Darn Stupid Brother You Are by Mairee

Chapter 13

(Hendrix's POV)

I finally decided to leave my room, after days of hiding away. My health had been a convenient excuse to avoid everyone, but I knew I couldn't stay hidden forever. I made my way to my therapy session, hoping to avoid any encounters with Angel. I wasn't ready to face her yet, to answer her questions about what happened at the infirmary.

As I walked out of the dorm, I ran into Eddie, one of my roommates coming into the room. Instead of getting in as intended, he followed me instead. He was a careless guy with a crude sense of humor, always making jokes and causing trouble. "Hendrix! What's up, man?" Eddie exclaimed, surprised to see me leave the room.

I didn't respond, just nodded and kept walking.

"Whoa, okay, dude, no need to be rude," Eddie said, falling into step beside me.

"I'm glad you're finally out of hibernation!" Eddie said and laughed at his own joke.

"We all thought you were going to hide in the room forever and start growing mushrooms or something."

I rolled my eyes, not responding. Eddie was trying to be funny, but his jokes were falling flat today.

"Seriously, man, what's going on?" Eddie asked, his tone a little softer. "You've been MIA for days. We've been worried about you. Well, maybe not worried, but we've noticed you're not interested in when we talk about girls anymore or even leaving the room."

I shook my head, trying to ignore him.

Hendrix, spill the beans," Eddie said, plopping his arm down on my shoulder. I shook him off and I quickened my pace, trying to lose

to me. What happened at the infirmary? You've been acting weird ever since." When I remained quiet he probed, "Seriously, is that it? What's going on? You're really not still sulking about that whole

turned to face

that way," Eddie said. "But I'm glad you're okay, even if you

glared at him, but

dude, you need to get out more. You're starting to smell like

at him, and I hastily walked leaving him

If you need to talk, I'm here. Even if you don't, I'm still here, and I'm going

someone you told secrets to. Half the center

her. I knew she would have a lot of questions, and I

curiosity got the better of me, and I approached the door, looking through the glass panel at the top. That's when I saw them - Angel and her roommates, cleaning the

I watched, Miss Stefan's voice rose above the others, her words muffled but her tone clear. "I told you, no talking! You're here to clean,

"This is unfair! We didn't even do anything

Okay, that was weird.

spoke back to elders. Even when her mum had unfairly mistreated her, she

You think breaking the rules

glared at Miss Stefan, her eyes flashing with anger. I could see her mouth set in a

sloppy job? You call that cleaning? Start again, from the top!" Miss Stephan kept

of sympathy for Angel and her roommates. Miss Stefan was notorious

presence. I quickly bent my head, not wanting to be seen. I heard Miss Stefan's voice