#Chapter42

Normal is a dryer setting

Ryan

Over the next two weeks, Frazier clung to me like Saran Wrap. Everywhere I turned, he was there. At first, it annoyed me, but after a while, I got used to him. Until one day, I hadn’t seen him during the last day of school.

As I made my way home, some noises came from behind the school. I walked towards the noise to find Mario and a couple of his cronies attacking Frazier. Fucking Mario.

“Hey! Leave him alone!”

“Stay out of it, Jones! It has nothing to do with you!” Mario slammed his fist into Frazier again. “This is between my...