Our broken promise

Now you care?

Athena's POV:

It's been 3 weeks since that night and I've avoided him like the plague. Not that it was hard cause he was avoiding me too.

But here I sat in my English class ignoring the pain deep in my heart as Ashton and Ashlynn are making out right beside me. At this point it's not the promise that is hurting me. It's the fact that she was my friend. And we were always close.

But I guess I didn't realize they were this close the whole time. And I think that's what hurts the worse.

"Psst hey I haven't seen you around here. What's your name?" I turned to meet the most gorgeous man I've seen so far. Not as gorgeous as Ashton.

"Athena! Nice to meet you! What's yours name?" I asked turning my body fully to face him.

"Colton. And hey I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask. Can I get your number? Maybe we can hang out sometime!" He said leaning forward a bit. Was I ready for that?

I looked back to see Ashton listening to our conversation while Ashlynn sucked on his neck. What a leach.

Pulling a piece of paper out I quickly wrote down my number  handing it to him.

"There you go! Text me anytime! I would love to hang out with you." I said making sure Ashton heard it.

Colton and I talked through out class before it was time for lunch. I took my time grabbing my stuff because I wanted to be as far away from Ashton as I could.

So after 15 minutes I finally entered the cafeteria and grabbed my food.

"Athena over here!" Lily yelled from our table but I could see his eyes scanning to find me.

I walked over with no intentions of sticking around.

"I'm actually gonna be eating outside today! Oliver promised to call me so I'm gonna spend time talking to him." I said giving a small smile and walking away. Well almost walking away before..

"So you was in my boyfriends room a couple weeks ago?" Ashlynn said standing up.

I turned and if looks could kill she would be on the ground.

"Yes I was. Not that I even had a choice. Maybe tell your boyfriend to not throw other girls over his shoulder and run to his room." I said sitting my tray down and walking closer to her.

"You have legs you didn't have to stay." She said taking another step closer.

"I told you once and I'll tell you again. I don't want your damn boyfriend. He's done enough damage." I said now standing face to face with her. I could see fear flash in her eyes as I was never one to stand up for myself.

"That's what they all say. But I know you. You only came back because of him. But he doesn't want you. He didn't want you then and he sure as hell don't want your fat ass now." She said making sure to turn to her friends laughing.

"Thank you for acknowledging that my ass is fat. I know you're jealous cause yours is flat. I can't help how he felt or how he feels. If he doesn't want me then the feelings mutual. Because like I just got out of my mouth. I do not want him. I only came back so my mother wouldn't be alone here. But I promise you that as soon as I Graduate I'll be going back." I said letting her see my anger.

"What's is like being an ugly Bitch?" She said and I saw red.

Throwing my fist back I hit as hard as I could in her face. And obviously it was hard cause she smacked the ground.

I bent down grabbing her hair and making her look at me.

"What's it like be a weak bitch?" I said before releasing her, grabbing my food, and walking out.
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The rest of the day was fine except for the constant stares and whispers when I walked out of class. People were even jumping out of my way as I walked past them. But apparently they weren't the only ones scared because walking towards me was Ashlynn and her friends.

Once they noticed me, all three quickly turned and ran the other direction.

I got to my locker to drop my stuff off before heading home when I was hit with a strong and tasty scent.

"What do you want Ashton?" I said knowing it was him.

"I didn't know you could hit like that. You're right I don't know you at all. But I would like to learn the new you." He said smirking at me.

"Yeah no I'm good. I will never go back down that road again." I said slamming my locker shut and walking away.

Obviously I didn't walk fast enough.

"Please just give me a chance. I'm sorry I broke the promise." He said with a more pleading look.

I stopped walking and turned to him.

"Ohhh so now you care? Ashton the only reason you want to is because you realized I'm not a weak person anymore. But I'm sorry that I'm not sorry. I am not going to ever be with you. And yes you breaking that promise was a deal breaker but what hurt worse was that it was with my best friend. You know the one who we was always around. The only person I trusted with you. But obviously I shouldn't have trusted either of you. Yes I know you didn't cheat on me, but y'all got together right after I left. That's a clear sign that you never really cared. So no Ashton I'm not giving you any chance to hurt me more than you already have."

And with that, I left. This was me regretting coming back. I should've stay in Australia where the pain wasn't there. I should've ignored him and found new friends. But here I am sitting on my balcony wishing that everything could just go away.

But that's life. It's always there to knock you off your feet.