The stories in my flesh (Sequel to scars)

Part 40

"I got in trouble with the manager yesterday." I whisper to Alice. She fries her hands from washing the dishes and I start to fix them. "Why?" She asks looking my way. "Brittney and her friends." Alice frowns, "They were here again?" I nod my head yes.

"They're so annoying. I swear! Why can't they go to another place? Why come here?" She says clenching the towel she was drying her hands with. "Because she knows we work here." I say with a sigh. "Unfortunately they'll keep coming because they know it bothers us." Alice is right, they're going to keep coming they're going to keep bothering me.. Bothering her.

"What did she do though?" She asks, "I accidentally tripped and spilled coffee on her. The thing is I don't think it was an accident, I'm pretty sure one of them tripped me. And then of course Brittney made a HUGE deal about it. She started to scream and insult me, the manager came and he freaks out on me Nick stood up for me though." I say, her mouth forms an 'o'.

"Nick is a good guy. He cares about you alot. I can tell." She says I nod because it's true. He cares about me, even though he's been acting weird with me I know he cares. "Do you two date or-?" I cut her off before she finishes her sentence. "No, no! No. We are just friends, Anthony and I, well we are together."

"Anthony? Like Anthony smith?" I nod, "Oh yeah. So are Yall dating?" I shake my head no because we aren't officially dating but we kind of are right? "We are together. I find it surprising he loved me even though I was away."

"I remember when Anthony found out you have left the town. He was devastated, he stopped talking to everybody he didn't even care about anything anymore. He closed himself to the whole world. And I remember how many rumors there was."Oh, poor Anthony. I wonder if he believed all those rumors?

"What kind of rumors?" Do I really want to know the rumors? She looks at me unsure whether she should tell me or not, finally she speaks. "Some said you killed yourself and your parents decided to take your body away to some other place so nobody would find out. Others said you were pregnant and your parents were so ashamed they took you away, then some said you simply ran away." Dead? Pregnant? Ran away? Is that really what they all thought? Anthony must've felt terrible hearing all those horrible things.

"The rumors only lasted a few weeks or so, because after that I was the only thing people would talk about." Oh, the Alice rumors. She must've noticed my face expression, "It's okay though." But it's not okay and she knows it. "Rumors suck." She says, "They're fake and hurt people." I say and she nods in agreement. She clears her throat trying to change the subject, "It's lunch time, I'm going to get something to eat want to come?"

"No thank you, I'm going to stay here." She takes off her apron and puts it on a chair. "Okay, well I'll see you in a bit." She says walking out the kitchen. I finish fixing the kitchen dishes and cups.

As I walk out to see if Nick wants to eat with me I see he's not at the cash register. I sit on a stool beside his place and tap my pen looking around the cafe and waiting. He probably went to the bathroom, or maybe he went for a walk again.

After waiting for minutes I get tired of waiting that I walk out the cafe. My heart falls to my stomach when I see Nick talking to Macy. Macy. Macy Cottle! She's flipping her hair in a flirty way and Nick is just looking at her. I can't hear what they're saying but she's smiling .. Grinning. And I know that smile and that grin. Is the same grin she did to Anthony, it's her way of saying "I'm pretty and I can have you." What's her plan anyways? To take both Anthony and Nick away from me? I feel a sudden wave of argerness. Why would he talk her? Does he know who that poisonous snake dressed like a girl is? I don't think so. I step up but I stop myself. I simply walk back in the cafe.

I sit on a table and lay my head on the table. I stare at the wall until it becomes blurry. A tear falls from my eyes, my dream is coming true. What's next? Anthony? I close my eyes and take deep breaths because my heart seems to be beating so fast.

The cafe door opens and I get tempted to see who it is but I don't move or open my eyes. I stay there quietly with my eyes closed. Why is there always something that stops me from being happy? Why do people like to make me sad? I mean seriously, why does Macy need to talk to Nick? She doesn't even know Nick. So why talk to him?

And I'm sad.. Again. Maybe Brittney is right, I am pathetic. My life is pathetic. "Are- are you okay?" I open and see Nick in front of me. "Yeah." I lie. "You don't look okay. You've been laying your head there for minutes, what's wrong? Is it Anthony?" and I'm almost relieved he asked me if I'm okay. Because he's finally talking to me, like he used to days ago. "No, it's not him. I'm just tired." I bite my tongue so I won't ask him what he was doing with Macy. I want to know, but that's none of my business.