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Chapter Eight: Maggie

I wasn't going to fall for his bullshit. That's for sure.

Even if he did decide to officially end our short-lived feud, there's gonna be something more behind it than just him surrendering because Levi told him to.

Just the way he talked about Levi proved that he was anything but fond of him, so I highly doubt he actually stopped because Levi's words convinced him enough to do so.

I don't know him. I don't know what's his favorite color or when's his birthday or how he prefers his eggs cooked in the morning, I absolutely have no idea who he is as a person on the first-hand basis of actually getting to know someone.

However, that doesn't mean I don't know what kind of person he is.

You don't actually have to get to know someone to know what kind of person they are. Based on what kind of personality and attitude they have just by the way they act or speak.

The second I became aware of Evan's existence was three days after I had enrolled in Henderson High, even then when I was only fourteen and he was fifteen, his popularity was already unmatchable and resurfacing better than the current seniors at that time.

He always had an aura about him that just made you know he wasn't just some ordinary face you can easily forget. Evan Williams, despite every infuriating aspect that makes him the man he is today, is without a doubt, one-in-a-million. But in a not-so-complimentary way.

He had a certain charm about him, even in the way he mindlessly ignores the people around him he still manages to gain their attention and make them come crawling down to his feet.

He always had people fussing over him and even though I never understood why I can see why. However, as glamorous as people made him out to be, I know better than to think what's inside speaks the same. Because I knew even then that he was nothing but pure trouble.

Even when we were young I would always catch him being sent to the principal's office, causing a disturbance wherever he goes and even then he was already known for breaking too many girls' hearts as if it was a hobby. In short, he was horrible.

He never had a clean image, but somehow he was still capable of making people look past that, which is why there's no doubt that's what he did to Levi to get him off the hook that easily.

Ergo, I'm not buying his crap. "You seem rattled," Levi commented as he drove through my neighborhood whilst I sat on the passenger seat of his car "What's wrong?"

I shook my head, leaning against the leather seats as I dismissively waved him off "It's nothing,"

But it's obvious he knew better than to believe a half-assed excuse when I didn't look nor sound anything like it. "It isn't just nothing." he said, parking the car and cutting off the engine as soon as we reached the driveway of my house "Tell me what's wrong."

"Again, it's nothing, just some stuff about school that I didn't get to finish-"

"Okay, first of all, a zombie apocalypse has to happen before you even come close to forgetting anything about school. You even made me drive back to your house one time just because you forgot your pencil case even though we were already in the parking lot-"

"In my defense, my pens have better inks and sharper tips and almost everybody's highlighters are either too neon and stains too much. Do you know how much it makes me uncomfortable when I see a page that I don't want to be highlighted?"

"Exactly my point," Levi noted as I sighed "Plus if it were to be anything school-related you'd be ranting about it to me all the way home, but you've been the quietest I've seen you, so again, tell me, what's the matter?" he pressed on as I hesitated.

He analyzed my face before releasing a sigh "Is this about the whole thing with Evan? I told you, I already sorted things out with him and there's nothing more to worry about. Why can't you just trust me?"

"The thing is, it's not that I don't trust you, it's because I don't trust him. You can't just go from messing with someone in the way that he messed with me from suddenly giving up like that. I know there's much more to his motives and I'm gonna find out what-"

"Don't you think you're thinking too much into this? You barely know the guy." Evan's words from earlier on immediately came back to mind.

"I know you."

"Oh, but do you? Or do you just feel like you do?"

"I do." I blurted out which only caused Levi to shake his head "You know you don't have to interfere in everything if you're just gonna get so worked up about it-"

"Because if I don't, the same thing might happen again, and may I remind you, you're my girlfriend," he said sternly, which I scoffed at.

"But that doesn't mean you have to constantly stick your nose in everything that's happening in my life, Levi. At this point, it's just a matter of privacy and you're showing how you're the one who has a little bit of trust between us." I argued which Levi looked at me for, bemused.

"That's not what it's about! It's just-" he then takes a deep breath, pressing a hand over his forehead as he leaned against the driver's seat.

"I'm just worried about you." he confessed "You were so concerned about Mandy still keeping in touch with Evan and Beth possibly knowing him because of how much you think he's troublesome. Well, that's how I felt when I found out about Evan messing with you and you didn't even tell me." and for a moment there, I could've sworn I heard a hint of hurt in his voice.

Making me instantly sit up and straighten my posture, my gaze softening "Levi, I'm so sorry. I know that it might seem as if I couldn't trust you and that I'm keeping things from you. It's just that... I'm afraid that maybe if I told you about it, you might get disappointed in me."

"I'm not disappointed. I'm just upset." he said, sighing as he took my hand in his and kissed my knuckles "We've been together for two years and if something were to happen to you I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Just promise me you'll stop worrying about Evan?"

"What's done is done and if he ever tries to mess with you again, you tell me about it and I'll handle him, okay?" I nodded "By this point, I might as well assume you have a crush on him or something-"

"What?! No! Never!" I cried out which made him look at me, shocked.

"Relax, I was just kidding," he said, chuckling "I know you'd never actually like a guy like Evan, if anything you made it very clear from the start you felt anything but. Plus, combining someone like you with someone like Evan is weird enough as itself."

"What do you mean?"

"You follow the rules, you don't feed off of making other people's lives miserable and you have a good heart. While Evan, on the other hand..."

"Is the spawn of Satan and probably rules the underground?" I finished, which made him laugh.

"Exactly. It's like mixing fire and gasoline together."

"But aren't those two specifically made for each other?"

"They are, but that doesn't mean they're right to be with each other. They spread and they burn everything around them," he explained, which I grinned at, amused.

"Impressive analogy."

By the time I got out of Levi's car, I gave him a kiss goodbye before he drove off, bidding me farewell. By then, I had already felt half of the tension I felt earlier be lifted off my shoulders knowing well he didn't feel any sort of harsh feelings towards me.

The keyword being half.

When I said that I feared him getting disappointed in me when he found out about the situation I had with Evan, I was telling the truth for the most part. When he told me he just got upset, I did feel instant relief. Not until I realized I didn't tell him the whole truth.

The truth that Evan didn't just mess with me for no reason because he felt like it and he just needed someone to be mad at. But then again, that is what Evan told him that's why he thinks that's the truth.

I don't even understand why Evan didn't just go ahead and tell Levi what really happened, which was us getting into a fight that led to him picking a fight with me in the first place. Which are all the right reasons as to why I can't help but be skeptical, because why avoid telling the truth when you can cause even more issues by doing the complete opposite?

Unless he wanted to save me from getting into a conflict with Levi, which I highly doubt. I thought I could go around his head and understand what his motives are but looking back at it now, I don't know shit. He must be right when he told me that I don't really know him and that he's actually telling the truth when he said that he was done messing with me once and for all.

But then again, there's just this little feeling inside me that begs me not to believe that.

Just stop thinking about it and listen to Levi for once. He fixed your own problem for you, the least you could do is get Evan out of your head and focus on not getting into trouble anymore.

With that thought in mind, I shook my head to rid myself of my own thoughts and walked up to my house, opening the front door and instead, occupying myself with plans and actual relevant matters that don't concern people that aren't good for me.

He's finally out of your life, he may always be there but he's not your problem anymore, both he and Levi made sure of that. Stop worrying about him, because he's not yours to handle.

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