Chapter Four ★ Grounded Cont’

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I stopped.

This wasn’t right.

MeMaw laughed and morphed into Calvin. I opened my eyes. He stood there with a massive ear to ear grin.

I flung my book at him. He ducked out of the way and said, “Told you it would work.”

“What are you–” I looked down. Holy smokes, it did work.

Calvin laughed and winked at me, “Works every time.”

Jacob pushed Calvin aside and signed, “Are we going to go?”

“Yeah. Give me a minute.” I replied.

Calvin looked between us and asked, “Go where? If you8’re gonna go spy on those chicks again then I want in.”

“Who told you about that?” I said as my skin flushed. Word certainly gets around fast. But that only means that I wasn’t alone last night. One of Mitchell’s goons must of followed me.

Jacob interrupted us and signed, “No. Daniel and I are going to the library.”

Calvin groaned and rolled his eyes, “L.A.M.E.”

“But you’ll miss out.” I baited him.

He leaned against the doorway and crossed his arms, “Miss out on what?”

I motioned for Jacob to start walking and replied, “Oh, I was going to tell you both what happened last night.”

Calvin pushed himself away from the door frame. His eyebrows rose in amusement, “Oh?”

“But if you don’t want to…” I continued walking with Jacob down the hall towards the library.

Calvin jogged a few steps to catch up. He bounced towards us the final step and said, “No, I’m in dudes. Totally in. I wouldn’t miss nude pics for anything.”

“Uhn.” I groaned. “Who is telling people that I took nude pics?”

Calvin chuckled, “Why Mitchell of course.”

“How does he know?” I asked and stopped walking.

Calvin shrugged and said, “No clue dude.”

My lips pressed firmly together and I clenched my hands into tight fists. Yeah, that does tell me that Mitchell or one of his goons were following me last night. I wish they would take a long walk off a short pier sometimes.

Jacob retrieved my book that laid on the floor and handed to to me. I said, “Thanks, Jake.”

With a deep inhale I released the rising tension through a slow exhale. I glanced at Jacob and Calvin who were waiting on me to start walking again.

I flourished with my hand and took a deep bow then said, “This way gentlemen.”

Calvin snorted, “You’re such a dork.”

“Takes one to know one.” I shot back and punched him in the arm as we walked to the library.

Jacob signed, “So, did you get grounded for going out after your curfew? Does your father know what you did?”

A heavy sign escaped my lips. I said, “Yes, I’m grounded but that’s not why.”

The two gave me a curious look. I waved my hand at them dismissively as we turned another corner down the hallway. I added, “There’s some crazy stuff going on and it’s not safe to tell you both out in the open. C’mon and I’ll tell you the whole scoop.”

A tingling sensation crawled over my skin when I mentioned that there was crazy stuff going on. My friends picked up on the eeriness too. We were being watched.

‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ – Chapter 4 :: Grounded Done – Stay tuned for Chapter 5… –☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙