The Elements Of Life

Curiosity From The Bird's Eye

It's Tuesday morning. Dex has been acting super off recently. Emma didn't show up to school yesterday and he wouldn't shut up about it. Why is he all of a sudden so obsessed with her? She's been kind of weird too. Did something happen between them? I swear to god if he cheated on me with her I'm going to drag them to hell myself. I'm pissed now. I have no proof though. Well... At least not yet. I have a plan. I get ready and dad drive's me to Dexter's house. I hop in his car with him and we do our usual morning routine. I turn down the music after a little bit and ask him out on a date at my place tonight. He agreed to come over. The thing is, my house only has one bathroom and it's downstairs  in the far corner of our house. I'll buy him his favorite slushie. It's huge. He'll definitely have to go to the bathroom and he will have to go so bad that he will leave his phone upstairs. It'll give me just enough time to check his texts with Emma and find out if he is cheating. It has to work. It's fool proof. We get to school. Still no Emma. I start planning more while I head to class and while i'm in class. This plan is perfect. It can't go wrong. I get through my classes. I didn't text him at all. We were at lunch and Dex walked in. I started feeling guilty for something I haven't even done yet. I love him and I don't want to lose him but if I don't find out if he's cheating then I'll hurt myself even more. I want to cry. He waves to me. I can feel the tears in my throat. I run to the bathroom and burst out into tears. I might lose my best friend and my boyfriend. That annoying girl from drama class walks in. I wipe the tears off my face as fast as I can. "Hey! you're friends with Trey, right?" she says. "Yeah. Why do you care?" I say, kind of snappy. "He's my brother."she says. Her brother? Now I feel bad for thinking she was annoying."Are you okay?" she says. She genuinely seems like she cares. "I'm fine. Just forget about it. If you tell anyone about this I'll kill you." I say. She gives me a hug. She's actually really sweet. I feel better. I thank her for the hug and making me feel better. I wipe the tears from off my face and I see Dex outside the door. He looks worried. My heart sinks. I'm scared to talk to him. He walks over to me. He doesn't say anything. Neither do I. I hug him and burst into tears. This is the last normal hug I'll have from him before I know of he's cheating. He wipes the tears from off my face and kisses me. "Can...can we talk?" I say quietly. He puts his arm around me and we walk to the back of the school. I fall to the ground with my back against the smooth, white, brick wall. I'm crying into my hands. "What's going on?" he asks. He sounds scared. "Why...why did you care so much when Emma wasn't there yesterday. You've been acting weird all of a sudden. Did something happen between you guys?" I say through tears. His face goes red. His eyes go wide open. This was the moment when I realized that I was right. He cheated. With my best friend. My heart breaks during this moment of silence. He starts crying." SAY SOMETHING." I scream. I'm so pissed. "yes... I hooked up with Emma. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to be like this. I love you Raven. I really do-" I cut him off before he could finish his sentence. "Save it. Stop lying to me. Why didn't she show up at school? Did you get her pregnant or something?" I say. "I don't know honestly. She won't answer my texts or calls. I think something is wrong." he says. "Then let's call her right now. Ask her yourself. I won't say anything so she doesn't know I'm here."i say. He disagreed so I grabbed his phone from his pocket and called her myself. She answered. I hand him the phone. It's too late now. I give him this look. He asks the question." What? Why would you think that?" she says." You haven't showed up at school so what else am I supposed to think?" he says. "No I'm not pregnant... Not anymore." she says. We were both shocked. "When we all hung out at the park, I felt like I had just gotten my period. I ran home to check. Turns out I missed a period. I was so scared. I had to tell my brother. He was pissed. He let me take his car to get a pregnancy test. It was positive. I immediately went to the doctor to see if it was actually true. Turns out I was actually pregnant. I ended up getting an abortion the minute I found out I was pregnant. I wasn't ready to be a mom. I tried to tell you when you called but I couldn't. I'm sorry." she says. Tears were running down both of our faces. You could hear Emma crying through the phone. I took the phone." You hooked up with my boyfriend, lied to me about it, got pregnant with his kid and then aborted. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" I say into the phone. "Raven it's not like that. We didn't want to hurt you. I'm so sorry. Can we talk about this in person?" she says. "I'm never talking to you again. If you ever keep near me I will beat the hell out of you." I say. I hang up the phone and throw it on the ground. I look at Dex. I'm so pissed. He's crying and looks so guilty. I ran back inside and into the bathroom. I call my dad to pick me up. I can't be here any longer. He picks up the phone and agrees to drive me home. As I'm waiting, Sydeny walks in. "Raven? What happened?" she says in shock. I fall to the ground. "Dex cheated on me with Emma." I say through tears. Sydeny sits next to me and hugs me. I tell her everything. She cries with me. My dad texts me saying he got to the school. I go get my stuff from my locker and leave. I text Sydeny the whole way home. I told my dad what happened. He was pissed. He started crying too. I had never seen him this angry. I got home and ran to my room. I immediately fell onto my bed and started crying. I deleted every picture I had with Dex and Em. I blocked them on everything. I never wanted to see them again. I called Sydeny after school. She made me feel better. "Raven I have to tell you something." she says. I asked her what she needed to tell me. "My brother is the janitor at the school. He saw Emma and Dex walk into school from the back of the school yesterday at lunch." she said. I was shocked. Me and Sydeny talked for hours. I cried myself to sleep. I didn't bother to go to school the next day. All I did was lay in bed and cry. I lost my best friend and my boyfriend in the same day.