I woke up the next morning to my alarm going off at 7am. Today was the day I was going to tell JJ my news. The nerves were eating me alive. Trudging into the bathroom, I took a quick shower. I changed into my black school skirt, my white shirt, blue and black stripy tie and my horrible blue blazer. If there was one thing I hated about school it would be the uniform. My mum had applied for me to go to a school up in Manchester and they would be sending the documents very soon to tell us both if I had got in. I ran downstairs, tripping over the last step. Grabbing a small slice of toast, I picked up my school bags and headed for the door.
"Hold on a second" my mum shouted.
I stopped, one foot out of the door.
"This arrived this morning, have a good day at school"
Handing me a letter in a brown scrappy envelope, my mum walked back into the kitchen. I started to walk down the pathway to school, humming along to Taylor Swift 'Love Story'. It had always been one of my favorite songs.
I walked up the pathway of school to be greeted by two of my close friends Sarah and Danielle. They both went to riding club with JJ and I, we all really got along. I know you're probably thinking that JJ hangs around with a lot of girls but he doesn't, he has lads as friends too. We all walked to first lesson together. When the bell rang and we had a break, I made my way to my locker to open the letter that my mum had handed to me this morning. I ripped the enveloped open to see a fancy school logo. I knew what was coming. The letter read:
"Dear Miss Smith, Thankyou for your enquiry about your daughters access to our school. We have received Megan's reports and grades and we are very pleased. We would be thrilled to offer her a place at St Martin's and we are certain that her light will shine very brightly here. She will be starting on Monday the 28th January. I will look forward to seeing you then"
I didn't know if to smile or cry. I just looked down. A tear made a stain on the piece of paper. Sarah caught me.
"Hey, hey, hey don't cry baby, whats wrong?"
I had no choice. She would find out sooner or later. I told her everything, about the move and about how tough it was going to be for me to tell JJ. Sarah listened to me and was extremely sympathetic. After showing her the letter, she realised how real it was.
"Go and tell him, go! hurry!"
I threw the letter into my locker, slammed the door and ran for the courtyard where JJ normally hangs around.
Little did I know that the letter had fallen down out of my locker and onto the floor in the corridor. It was now in the hands of the wrong person.
Bethan Sproston was the school bully and she hated me. Everyone in the school knew that she had a massive crush on JJ and saw me as a threat to her being happy with him. She tried everything in her power to ruin mine and JJ's friendship. She had failed many times but maybe this time she might succeed.
When I arrived in the court yard, I found JJ talking with Bethan. She was showing him a piece of paper. Her blonde hair blowing in the wind and her big blue eyes fluttering at him. How desperate can someone be? I didn't want to interrupt. I saw his face getting upset and I wondered what she was showing him. I turned around, I could always catch him a lunch.
When I walked into my English class, the room went silent and everyone turned to look at me. Bethan was sat at the back with her two followers Vicky and Kyra. They were sniggering.
Danielle beconed me to go and sit with them. I started to walk over when Sean shouted.
"I've heard St Martins is an incredible school, you'll love it"
I turned to stare at him.
"How do you know about that?"
"Jessie told me"
I turned to look at Jessie.
"Hannah told me"
I glared at Hannah.
"Chloe told me"
Slowly the train went back and lead to one person. Bethan. I should have known.
"Right class, settle down! Megan what are you doing? sit down this instant!"
I sat down and the lesson began. I couldn't concentrate. If the whole class knew, then JJ would know. I needed to find him. English dragged on for 2 hours and I had never been so eager to get out of the classroom. I ran down the corridor to try to find JJ, dipping and diving past the younger children in the school.
"Oh Megan....." said an intimidating voice from behind me.
I turned to see Bethan stood waving a piece of paper in her hand. I could see the Burgundy logo of St Martins school.
"Why?? How??"
"Fell out of your locker....want it back?" she said holding it out.
I went to grab it but she snatched it away,
"na, ah, ah no snatching"
"Give it me you stupid bitch"
"So where are you moving to then?" she asked.
"Manchester....St Martins school, now just give it me back"
"So it is true..." a small voice said from behind me.
I saw JJ stood, looking as upset as ever.
"I was going to tell you but I....."
"You just thought you'd tell the rest of the school before me"
"It's not like that, I...."
" I thought we were friends, I thought you could tell me anything"
"I can and I was going too..."
"Forget it Meg, I'm sick of your lies, leave me alone, I don't want anything more to do with you"
Bethan dropped the letter in front of my face and strutted towards JJ. She gave him a hug and dragged him off. I crouched down and grabbed the letter bursting into tears, leaning against the locker and making it a soggy mess. Someone coughed above me. I looked up to see Sarah and Danielle looking at me with their arms dangling down as a helping hand to pull me up.
"We saw" Sarah said.
"I swear when I get hold of that bitch imma...."
"Do nothing" I replied.
"What?!?" they both said simultaneously.
"He was gonna find out anyway, he doesn't want anything more to do with me, may-aswell just leave it"
I walked away. I hope the girls knew that I just wanted to be alone.
The rest of the day seemed to drag. I walked into the house and burst into tears, my mum running out to comfort me. I told her everything about what had happened and she didn't know what to say. For once in my life, there was nothing my mum could do to make it better. I'd lost him.
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Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forgetting
FanfictionHey! I'm Meg! JJ and I have been best friends since we were little, well that is until my mum got a job transfer and I had to move away. I never thought I'd see JJ again but sometime saying goodbye doesn't mean forgetting. This is a story about lov...