Nolan opens his mouth to respond, pausing to comprehend what Logan said, before snapping it shut ferociously. \u201cWhat\u2019s it t\u2019 you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Logan raises his hands in mock surrender. \u201cDude, you almost just fell on your face. I\u2019d say that\u2019s pretty concerning, yeah? Just wanna know if you\u2019re okay.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut what\u2019s it to you<\/em>?\u201d Nolan asks again, more insistently. His eye darts to Alexander, stubbornly looking everywhere but Nolan. \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The light sparkle that had been present in Logan\u2019s eyes the whole conversation fades away as Nolan turns to leave. \u201cDude,\u201d he starts out with a small frown, reaching out to grab Nolan\u2019s arm, \u201ccan\u2019t I be worried for a classmate?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot for me,\u201d Nolan says, his entire frame drooping. \u201cFine. What do you want?\u201d he asks as he turns back to the pair, just barely avoiding tripping over his own shoes. The stumble evidently doesn\u2019t escape Alexander\u2019s notice as he glances down to the shoes in question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Logan drops his hand. \u201cNolan, dude, we don\u2019t want anything. We\u2019re just worried.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re<\/em> just worried,\u201d Alexander corrects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Logan\u2019s head whips around and he pouts at Alexander. \u201cNu-uh, Mr. I\u2019m-too-busy-staring-at-Nolan-to-pay-attention. You\u2019re like, twice as worried as me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alexander scowls at Logan. \u201cI was not<\/em> staring at him so much I couldn\u2019t pay attention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut you were staring at him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause he\u2019s acting weird!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nolan watches the exchange with a morbid curiosity. \u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d he restates slowly, energy having been sucked away. Both of them turn to look at his retreating back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nolan starts walking again, ignoring Logan\u2019s call of \u201cDude, wait,\u201d and makes it as far as the door. Suddenly, the floor seems much shakier than it did before, and it sways beneath his feet. The air swirls like he\u2019s looking through a heat cloud, and the hallway is a haze. Nolan takes another uncertain step, his foot moving considerably faster than he had intended. He falls. Nolan opens his mouth to respond, pausing to comprehend what Logan said, before snapping it shut ferociously. \u201cWhat\u2019s it t\u2019 you?\u201d Logan raises his hands in mock surrender. \u201cDude, you almost just fell on your face. I\u2019d say that\u2019s pretty concerning, yeah? Just wanna know if you\u2019re okay.\u201d \u201cBut what\u2019s it to you?\u201d Nolan asks…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[9,10,8,11],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-friendship","category-romance","tag-alexander-brooks","tag-logan-wilson","tag-nolan-caldwell","tag-sick-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellesbooknook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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