~13~ Tell Me Why

(Angel’s POV)

“Well that was useless,” I sighed. Right when Lulu would respond, Joey and Meghan walked in.

“Good morning!” Meghan sang as she skipped over to us and plopped herself down on Lulu’s bed—which was originally Brian’s—and I was surprised to as why she was here. More like how could Joey wait so long to break up with her? Maybe he wasn’t serious about his threat.

“Morning,” Joey said as if already knowing what I was thinking. “How’d you sleep?”

“Alright, I guess,” Lulu answered. She then looked around him as if expecting more people. “Where’s Brian?”

“Probably still sleeping. I’ll get him,” I offered. He gave Lulu his bed so he just got himself another room. I said that Lulu and I could’ve shared a bed, but he insisted on switching rooms.

“Angel—” Joey tried, but I continued to walk around him.

“Brian! Wake up!” I yelled, pounding on his door. “Brian! Brian—!”

“Ay!” some burly guy yelled at me from the street by the lodge’s main building. I looked over. “He ain’t there. So do us a favor by shutting up!”

“He’s not there? That’s ridiculous…” I said, grabbing the knob and turning it. I opened the door and saw none of his stuff and not any trace of Brian. He left us.

“Hey, where’s Bri-Bri?” Lulu asked when I returned to our room.

“He left,” I said.

“Where to? For breakfast?” Meghan smiled. “I wish I would’ve known—”

“No. He left,” I repeated. “He’s not in his room and neither is his stuff.”

Lulu sat up on my bed.

“What? He’s—he’s Brian. What? Why would he do that!?” she freaked. She even started to ramble.

“Why would he just leave like that?” Meghan asked.

“I don’t know,” I answered. Maddened, I sat down on the bed. I gave a particular look to Joey and Lulu. “I really needed him—Devin really needed him.”

“If he wants to be an a$$, then he can do that. I can help you, ‘kay,” Lulu retorted.

“Yeah. You don’t need him,” Joey added.

“Yes I do,” I hissed. Why would Brian just leave? I’m sure if he had to go and told me, I’d be alright with it, but just in the middle of the night? That was ridiculous! Now I had no one to really help me. Lulu’s offer was genuine, but it wouldn’t match the help of someone who actually dealt with the Drug.

Suddenly, Joey took me in a hug.

“You don’t need him,” he repeated. I had no choice but to believe him.

(Joey’s POV)

“What’d she say?”

“She didn’t say much—just that she couldn’t believe you did that,” I replied.

“You know I had to, Joey,” Brian reasoned.

“Well actually—”

“You know what I mean,”

he interrupted. “Did you at least tell her why?”

I smirked.

“No one said I had to do all that,” I said. “That’s your job. And I suggest telling her soon or else there will be even more skeletons in your closet.”

“Joey, I cannot believe you’re being so d4mn—”

The call was dropped unexpectedly.

I knew why Brian had to leave, but Angel didn’t have to. It was best to not tell her, so I didn’t—even if it means that she’s “heartbroken” over that factor.

(Devin’s POV)

There was a knock at my door and I immediately covered my science table.

Boom, boom, boom

“I’m coming!” I said, rushing around my dorm, and covering all of my attempts and files for my cure.

Boom, boom, boom

“I said I’m fu**ing coming!” I yelled. I slid the rest of the files under my bed and sped over to the door. Angrily—from my powers control—I opened the door. Immediately my guest walked in and started to pace. Great. More stress equals more of my powers’ control.

“What the h3ll are you doing here?” I asked, ruder than I wanted to. He didn’t answer. He kept his hood on and his hands covering his face as he paced. “You’re supposed to be in New York—”

“I had to leave,” he said.

“Excuse me?” I asked. “You’re there to help Angel find Zac. There’s no reason for you to have to—”

“I’m sure that Lulu and Joey—with his girlfriend—can help Angel,” Brian sneered at me.

“Joey’s girlfriend?” I asked. Meghan, was it? “Why the h3ll is she even there?”

“Who cares?” he sighed and then sat down on my bed. Something was wrong.

“Why are you here?” I asked him. He looked up at me.

“Because Zac asked me to.”