So Long and Goodnight

Gerard’s POV
“So…what was that whole sex thing with you and Ridley about?” says Zepplin.
“You know…can we just not mention it?”
“Dude, you knew she was drunk and you still fxcked her.”
I’m in that stage of awkward right now where you don’t know what to say because you’re traumatizing yourself with your own brain by thinking about the many ways this conversation this could go.
“I know…it was a bad choice.”
“No shxt, Sherlock. Clueless…”
“I’m clueless?”
“Yes, you took advantage of someone while they were drunk!”
“You’re one to talk.”
“Me? What did I do?” he looks shocked at my accusation.
“You’re clueless about her. It’s obvious she’s in love with you. “
He looks shocked, which is another surprise.
“No, she’s not.”
I laugh, of course she is. I’m positive everybody else knows it.
“Yes, she is.”
“No, she’s not! She just likes telling me about her pilot dreams.” He waves his hands in the air while he’s talking.
If he’s gonna deny it fine, I sigh and walk off to check on the trap.
***********
It’s almost time to go to class, and Lily still isn’t back. I’m beyond that point of worry. Although, I don’t think I’m as worried as Max. He’s fidgeting behind me while he’s reading those papers he’s holding.
“Guys, I’ll be right back, I’m gonna go look for Lily.”
Max jolts up immediately. “I’ll come with you.”
I nod blankly and we begin walking towards the school.
It isn’t that far away and we’re there in a matter of minutes. I have a feeling this is going to be bad, very bad. I mean, maybe Mr H finally got one of us. My mind starts spiralling all of the bad possibilities. No, no I can’t think like this. She probably just ended up doing something else.
We go and check all the water fountains and by the time we finish she’s nowhere to be seen.
“Maybe she’s in the bathroom?” says Max
“She could be, come on. Let’s go check.”
We head down the hallway and towards the girl’s bathrooms which will hopefully be empty. I don’t think a girl would react well having a boy and a 26 year old teacher walk into the girl’s bathroom.
We keep walking, past all the offices on our way.
“Wait.” I say, stopping. I hold a hand out to stop Max as well, and cover his mouth to stop him from talking. I hear something. Faintly, but it’s still there. I’m pretty sure nobody else is in the school except for a few people upstairs. But the noise is coming from this hallway. It sounds like a knocking sound. I back up slowly, taking unison steps with Max. And as I go back, I hear the sound getting louder, like I’m getting closer.
I finally stop outside the door of a storage closet near the back of the hallway, the part that’s virtually abandoned. I take a listen on the door and no doubt, somebody’s kicking from the inside out. I can barely hear it even as close as I am. It would be impossible to hear while all of the students were walking through the halls.
I use my universal emergency key and unlock the closet.
Inside, as I predicted, is Lily. Her wrists and ankles are bound and she’s covered in bruises and cuts. Her mouth doesn’t have any bindings. Of course not, she can’t talk.
Her eyes are wide with shock and filled with anger. Anger? Oh, yeah. Because we didn’t come sooner.
But then the scariest thing I can think of happens. And not scary because it’s bad, but scary because it’s a huge shock. She opens her mouth and talks in a scratchy, unused voice.
“Where the fxck have you been.”

Notes

It's Short, but it's hopefully fine. If you guys have any suggestions, post them below, but other than that, I guess that's it. Happy Reading ^_^