he retorted and looked around the class and finally his eyes landed at Dylan.

"Dylan. What year did George Washington become president?" He asked but Dylan didn't answer and kept staring.  "Okay. I'll ask that question again. What year did George Washington become..President?" Mr. Rowen repeated but the boy didn't answer.

I and henry exchanged looks and I shrugged.

"Dylan?" He called but no answer.  "Mr. Dylan!!" Mr Rowen called out and he flinched in his seat, startled, he looked at Mr Rowen and then looked around and everyone was staring at him probably wondering the same thing.

What was he thinking about?

"Um" He tucked his hair behind his ear quickly. "Sorry I-I didn't..."

"Don't worry." Mr. Rowen knew where he was getting at "I'll repeat the question. The third time." He said with a smile and half of the class giggled. "What year did George Washington become president?" He asked and leaned on his desk before folding his arms, his eyes not leaving Dylan.

"I uh...it's um, er.."

I frowned. Why was he stuttering, he should know this, I mean the boy is smart and if he knew everything concerning the world war then why is he wasting time to answer it? 

"I don't.. I don't know" he said and my eyes widen. I looked at henry who also had a shocked face, maybe more than mine.

"You don't know?" Mr. Rowen asked just as surprised as I was. "T-That's unlike you." He added with a slight chuckle.

"Its 1789. He was the first president"

"okay" The boy nodded and looked away.  Mr Rowen went back to teaching and I chuckled silently before leaning closer to henry.

"I guess the boy isn't as smart as we thought he was" I whispered to him.

"No. That's not it stupid. Something's wrong" he said and his tone had something like worry or maybe it was it just me.

"Excu-"

"Move away" he said and I sat back comfortably.

Class was over and henry scrambled off seconds later not even waiting for me. I frowned.

"Dude. Wait up!" I shouted but he was already out the door.

I walked out the class and saw him and Dylan talking, Dylan was saying something to him angrily and my brows knitted in confusion, why wasn't henry saying anything? I waited and then the boy left while henry just stood and watched him. 

"Dude!" I called, making him turn. I swung my backpack over my back and walked to him. "What was that about?" I asked once I got to him.

"Its nothing. He was in a bad mood as I said" he said, looking bored.

"I don't understand. Why won't you leave the kid alone? I mean, I thought you wanted nothing with him?" I asked with a shrug. He just glared at me.

"You need a girlfriend" he said with a sigh and walked away.

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"I hate you so much for making me do this but then its for my own good" I frowned at him and sighed before sitting on the table he sat on, facing him. We were at the library now, henry was there already, waiting.
I had seen Eric earlier talking with two other players and I had to stop to sat hi first

"What took you so long?" He asked with furrowed brows, anger in his voice.

"Chill. I had to get something first" I answered and took out the bag of chips in my backpack.

He shook his head at me as if saying 'I have given up in you' and went back to the textbook he was going through.  I chuckled and took out my own textbook and notebook.

"Okay. Where do we start?" I asked and soon enough, henry began to lecture me and explain the calculations to me. We had both worked on the first-two questions and got the same answer but the third was tricky. I got something else and henry got something else and of course he's was right.

"Okay. I can't. Let me just copy the third one" I said, already giving up and trying to look at his answer.

"No." He covered it and pushed my head back "Keep working on it"

"Come on dick head" I grunted in frustration.

He laughed "I said keep working on-"

"HE KILLED ISAAC" A loud voice shouted, startling us.

"What the..?" We looked up at where the loud familiar voice had come from, everyone was looking.
"HE KILLED MY BABY BROTHER AND I CAN NEVER FORGIVE HIM FOR THAT. NEVER. YOU WANTED TO KNOW RIGHT? HUH? YOU THINK HE'S A GOOD GUY AND THAT HE'S A GREAT FATHER BUT I DON'T HAVE A BROTHER BECAUSE OF HIM AND AS LONG AS I LIVE...I WILL CONTINUE TO DESPISE HIM. Now you know" It was that same kid, Dylan.

"What is he up to now?" I said looking at the drama king. He looked hurt and we didn't know what he might have been talking about. Who was.....what was he saying? Henry looked as confused as I was.

"What is he saying?" Henry asked in a low tone but he seemed to be talking to himself and so I didn't say anything since I knew it was rhetorical.  "Come on, let's mind our own business. Number three okay" Henry said and hit the back of my head with his pen, dragging my attention back to the book.

"Ow" I scowled at him. "I'm gonna g-"

"DYLAN" another voice shouted in fear and we both stood up once we heard several gasps.

"Oh my God. He's..."

"Oh God" Henry's eyes held fear in them, he climbed off the table with the book and once he saw the boy landing, the sight was horrible and he was already injured. He screamed his name. "DYL" he shouted and ran to the boy, he threw his book as he ran and knelt by the boy wrapping his arms around the screaming boy.

"Shit" I muttered and then his best friends landed from the stairs and knelt by him. I packed our stuffs and even his book, holding our backpacks and rushed over to them, students were beginning to gather.

Henry picked up the boy immediately I got there, not even caring if anyone was looking. "Clear the way" he ordered and Dylan's friends nodded, they looked at me and I nodded as well. I tilted my head at the guy whom I saw earlier with Raven, he nodded in approval knowing what i was referring to and we both walked ahead, yelling for the students to move aside while henry ran from behind us holding the boy in his arms, he was in pain and we had to get him to the nurse. The students were still trying to know what was going on and who was being carried by the famous boy and they didn't want to move and it was hard but then we saw Raven who stepped forward.

"YOU ALL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO MOVE OR I'LL MAKE SURE YOU SUFFER TILL I LEAVE HIGHSCHOOL" she yelled angrily and they all scattered, clearing the path and then the bell rang. It was really impressive, like a superpower.

"Nice" I found myself saying and we all ran to the nurse's office.

It was crazy in here with the arguments on either we should leave or not as the nurse insisted that we all leave but henry shocked me when he shouted at her.

"WE ARE NOT GOING" he yelled interrupting her and running his hand through his hair. "Just do something, he's in a lot of pain" he said and I could hear the panic in his voice.

"Just go outside okay" The nurse still persuaded, walking to and fro looking for God knows what. She should attend to him immediately.

"We are not leaving here miss f-" I let my sentence trail off once the door opened and principal Evans came in and I knew at that moment, we were leaving and we did.

We all stood outside worrying.

"I hope he's okay" the boy said with a sigh.

"He's gonna be fine Jaxton. He will be" Raven assured him.  Jaxton. Got it

"We should all head to class" I suggested and they both looked at me.

"I'm gonna wait here" Jaxton sighed and rubbed his hands together.

"Trust me principal Evans won't like that" I said and Raven nodded.

"He's right" she agreed. "Thank you henry" she said looking at him but he didn't reply.

"Yeah. Thanks so much for your help" Jaxton said but still no answer.

My brows knitted, confused.

"Henry?" I called but he didn't answer.  I looked at Dylan's best friends and they both had the same look as I did. He looked as if he was lost thinking of something, like how Dylan was earlier in class, he was lost in his thoughts.  "Henry?" I called again. "Henry!" I tapped his shoulder and he flinched.

"Are you okay?"

He gulped and nodded. "I'm fine" he said firmly and walked away.

"What is his problem? Is he okay?" Raven asked from behind me, I turned to them and shrugged.

"I don't know"  I sighed. I was really confused. "I'll go talk to him. Later people" I saluted them and went after Henry.

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Author's Note:

Finally, the End Of The Evolution. "The Fall" .

So I wanted to write the scene from three different people's P.O.V, talking about how their day was before Dylan's fall.

I've gotten questions like "Did Mr. Dexwell really kill Isaac?" 😂

Oh well . y'all do vote and comment your favorite P.O.V for the evolution.

Dylan?

Raven?

Zach?

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