Our lives

T w e n t y - O n e

~ Katie ~

Losing him was blue like I've never known

Missing him was dark grey all alone

Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met

But loving him was red

"Katie?" An unsure voice said from the doorway. I sighed as I looked away from the ocean view, and into Adam's warm blue eyes.

"Hey" I whispered slightly, cringing at how pathetic I sounded.

"It's okay to cry, you know. Tears remind up we're alive," He said quietly, gazing at my face.

And that, well, broke the dam.

Next thing I know, I'm tucked into a small ball, nestled against Adam's comforting embrace, crying my heart out.

It was my entire fault, really. I should have stepped out of the trance, reminded myself of the revenge, and how it was Flynn Hue we were talking about.

But I didn't.

"Please. Tell me what you happened. You won't tell me, and that worries me," He whispered, resting his head on mine.

"Don't worry, I'm fine" I sniffled, almost laughing at how untrue it was.

I'm fine...Lies. I'm not fine; I'm not fine at all.

I'm coping...Lies. I can't cope with this pain.

I'm not hung up about him...Lies. I am, I am and it hurts.

I don't miss him...Lies. I miss him so much its kind of pathetic.

Don't worry...Lies. Please, I just need someone to hug me and tell me it's going to be okay.

I'm okay...Lies. I'm not okay.

"You're clearly not. You've been cooped up in your room, you turned down surfing...I could go on and make a list, but I won't"

"It's just," I started, taking a shaky breath before continuing "I wish I could rewind time and fix everything"

There was a moment of silence, and I sighed to myself.

"What, exactly, happened?" He asked slowly, as if choosing his words carefully.

"Dyl...He caught me at a bad time" I whispered, feeling a pang in my chest as I thought of his face. The way his eyebrows scrunched together in confusion, the way his mouth slowly formed an "o" shape, the way his eyes...God, his eyes...turned the darkest shade of blue, an unreadable colour.

Adam looked down at me, raising an eyebrow at how that bad that sounded. I flushed and quickly corrected myself "No, no, I wasn't cheating on him. It was just...Flynn's work"

"God Katie what did you do?" He groaned, familiar with the whole You-mess-with-us-I-will-take-revenge-on-you-Flynn.

"I punched Jason"

"You what?" He gasped, pulling me away at shoulder length, inspecting my face.

"I punched Jason" I repeated.

"I know what you said but...seriously."

"I told you...didn't I." I said in confusion, briefly remembering the time when Dylan (God, Dylan) and I came back from our date, informing Adam I had punched someone.

"You said, and I quote, 'I punched a random guy named Jason who cheated on Clari'. How was I supposed to know you punched...well, Jason"

"Random guess?" I said feebly, looking down and slowly curling back into a ball.

"And let me guess, Flynn was the reason you got detention, which somehow resulted in you looking like you were kissing him. Which Dylan got fooled into believing"?

"You guessed right," I said, my voice muffled.

"Oh, Katie" He sighed sympathetically, once again holding me in his arms.

I closed my eyes for a moment, but opening them again when I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I snapped my head up, and whipped my phone out of my pocket, hope flaring inside me at the thought of maybe, just maybe, it was Dylan calling.

Clarence

"Oh hey! What's going on-?"
"Does Dylan hate me?" I asked breathlessly, cutting her off.

Adam raised an eyebrow slightly as I pulled away from him, and started pacing around the room, chewing my fingernail nervously.

"Whoa! Calm your farm. One, what did you do," Something I wish I never did – Fall in Flynn's trap. "Two, trust me, Dylan would never hate you" Trust me, he could.

And so, I ranted. I ranted, about how stupid I was, to fall into Flynn's sneaky little trap, how upset I was, the way Dylan just turned his back on me and never looked back, how angry I was at Flynn and Jason, for starting all this.

"...And so I don't know what to do" I finished, looking up to the ceiling from my current position on the bed.

"I swear you are on Home and Away and I'm the awkward, supporting best friend who just ends up annoyingly nosy...Anyway that aside, where did all the drama come from"

"I told you," I sighed, looking around the room and just realizing Adam had left the room "If you mess with Flynn or Jason, you're going to pay for it"

"Well, Dylan looks pretty hurt so maybe wait a bit before apologizing. Meanwhile, have a hot chocolate and watch some movies. Generally I would come over to see you but I reckon you need some time after such a day"

"Yeah, that sounds good. See you" I hung up, blowing a strand of hair from my face. I looked to my right slightly and stared at the tearstained faced girl, her blonde hair a mess, her whole self looking just generally tired and heartbroken.

"That's it," I said quietly to myself, a spark of anger in my chest.

First, Jason goes ahead and breaks Clarence's heart, and then Flynn twists things around to get Dylan hurt by me.

I had enough with this hurting.

I had enough of Flynn and Jason's stupid little revenge.

I had enough.

And so I calmly went into the bathroom, cleaning myself up before entering my bedroom again, getting out a notebook and a pen from my abandoned school bag on the floor before sitting down at my desk with a clear mind.

Why not give these two jerks a taste of their own medicine.

Revenge.