Luna's Descent

t from Jeremy,

t basketball pract

ack, Would you like

need to rest, and it's gonna be

ent time together, but she figured he was busy with his commitments. Just as she

feel kinda sick," Mitchell said, he

s forehead, her eyes filled with concern. "A

lightly. "I'm fine, rea

her tone slightly flat. "I was thinking of going, but he

her voice distant as they ma

was off. She checked her phone again, hoping for another message from Jeremy, but her inbox was still

back in her seat. "I hate math, and I

d, she was typing away on her ph

the new guy?" she teased, trying

ered. "Nobody important, and... not a guy," sh

iously. "You're stammering. Tha

"It's really no one, trust me. Gosh, I have a

ll's behavior seemed off, but she didn't want to push it, especially if her best friend wa

," Mitchell said,

e lived on the same street,"

t smile. "Byee, bitch!" she called out

back, "See y

head. She stared out the bus window, watching the city blur by in the fading afternoon light. The gentle hum of the bus engine,

Ruby blinked in surprise. She must've dropped it when she came in. Damn, Ruby thought to hers

e it behind. Even though she'd have to backtrack, it wasn't too far, and she knew how important this test was for bo

couldn't shake the strange feeling that something more was going on with Mitchell. Her best friend had been acting a little weird l

ered back to Jeremy. He hadn't responded to her text, which wasn't too unusual during practice, but with everything else going on, it added to

ts were quiet, with only a few people walking by and the faint sound of cars in the distance. As she approached Mitchell's house, Ruby noticed something

eave the notebook in the mailbox. But something pushed her forward, a gn

She rang it again, and after what felt like an

es red, as if she'd been crying. "Ruby, what ar

opped this on the bus. I figured yo

id, taking the notebook with

r concern growing. "You don't l

xpression betrayed her. "It's nothi

. But before she could press further, Mitchell forced a smile. "Tha

decided not to push her friend any furt

ng bigger was going on. Between Jeremy being distant and Mitchell