>>5724752Whether you agree with the methods or not, it seems like your chat is helping Raj out of his funk, and you’d be lying if you said it wasn’t helping you put some shit into perspective!
So, you continue, to be honest he’s not the first person you’re checking in with…
“Pepper, right?” He asks, nudging your side with a knowing grin on his face! “Shit, dude, I don’t think I’ve ever seen her so happy to be around someone before… like, not even in school!”
You blink. Wha?
“Normally she just kinda skulks around, y’know?” He explains with a shrug! “But when we were runnin’ around she was all <span class="mu-i">smilin’</span> and <span class="mu-i">jokin’</span> and stuff… like, she’s not my bud or anything, but it’s nice to see her opening up, y’know? Even with all the shit goin’ on…”
Yea, well, you counter, she lied to you… lied about that whole deal to get her into the party. Sensing your frustration, Raj’s smile quickly fades. “Oh… well shit, man, I forgot that you didn’t know her…”
Well what are you missing, exactly? Apparently she does this crap all the time??
“Well don’t tell her I told ya,” The skater continues as he chooses his words carefully, “But I guess she and Jake had this, like, traumatic childhood, or-”
Yea, you interrupt, she already gave you her sob story. <span class="mu-i">THAT</span> gets Raj’s eyes to bulge!
“Wait, huh!?”
Yyyea, you repeat, you got the whole thing before coming in here… some crap about a water park or something, almost drowning, a house fire-
“Bro…” Mutters the skater in disbelief, “She… you know she an’ Jake have, like… they don’t tell people about that, right?”
Sure, you scoff, it was very convincing! Raj grabs you by the shoulder with a deadly serious look on his face!
“Bro, that’s… look, I dunno if it’s real or not, but if she did that, well…” His voice trails off as he lets your shoulder go. “Look, let me just walk you through the Pepper situation, okay?”
You respond with a reluctant sigh. Alrighty then…
>CONTD. 