Private Affairs

This story is meant to be played in Game Mode.

James is a young man with problems. And holy shit, does he have a problem.

In the last few years James found himself becoming bored and indifferent to school. He slipped from being a straight-A student, to an A and B student, then a B student, finally to a B and C student. He still had this year and the next of before he planned on moving on.

On top of that, his girlfriend recently dumped him after a party went bad. That whole situation got fucked up, and it was only barely his fault.

Typical stuff. And that could be fixed... right?

Well, James's real problem was coming to him over the phone.

"And remember, don't be late," the voice on the opposite end finished, the smug sneer practically oozing out of the line before it went dead.

James stared at the phone for a long, long time.

When the shock wore off, he immediately called Sam. The phone rang for a while before it was picked up.

When the line clicked, before even a simple 'hello' could get through, James was yelling into the phone. "Sam! I just got a call from Avery! I am in deep shit, and I don't know what to do!"

A cough came over the line, followed by Sam's languid voice, "Slow down, dude. I can't understand you when you're talking that fast, let alone yelling it."

James desperately wanted to scream. Calling Sam had obviously been a mistake. But, honestly, there was nobody else he felt that he could trust at the time. Suzy had left him. Holly and his parents would just make his life miserable. Danny was just too innocent; he sure as hell wasn't going to go to any authority figure, either.

"Come on over," Sam said in his trademark slow, relaxed tone. "We'll share a bowl to calm you down. And this sounds like something that you'll wanna talk about face to face."

"Sam," James said with more patience than he actually had, "I don't have time for that shit, I need to talk to you now."

"Sure, sure." A slow exhale came over the line. "See you in a few minutes." And the line went dead.

I am going to kill Sam, James thought.