Drowning Desires

twenty three

Maura

I was naive to believe that Riley was someone who I could have had a future with. That he would be a perfect boyfriend I could bring home to my mum to make her proud.

I arrived at school on Tuesday. My head was throbbing, though I was in a good mood. I wasn't sure if that was due to Adrien's presence yesterday or the fact that I could hardly remember the past day.

Adrien and I walked into the school halls together, having left from the same place. I was giving Adrien a small silent treatment, only giving him short, clipped answers. I needed time to think, I wouldn't let myself fall into another toxic relationship. But that was so hard when all I thought about was how good Adrien felt, how safe it was to lay in his arms, how his mouth spoke only the perfect words, or the absolute worst.

Riley and his gang of losers ruined that good mood. I suppose he realised playing the nice guy wouldn't get me into his bed. The tormenting had finally began, the tormenting that I had so desperately wanted to avoid when coming to this school.

When I arrived at my locker, Tiffany and Jessii flanked me. Tiffany flashed me a pesky smile while Jessii remained still. I always assumed the dark haired girl was nicer than the others, she never tormented people, yet she never spoke up either.

"I heard that you and Adrien are dating now." Tiffany spoke between gritted teeth. I wanted to laugh in her face, so I did. "Are you jealous Tif." I said with a pout. She didn't need to know that Adrien and I were far from what she presumed.

"No, I've got my own boyfriend. Much better than the scraps that you picked up." Tiffany spoke as if she hadn't been crawling after Adrien since I arrived.

"Oh, who is he?" I asked, though I wasn't the least bit interested.

I turned towards my locker and started dialling in the code. "Hey babe." I heard a familiar voice drawl.

I turned around and found Riley was his arm around Tiffany, his lips pressed against hers. The sight nearly made me puke.

They both turned towards me, a smug smile settled on their faces. They couldn't honestly think I was jealous, could they?

"See, you aren't that special Maura. I can get what I want from anyone." Riley laughed. I raised a brow at Tiffany's smile, she had no idea that she was clearly being used, I almost felt bad for her.

"Oh no, Riley, I am incredibly upset and I'm going to go cry now. Bye." I said, my words short and empty of emotion. I pushed past them, my face entirely unbothered.

To be honest, I was most surprised by how long it took for the two to finally get together. They were clearly perfect for each other, more perfect than the what Adrien and I could ever be.

The first two periods of the day went at a snail's pace. My head hurt and so did my whole soul at this point.

When the break bell finally rang, I sighed from relief, desperate to be away from my boring history lesson.

I put my books inside my locker, just in time to spy Tiffany and Riley sucking each other's face off in the middle of the hall. I scrunched my face up in disgust, anyone else and I wouldn't have given two shits, but it being those two made my stomach curl.