Hidden In These Walls

6- Revealed Secrets

//Hunter//

I spent the whole day Sunday chatting with Jason in my room. My mom thought I was sick or something because I didn’t leave my room at all. After much of smiles and grins, she finally was convinced that I’m happy and healthy. 

Before I knew it, Monday came around. Jason woke up so early just to sneak out of the house and out of his dad’s view. I felt like snapping his dad’s neck then, because Jason deserves some sleep time, he deserves some relaxing time. If I could make a wish right now, it would be getting my angel all the way from Cheshire to here. 

I just think that he needs me as much as I need him.

Yes, yesterday night, I admitted between me and myself that I need Jason Edward Miller. How cool is his middle name? When he told me about it yesterday, all I thought about was- “So British”. Yeah, I know I’m stupid but that’s true.

Anyways, back to the main and important topic. I do need Jason, I need him because I know that he is the one for me, the right guy. After months of trying to forget Liam, I succeeded. However, Jason was the only boy who managed to steer my past back into my mind and thoughts. I never thought that I could trust any boy after Li, but Jason proved me wrong. 

When I made that decision of leaving Liam Brown for good, I also promised myself that I would never fall for a guy that easily because not everyone can be trusted. I could still fall in love with a guy who turns out worse than my Liam, but this new angel entered my life now and I know that we are each other’s saviors.  

Right now, Jason is living through the same s**t I went through, but even worse. This made me think that maybe we are destined to be together. Why?

Well, since I’m a bit experienced in that department, I can help Jay through the beating in any way possible. I could guide him. I could be here for him and support him just for him not to give up on life. If he gave up, I would blame myself because I’m now the only person who knows his life story which means I now have this mission to save him from the bad people. I can’t fail.

And him, well by just talking to him, he is getting the old me to resurface. I can feel that my old self is appearing again slowly. He brings it out. He is the reason why I’m finally moving on; he will make me forget Liam for good this time.

I was chatting with my angel on the way to school, that’s why I knew that he woke up so early. He is currently sitting in the corner of his English class, hiding from everybody and waiting for the period to start. I decided to keep him company so that he doesn’t feel so bored. 

He also told me that today was the first day the three jocks weren’t waiting for him at school. He said that he thinks this day is going to be a calm one because I never left him for two days now. He said he brings the joy and all what’s good to his life. This in turn made me blush. Yes, Hunter Jones freaking blushed… Yep, that’s the old me alright!

Moving on, I just entered the school doors, holding my phone and sending a reply to Jason when I was stopped by none other than my favorite two boys in this world; other than Jason off course.

“Ha! So I see your phone is in quite a good state. I wonder why I never heard a reply from you yesterday!” Nick said sarcastically. 

I gave him a pleasant glare then said, “Hey Toby, how was your weekend?” while circling my hand around his shoulder and leading us towards our lockers.

“It was great!” He cheered. I couldn’t help but notice the side glance that he gave to Nick. What was that all about?

“Oh yeah? Why? What did you do?” I asked curiously.

“Um, uh, n-nothing of importance. Just relaxed at home and slept till a late hour.” He stuttered. Aha! I know something is up and I’m going to find out.

“Hunter! So now you’re ignoring me? Why didn’t you answer my previous question?” Nick chirped in.

“What question?”

“Why didn’t you reply to any of my messages?” He asked while waving his phone in the air.

“Oh, I just didn’t feel like talking to anyone or hanging out.” I made sure not to stutter while answering. Don’t want them noticing that I’m lying.

“Aha.” Nick stared straight into my eyes to make me c***k. It’s his thing that he does every time he thinks someone is lying to him. Soon, we were in a middle of a staring contest which made Toby wave his hand between our faces to stop us.

“Come on Nick, stop your thing. We got to go to class.” He said.

“I’m sure you wouldn’t want me to stop my thing.” I heard Nick whisper into Toby’s ear. I’m sure he didn’t want me to listen to him but I did.

Toby blushed.

What was that again?!

Suddenly, my phone vibrated in my hand. It was a message from angel.

Shit! I totally forgot to reply to his previous message.

Jason:-H? Are you there?

Me:-Yes, sorry. Nick and Toby (My best friends) distracted me.

Jason:-Oh okay, well class is about to start. Talk to you later?

Me:-I’ll talk to you at lunch break angel. Have a nice day x

Jason:-You too x

//Nick//

Shit, s**t, s**t, s**t! Hunter is suspecting something. I know it, I just do. By just looking in his eyes, I saw his curiosity. He knows. 

“Nick, breathe. He doesn’t know anything.” Toby whispered in my ear. He was sitting next to me in class and Hunter was in front of us.

“How do you know that? Didn’t you see how he was staring at us?” I was panicking.

Hunter can’t know.

“I know Hunter. If he knows, he wouldn’t hide it. He would let us know. Just calm down Ni.” 

“Ugh, you’re right.” I said while squeezing his hand under the table.

He smiled his gorgeous smile then said, “Plus, Hunter isn’t the same these past few days.” 

“I know. What do you think is wrong with him?” I asked.

“Do you think it’s a girl?” Toby asked.

“I have no clue. But, he seems happy today, don’t you think?” 

“Yeah, he does. Let’s see if he freaks out at lunch break like he’s been doing lately.” Toby joked.

While we were busy laughing, our Math teacher Mrs. Donald interrupted us.

“Mr. Lamberg, Mr. Cole, can I know what’s so funny?”

“Uh, nothing. We just remembered something.” I answered directly.

“Well, next time try to remember it outside my class. Is that clear Mr. Lamberg?”

“Yes Ma’am.”

“Oh shut it Hunter.” Toby said before hunter could utter a single word. We just knew he will comment on this since he was busy laughing his ass off at the both of us.

“Okay, okay. Calm down man!” Hunter said while holding both of his hands up in the “I surrender” position.

The rest passed by slowly. When the bell rang, Toby and I ran to our next class. Hunter had a different class than us. Art.

As soon as the next two periods ended, we walked to the school cafeteria to meet Hunter at our usual table. Hunter was busy typing on his phone with a huge grin plastered on his face.

Fifteen minutes later, his face expressions began to change slowly. His grin faded to a smile until his lips were left in a thin line with a clenched jaw.

Okay, so how can someone suddenly change from happy to angry in just a few minutes?

Who on earth is he talking to?

And then, the joke which Toby cracked first period came true. Hunter did freak out at lunch break. He suddenly stood up and ran his fingers through his hair, frustrated.

“What the f**k?! Just why?!” He screamed.

Okay, now this is odd.

//Jason//

I was sitting at my usual table in the cafeteria by the far corner, minding my own business and talking to Helda, when my phone was snatched from my fingers all of a sudden.

I looked up to see Luke, Damon and Shane. “The Usuals”.

My phone was in Damon’s hands and he started reading out loud.

“Helda: Angel, how is your day so far?”

Then, Shane took the phone and started to imitate my voice. “So far so good H.”

Damon: “That’s good Jay. Are you eating?”

Shane: “Oh no. I have no appetite.”

Damon: “But, you promised you’ll start to eat more often. Come on angel, at least grab an apple.”

“Stop it!” I snapped.

“What did you just say?” Luke asked, with a threating glare.

“I said stop it! Give me my phone back. This is none of your business.” I replied.

“Oh my dear dear Jason. Why aren’t you eating? You promised.” Luke mocked with a girlish voice.

“Does this Helda girl know that you killed your brother? Or you hid that truth from her so that you can at least have one person talking to you?” Shane said, oblivious of the whole truth.

“Give me my fuckin phone back!” I was pissed off now. It’s one thing that they beat me up, but another thing that they took my phone. This is way out of hand, especially since they started to interfere with my personal life.

“What was that damned boy? Did you just swear?!” Luke said while taking a threatening step forward towards me.

“I just want my phone back.” 

Then, Luke stepped forward causing me to step backwards until my back hit the wall behind me. He slowly approached me while smirking, this evil looking smirk. He then clutched my shirt into his fists and bumped me hard against the wall causing me to wince.

While Luke was busy pumping his fist into my abdomen, I heard Damon saying out loud the message that he was typing on my phone.

“Damned boy is busy getting beaten up by our friend for swearing at him. Did you know he killed his own brother? Or did he lie to you? Poor girl, you don’t know anything about Miller, do you? How could you even talk to such an annoying sick twisted person?”

I felt a tear slip down my face as I slumped down to the floor, clutching my stomach for dear life.

I felt something land in my lap as I heard Shane mutter a “here you go fag.”

I looked at my phone’s screen just as a new message appeared.

Helda:-Angel, are you there? Please tell me you’re fine! God! I’m going to kill those bastards!”

Wow, for a girl, she sure is aggressive.

I stood up and walked out of the cafeteria to my next class and sat in the corner again. Then, I texted her back.

Me:-I’m fine. Humiliated but fine.

Helda:-What did they do?

Me:-Read our messages out loud to everyone in the cafeteria and when I tried to face them, Luke beat me up and the others sent you a message.

Helda:-You’re not a sick twisted person baby, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Baby? Did she just call me baby? Wow, I really like this pet name. I feel like it fits perfectly for us. I wanna call her that too, but isn’t it too soon?

Me:-Thank you H.

Helda:-Any day angel

//Hunter//

After what happened today, I made my decision.

I’m going to Holmes Chapel, Cheshire as soon as Christmas break starts which is after four days. The last day of school is this Friday and I’m planning on leaving on Saturday; with or without my parents’ permission.

After I got that awful message at lunch, I flipped out and started kicking the table in front of me. Toby and Nick directly stood up and lead me out of the cafeteria. They took me to the school yard, and we laid down on the grass. Off course, that’s after I made sure Jason was fine.

“Mate, what’s up with you these days? You can tell us anything.” Toby started.

“No, I can’t!” I snapped.

“Hunter We are your friends, not objects to take your anger on! Just suck it up and tell us what’s wrong!” Nick finally snapped at me.

“If I told you, you won’t think of me the same way anymore.”

“What do you mean? Off course not H. We are your friends no matter what. Is it a gang thing?” Toby asked.

I took a long sharp breathe and finally blurted everything out. I confessed the one thing I was afraid of saying.

“I’m gay.”

I closed my eyes, preparing myself for what’s about to come. However, I didn’t expect at all my too best lads laughing their asses off.

I opened my eyes to see them clutching their stomachs and laughing like their life depended on it.

“W-What’s so funny?” I asked, confused.

“Oh my God! I can’t believe we’ve been scared of telling you when you yourself are gay!” Tobe chocked out.

“What?” 

“H, Nick and I are gay too.” 

“You’ve got to be kidding me!” I screamed, dumbfounded.

“I’ve been hiding my secret from you from the moment I came here, afraid that you might hate me and it turns out you are gay too. Gosh! Kill me now!” I continued.

“Well, now that we know, tell us what’s been bugging you. It can’t be that you’re gay man.” Nick said.

I looked at him to see him grinning at Toby. I feel like they are still hiding something from me, but why?

Then, I told them the whole Jason story, everything that happened between us and how I said I’m a girl and how my guilty feeling is increasing every time a message is exchanged between us.

They totally understood my situation though but never got my feelings. They said that someone can’t just fall in love by hearing a simple voice. However, what they didn’t know was that this voice isn’t simple, more complicated stuff lies beneath it.

So, after discussing my problem with them for two hours, which caused us to skip class, I got to the decision that I’m leaving Bradford at the end of this week.

I will just go and find him, look at him, make him like me as a friend, make everyone pay. I will just make him live his dreams in a few days before I have to go back home.

I’m planning on making him happy for no matter how short the period of time is.

I will make him always remember Hunter Jones, the boy who changed his life for a few days; forever.

I won’t think of the moment when I would have to leave him, I will think of the start of making what’s far away, near to me.

Mine.