Don't Lie (Previously Bad Boys Never Change)

08. I'm So, So Sorry

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Teranian Isis College

Chloe

Free periods are never the most fun of times, especially when your two other friends have classes while you are basically roaming around aimlessly. I had another hour to go before school was over, and I had a choice between going to the library or just popping into a random classroom to study.

The library sounded fantastic.

I sighed loudly and shifted my bag, rolling my shoulders to loosen the stiffness in my joints. I trudged slowly to the library, ignoring the inquisitive stares of students inside their respective classrooms. They probably thought I was ditching class...

As I got to the library, I got out my books and set them down on one of the desks, whipping out a pencil to catch up on some of my homework. I took a look up at the grandfather clock ticking away in the corner, and huffed as I noticed the time. Hardly five minutes had even passed...

This was going to be a long hour.

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The bell signifying the end of school had taken a long time to chime, and I was about 400% done with school by the time I heard it. I grabbed my bag and swung it over my shoulder, flipping my ponytail and pushing in the chair a little noisier than I should have. The librarian shot me a nasty look but I didn't really care.

The hallways were full of mingling students, elated by the ending of the school day and excited for some free time to themselves. I took an alternate route to the exit because I knew that my preferred way out would be choke-full of people, and I wasn't really willing to battle the crowd just yet.

I mean, I was walking down an abandoned corridor, what's the worse that could happen?

As I journeyed pass the empty classrooms, I had this strange sensation of being watched. But there was no one around, so it must be my imagination. I was just being paranoid, right?

Wrong.

Rounding the corner, I was just about free of this nagging feeling when a pair of strong hands wrapped themselves around my waist and pulled me into a little hidden passageway behind a large pillar. It's really quite sad that I've been in this situation so many times that I could recognise who's hands were currently on me.

"Riley get off," I hissed, pushing at his hands and groaning when they tightened their grip. A low chuckle sounded in my ear, and the hot breath down my neck sent shivers running down my spine.

"Gladly, wanna help?" I scrunched up my nose in disgust at his openness, at the brashness in his tone. Riley just smirked at my reaction, running a single finger across the expanse of my jawline. I'd be lying if I said it didn't give me goosebumps.

"Please, let me go," I changed my tactics, if hostility and snarkiness wasn't going to work, then it was time to pull out the 'girl' card.

That didn't work either.

"Come on little bird, you've got to do better than that..." He began trailing tiny nips and kisses across my neck, making me flinch at every touch.

Dante...

His face was the first thing that came to my mind, and my stomach started twisting in guilt for some strange reason. We weren't dating or anything, so there was no legitimate reason for me to feel guilty. I still did, though.

I recalled every single smile, every single kind word or gesture. Was that enough to call love? I still wasn't sure.

"Why do you keep doing this?" my voice was weak and slightly watery, and I could feel the tears springing from the corners of my eyes. I didn't know why I was crying, it was just something about the whole situation with Riley and the confusion about my feelings with both him and Dante, something inside me just snapped. "Why do you keep doing this to me?"

The grip on my waist immediately loosened, and Riley took a few steps back and finally gave me some much needed space. I wiped at my eyes with the sleeve of my jumper, looking up at Riley even as I continued to sniff and sob. His eyes were softer than before, his bottom lip between his teeth and his brows furrowed in concern, what was this look? I'd never seen Riley look like this before...

As I gave another loud sniff, Riley's face crumpled and his eyes filled with pain.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean... I didn't mean to, I promise..." Riley's expression was completely different from before, and his eyes... I've never ever seen them look like that... "I didn't want to hurt you or make you cry... I won't do it anymore, I'm sorry!"

"On what planet, did you think that doing what you did to me would somehow be okay!" I snarled at him, shoving him against the opposite wall. His back hit the plaster with a thud, and he just continued to stand there, unmoving. Some deep part of me wondered if I had somehow hurt him, another, more shallow part of me just didn't care.

It was always an internal conflict when I was around him, I could never think straight and I was always thinking twice, never sure of anything I was doing. And even now, I wasn't sure if I was okay with that or not.

Tentatively, I moved closer to him, hoping to god that I didn't somehow miraculously break his spine of something. I gasped. Riley leaned forwards and rested his head on my shoulder-and since I was quite a bit shorter than him, he had to lean down quite a lot-and breathed heavily.

What was up with him? What was with this miraculous change in demeanour? Was it all another ploy?

"I'm sorry..." Again? "That day I kissed you, it was your first kiss wasn't it?"

How did he know? Was it my lack of experience? Was I a bad kisser?

"Yeah, yeah it was," I didn't know what made it slip out, but before I knew it I was crying once more. I felt my shoulders begin to shake, and I silently wondered if it was disturbing Riley.

"I'm regretting doing that to you now..." My mind spun, "I shouldn't have been the one to take that away from you..."

My head was really spinning now.

I heard footsteps approach where the two of us were currently standing, I gulped, I mean, we were kinda in a compromising position.

"What the?"

Riley's head whipped up, and the cold, menacing glare fixed upon his features had no remainder of the sweet, sad boy who was leaning on my shoulder mere moments ago. He raised his eyebrow and scowled, and I finally looked towards the person who had interrupted our little 'moment'.

"Chloe?"

Of course it had to be Dante.

Hey peeps XD Hows you all going? Hope you liked this chapter, a bit more of a drama increase from the previous one :P It took me a while but the end result was pretty worth it. Hope you enjoyed!

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Suki Desu <3

- Northie

Picture of Lacy (Crazy girl with crush on Dante) included!