Twenty Three

Alex didn't come to the cafeteria during unch the next day. The rest sat at their usual table rather awkwardly, Miles and Sam occasionally throwing in some random remarks while Lucas picked at his food. Elijah felt a little awkward too since everyone knew about them now, but surprisingly enough none of them brought the matter up. Lucas figured they were still trying to get used to the whole idea and settled to remaining as casual and platonic as possible with Elijah in front of them so things wouldn't get any weirder than they already were.

Lucas wanted nothing more than to talk to his friend and fix things somehow, anyhow. He looked for him all over the school campus whenever he could but wasn't able to find him anywhere. He wouldn't answer his calls or his texts either.

It went on for a few days.