My Promised Lie

Chapter twelve

Chapter twelve

Samantha walked off smiling, Jake and I stood there awkwardly.

“Um, what was that about?” He said turning away from Samantha and focusing on me. He looked straight into my eyes and gave me a questioning look. I loved his eyes, they made everything better. The beautiful and enchanting blue made me question what I was doing and why. What am I doing, Samantha’s dirty work? For what? Money? Now that I think about it, it was the money and the fact that I would get to talk to Jake, even if it didn’t work like she planned he would have noticed me. But it did work like she planned, everything worked as she planned. I wonder if he meant for this.

“Alice?” Jake’s voice woke me from my thoughts.

“Yeah?” I replied, opening my eyes wider as I focus of the real world.

“What’s that about?”

“Oh, nothing” I said sounding serious.

He looked a bit worried about it but he just shrugged it off.

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The hand on the clock slowly ticked closer to three thirty. The bell rang suddenly making people jump. I stood up and walked out class, just like everybody else. I was interrupted in the hallway by Samantha.

“It’s nice that you two are getting closer but I’m not sure about it anymore”

“About what?” I say brushing past her.

“I want Jake back” she said standing tall

“He’s not something to just ‘give’ back” I spanned back and continued, “You only want him to go to prom, as your trophy. But last time I checked he didn’t like you anymore”

“Maybe I do want him for a ‘trophy’ as you put it, but then so do you. And I can change that”

“I don’t want him as a trophy unlike you I actually….L….” I go to say love but then quickly change my mine “Like him”.

“Well I do too”

“No you don’t, you just want to use him”

“And you weren’t, you helped me use him. You’re just as guilty and don’t think Jake won’t see it that way”

“He will see it as you manipulating me”

“Yeah I’m sure he will, right. Well tell him to call me” She goes to turn away but before she does I grab her arm.

“Leave him alone”

“Awh isn’t that sweet, you looking out for him and all. I think you will be perfect together, well until he finds out that you’ve lied to him and went out with him for money that could ruin any relationship right?” she said pulling her arm out of my grip.

“You wouldn’t”

“I would” she said before flipping her hair in my face and walking off.

*****

I caught up with Jake and we walked back to mine. We got inside and well it happened too fast. Before I knew it we were kissing, eyes closed, feet stumbling to my bedroom. His hands slid down my back. We fell backwards onto my bed, giggling we continued. And well you know.

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