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he’s not. We got another call today from our mystery girl
and it’s really starting to affect him that he can’t figure it out.
“Hey, Dylan! Wait up. I’ll walk out with you.” I jog to him
as he holds the elevator doors open for me. “You okay, man?” I ask as the doors
ping closed.
“Yeah, I guess. Just really shaken up about these calls,
that’s all.” Dylan shrugs his shoulders but I know deep down he’s never going
to be able to rid himself of the uncertainty of the situation. Knowing that
it’s more than Cane and this mystery caller weighing on his mind, that it’s
more about his guilt over not being able to save Shane, has me in knots. I hate
seeing him like this and he has to learn how to forgive himself or he’s never
going to be able to move on.
Exiting the building, an icy blast of winter air whips
across our faces. “Fuck, it’s cold!” I snap my jacket closed and pull my leather
gloves out of my pockets. We walk to our cars in frigid silence, partly quieted
by the weather, partly by the guilt that is consuming us both.
Ours are the only cars in the lot. “Where’s the Jeep?” he
asks through chattering teeth.
“This beat up piece of shit,” I tip my chin in the direction
of Maddy’s ancient Civic, “needed an oil change today. I took care of it at
lunch and Maddy took the Jeep for the day.”
“Still can’t get her to give in on the new car thing, huh?”
Dylan chuckles and tucks his hands in his pockets.
“Well, she’s not going to have much of a choice after
Christmas.”
“You are such an over-the-top bastard, you know that?” He
rolls his eyes and tosses his bag onto the passenger’s seat. A tense silence
descends on us. There’s so much I want to say to him, but standing next to his
car, in the icy winter air, I can’t string the words together.
I want to yell and scream at him that it’s not his fault for
what happened to Shane, for what’s happening now with this girl who keeps
calling the hotline. But I know it’s pointless. He won’t listen. So, I offer up
the best solution I can come up with in the few minutes that I’ve had to think
about it.
“Listen, it’s Christmas break for the schools. Why don’t you
take a week off from thinking about it and we’ll re-group after the holidays.
We can get back in touch with the principal and everything, okay?”
“Sounds good, Reid. See you in a few days.” The engine turns
over and roars to life. Dylan pulls away and I know that the last thing he’ll
be able to do is shut off his concern for the next week.
Another freezing gust blows over me as I hurry to my car.
Sliding inside, I toss my bag next to me and blast the heat. The interior
smells like Maddy’s perfume and the heat amplifies the scent. Maybe holding onto
this car isn’t such a bad idea, after all. We have had a few good romps in here
and I would hate to get rid of those memories.
Before I can get too distracted thinking about all of that,
my phone vibrates in my pocket pulling me out of my sexy daydreams. A picture
of a smiling Maddy and Braden lights up in the background and I realize I have
five missed calls from her.
Swiping across the bottom of the screen with my thumb, I
answer the call. “Hey, babe. What’s up?”
Initially, there’s just silence punctuated only by her
sniffles. “Maddy, what the hell is going on?” Abruptly, I slide the shifter
into drive needing to get to wherever she is. When the car fishtails in the icy
parking lot, I take a deep breath and try to calm my nerves.
She still hasn’t said anything and I’m about to freak the
fuck out. “Maddy, where are you? Why are you crying?”
“I’m at school. Come get me. I need you to come here, now.”
Before I can say anything in response, she hangs up leaving me more than a
little confused and extremely worried.
I try calling her back at least ten times in the ten-minute
ride to the college campus, but she doesn’t pick up. Spurred on by anxiety and
fear, I
and it’s really starting to affect him that he can’t figure it out.
“Hey, Dylan! Wait up. I’ll walk out with you.” I jog to him
as he holds the elevator doors open for me. “You okay, man?” I ask as the doors
ping closed.
“Yeah, I guess. Just really shaken up about these calls,
that’s all.” Dylan shrugs his shoulders but I know deep down he’s never going
to be able to rid himself of the uncertainty of the situation. Knowing that
it’s more than Cane and this mystery caller weighing on his mind, that it’s
more about his guilt over not being able to save Shane, has me in knots. I hate
seeing him like this and he has to learn how to forgive himself or he’s never
going to be able to move on.
Exiting the building, an icy blast of winter air whips
across our faces. “Fuck, it’s cold!” I snap my jacket closed and pull my leather
gloves out of my pockets. We walk to our cars in frigid silence, partly quieted
by the weather, partly by the guilt that is consuming us both.
Ours are the only cars in the lot. “Where’s the Jeep?” he
asks through chattering teeth.
“This beat up piece of shit,” I tip my chin in the direction
of Maddy’s ancient Civic, “needed an oil change today. I took care of it at
lunch and Maddy took the Jeep for the day.”
“Still can’t get her to give in on the new car thing, huh?”
Dylan chuckles and tucks his hands in his pockets.
“Well, she’s not going to have much of a choice after
Christmas.”
“You are such an over-the-top bastard, you know that?” He
rolls his eyes and tosses his bag onto the passenger’s seat. A tense silence
descends on us. There’s so much I want to say to him, but standing next to his
car, in the icy winter air, I can’t string the words together.
I want to yell and scream at him that it’s not his fault for
what happened to Shane, for what’s happening now with this girl who keeps
calling the hotline. But I know it’s pointless. He won’t listen. So, I offer up
the best solution I can come up with in the few minutes that I’ve had to think
about it.
“Listen, it’s Christmas break for the schools. Why don’t you
take a week off from thinking about it and we’ll re-group after the holidays.
We can get back in touch with the principal and everything, okay?”
“Sounds good, Reid. See you in a few days.” The engine turns
over and roars to life. Dylan pulls away and I know that the last thing he’ll
be able to do is shut off his concern for the next week.
Another freezing gust blows over me as I hurry to my car.
Sliding inside, I toss my bag next to me and blast the heat. The interior
smells like Maddy’s perfume and the heat amplifies the scent. Maybe holding onto
this car isn’t such a bad idea, after all. We have had a few good romps in here
and I would hate to get rid of those memories.
Before I can get too distracted thinking about all of that,
my phone vibrates in my pocket pulling me out of my sexy daydreams. A picture
of a smiling Maddy and Braden lights up in the background and I realize I have
five missed calls from her.
Swiping across the bottom of the screen with my thumb, I
answer the call. “Hey, babe. What’s up?”
Initially, there’s just silence punctuated only by her
sniffles. “Maddy, what the hell is going on?” Abruptly, I slide the shifter
into drive needing to get to wherever she is. When the car fishtails in the icy
parking lot, I take a deep breath and try to calm my nerves.
She still hasn’t said anything and I’m about to freak the
fuck out. “Maddy, where are you? Why are you crying?”
“I’m at school. Come get me. I need you to come here, now.”
Before I can say anything in response, she hangs up leaving me more than a
little confused and extremely worried.
I try calling her back at least ten times in the ten-minute
ride to the college campus, but she doesn’t pick up. Spurred on by anxiety and
fear, I
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