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Chapter 14

Callie's POV:

As soon as I slap Talya, I knew I would have to pay for it. But in that instant, I didn't care. I don't care what she does to me, but slapping her in front of everyone was what she deserved.

I make my way over to the music room and pick up a guitar. I begin strumming the strings softly, creating a beautiful melody.

"Callie!" Brandon shouts, coming from no where, disturbing my moment of peace.

"Brandon, what are you doing?"

"I just saw you slap Talya, why the hell did you do that?" He asks furiously.

"She deserved it" I say quietly, not making eye contact.

"What did she do?" He asks softly, sitting down next to me.

"I don't want to talk about it"

"Callie please. If she did something to hurt you, I need to know. She's my girlfriend and you're my friend"

"Brandon I'm your sister"

"Not legally. Not yet at least. Now what did she do?"

I don't want to tell him about Liam, the only person that knows is Jude and he doesn't even know the whole part of it.

"Did she hurt you? Because I swear to god if she hurt you-"

"No Brandon, she didn't hurt me. She read my journal."

"You slapped her in front of everyone because she read your journal?" He asks confused.

"It wasn't just a journal! I wrote really personal stuff In there about when I was in the foster system and she went into my room and read it and now she's going to tell everyone!" I say on the verge of crying.

He gives me one last look before storming out of the room.

"Brandon! Where are you going!" I yell after him, but he's always far down the hallway and at Talya's locker.

"What the hell?!" He shouts at her. "Why would you read my sisters journal and tell all your friends about it?!" He asks furiously.

"Brandon I'm sorry! But I thought she was hiding something and I was right!"

By this time, students stopped walking by to watch the fight going on between the vice principal's son and his girlfriend.

"That's not an excuse. You had no right to do that to her!"

"Brandon please-"

"No Talya! You've done some pretty low things but this has got to be the lowest. I can't handle it anymore. We're over"

"But Brandon! What about homecoming!" she cries.

"Find someone else!" He says angrily walking away.

"Wait!" She cries after him, "ask her about Liam!"

He turns around and gives her one last worried look and then to me, but before he can say anything, I run off.