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Chapter 26

The entire car ride back Stephanie didn't say a word, not even when Tyler tried talking to her.

Luckily for her Lucas and Tyler were arguing about something pointless for most of the journey so Stephanie's quietness went unnoticed, except by me of course.

I knew not to push her while we were with them but as soon as we're alone she has to tell me everything.

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Stephanie and Luna's room, that night

As soon as the door is shut I make my way to Stephanie, I need to know what's going on.

She's gone all pale and quiet, the opposite of her usual bubbly self, I know she's not a night person but, god, even when she's tired it's never been this bad.

"Alright Stephanie, what's wrong?" I ask gently yet still firmly.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." She replies quietly.

"Cut the bullshit. You didn't say a word the whole way home and you paler than a ghost." I'll ask her about B P in a minute, one question at a time or she might just explode.

She shrugs "I just don't feel that good, probably drank too much, you know I'm a lightweight."

It's true she was but I didn't see her drink that much, in fact I'm not even sure she had more than half a can. Steph can't hold her alcohol so she usually steers clear of it altogether. Why the hell does she keep lying to me?

"Mate you barely drank and you were fine until just before we left. Now that I think about it I only saw you stiffen and pale when we were near that guy. While we were playing and I asked you about him you froze and when he came up and spoke to you you did the same again. What is going on?"

She gulped and took in a huge breath "he's someone from my past Krystal."

So she definitely lied. "Why lie and say you didn't know him then?"

She sighed and took another huge breath "Because he's from a time in my life that I'm trying to leave behind."

"That's still no excuse to lie to your b-b-best friend," I say, my voice cracking because it's so full of hurt.

She looked me dead in the eye for the first time since stepping into the car "I know and I'm sorry but I can't talk about him, just leave it at that, please."

I know I should let the matter drop, I should respect her wishes but I can't. What could have hurt Stephanie so bad that she can't talk about this guy? What could have been this traumatic?

"Is he an ex from a messy breakup by any chance?" He didn't really look like her type but who knows.

Her face looked repulsed by the idea. "Oh god no Krystal he's my b-never mind but just no."

"Then why is it so hard for you to talk about him? And why don't I know about this time from your past? We're supposed to tell each other everything, regardless of what it is." The pain and hurt is so obvious in my voice and I can see the guilty look in Stephanie's bright blue eyes.

Okay, you can call me the biggest hypocrite in the world. I know that's how it seems but hear me out. I actually can't tell her about my world because it's not my secret to tell and I'm hardly a part of it anyway. This however is a completely different story so I wouldn't say that I'm being that hypocritical. Stephanie never needs to know about me being slightly unfair on her about this whole situation though.

"I never told you because I can't. Please just let this be." She was almost crying by this point "Please Krystal, some things need to stay hidden, leave it at that, please," her voice faltered and I couldn't refuse no matter how much I wanted to.

"Fine I'll leave it be but can I ask you two things first?"

"Depends what they are," she replies cautiously but urges me to continue.

"Do you hate him? And what's his name?" There's so much more I want to ask but most importantly I need to know what Steph thinks of this guy so I know whether or not I have to protect her. And I want to know his name because it's been driving my crazy all night.

She lets out yet another shaky breath "No Krystal, I don't hate him. In fact he's one of the best people I've ever met, he was always there for me. And his name is Bl-no I can't say, I'm sorry but the less you know the better, just trust me on this, please."

Wait she's okay with this guy, cares about him even, then why can't she tell me about him?

"But if this guy is so great why can't I know about him? If he didn't wrong you what's so bad?"

"I'm sorry Krystal, I've said too much, I answered your two questions as best as I could now let's drop the subject, I'm not going to say anything more on it." 

"But...but" she gives me a stern glare, silencing me. I'm not going to get anything else out of her, she's made up her mind and she won't change it.

This has got to have been the worst Halloween ever.

My curiosity is digging at me to find out more but I know I can't. Steph is the only one who knows about this guy.

Wait. She isn't, all those guys in the circle were cheering his name, they must know who he is. Even if they don't know as much as Stephanie it's a start.

Sorry Stephanie, I hate going behind your back but you've left me no choice.

I will find out what's going on and what you're hiding from me, even if it's the lad thing I do. I'm Luna Krystal Praecantatio and when I set my mind to something I get results. I will find out who this guy is and what happened in your past. Don't you worry Steph, I've never failed when I wanted something this bad and I don't intend to start now.

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I had time to do an extra update this week! I'm currently on half term so I had more free time than usual to write. Yay!

There will still be an update on Sunday as per usual, don't worry about that :)

I hope you liked this chapter. Until next time, byeeeee.