Unfaithful

Chapter 9: Amy

Rehearsals seem like a dream. I dance fine, not amazing but not badly either, and no one comments on it. I avoid everyone like the plague and by the end of the day me and Piper are barely speaking. I guess there's only so many times you can ignore your best friend before they get tired of you. I know what she's saying is important and I know I should listen, but I just can't focus today.

She still lets me grab a ride home with her and her mom, which I appreciate. Her mom notices somethings up - she's Deborah, of course she does - but she doesn't push it. When I get out of the car, I hear her telling Piper to be nice. I don't blame Piper though, of course she's fed up of me. Piper loved the 0% club, we were everything to her. And I tore us all apart. Piper never got it. She never got why me and Sloane fought over LaTroy. From the second he asked me out, we did. I guess it just got too much in the end. Me and Piper stopped speaking as much in the end. She talked to Sloane instead of me, and I talked to Cassie instead of her. We're still friends, but the slightest thing starts a fight. Not that my behaviour today was slight.

When I was finally able to escape my mum's excited rant, I got into bed, curled up under the covers and processed the day. I've had a lot of bad days recently, but today tops them all.

"Are you sure they're just... acquaintances?" I still can't believe I said that to Richelle. I mean, what an awful thing to say to someone. Just because I'm heartbroken doesn't mean I should hurt others. And I know the apology didn't help. She's still upset, she's still going to be thinking about what I said. I still think I'm right, though. Acquaintances don't hug like that. Maybe friends... but Noah barely knows Jacquie.

I know I'm just being paranoid. I'm unhappy, so deep down I want others to be unhappy. That conversation today with LaTroy hurt. He wants to be friends. Friends. I can't believe he seriously thinks we can be friends. After everything he did, after the lies he told. He told me he loved me, then dumped me for Sloane. I should have seen it coming, but still. It hurt.

I grab my phone from my bedside table and plug it out. I open messages and consider texting Piper, but I know she won't answer. Instead, I call Cassie. "Hey Ames, what's up?" I didn't expect her to pick up, but I'm glad she did. She's one of my only friends right now, and the only one I can really talk to about this whole mess with Piper and LaTroy. No one else would understand - most people wouldn't even know what I was talking about. "A lot, if I'm honest" I reply, sighing. "Tell me everything" Cassie says firmly.