Chapter 21: Freaking Detention
Chapter TWENTY ONE
**Oliver West**
First day of detention. I walked into the room expecting to be alone with whatever teacher was supposed to watch us.
I had convinced myself that Kieran wouldn’t show up, I was pretty sure he wouldn’t waste his time coming here and even Principal Johnson wouldn’t blame him if he skipped - everyone knew his parents basically owned the school.
The room wasn’t empty, I found William sitting at a desk near the window, looking tired and worried. This was his first time in detention as well, and it was because of me.
"Hey," He said quietly when I sat down next to him.
"Hey." Guilt ate at me as I looked at my best friend, even after pushing him away the other day, he hadn’t hesitated to come to help me when he heard there was a fight.
"William, I’m so sorry you’re here because of me..." I barely started but he interrupted by giving me a deep glare.
"If you apologize for things like this, I’d really take it that you don’t regard me as a friend, well that wouldn’t matter because you’d always be my friend"
His words made my eyes teary and the guilt tore even more than ever, my heart felt heavy.
"But your parents..." I knew how strict they were, how much trouble this would cause him, and how much they expected William and his sister to be perfect golden children.
"I’ll deal with them," William said firmly. "You’re worth anything, Oliver. Let’s take it that we are simply getting more time to spend after school," He gripped the back of my neck suddenly, I yelped at the force, I managed a small smile.