I can feel you slipping away

???

What can I say

What in the world

To pull you back

I get that

Keep you on track

Are you doing what I think you're doing???

Make you stay

You're doing a lyric prank

Man, you got it quick. I thought it would take you longer

That was an easy one, LP. You aren't like that. What song was it anyway?

Make You Stay by Sunspot. Such a jam. Those ladies can rock

I'll check them out sometime

You better lol. I checked out Sincerely, Gray and omg I'm in love with their voices and how they harmonize well 🥰

They're such an underrated duo, it's not even funny. What's your favorite song by them?

The Truth, the one you sent me. A close second is Worth Living For

Same

Really?

Yup lol

That's awesome lol

Are you okay? You seem a little awkward

Yeah, I'm great. How you doin'

Nope, you're not great. There's something going on. I know you better than that, LP

Wow, my ex never knew when I was upset or angry and you do, even over text?

That rude butthole. I know you are trying to change the subject, tho

Ugh. Fine. I MIGHT like someone else now. Not really sure

Who?

Not telling you

Why?

You know him

How do you know that I know him?

Because I just do

Man, I want to know!!!!

No!!!!!

Fine. Then I won't tell you who I MIGHT like. Not really sure either lol

You like someone? You've never showed interest in any girl

Yeah, I like someone

Tbh, I thought you were gay

Nah lol. No hate on LGBT+, tho. One of my girl friends from middle school was a part of the community. I just never thought it was right

Same here. I was always taught to hate the sin, not the sinner

Ooh, I like that. LP, you're a good influence on me

Thanks. No one has ever said that about me lol

Idk how. You told me you hardly did anything bad in middle school

Right? Were you a good kid in middle school?

Yup. The only time I got in trouble was because I was talking too much with my friend

Nice. I never got in trouble

Whatever

I quickly tapped a response to DP before my teacher saw anything. My phone sat under one of my legs, and I pretended like I was tapping my leg with my pointer. I couldn't believe he had texted me during class, and I replied back! DP was making me do things that I should not be doing.

Trying to pay attention to the lesson, I stared at the white board. The letters blurred together as my mind wandered. There was still a nagging suspicion at the back of my brain of who DP was. I felt like I should've known who he was by now, but nothing was coming. It had to do with what Paul said, about one of the boys he mentioned. Who was it?

Glancing down at my phone, I saw that DP had texted back. Just as I was about to text him back, I heard the teacher walk near. I fumbled with my hands, trying to quickly bring them up to my paper. I should have known that texting him back was a bad idea. I could get into trouble, and I literally just told him that I have never been in trouble. I couldn't stop my streak now because of DP. I waited for the teacher to walk past me before answering him.

I was so immersed in replying to DP. Every sound went away, which was probably a bad thing, but I couldn't help it. There was something relaxing about texting DP. It was too relaxing. "Luna, what are you doing?" Miss Ethan, my Probability and Statistics teacher, said. My head lifted slowly because I was afraid that she had caught me texting. "Please don't tell me you were texting."

I debated about lying to her, but that wasn't me. I dropped my head and nodded. "I was."

"Would you care to read aloud your texts?"

"No thanks."

She stalked forward, and I shrank back in my seat. My face was burning in embarrassment, and I silently cursed DP. He was the reason that I was in this mess. "It's either that or I take your phone. You choose." Silently, I handed her my phone. "You can come and get this at the end of the day."

"Okay," I said, nodding slightly. I bowed my head again and got to work on my math.

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Since my phone was taken, I had to go get it back. There was no way I was telling Charlotte yet, so after American Lit, I rushed out into the hallway. Thankfully, the Prob and Stats class was in the same hallway. Before I made it to the classroom, someone grabbed my arm to stop me. I jerked my arm away and turned around. Brennan was standing there with a sheepish smile on his face.

"What are you doing, Brennan?" I asked tiredly.

"I was wondering if you could help me with my math homework."

I nearly snorted, but I kept it in. "I don't think so," I said quickly. "I'm busy for the next couple of days, anyway."

"Just because I rejected you doesn't mean you can reject me for help."

"I don't feel comfortable helping you," I said, frowning. I pulled my arm out of his hand. "Can't you ask the teacher?" Brennan rolled his eyes, and I thought back to what DP said about him. He was right. Brennan was a total douche. "Goodbye, Brennan."

Walking away, I didn't even look back. I knew I should have helped him, but I just couldn't. He hurt me by rejecting me, and I didn't want to be in his presence anymore. I grew to dislike him very much after he rejected me.

I entered the classroom and saw Miss Ethan sitting at her desk. Clearing my throat, I said, "Miss Ethan? I'm here to pick up my phone."

Her head turned toward me, and she frowned slightly. She probably didn't like me anymore. Whatever. "Here you are."

"Thanks," I said, taking my phone. I didn't dare turn it on in front of her. Speeding out of the classroom, I nearly ran into someone. I said a quick sorry and walked all the way to my room without stopping. Charlotte was already in there, chilling on her bed. "Sorry, I'm late."

"I was wondering where you were," she said, sitting up. Her eyes were questioning as I sighed. "Where were you?"

"I had to go get my phone," I said, holding it up for her to see. She frowned. "I got caught texting in class."

"No way."

"Yep."

Charlotte let out a laugh and said, "I can't believe that happened."

"Me either," I said, plopping down onto my bed. I set my backpack down on the floor. "I ran into Brennan when I was going to pick up my phone."

"Really? What'd he say?"

"He had the audacity to ask me to tutor him in math," I said, snorting. "I feel bad, but I said no."

"Don't worry. I'd say no, too," Charlotte said, shaking her head. "Hey, you never really told me what happened between you two."

"We studied for a bit before I asked him out. He said no but stayed anyway."

"Awkward."

"Yeah," I said, sighing. "We don't have anything tonight, do we? I have quite a bit of homework to do."

"I don't think so."

"Good." I stood up and grabbed my things from my backpack, sitting down at the small desk next to my bed. Time to get some things done.