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Tanner flinched. Good job idiot now she's mad at you. There goes your chance even if you had one He gets up and runs off.
Tanner flinched. Good job idiot now she's mad at you. There goes your chance even if you had one He gets up and runs off.
(Dude you must be on notebook.ai all day bc you always respond right after me lol)
Piper just sighed. "He really needs to learn to be less dramatic. He wasn't like that before I left," she said to Cassie.
"I agree, he's babyish," Xander said from a few feet away.
"But he's still my friend, and you have no right to talk about him like that," Piper responded firmly.
Tanner sat in the corner as Nancy walks out. "Well well…If it isn't Jarred crying."
"Leave me alone…"
"He's had a rough life, Corina," Cassie said. Piper widened her eyes.
"So all of a sudden you know everything about his life and I don't? When did that happen?"
Tanner was pushed down. "Stop sulking and speak to me properly," Nancy yelled loudly.
"S-Stop…"
Piper and Cassie's conversation was cut short by a yell they heard from the hallway.
"It sounds like Nancy,we'd better check it out," Piper said. She turned to head out the door, but Xander grabbed her arm.
"Don't you wanna practice?" Xander asked with a smile.
"Let me go, we'll practice later," Piper said. She and Cassie followed the yell.
Tanner was curled up into a ball. "I said answer me. Why do you seem to be around Cornia?"
He just stayed curled up.
The two girls ran up to see Tanner in a ball, with Nancy looming over him. Piper ran up and grabbed Nancy's arm.
"Watch it, you're on thin ice," Piper said, and pushed Nancy back. Then she stood between her and Tanner.
Tanner was crying. This was one of his triggers. He hated the yelling. He hated being alone. He looked at Piper but his vision was blurry.
Piper held her hand out to Tanner for him to grab. Cassie kept her eye on Nancy, knowing that she would probably try something.
Then Xander ran up, and stood next to Cassie. He stood there, looking at Tanner with a bit of disgust.
Tanner hesitantly took Piper's hand. He stayed behind her hoping he didn't get yelled at again. He hid his face from everyone.
"You are so extra," Nancy started talking again. She never knew when to just leave it alone. "I was just asking him a question. Why do you always feel the need to butt in?"
"Because you never know when to butt out," Piper responded without missing a beat.
He squeezed Piper's hand a little. "C-Can we go…" He said noticing Xander's expression. and curling up a little.
Piper turned and smiled her old smile. Not the one she learned to smile to tell everyone she was okay, but the one she really meant. THe one she used to make when she and Tanner snuck into her mom's house and stole some cookies. The one she smiled when they raced each other in the park with the sun beaming down on their faces. No one saw the smile but Tanner.
"Sure. Let's get out of here," she said, and pulled him down the hallway. She stopped for a second when she heard Xander speak.
"What about practice?!" he called after her.
"Later!" she said without turning around.
"I-I think Xander hates me…" He said looking back at him then to her. "He didn't seem happy when you skipped practice…"
"Ah, he's just a tryhard," Piper responded. She looked Tanner in the eyes.
"Why did you ask Cassie to lie to me? What was really the problem in there?"
Tanner froze up" U-Uh…." He looked away he felt the heat rise to his cheeks. "I-I didn't…I do feel homesick…" he lied trying not to say the truth.
"Tanner, I know you. We were-are best friends. I mean, if you still want to be. . ." Piper realized that she might have been pushing him too hard. Maybe he didn't want to be friends anymore.
See just friends… "You wouldn't understand…If i told you you'd laugh at me…Or worse ruin our friendship." He looked at her then the ground.
"I thought you knew me better than that," she huffed. "I won't judge you. I didn't judge you when you told me about your mom. I didn't judge you whenever you told me about heavy stuff."
He mumbled quietly so she couldn't hear. "I-I like you…" He hides his face. She won't like you…She likes Xander… he started crying.
Piper stopped walking. "Y-you do? Really?" she started smiling a tiny bit. "I thought you didn't even want to talk to me anymore when you stopped responding to my letters! I figured you were angry with me because I left so fast and didn't tell you why?"
"I was afraid I'd tell you…And you'd get mad…I-I…" He hides his face trying not to show her his tears. He clenched his fist tightly. She never said she liked you back…That shows you…
"Well this is great news," she started to stammer a bit, "B-because I- like you too. . ."
"I-I…" He looked around nit knowing what to do.
But before he could say anything, the anxious side of Piper made her speak. "But we can't go out or anything. To most people, it looks like we just met a few days ago, and that could cause suspicion. Besides, what if we slip up and say each other's names, or say something that we shouldn't. We could both get kicked out of school."
"T-True…" That fact broke tanners heart. He started crying again. He's become so emotional that he couldn't hold it in anymore. he just broke down.
This made Piper a bit upset. "Look, Tanner, this isn't easy for me either, but you have to promise me something. Please, never ever, even if you really want to, never blow my cover. And I promise, I will never blow yours. Promise?"
She was ready for this whole conversation to be over.
He nods but he was still crying. He knew he had to say something so he sighs shakily. "I-I promise P-Piper…" He knew to call her Cornia around everyone else
"Great, I'll see you later." She turned and headed back towards the studio, but then she stopped again.
"Oh, I almost forgot, this is a letter that I never got to mail to you." She handed a crumpled envelope to him. Then she kept walking.
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