Benefits

Ch. 39: Powerful

Powerful- Major Lazer Feat: Ellie Goulding

"There's an energy when you hold me, when you touch me, it's so powerful."

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Let things happen.

That's all that can ring in my head. No rules. No dilemmas.

We aren't dating, but subtly he has admitted there's something about us. It's a start.

"Take it slow."

I said to him early this morning when I passed him when I was walking. Not giving any glance to him to indicate we were talking, afraid he was still at the notion he didn't want people to know, but I had to tell him how I wanted everything a bit slower then what we were before.

But besides Jake, I still had other problems. Conrad. For one he lied to me that he went to my school, and two I've been mentioning Conrad's name all over school, and no ones heard of him.

He hasn't called me or texted me since a couple days ago.

So finally after my first period, I ran over to Mr. Mings room to interrogate Conrad in person.

I wait against the wall across the hall. Boys and girls cower away from the math class.

But no Conrad.

The last girl walks out of Mr. Ming's classroom, and I latch onto her. "Hey." I start walking next to her.

She furrows her brows at me in confusion. "Who are you?"

"Do you know Conrad?"

She stops in her tracks, her red hair getting tucked behind her ears. "Who's that?"

"He's a guy in your class. Brown eyes, brown scruffy hair."

"That's very descriptive." She says sarcastically as she starts to walk away from me again.

"He has a beauty mark on his cheek!" I yell after her.

"Still doesn't ring a bell." She stops again with her blue eyes turning back to me, "But... I know a guy name JC. He barely comes to school. Only comes on some test days here and there."

"Was he here today?"

"No."

JC... Conrad?

"Thanks." I say to my new red head friend.

She frowns at me again, but nods as she walks away for good.

The plot was thickening and thickening, and I almost wanted to call Mr. Greenly and Mrs. Greenly about the whole matter.

Was JC Conrad?

Why would Conrad lie about that?

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"Dawn." Lauren calls me.

I blink hard, collecting myself from my thoughts. I turn towards her in the car that was driven by Casper. "Hm?" I hum to her.

"We're here."