Lost and Found

"Andi, you got a pencil I can borrow?" Someone asked as I was walking down the hall. I spun around, looking into the eyes of Grant. I shook my head sadly, already digging through my backpack.


"Are you ever going to be prepared for class?" I teased, handing a yellow number 2 pencil. He smirked, poking my nose.

"Nope. You ever gonna stop giving me pencils?"

"No."

"Then I'm never bringing one myself." He laughed and began to walk with me to our first class, Math. Never liked math personally, but Grant's amazing at it. It's how we became friends actually. He teased me for sucking and then tutored me so I could stop sucking. Kind of hypocritical if you ask me.

Smiling, we entered the classroom, sitting in our spots in the back. It was honestly the best place in the room. The teacher is so blind that she can't even see us and she's got pretty bad hearing so we talk as loud as we want to. Maybe that's why I suck at Math. Hmm...

"Alright class, take out your-" I let her voice drift to the back of my mind as I turned to Grant. He looked up from his backpack.

"Did you do the homework?"

"Yeah, you?" I raised my eyebrow questioningly.

"Really?"

"Forgot. Sorry." He teased, shaking his head sadly. I just don't do math. He pulled out the paper that was his homework and pulled out another one that was identical to it.

"Love you!" I gushed, taking the paper with a big smile. He just rolled his eyes. Grant is a great friend. He did my homework for me...again. He passed them up for us before returning his attention to me.

"So you and that guy. What was his name?"

"Louis." I replied, the blackboard suddenly catching my attention. I really don't want to talk about Lou with Grant. That's kind of awkward.

"You and him are dating?" He asked, pulling out a new piece of notebook paper. He then began taking notes. I don't get why he tries in Math. He gets good grades in it no matter what.

"Yeah." I whispered, a blush rising to my cheeks. I still can't believe that my boyfriend is Louis Tomlinson and that I'm going on tour with him. It's like a dream. I just don't think it's real. Maybe Grant should pinch me. Though, if it is a dream, I don't want to wake up. So maybe he shouldn't.

"How long?"

"A couple days." I glanced at him, hoping to catch his eye. I want to know how he's feeling. But he was focused on taking notes.

"Congrats." He mumbled.

"Thanks." I bit my lip. "How are you and what's-her-face?" I know her name, I just love to pretend I don't. It's fun to tease him.

"Bryce and I are good." Good for him. I'm glad he's happy.

"How long has it been now?" I wasn't really curious, but then again I was because I honestly couldn't remember.

"6 months this thursday." He stated while he erased the numbers on his paper.

"Wow." I breathed. "That's a long time." For high school at least. I mean we are graduating soon, but still, it's long. I didn't even realize.

"Yeah, it is." There was a moment of quiet, where the teacher was blabbering on about something with numbers in the background.

"You must really like her." I whispered. He's got to, right? 6 months is a long time and why would you stay with someone for that long if you don't even like them?

He shrugged.

"Grant?" I asked, slightly confused. What does a shrug mean in guy terms for this short of question? Ugh, words are so much easier to decode.

"Yeah, I like her." He finally said, never looking at me once.

"Grant."

I know something's up. What's he not telling me?

"Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." He dodged, focusing on his work.

"Grant." I said again.

He's lying to me and I know it. I hate when he does this.

"Nothing, Andi."

"Seriously? You aren't gonna tell me?" I asked, now a bit angry. It's just so frustrating when he's upset over some mysterious problem.

"There's nothing to tell Andi!" He shouted, finally looking at me. His eyes looked troubled.

"Quiet back there." The teacher stated. Wow, she actually knows we're back here. Good for her. I looked back at Grant, who was writing in his notebook. I sighed, leaning back in my chair.

We didn't talk the rest of class.

***

"Wait, so what happened?" Belle inquired. I was telling her about how Grant acted today in math. It was just so strange. It's never happened before.

"Something was wrong and he totally freaked out when I asked him about it. We were talking about how much he likes Bryce and he just flipped. I don't even know what happened." I admitted, placing my tray at our lunch table. Belle sat down next to me.

"That's weird." She replied, taking a bite out of her apple. Lyna then joined us across the table.

"What's weird?" Lyna asked, pulling out a salad from her bag. Next she pulled out a little thing of dressing.

"Grant was actually strange when Andi asked him about the amount of affection he has for Bryce." Lyna's mouth dropped into an o by the end of Belle's speech.

"Interesting." Okay, what is up with the short answers? It's all one worded or two worded things from them. This is not normal.

"Okay, what do you guys know that I don't?" I instantly asked. Something is obviously going on here. Lyna's eyes met Belle's.

"Well..." Belle trailed off.

"Well what?"

"Grant has a..."

"Has a what?"

"He likes you okay?" Lyna interrupted, dropping her head in her hands.

"What?" I asked breathlessly. That's impossible. He doesn't like me. No. He can't like me. He's dating Bryce. He just cannot like me. It's not possible at all.

"I'm sorry Andi." Lyna muttered against her palms.

"He doesn't like me. You guys are wrong." I shook my head quickly, not allowing my brain to accept any possibility that that was true.

"He told me himself Andi." Belle murmured defeatedly. I gasped. He did what?

"What? No. It's not possible. He has Bryce and-"

"And he's only with her to make you jealous." Lyna cut me off, finishing the sentence in a way I had not intended.

"That's just crazy. We're just friends! He even told me that when I forgave him." Back when I had a thing for him, we weren't close friends. He would tease me and he hadn't even started to tutor me yet. But then he asked me to the dance and of course I said yes. I was so happy until he stood me up, not even picking me up from my house and accidentally texted me because he meant to send it to Bryce, who he was picking up to take to the dance. I don't even remember why I forgave him. I guess I just told myself that it didn't matter and moved on because he said after asking me, he just couldn't think of me as more than a friend. I think that's why I hate Bryce though.

"He only said that because he chickened out the night of the dance. He's liked you since he first met you." Belle whispered. I shook my head, ignoring the questions in my mind.

"Why are you telling me this now? Why didn't you tell me before? You guys are my best friends." I exclaimed. I don't understand how they could keep this from me. That's not what friends do.

"Because you would have found out eventually Andi. And we are!" Lyna shouted over the lunchroom noise. "He made us promise. He didn't want to ruin things for you."

"There was nothing to ruin for the past 5 months. Now there is and that's when you choose to tell me." I just can't handle the fact that they kept this big of a secret from me. And I have to find it out when I'm dating Louis and about to go on tour with him and the boys. I stood up, grabbing my stuff. I couldn't even get myself to meet their eyes.

"You know what, I'm gonna go. I need to think about a few things." I turned to go, but something made me stop. Then it hit me. I still haven't told them about the tour. Well, they spilled their secret. I'll spill mine.

"By the way." I spun around to face them. "I leave to go on tour with Louis today at 5." And then I walked away.

I just need to think.

Alone.

***

"Luke! Shut up!" I giggled. It's the first time I've really laughed today, ever since lunch. I can't look at Grant whenever I see him and my two girls just confuse me right now. So I'm with the only one I have left. Luke.

"I can't believe you are just now telling me that you're dating LOUIS TOMLINSON! And you're going on tour with them?!"Luke shouted and I shushed him. We don't need a crowd of people swarming us. "You are one lucky bitch." I laughed again.

"I gotta go. Louis texted me that he's almost here." I said, giving him a tight hug.

"You better Skype me and snapchat me and text me and call me and-"

"Okay! I'll do it all!" I agreed. He smiled at me.

"Have fun."

"I will." The moment he walked away, the smile fell from my lips. Today has just been crappy. It was supposed to go better. Soon, a black Range Rover pulled up on the curb. The smile came back.

"Andi!" I turned back toward the school, where the voice came from instead of the car.

Grant.

I can't do this right now.

I looked back and forth between the car and him. Just as I went to go to the car, he grabbed my arm. Damn, he's fast.

"Wait." he panted. Don't look at him Andi. Don't look, talk, or even think about him. Shit, I'm thinking about him right now. Damn it!

"You know don't you?" He asked quietly and I folded my arms across my chest, looking out at the street. I didn't respond.

"Andi." He said. My eyes drifted to his face. He looks so sad and lost. I can't deal with this right now.

"I gotta go, Grant. My rides here. And I can't miss my plane." I turned to leave, but again he grabbed my elbow.

"Plane? Where are you going?"

"On tour. With Louis." I explained shortly, trying to get my arm out of his grasp. Suddenly, he let go as if he'd been shocked.

"Oh." He backed up a few steps. "I don't wanna to keep you then. See ya Andi."

"Grant." I called after him, feeling a little bad but he was already gone. God this day just went from worse to terrible. I've basically lost Grant and my two best friends have been keeping secrets and lying to me. I held back tears of despair as I wandered over to the car and hopped into the passenger seat.

"Hey babe!" Louis smiled at me. I tried to return it, but I couldn't get my lips to curve that direction. He started to drive, looking at me with concern.

"Andi what's wrong?"

The tears then fell like the rain in a storm.

Notes

Wow drama drama drama. So Grant likes Andi which you should have already known. Did you know the best friends knew the whole time??? What would you do if your friends did that to you? I would love to know! :)

What's Andi gonna do now that she knows?
How will tour life be?
Will the girls and Andi be alright?

Love you guys!!

Izzy <3