Jade Shepard did her best to stay out of the feud that had developed between her brother Harlan and the resident bad boy Kieran Black. She just wanted to get through her senior year and not have to be dragged into the drama.
But somehow no matter h...
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Kieran was looking through the first floor and I had decided to check upstairs for Ava. I would break down every door to find my best friend and make sure she was ok.
I jiggled the handle to Kieran's door to find it surprisedly unlocked. I knew he sometimes locked it to keep people out when he threw parties. I pushed the door open and immediately shut it again.
It was not Ava in that room. I stared at the closed door in shock. I guess I figured out why Nate had ditched Kieran. I just continued to stand there frozen in place. I think I had been stunned into silence.
"Find her?" I turned quickly to see Kieran behind me.
"Umm- N-no." I stuttered.
"Why are you acting so weird?" He eyed me strangely.
He went to walk around me to his room and I quickly stepped into his path stopping him.
"No reason, she's not in there. Definitely nothing to see behind this door." I was definitely not selling the whole casual thing.
I was an awful liar.
"Of course not, it's locked." He stepped around and tried the knob to find it unlocked.
He pushed the door open before I could stop him.
"Oh." He stood there just as surprised as I was.
I mean seeing Nate with Stephanie was definitely surprising.
"Oh hey Kieran." Nate smiled stepping in front of Stephanie as if we hadn't already seen her.
It only took a second for the pieces to put themselves together, Nate was the guy that saved me from Elliot that day.
I stepped forward and wrapped my arms around him tightly.
"Thank you." I didn't need to say anything else he knew what I meant.
"You don't need to thank me." He returned the hug.
I pulled away to see Kieran looking at the two of us with a puzzled expression. I'd catch him up later.
"Come on, leave the two love birds alone." I grabbed Kieran's hand and pulled him out of his room.
"It's my bedroom." He complained.
"Shush." I quieted him.
I returned to my mission of finding Ava and the next place was the upstairs bathroom.
I knocked on the door only to hear sniffles on the other side of the door.
"Ava?" I asked.
The door creaked open and I pulled it open all the way to see her sitting on the floor crying.
My heart sank and I rushed over and wrapped my arms around her. I looked over to the doorway just in time to see Kieran shutting it letting the two of us have some space. I mentally thanked him and pulled Ava closer to me.
