BAD CUPID

Created By; Snow Marisvega

Chapter 108.

Dylan's P.O.V

"I'm to look after you and if anyone dares try to hurt you, I'll kill them."

I heard his voice inside my head, as I relived the day he took me to the amusement park.

"I'm losing my goddamn mind. Every time, it's you, it's just you that I can fucking think of, since that day you barged into me! On your first day! You've been printed in my head and I c-can't seem to get you out."

Liar.

"You're beautiful."

"Go to homecoming with me."

Stop.

"So, Mr. Arrogantly, perverted, kissing addicted, most hottest guy with the perfect cheekbones, Ashcroft. Will you dance with me?"

"Yes, Mr. Sassy, crazy, no filter, most beautiful boy, Dexwell, I will dance with you."

"I'm glad that I get to go to homecoming with the most handsome boy in Eastwood."

Please, stop.

"You're lucky I'm in love with you, babe."

"You're a fag!" My heart stopped. "You're just trying to spread your disease to me and now you've got me in this mess and soon the whole school will know!"

"I'm not a fucking fag like you! Never was and never will be! I like girls!!"

I felt my heart begin to race, my chest tightening again.

"You were just a fucking experiment all these time!"

"What'd you think? That I was gay? That you had a chance?"

"You're lucky I'm in love with you, babe."

"Liar." I muttered, my eyes glued to the sheets.

"Look how pathetic he looks, you brought this on yourself, Dylan."

"I fucking told you that I wasn't gay at first, told you to leave me the fuck alone but you wouldn't!"

"Whatever happened to him was no one's fault, except his!"

"He gave it his all like I fucking cared about that shit."

"Stop." I said, shutting my eyes tight as memories flooded my head, painful memories. "Get out." I muttered, my lips trembling.

"Claudia brought me back to my senses!"

I stopped breathing heavily and my eyes opened in curiosity as I tried to remember what exactly it was that made my heart ache the more, that made me believe such statement about Claudia, that made my heart bleed.

Then, I saw it. I remembered it. I had seen them both this morning and Henry did not deny having done anything with her.

"No, no," I began to panic, looking around as the tears fell from my eyes. "No, no, no." I threw the sheets off me and as I tried to get off the bed, I fell to the ground.

"Now I see that all Dylan has made me is weak, a fag like him."

"No!!!" I cried. "You l-liar!"

"I never fucking loved you! You make me sick! You irritate me! I love Claudia! You disgust me and you fucking ruined my life!"

"I love Claudia."

"I love Claudia!"

"You disgust me."

"I love Claudia."

It played on repeat in my head and I felt swallowed by the pain I felt and I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"I wish I had died rather than meeting you!"

"SHUT UP!" I screamed. "Stop!! How could y-you make me fall in love with you?!!" I cried, I got up with the help of the bed. "You fucking liar." I picked up the lamp by my bedside and threw it against the wall. "You fucking cheat!" I screamed as the lamp broke into pieces.

"I fucking love Claudia."

"Fuck you!! Fuck you!!" I cried, my emotions was everywhere. I was suffocating, I was angry, I was in pain. I found myself scattering things despite my weak knees and then the door flew open but I didn't care.

"Dylan, Dylan, stop." Mom cried and I screamed again.

"Make it stop!" I said as I fell to the ground, hugging my knees and looking up at my family. "He lied. He lied to me, momma, h-he lied, I can't...I can't, mom please."

She quickly rushed to me, her eyes filled with tears, she pulled me into a hug and I held her tight. "I h-hate him, mom, I hate him. I hate him! I h-hate him!"

"It's okay, sweetie. It's okay."

"It hurts, it hurts." I sobbed on her shoulder. "Make it stop, please." I begged.

Make him go away.

"It's gonna be okay, I promise." Mom said, her voice breaking.

Dad looked at me, he swallowed and turned, quickly leaving the room while I held onto mom, crying nonstop.

***

Jaxton's P.O.V

I walked down the stairs and straight to the kitchen where Grandma Athena was, making breakfast.

"Good morning," I greeted as I sat on one of the stools, I gently placed my backpack on the floor and ran a tired hand through my hair.

"Didn't sleep well?" She asked as she turned to me.

I shook my head. "Did you?"

She shook her head at me as well. "Couldn't."

I let out a tired sigh. "Well, he did get out of his state, so that is a good thing."

"But now he hates Henry." Grandma Athena stated as she placed some pancakes on my plate.

I swallowed. "Yeah, that is a problem." I hissed. "Where's Bonnie?"

"Breastfeeding Davina." Grandma Athena answered as she placed some pancakes on two other plates.

"Dylan come down yet?" I asked and she shook her head.

"No, not yet."

"Good morning," Mr. Dexwell greeted as he made us way towards us, dressed in a casual outfit, a wine colored top and jeans.

I frowned. "No work, today?" I asked as I took a sip from the fresh milk Grandma Athena made.

"Yeah, I uh, I'm skipping today, already called in." He said as he took a seat beside me.

Last night, while Dylan was having his mental breakdown after coming back to...life. Mr. Dexwell had left the room because he was hurting seeing his child go through what he went through, the flood of memories, the pain he felt, how sad he was. So he left the room in order to cry without being seen, he wanted to be so strong for Dylan but even him couldn't stop himself from crying.

I had even cried seeing my best friend that way and had Grandma Athena comfort me, Dylan's pain was something I hadn't experienced before, the way he cried and screamed, it was not like the day he found out he had feelings for Henry or the day Henry abandoned him in Westbrick and returned after finding out Dylan was being a Sherlock Hormes his mother's case.

"I uh, I'm gonna be here for Bonnie and in case Dylan returns from school, if he goes."

"He's not gonna go, right?" I asked with a frown.

"I am." Dylan replied from behind us, our heads turned at the same time to look at him.

Dylan was dressed in black pants and a white shirt, his backpack across his shoulder. His face blank and not giving any emotion like he was exhausted, emotionally exhausted which was understandable.

"What? Why are you guys staring at me like that?" He asked as he made his way to where we were, he took the sonly available seat which was at my left since Mr. Dexwell sat at my right.

"Oh, n-no, we just thought...you might wanna stay home to...rest." Mr. Dexwell said.

"I'm fine, I don't need to rest." He said as he pulled a plate of pancakes to his side. "Besides, we have exams this month and I need to take them so I can get the hell out of this town and go to college, not attending classes will affect my grades and Harvard will think I am not serious with my studies, so why waste my time being sad when I should be studying." He said before eating.

I looked away from him and at Grandma Athena who rose her brow at me, we turned to Mr. Dexwell who gave us a look.

"Say something." My eyes screamed at him.

He cleared his throat. "Uh, Dylan, are you sure...you're..okay to go to school?" Mr. Dexwell asked. "I mean, are you ready to see Henry?" He asked and Dylan turned his head to look at his father with a confused frown.

"Who is that?" He asked and went back to eating.

I blinked and my brows flew up. "Oookay," I mouthed and ate my food in silence.

"I'm done, we need to leave," Dylan said a few minutes later. "I need to explain to Principal Evans why I wasn't in school yesterday, I don't want my attendance affected the more." He said as he stood up.

"I'll uh, I'll drive you both." Mr. Dexwell said and stood up.

"Dylan," Grandma Athena called and Dylan turned to her as he grabbed his backpack. "Take care of yourself and please, be careful."

Dylan offered her a small nod. "Of course, I'll be fine."

"Hey, you are...going to school, today?" Bonnie asked suddenly appearing.

I stood up and went to drop my plate and Mr. Dexwell's in the sink before he could say no, the same time as Dylan.

Dylan walked to his mother and gave her a hug. "My future depends on the decision I make, mother. Yes, I am going to school and I am fine and mentally okay to go to school, so you all need to stop worrying, I love you guys." He said and walked past her and out the door.

"He has a point about his academics but I'm worried." Mr. Dexwell said as we all stared at the door.

"I hope he doesn't murder anyone." Grandma Athena sighed.

"I'll keep an eye on him." I assured them.

Bonnie pulled me into a hug. "Thank you, and please, keep that Henry boy away from him." She said, mentioning his name irritated her and I felt guilty.

"Um, there's something I need to tell you guys." I said as I pulled away. "About Henry."

Mr and Mrs. Dexwell frowned. "What?"

"I'll tell you guys when I come home after school, let's go, Mr. Dexwell." I said and we both left the house, a confused look on both their faces.

The ride to school was a silent one, Dylan's head was resting against the window and he didn't once saw a word or sing along to whatever played on the radio, he said nothing and that worried Mr. Dexwell and I.

I had told Raven and Jon that Dylan had gotten better last night but was this better? I had told them about the meltdown he had and had also texted him few minutes ago that we were on our way to school.

"We are here." Mr. Dexwell said as he stopped the car. "Eastwood Devilish High." He said and I chuckled but Dylan said nothing and suddenly the funny joke just died.

"Thanks for the ride, Dad." Dylan said as he undid his seatbelt and grabbed his backpack "I'll see you after school." He said as he got out of the car.

"Jaxton," Mr. Dexwell called and I nodded.

"Yeah, I will watch him, I promise." I said as I opened the car door, holding onto my backpack.

"Thank you and have a nice day."

"The second part might be hard." I said as I got out of the car, shutting the door.

"Did we have any homework yesterday?" Dylan asked as we walked.

"No, no homework." I replied as we got closer to the entrance. "Are you sure you're okay?" I asked.

Dylan stopped walking and turned to me, offering me a fake smile that looked so real. The only reason i knew it was fake was because Dylan was like half dead right now. "Of course, we just need to focus on our studies and nothing else." He said and walked ahead, I gave a small nod and followed.

Once we got in, I spotted Henry at his locker with Zach. Once he saw us, he moved away from his locker, his sad eyes not leaving Dylan, he was trying so hard not to approach him right now like I had instructed him, but on Dylan's case, he didn't spare the boy a glance. He just walked to his locker while I leaned against mine which was close to his, he opened his locker and offloaded some books in it and took some things, once he closed the locker, Henry's face appeared. Dylan was supposed to be the one to be tensed, to be startled or something but I was the one who was literally freaking out that Henry didn't do what i had asked him to, Dylan just stared at him like he was a mannequin or something not important, he didn't even flinch.

"Dylan," Henry called in a shaky voice but Dylan didn't answer. "Dylan, I am sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted to get you back and...and-"

Dylan looked at me from over his shoulder. "Let's go, Jaxton." He said and began walking past Henry when Henry held his hand and he stopped.

"Dylan, please, don't...don't ignore me, please."

Dylan didn't turn to look at him, he just stared ahead. "Let go."

"What's going on here?" Jon asked as he walked down the hall with Gwen and Raven beside him.

"Hey, hey!" Jon threw his backpack to the ground and ran towards us. My eyes widen as I knew what was next to come and seconds later, Jon's fist collided with Henry's face and he let go of Dylan's hand.

Although I had expected it, I still flinched at that and soon students were looking our way. Sweet Jon was damn furious, he pushed Henry towards the locker and punched him again and again, Henry returned the punch and boy, I felt bad for Jon.

"Woah, woah!!" Zach rushed towards the boys and pulled Jon away.

"Fucking let me go!" He yelled, snarling at Henry who cleaned his bleeding lip with his arm.

"Jon, calm your tits!" Zach said, pushing him backwards.

"He fucking-"

Dylan stared at the boys without saying a word, he grabbed my hand and pulled me along with him, walking away like these boys didn't just punch each other because of him.

"What the hell, Dylan?" I asked in a whisper.

"We're minding our business." He said as we walked to first period.

"But that is our business!"

"Do you wanna go back?" He asked as he spun around, facing me. "Because I'm not gonna stop you." He said in the calmest voice as he let go off my hand. "I'll see you later, I need to go see the principal." He said and walked away.

I watched him go, I let out a sigh, gulping afterwards.

He wasn't even angry or anything.

"What is wrong with him?" Raven asked, suddenly standing beside me.

"I don't know, Raven. He's just....he's supposed to be mad, furious, sad but...he's just....normal."

"That's not normal, Jaxton." Raven replied, I turned my gaze to her and she looked at me. "He needs us more than we think he does."

***

"I've asked a couple of people, they don't know where he is." Gwen said as she ran towards us from the other side of the hall.

I sighed. "Shit, shit, shit!"

"How could you let him out of your sight?!!" Raven screamed at me.

"All I did was reply a friend and a second later, he was gone. I thought he'd probably be going to the cafeteria but oops, he didn't show up!" I yelled back.

"And I can't get through to him." Jon said, pulling his phone away from his ear.

Okay, so, Dylan might have disappeared and is no where to be found which is why we were currently panicking. Considering how Dylan had been acting since morning, like he was immune to emotions, we needed to stick beside him and all I did was look away and he was gone. Raven and Gwen had also kept an eye on him during second period, never letting him out of their sight and trying to indulge him in a conversation which they said he didn't look interested in.

Dylan was interested in everything!

And now, we have no idea where he is.

"Uh, how about we check the library?" Jon suggested.

"Why would Dylan be in the library?" I asked, frowning at him.

"Because you said all he's been talking about is studying and getting into college." Gwen answered and Jon nodded in agreement.

"They both have a point." Raven said and walked ahead.

"Let's go then." I said and we followed.

We got to the library and split up since our library as fucking huge, I mean it'd save time if we didn't go searching as a group.

"Upstairs, doesn't Dylan like to read upstairs?" I suggested, turning to Jon and he gave a quick nod.

"Yeah, yeah, come on." He said and we both ran up the stairs and began looking around.

"He's not here." I said with a sigh, my hands on my waist.

"Found him." Jon muttered, I rapidly turned to him and followed his gaze to see Dylan sitting on a chair with dozens of books on the table before him, he had a headphone on and hadn't even spotted us, he looked so into whatever he was reading.

I let out a sigh of relief and we both marched to him, we stood in front of him and once he saw a shadow before him, he looked up and let out a tired sigh as he took off his headphone.

"Seriously?" He muttered.

"What the hell, Dylan? You could have at least told us you were going to the library." I said, folding my arms frustratedly.

"The hell." Raven spoke as she walked towards us with Gwen.

"Of course." Dylan murmured and rested his back against his chair.

"Dylan, you could have texted us that you were gonna be here." I stated. "You weren't even answering Jon's calls."

"My phone was dead." He shrugged.

"You were literally listening to music right now." Jon stated.

"Fine. I put in on airplane mode so I can get some peace." He admitted.

"What do you mean?" I inquired.

"Come on, did you guys really think I didn't know y'all were keeping an eye on me like I was gonna breakdown or something?" He said with a scoff.

"That's not true, we weren't....watching you." Raven said and Dylan shot her a look.

"I caught you and Gwen monitoring me and you were trying to have a conversation with me so it wouldn't be obvious."

"Dylan, we had a conversation with you to...to get your mind off things." Gwen denied.

"She's right." I nodded.

Dylan's brows knitted. "Did you all forget that I'm like a Human lie detector at the moment? I had Diane as a teacher and you think I can't tell you're lying to my face right now?" He asked and we all exchanged looks.

"Seriously guys, I'm fine. I don't want you all treating me like a kid, I know my parents asked you to keep an eye on me, Jaxton." He said and I opened my mouth to deny it before he cut me off. "And don't you even dare try to deny that shit or I'll slap you with a textbook. I'm still the same old Dylan guys, I know you all are worried but there's nothing to be worried about. I just don't have the time to feel any stupid emotional heartbreak, I am fine and I'm trying to catch up with everything I missed yesterday and either y'all treat me like a normal kid or I'm ignoring y'all for real." He said and got up.

"Dylan," I called with a small sigh.

"Is that a deal or do I walk off?" He asked, a brow arched.

"Fine. Fine." Jon said and threw an arm around Dylan's shoulder with a smile. "No stalking you."

He smiled back at him. "Thank you." He said and looked back at us. "See, he's the only one I love right now." He said before snapping his finger as if just remembering something. "Oh and Jon," he called. "Don't try to fight my battles for me, I appreciate what you did this morning but please, just ignore and never do that again. I know you think you should fight for me because I have been in pain but you really don't need to because there's nothing between Henrique and I, and I am okay with what happened." He shrugged. "So, please respect my wishes, okay?" He said and patted Jon's cheek before sitting down again, not giving Jon a chance to reply.

We all exchanged worried looks, Raven shook her head and mouthed. "Over my dead body am I leaving him like this."

I gave her a small nod and sat on the chair across Dylan. "So, you need any help?"

"Nah, I think I got it." He replied. "Actually, I do get it. It's not exactly hard to solve some equations." He shrugged.

"Okay, that's it." Jon said and closed the books Dylan was reading and solving. "We are going go have lunch and that is that, you can do all these later and-" he trailed off once Dylan gripped his hand, stopping him from closing another book. We all turned our gaze to him, his eyes blank and his expression icy.

"Don't ever do that without my permission." He said and put Jon's hand away from his books. I frowned at that, staggered as fuck. Did Dylan just do that to Jon-Jon?. "You guys go eat, I'll work on this."

"Dylan, come on, it's lunch, our table needs us." Raven said and Dylan's eyes lifted up to her.

"I love you guys but don't you all really know when someone wants to be alone?" He asked, looking at every one of us with a blank stare.

"Oh," I blinked. "Um, we just thought you might need company."

"Thanks, but I'm fine." He said and picked up his headphone. "I'll see you all during class." He said and put them back on.

"Okay, that was intense." Gwen said, her brows knitted together.

"Let's leave him, maybe before the end of today, he'll be...okay?" I said with a shrug as I stood up.

"He's so strange today." Jon muttered. "Henry did break him and he's doing that masking his pain thing again."

"Well, this seems different, worse even." Raven said with a sigh.

"Should we really leave him?" Gwen asked, turning to me.

I shrugged. "I don't know, does he look like he's gonna kill someone?"

"Dylan always looks like he wants to kill someone." Raven replied.

"I can still hear you guys, you know?" Dylan said as he flipped the page of the textbook in front of him.

We all went mute.

"Oh, I-"

"Shit." Jon cursed and began walking away, I quickly got up and we all followed.

***

Dylan's P.O.V

Heartbreak.

I have been through a lot of that, like when Leo dumped me for no reason, I was sad but not necessarily that sad. I had been heartbroken when Raven didn't believe me that I didn't get her text after Johnathan had blocked her from my phone. I was heartbroken when Jaxton said Isaac left because he was sick of me, using him against me. I was heartbroken when Isaac died, I was heartbroken when the guy I thought I could trust tried to rape me twice and I had realize I was just a bet. I was heartbroken when Henry left me in Westbrick and returned to Eastwood. I was heartbroken when my best friends didn't have complete trust in me. I was heartbroken when Henry called me a faggot the first time.

It was funny how I had not gone completely evil after the shits I had gone through, the betrayals, and every heartbreaking moment I had experienced was hurtful, but none was like this. Like how I felt not when I caught Claudia and Henry naked but when Henry couldn't tell me it never happened and Claudia set him up, like how he had said all those things to me when I was half dead. I had never been as heartbroken as I was and this was the limit, I had cried my eyes out last night once all the emotions came flooding back into my head, everything he said and that bitch Claudia, but I was done with feeling, I was done with being heartbroken, with being the victim, I was done with being the one whom bad things had to happen to every time. I was tired of feeling, I was exhausted because I felt like a magnet to bad things, horrible things.

You fall in love with someone, you finally do and what happens? They rip your heart out without thinking. Henry would never do this, Henry wouldn't, he wasn't the Henry I knew;

Funny, because when i think about it, he would. How well did we know Henry Ashcroft? I mean there were so many Henry's.

Number one; The mysterious Henry who barely spoke.

Number two; The crazy Henry who used to call me a bitch a lot in the early days.

Number three; The sweet Henry that was the father of that stupid teddy bear he got me, the sweet Henry who made me Henry's special mistake.

Number four; The psycho Henry, more like Superman except darker. The guy who wouldn't stop punching until he saw blood.

Number five; The Daddy Henry, the one who was the Dom in every BDSM relationship; the protector, the loving Henry.

Number six; The Mood Swing Henry.

Number seven; The Henry who blamed me for every bad thing that happened to him.

I could go on about the types of Henry that existed in one Henry and so, yeah, whenever I tried to think of how Henry would never do this, the truth was that he did, and I was useless.

I was mad at myself for giving myself a chance to fall in love. I was mad at myself for so many things and now, I was done, I was not going to feel anymore, I was not going to let such a thing ruin me and make me weak. No, that wasn't going to be me anymore, the boy who sacrificed everything only to be betrayed.

Emotions were for the weak and I was so over that.

"Dylan,"

I blinked and returned back to earth, I huffed once I saw Henry rushing towards me.

"Hey, can we...can we talk?" He asked, swallowing as he squeezed his backpack nervously.

What could he possibly want to talk about? Was there anything left to say? I wasn't even angry.

"What about?" I asked blankly.

He gulped, again. "Uh, y-you know, I j-just-" oh so now he was stuttering?

Internal laughter.

Pathetic.

"So?" He asked and I shook my head.

"I'm sorry, I blacked out, I didn't hear a thing you said because it is not important and I don't wanna hear anything because it doesn't bother me and I don't care, Henry." I liked how I was coming off calm, no stress in my voice, I didn't have to be angry or show anything.

"Dylan, please, let's talk, okay?" He said and I looked into those green eyes of his that I was a sucker for, those eyes that I fell for. It was funny how I really hated green but loved Henry's green eyes, how did that work?

He looked like he hadn't slept since last night, I didn't care if he was dying at this moment, I just didn't want to be around him at all.

"Leave me alone, Henrique. Don't stop me in the halls again and don't talk to me, I need to get to class." I said and was about to leave but of course he wasn't gonna let me leave just like that, he blocked my part and I fought the urge to roll my eyes so I looked away from him.

"Dylan, please, I need to talk to you, okay? J-Just let me explain, I promise I did not mean to hurt you."

Was Henry bipolar? One minute he was calling me a faggot and saying he was in love with Claudia and the next he didn't want to hurt me?

"You don't want to hurt me but you cheated?" I asked and cocked my brow in a questionable manner. "How does that work, Henrique Ashcroft?" I asked, tilting my head to the side. "You cannot love two people, Henry Ashcroft, it just doesn't work that way and Claudia has always been your first everything, I get you said it was nothing to you but don't take me for a fool, boy. But I won't fight for you at all," I chuckled. "No, so please, go to her. Now, if you'll excuse me, I really have to get to class, so just leave me alone, okay?" I said and walked past him but he grabbed my hand and I turned to face him swiftly.

That touch.

That one touch had brought back memories.

That one touch had done something, even when I tried not to feel, his touch had literally sent a shiver down my spine, it felt like I had suddenly gone cold and I didn't like how he was still able to make me feel that way.

I hated every bit of it.

"Let go off my hand."

"Dylan, please." He said as he moved closer, his eyes so sad that someone with conscience would forgive him instantly, but that wasn't me.

Conscience and I had broken up, turns out we didn't work out, he had been emotionally abusing me and I was done with him the second I realized he was making me apologize for things I wasn't at fault for, for making me think the bad things I did were horrible when they were just normal bad stuffs.

He pulled me closer to him and once our bodies touched, I wanted to scream. He pleaded that we talk, that I listen to him but just that physical contact was breaking me.

"Fucking get off me, Henrique!!" I screamed and pushed him away from me.

And yeah, there were students around and my scream and action may or may not have attracted everyone in the hallway but I couldn't care less. I didn't like that physical contact because it came from him, because it was cracking my walls.

And now, for the first time since today, I felt something.

"Fucking stay away from me, Henrique, I'm dead serious." I said and spun around.

I was mad, how dare he touch me with his dirty skin after everything he had done? Did he think it was okay?

"What the fuck are you twats looking at?" I asked, no I didn't scream at that but it did come out with a lot of ice attached to my tone.

I walked away and straight to the boy's bathroom. There was a boy in glasses, dressed in black jeans, a yellow T-shirt and white canvas peeing when I walked in. I wasn't okay. I wasn't fine and I needed to take care of things in private. I didn't want anyone around me and this white kid was stopping me from exploding in a non sexual way.

"Get out." I said and he turned to me, a confused frown on his face.

"What?" He asked, shook.

"Get the hell out, right now, or I'll slam your head against the wall." I threatened and I saw him tense up, I saw the fear that quickly clouded his eyes once he saw I wasn't bluffing. He zipped up and didn't bother washing his head cause he didn't want his skull cracked and out the door, he ran.

Once he was gone, I checked the stalls and once I realized I was alone, I threw my backpack on the floor and I began breathing heavily. I had felt like I was suffocating, I couldn't actually breathe through my nose so I did that with my mouth. That physical touch had made my heart pound, had given me a headache. I didn't feel okay, anymore, I didn't feel like myself. And that was the problem, I was feeling.

I hit my chest a couple of times as I paced around, trying to stop whatever I was feeling inside while panting heavily, breathing like I was running out of oxygen. I wanted to cry. I wanted to scream.

Was I having a minor panic attack?

Why? I thought I had locked this all up. Well, I did, until Henry.

I could feel it, the tears were about to come and I did not want that. I did not want to cry, I did not want to feel.

Stop. Stop. Don't.

Those were the words I kept chanting in my head, trying to make it all go away, the pain, the heart ache but it wasn't working. I rested my hands on the sink and stared at myself in the mirror, the boy in the mirror was fighting so hard to stay sane, to not cry but he was failing. I shut my eyes and gritted my teeth angrily, breathing heavily as I chanted the words again.

Stop. Stop. Stop. Please stop.

"You are better than this," I said to myself. "Fuck it. He will only mess with your head. Stop." I told myself as I put up that wall again and everything stopped. The pain, the suffocation, the panic, everything had disappeared, i had forced it somewhere else, I had managed to get rid of it, to push it aside. I inhaled sharply and exhaled, opening my eyes and staring at myself in the mirror.

I picked up my backpack and threw it over my shoulder, I wasn't smiling, nothing, I just looked blank, like I had gotten rid of all the emotions I wanted to get rid off. I was fine. "Off." I finished and walked out of the bathroom.

I was fine.

***

"Okay, so, I think we should get Dylan about seven hamburgers." Jon said and I smiled a little.

"Seven, can he even finish that?" Raven asked with a chuckle.

"Of course he can, he's like a trash bag and I mean that in the nicest way." Jaxton said, turning to me.

I flashed him a small smile. "No offense taken."

We were hoes at HOES, it was after hours and for some reason these teenagers didn't want to go home and read for the exams this month and instead insisted we all go out and eat. I knew they were trying to make me talk and laugh and stuff but it was like they didn't know when to stop, I didn't want to eat, I wanted to go home and study and try to become an amazing lawyer.

I hope Harvard takes me or I swear I'll just go on a murder spree and I wonder who I'd have to kill first. W-What? Did you say Claudia and Henry? Oh. Well, if that is your wish then who am I to not grant it?

"What do you think?" Gwen asked and I looked at all of them to see they were all staring at me, a big smile on all of their faces.

Crap, I should stop zoning out.

"Well, I...maybe you are right." I cleared my throat.

"You weren't listening, were you?" Raven asked and I shook my head.

"I forgot."

"To listen?" Raven asked, her brows raised and the look on her face almost made me laugh.

Almost.

"Oh my God, Dylan, you need to help us order here or we're all gonna die." Jaxton groaned.

"Why can't you order your food yourselves?" I questioned.

"Because, we can't decide." Jon hissed. "They've got new food on the menu." He said and I picked up the menu in front of me.

"Okay, uh, hamburgers, tacobells, wieners, uh...what is this here? I don't know if that if part of the food or am instruction or a...sign." Raven asked as looked at it while Jaxton and Gwen laughed.

I just stared at them.

What was I doing here?

"Hey, hey." A familiar voice greeted and I looked up to see Dom. "So, decided yet?"

"Uh, no." Gwen sighed.

"It is hard, babe!" Jaxton whined.

"Your dick or making a decision?" Jon asked.

"Fuck you, Jon." Jaxton replied.

"I might just have pancakes." Raven pouted.

"Yeah, of course you'd choose something as flat as your brain." Jaxton said and Raven gasped loudly.

"Woah!" Jon laughed.

"You fucking bitch!" Raven exclaimed.

"That came out wrong." Jaxton said with a laugh.

I knew what they were doing, they were trying to pull me out of this safe wall I had built, they thought it was going to work.

Poor souls.

I found myself just staring at them and watching them chuckle and talk about not being able to decide. I really just wanted to be in my room, listening to music through my headphones or probably just walk in the woods or something, and maybe find a werewolf.

It had been over thirty minutes since we were here, my bestfriends talking about things that should have distracted me but didn't. I just used my phone, scrolling through mg twitter and blocking out their voices. Dominic walked over to us with a tray filled with smoothies. "And here are your third order." He said as he placed them on the table.

"Thank you so much!!" Jon grinned at him. Jaxton pulled Dominic down, making him sit beside him and then kissed him, I looked away.

"I fucking love you right now and you deserve a break so you can join us." Jaxton whined.

Dominic chuckled. "Babe, I literally sat with you guys for five minutes, if I stay again, I won't have a job by tomorrow." He said and stood up.

"He wouldn't dare fire you, you're like his good luck charm." Gwen said and she was right.

By good luck charm, she meant he was handsome and he attracted girls. I mean, since Dominic started working here, HOES has been having more costumers than they did and that's saying something because they were quite popular before and now Dominic's body, cute face and smile was bringing more customers. They only came here to look at him but to do that, they had to order the more and so yeah, the owner wouldn't just fire Dominic.

"Yeah, you would think." Dominic huffed. "I gotta go." He said and just as he was about to leave, his eyes got fixed at the door as it opened and he didn't move. "Oh," he muttered.

"What?" Jaxton asked and looked behind him. "Shit." He muttered.

I got curious, so I looked and my chest tightened as I spotted Claudia, she smiled once her eyes met mine and she began making her way towards out table with a smile on her face.

She was beautiful, no doubt. But I hated her so much, I wanted to strangle her with her hair extensions. I didn't want to see her, I just wanted her to disappear. The sight of her had ruined my  day already and I was beginning to get irritated, uncomfortable and filled with rage, but I just kept the blank stare on.

"Well, hello, hello." Claudia greeted as she stood before our table.

"I'll...just go back to work." Dominic said and awkwardly walked away.

"What the hell? You have the nerves to show up here." Raven sneered angrily.

"Oh, stop barking, dear Raven." Claudia said and pushed her hair backwards.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Jaxton asked.

She chuckled. "What do you mean? I came to see Dylan."

I felt her eyes on me but I didn't look at her, I just stared at my food. She even had the nerves to call my name after what she had done, I wanted to stab her throat with a fork.

"Well he doesn't want to see you, so why don't you just hang yourself and do us all a favor?" Jon suggested sarcastically with a smile on his face.

"Pipe down, Jonny boy. Poor people shouldn't speak when they are not talked to." Claudia shot.

"Say that again one more time, I dare you." Gwen said as she stood up and I placed my hand on hers, she looked at me and I blinked at her slowly; telling her to calm down. I knew she was mad and wanted to rip Claudia's hair extensions off but she needed to stay calm like I was.

"What do you want, Claudia?" I asked, still not sparing her a glance.

"I actually came to see how pathetic you look, you saw me and your boyfriend together and I just wanted to know if you're okay." She said but I didn't reply. "I had told you before, Henry was mine. He was always mine and he would always, always return to me and you thought he was in love with you?" She snickered.

"You b-" I held Jaxton's hand, stopping him from standing up and doing anything. I felt him looking at me but I didn't turn to face him, I just stared at my food.

"You would have spared yourself the heartbreak if you had just done as I said," she chuckled. "You actually thought he was gay? You were an experiment and you have always been."

"You are so pathetic." Jon scoffed. "You really are shameless."

"Dylan is the shameless one here," Claudia retorted with a scoff. "Coming after a straight boy, Henry never loved him, he just wanted him to feel like he was loved so he could get what he wanted and he did, the phase is over and now he's back to me like he was always destined to be, you faggot."

"Okay, I am not staying silent." Raven said and got up angrily.

"And what will you do, Raven?" Claudia asked. "Today you're his friend and tomorrow you're against him. You didn't even like Henry, you look for every chance to say something mean to him." She stated. "You all act like you're his best friends but every time he tries to save one of you and it goes wrong, you all turn on him, yeah, I've heard about you guys a lot; especially you fire Queen and Jaxton." She said and damn was she right but I said nothing.

"So now you wanna stand by him? It's funny and sad that he actually has you people as friends, who can't stand by him all the time and when the slightest mistake is made, you turn against him and don't believe in him anymore. And Jon, didn't you push him down the stairs? You're lucky you didn't go to jail, you should have but Dylan saved you and now you act like you love him and adore him but you just pity him, isn't that it?" She asked and I swallowed. "You are only with him because you feel you owe him and not because you wanna be friends with him."

I bit my inner cheek.

There was only one way she could know all of these.

Henry 

"That's stupid." Jon said and Claudia chuckled.

"Is it? And this blonde here, she's only friends with Dylan because her boyfriend and best friend is best friends with him." She stated and I shut my eyes. "You see what this mean, Dylan?" She asked and I felt her eyes on me. "You are forever meant to be alone in this world, no one actually loves you or wants to be around you. Henry, well, he played you. Your friends are not your friends, and your brother, hmm, didn't he leave too?"

Suddenly I froze, whatever Raven and the others were saying to her, I didn't even hear it. I muted them and all I could think of was Isaac, was of how everything she said had a little truth in it no matter how harsh it was and the fact that it came from the succubus, she was right and I hated her, I hated everything.

And I was done.

"She's right." I said and they all turned to me. I looked up at Claudia who looked shocked that I had agreed without a fight, I gave her a small nod. "You are absolutely right about it and maybe I was too naive and stupid not to see it all," I said and stood up, I picked up my backpack and threw it against my shoulder.

"Dylan," Jon called as I walked past Jaxton and began leaving, I stopped once I walked past Claudia and smiled. I turned back to her and sighed, placing my hands in my Jean pockets.

"You were right about everything except one thing," I said and she gently flipped her hair backwards, a smile on her face. "Maybe I am meant to be alone for good, but you saying Henry never loved me? I don't," I sighed. "I don't believe that." I shrugged and her brows knitted deeply. "Because if he didn't love me, you would never have been threatened, you would never have played nice in front of him when you could have been your real self. You would not be here saying all these words about how Henry doesn't love me and what not" I laughed, despite the pain I felt in my chest.

"He does and that's why you've always been afraid, but it's okay, you can have him, I would never drag him with you, God no." I snickered and took a step towards her. "So, I wish you the best, sweetie, honestly I do and I would not come for you for that." I assured her with a grin, but it disappeared a second later. "But, when you mention my little brother's name, when you approach me and try to use him against me, that's where we have a problem." I said, my face blank and tone cold. "You might have heard about how I had a psycho ex boyfriend, you should know that I am also crazy, bipolar even and some might say I'm like a demon." I chuckled.

"So, when you come to me and say things like this to get on my nerve, use my brother to try and get to me, to make me mad. I should ask you, do you really want to open that Pandora box? Because I'm pretty sure you can't handle whatever is inside, it will kill you and I will not hold back." I warned and smiled afterwards. "Have a nice day, Claudia." I turned and the smile disappeared, my heart kept aching, and so I walked away, leaving her standing and speechless.

I pushed the door open and walked away, not looking back and a second later I heard them calling my name continuously.

"Dylan, Dylan wait." Raven said and held my arm, twirling me to face them.

"What?" I asked, pulling my hand away. "Didn't I tell you guys I didn't want to come here? That I wanted to go home straight from school?"

"Dylan, we didn't know she would show up." Jaxton said and I chuckled.

"Of course not, you're not Professor Xavier."

"Dylan, do not let her get into your head." Gwen said. "You know we love you, right?"

I didn't answer.

"Right?" Jon asked as well, frowning.

"I know but I really need to be alone. I need to think."

"Dylan, you need us." Jaxton said and I shook my head.

"No, I don't need anybody, I had been doing okay without you all before, so I'm good." I said and I could see the hurt in their faces but I didn't care, they had all hurt me before too, so. "I'm fine."

"No, you are not." Raven said frustratedly and I wanted to scream at her and at everyone but I closed my eyes and pushed them all in, I shouldn't yell, I shouldn't.

So I looked at them blankly. "I'm fine." I said in a calm tone. "You all go home and rest, I'll see you guys tomorrow."

"Dylan, I'll drive you home, okay?" Jon offered.

"No, thanks, I'll walk." I said and turned, walking away from them without sparing them a glance.

Fuck emotions.

***

Jaxton's P.O.V.

Everything was working out well, he was finally having an actual conversation with us, chuckling, forgetting everything at that moment like I wanted. He had finally remembered that he was actually human, but my joy was short lived. Chlamydia walked in and destroyed everything, I knew her words struck a nerve in him but even I couldn't deny that half the things she said was the truth and I wasn't only mad at her, I was mad at myself. Whatever she had said had gotten into Dylan's head and can we actually blame him? We had abandoned and pointed a finger at him severally whenever his plan to save us failed.

I needed him to come out of his Jean-Grey last stand mode so I could tell him about Henry, so I could tell him that all Henry said last night wasn't true, that he had said all those things because o had asked him to so he could recover. Henry wanted to help and save him, Dylan had become a Phoebe Thunderman finally but then Chlamydia turned on the switch again and Dylan was back to being more of a robot that human. His expression became stoic again and we were back to square one.

Henry had approached me at school early and he was mad that Dylan didn't know the truth yet, since I promised him that I would tell Dylan the second he woke up. Dylan wasn't despising him only because he cheated but because he thought Henry actually felt something for Claudia, he heard everything and he was hurt.

Flashback.

I was walking down the hall, heading to the drama class to meet the new members of the lgbtq club, they had both joined yesterday and I wanted to fill them in on our activities when a hand gripped my arm and pulled me into the boys bathroom. I gasped in fear right before the door got closed behind me, I looked up and my eyes met an angry set of green eyes.

Henry.

"Jesus Christ! You scared me!" I sighed, placing a hand on my chest.

"Why haven't you told Dylan?"

I frowned, confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Dylan fucking thinks that I am in love with Claudia, the only way he could think such is if you didn't tell him." He said angrily and furrowed his brows at me in question.

I swallowed. "I am going to tell him, okay? I just need time."

"What the hell, Jaxton! You said you were gonna tell him the second he gets better!" He yelled. "What exactly do you need time for? I know...Dylan's hurt and angry at me and he has every right to be," he swallowed. "But I can't have him hate me for something that isn't true, Jaxton. I just wanted to save him and I want him to know that I....I love him and not that goddamn serpent but you are not helping matters!" He sneered.

"The same serpent you had your dick inside?" I retorted and he looked taken aback. Henry took a step backwards and looked away from me.

I sighed, regretting what I had just said. "Look, I know you love him, Henry. I'm sorry about...what I just said, I know you wouldn't intentionally hurt Dylan. If you haven't noticed, Dylan's been.....like a mikaelson since morning, emotions all turned off, humanity gone, he's being a jerk without even knowing it, so forgive me if I haven't told him because he's currently being a snake wolf demon." I rubbed my forehead frustratedly once I realized I was raising my voice.

"He needs you all."

"No shit."

"You are not understanding me, Jaxton, he needs you all to bring him back."

"How?" I looked up at him.

"All of you need to take him out, he doesn't need to know yet. You all should, take him to a park or...a fair or something, just do it after school, all of you." He instructed.

"Why?"

"To distract him. You get him lots of food, you all should talk about random things and if he still has his wall up then....quarrel. Fight about the most stupid things, insult each other. It will help distract his mind, distract him from.....me." His voice suddenly was clouded with pain. "It'll bring his walls down a bit and I'm certain he'll join you guys."

"Oh my God," my eyes lit up. "That doesn't sound like a bad idea! And once he is back, I'll tell him about it."

"You better." He said in a deep angry tone, he took a step towards me and cocked his head to the side. "Fix this." He said angrily and walked out of the bathroom.

I sighed. "Sure, boss."

Flashback ends.

And I took his advice, hell it worked, well not before the she devil walked in right on time. I guess I should have gone to the park or the fair like Henry suggested, Claudia wouldn't have ran into us but no, I brought him to HOES and a hoe ruined everything and he was back to being the devil's favorite demon.

"What are you thinking about?" Raven asked, pulling me out of my thoughts. I looked away from the window as she drove and turned to her.

"Nothing." I muttered.

She shot me a look before turning her eyes back to the road and I sighed. "Everything. Dylan."

Raven sighed. "Yeah, I'm thinking about him too."

So, I know Dylan said something about wanting to be alone and needing space and we were gonna give him that but we were all heading to his place, there was no way we were going to leave him alone when he was this angry. So while he walked, we drove to his place to wait for him.

"That bitch ruined everything." Raven sighed.

"Well that bitch was right." I murmured. "This is all my fault."

"No, it's not. Sweetie, you didn't know the cats were gonna drag her in." Raven said and took a left turn. "She got into Dylan's head and now we are screwed."

"Yeah, but was she wrong though?" I asked, my eyes back to the streets as they zoomed by.

"Wait what?" Raven asked and I turned my gaze back to her.

"She was right, about us at least. We always abandon him, we never trusted him and every time something went wrong, we blamed him so where's the lie?" I asked and she remained silent.

"Fuck." She cursed some seconds later.

"Yeah, fuck." I repeated. "I hope I get back early so I could take care of Sofía."

"Your mom still working two jobs?"

I nodded. "She won't let me get a job, I wish I could just lessen the burden on her. She's barely home and thanks to Astrid, Sofia's at her place, she said she'd babysit her today."

"Well, maybe your mom's finally changed and she wants to make up for everything and just wants you to focus on your studies alone."

"Yeah, maybe you're right, I just wish I could help."

"Well, worry less, study more so you can help her in the future." Raven said and I looked at her.

"Yeah, sure."

***

"We're home." I said as I walked into the house, the others behind me.

"Hey, we were just making lunch." Bonnie announced from the kitchen, we all walked to where she was and there she stood with Grandma Athena.

"Hi hi." Jon greeted.

"Hey kids." Bonnie smiled at us all. We all tiredly took a seat and a frown appeared on her face as she looked around and back at us. "Where's Dylan?"

"He's coming." Gwen replied, sighing.

"He's outside?" Grandma Athena asked and I shook my head.

"He decided to walk so we drove here."

"Wait, you left him alone?" Bonnie asked, her brows knitted deeply.

"He is kinda mad at us and everyone." Jon spoke.

"Why?" Bonnie asked, sounding confused.

"Claudia." Raven answered. "She showed up today."

"That bitch." Bonnie cursed. "I really need to put an end to that whore."

"Hey guys." Mr. Dexwell sang and we all turned, he frowned as he approached us. "Where's Dylan?"

"Walking." Raven replied.

"He's mad at us so he wouldn't ride with us." I added.

"And Claudia showed up." Jon added.

"That bitch." Mr. Dexwell sighed. "We really need to do something about her." He said as he approached us.

"There is something seriously wrong with this family, no offense." Gwen said with a chuckle.

"Oh, you ain't seen nothing yet." I huffed.

It wasn't long before Dylan came home, he walked straight to the kitchen and when he saw us all smiling at him, he paused for a second, rolled his eyes frustratedly and turned, walking away.

"Uh, Dylan." Bonnie called and he stopped on his tracks, it took him some seconds before he turned which made me think he was probably making faces and wanted us dead.

"Yeah?" He replied.

"Uh, how was school?"

"Good."

"I just finished with lunch, you hungry?" She asked and he shrugged.

"I'll eat later." He said and turned to go when his father called him. Dylan seemed extremely frustrated, he turned despite that and furrowed his brows at his father.

"Yes."

"I'm heading out later, would you like to tag along?" He questioned.

"No thanks, I have homework." Dylan replied, turned and quickly walked away.

"Well, that wasn't awkward." Grandma Athena said as we all watched him go.

"You should have seen him at school today, was so different." Jon said and Raven scoffed.

"Well, who is to blame for all this? Henry Ashcroft."

I frowned at her. "You can't blame Henry, it's Claudia's fault and we all know Henry would never want to hurt Dylan." I said, defending him.

Raven chuckled as she turned to me. "Are you seriously defending him? He cheated on Dylan, he admitted using him. What proof do you want that Henry is no different from a fraud or from you know who." She said, her brows knitted angrily.

I angrily placed my hands on both sides of my head. "I am so sick of your stupid vendetta against Henry, what the hell is your problem? You don't waste a minute to say he's bad. You don't waste a minute to blame him for something."

"Because he is to blame!" She exclaimed.

"Guys, no arguing, Henry doesn't deserve all this debate." Bonnie said but none of us was having that.

"Henry caused all of this! If he had just not cheated! Loved Dylan! This wouldn't have happened!"

"You sure about that?" I asked, arching my brows at her. "Because I think you have a big problem."

"Excuse me?" Her brows knitted.

"You can't blame Dylan for shit going wrong this time so you blame Henry." I retorted and she looked suddenly shocked.

"Jax, come on, that's enough." Mr. Dexwell said but I refused.

"No. Claudia was fucking right and you fucking know that. You blame Dylan for shit a lot and now that you can't, you blame Henry. You never ever look at the other side of the picture, you never even tried or want to, you just blame someone head on. Because that's how you survive, blaming someone for shit because you are never at fault at things. First you came for my boyfriend and then you are coming for Henry."

"This is ridiculous, Jaxton. This isn't about me, Dylan is in such a state because of that scumbag, Henry!"

"All Henry fucking tried to do was help Dylan!" I angrily yelled.

"What are you talking about?" Bonnie asked.

"That was what I was gonna tell you guys this morning," I sighed. "I...I told Henry to say all those things to Dylan last night because I knew that Henry's cruelty, his words would sting so bad, Dylan was gonna wake up and it worked! It fucking worked and that was all he wanted, to save Dylan!" I said and turned to Raven. "So don't fucking blame him for shit! This was never his fault! While you were busy playing the blame card, Henry your enemy was busy saving Dylan, so think about that before you call him a scumbag next time." I said and they all looked staggered, surprised that they were just hearing this, surprised that we had taken such a length for Dylan, that Henry had.

"What?" Bonnie breathed, shockingly.

"It's true." Grandma Athena said and they turned their gazes to her. "I knew about it."

"If Henry wasn't trying to help, he'd have beaten the shit out of Jon last night but he didn't lay a hand on him, so you think about it. Henry gets angry really fast and he loves to punch, why didn't he hit Jon then?" I asked and scoffed. "Fuck, you know what? I am going to go tell Dylan this right now so fuck this!" I said and began walking away.

"Jaxton wait," Mr. Dexwell called and I stopped.

"Please, tell us everything." He demanded. "From the top." He requested. "Please."

And so I did.

***

I was doing the dishes with Grandma Athena, Raven had got one some hours back, Gwen was helping Mrs. Dexwell in the nursery while Jon and Mr. Dexwell had gone for a drive.

"You were sort of harsh on dear Raven." Grandma Athena said while she washed.

I scoffed. "She needed to hear the truth."

"I know, she can be difficult but she's not a bad person."

"I know," I sighed as I took a plate from her and cleaned it. "It's just....sometimes she says the meanest things."

"Yeah, she can be a bitch."

I laughed. "Mmhnm."

"But, Raven comes from a family where all she ever learned was that she wasn't good enough, she wasn't the best daughter, she was a disappointment. Raven's from a family were she never experienced love, Jaxton. I'm sure that poor girl never had real friends until you two and now she's trying to protect you both and keep you both safe, and she's trying to do it her way which well, is probably not completely the right way." Grandma Athena shrugged.

"You can't exactly blame her, she loves you both, she's just human and makes a lot of mistakes." She said and I looked away.  "A lot, a whole lot of mistakes for a human being honestly."

I chortled. "I guess that sort of makes sense."

"Oh, it does." She said with a chuckle.

"Hey," we heard behind us, we both turned and there stood Raven. I said nothing and continued cleaning the washed plates.

"Um, I'll...I'll take over." She said as she walked over to Grandma Athena.

"Bless you, child." She said as she rinsed her hands. "I'll just go call my husband, I haven't spoken to him in like four hours." Grandma Athena said and gave me a look before walking away.

"You don't have to help, I'll handle it." I said but Raven didn't reply, she began to wash the plates.

"I'm sorry," she suddenly said and I chuckled.

"For what exactly?"

"Everything." She replied. "I guess you were right, I am such a bitch, so fucked up."

"It is fucked up."

"I just....wanted to look out for you guys and I guess I was doing it all wrong." She said but I didn't reply. "I'm sorry, Jaxton. And from today, I promise to be the friend you both need, I promise to not be a complete bitch."

I looked at her. "Promise."

She smiled and looked back at me. "I promise."

I smiled. "And I'm sorry for yelling and saying all those stuffs."

"Yeah well the truth hurts." She chuckled.

"Where were you?"

"I went to Henry's." She said as she washed the plates.

I quickly turned to her with wide eyes. "What? Raven, seriously? I thought we just had a heart to heart conversation about how you were wrong?"

Raven rolled her eyes. "Relax, Jax Jax. I went over to speak with him and....and not give him the famous Dexwell slap. I wanted to thank him. I have been mean to him from the start and I am mad at him for cheating on Dylan with that demon blood, but I also had to thank him for...what he did."

I arched my brow at her and she shook her head instantly. "No, I don't mean for cheating, I mean for...you know, saving him. And yeah, I never really had a problem with Henry, we were even a little close but since he and Dylan became one, that's when I got worried that he'd hurt Dylan and well, I couldn't hold back the anger and disgust and....now I'm the enemy."

"You are not the enemy and I am glad you spoke to him."

Raven sighed and tucked her hair behind her ear. "It was the right thing to do."

"Um, can you continue without me for a while? There is something I have to do, I need to go tell Dylan about Henry, I think he should know." 

Raven nodded. "Alright."

I gave her a small nod and left the kitchen, I made my way up the stairs and straight to Dylan's room. I gently knocked on the door and when I got no answer, I opened the for and walked in. "Dylan?" I called but he didn't reply.

He was sitting on the bed, staring at the wall, his back facing me. He was dressed in a green hoodie and black shorts and paid me no attention.

"Dylan, I know you're not in the mood but we need to talk."

"Hmm." He replied, and  I took that as a go ahead.

"Listen, Henry loves you and before you attack me saying he doesn't, he does. Henry said all those things last night because.—because I asked him to, I know I am stupid but I did that so he could get you out of your....trance, because if he didn't then you were gonna have a disorder or whatever the doctor said." I shook my head as I tried to remember. "I asked him to say all that and it did hurt him, Dylan. He doesn't love Claudia, he loves you, he loves only you and please do not be mad at him for his words." I said as I stood nervously, waiting for his reply, but he said nothing.

"Dylan?"

"Okay," he replied softly, and I gulped.

"That's it? I uh, I mean, okay, okay." I nodded. "Okay," I sighed. "I hope you h-hate him way lesser now." I faked a smile. "I'll just—and I hope you don't hate me, we just really wanted to help. " I stuttered. Dylan said nothing in return and I just gave a small nod, turned and walked out the door, closing it behind me.

I let out a sigh as I walked down the stairs and to the kitchen, and then Raven approached me while cleaning her hands. "Well? How did it go?"

I shrugged. "He said okay."

Raven frowned. "Just okay?"

I nodded. "Yeah, just okay."

***

Dylan's P.O.V

You take me higher
Higher than I've ever been before.

While the song played into my ears, I kept thinking about a lot of things, I kept thinking about the books I had read where we had been warned about love and affection, feelings. It was disgusting, scary and I felt it all.

Rule number one; never ever fall for a jock.

"Okay," I huffed.

While Rihanna sang like a maniac in my ears, I could have sworn I felt a presence in my room, like the door had been closed. I quickly turned and took off my earpiece but I saw no one, I looked around and shrugged lightly when I realized I was alone.

I sighed and got off the bed, I unplugged the earpiece from my phone, tossing it on the bed and leaving my room. While walking downstairs, I saw Jaxton and Raven talking at the bottom of the stairs. Raven saw me first and she said something, making Jaxton turn. He smiled once he saw me and I gave a light smile in return.

"Hey,"

"Hey." I replied.

"You still mad at us?" He asked, a smile of hope on his face.

"Do I have a reason to be mad?" I inquired. 

"Dylan, we are so sorry for everything we've done in the past, we love you and we appreciate everything you have done for us." Raven said and I gave her a nod.

"Understood." I replied. I really wasn't ready for the whole heart to heart chat at the moment.

"Okay!" Jon walked into the house with Dad behind me. "I gotta go now, so where is my beautiful girlfriend who I have to drop home?" Jon asked and I rolled my eyes.

"Gwen, Jon's here!." Jaxton announced as I walked to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

"I think I'll ride with Raven tonight, I'm gonna stay a little more cause Bonnie wants to show me these photos of her in highschool." Gwen said with the grin as she sat at the dinning, where she ate some crackers.

"Oh, I wanna see too." Jaxton gasped.

Jon grumbled. "Seriously? Okay fine, I'll wait." He said with a grin as he approached her and then kissed her.

"Yay, company." I said dryly as I filled my glass with water. Jon flipped me the bird and I flashed him a fake smile.

"You're lucky that I love you." He said and I scoffed.

"Of course you do." I replied, taking a sip.

"Well, I'm leaving." Raven said, raising her hands in the air. "I need to get home early, it's almost eight and I'm late."

"Shit. I guess I'll see the photos later. I am coming too, I need to pick Sofia from Dom's place and take her home, mom's gonna freak if she finds out we aren't home." Jaxton said and rushed to the kitchen, picking up his backpack. "I'll see you tomorrow?" He said, more like a question to me.

I nodded. "Take care."

He smiled. "Bye, guys." He and Raven said in unison. I was sipping from my glass when Jon walked back to Dad in the living room. I shifted my gaze from Jaxton to Gwen and I saw her staring at Jaxton, her mind trying to solve a puzzle like she knew something I didn't, I could read it in her smile when no one could. I looked back at Jaxton and Raven, watched them say their farewells to everyone before leaving, then I approached Gwen.

She looked at me with a big frown as she chewed her snacks. "What?" She asked, confused.

"What do you know about Jaxton that we all don't know?" I asked and the shock on her face proved that she did know something.

"W-What?"

"Gwen, spill." I said and took a seat beside her. "What is it?"

Gwen swallowed, unsure if to tell me or not. I sighed. "Gwen, the least you could do is tell me."

She sighed and pushed her hair back. "Promise not to overreact." She said and I cocked a brow at her.

"Do I look like I have that energy?"

"Yeah, you've been more of a dead soul since today." She murmured. "So, you know how Jaxton always talks about babysitting his sister because his mother is always busy and working two jobs?" She questioned and I gave a small nod.

"Yeah?"

"Well she's lying. His mother."

I frowned. "What do you mean?"

"She doesn't work two jobs, I think she leaves town every now and then and lies that she works overnight." Gwen said and I paused, confused.

"Why would you think that?"

"Because Mrs. Olson isn't as clean as we think she is, Dylan." Gwen said and my brows furrowed. "She's got a whole lot of secret and believe me when I say drugs are one of them." Gwen spilled

I blinked in awe and tilted my head to the side a bit. "Drugs?"

Gwen nodded. "Mrs. Olson is dealing."

I froze for a couple of seconds, my brows puckered and my eyes fixed on Gwen. I smirked and leaned back on my chair, crossing my legs and folding my arms.

"Well then, I say let's kill the witch."