Living With A Melody

Chapter 2

The final bell rang for school, and we got out of the building. 

"Shit, I fucking hate Mr. Hendrick, he's too strict. Like I sneezed, and he told me that he hated his job anyway, and I should shut up. Like, I can't control whether I sneeze or not!" said Jack.

"Yeah, he's mean. I'm sorry, Jack." I said.

"It's fine. At least I've got an amazing best friend like you." said Jack, I laughed. 

"Heyy, Jake, is it ok if I stay Ari for a second? Ok, thank you, byeeee!" said Liv, coming over to me. 

"Uh, my name is Jack!" screamed Jack, correcting Liv, but she ignored him. 

Liv sighed, and started talking with anger in her voice, "Jeremy has been looking at literally every girl, biting his lip. He barely even talks to me, but when he does, he is so charming and flirty. GAH! He's so annoying but cute at the same time!"

I sighed, "I'm sorry, Liv. He was acting weird and looking at me, as you know today, as well. I have a bad feeling with him"

"It's fine, Ari. Maybe he's just trying to make me jealous. Aaaanyways, bye, bestie!" said Liv, and ran off. 

As I walked to my car, I saw Chad over there. He smiled when he saw me. 

"Hey, babe. How was your day?" he asked, kissing my forehead. 

"It was good, how was yours?" I asked, putting my arms around his neck.

"Better now, since I saw you." he said, resting his forehead against mine. 

"So, uh, Imma go hang with the boys tonight. Is that ok?" he asked. 

"You've been hanging out with them a lot lately." 

"Is that a problem?"

"No, no, of course not. By all mean, have fun." 

"Thanks. Call me tonight, we need to talk."

"Is there a problem? Are you alright?"

'"No... it's just... ah, never mind. I guess it's not that important."

"If you say so. Anyway, I have to go, bye, babe." I said, pecking his lips, then getting in my car.

That was a little weird. Is there something that he isn't telling me? Is he cheating? No, he wouldn't do that. He gets extremely jealous when I'm with other guys, he wouldn't cheat.

***

When I got home, my mom was there on the couch waiting for me.

"Hey, Mom. What's up?" I asked, setting my bag on the couch.

"I was just on the phone with Amaya's mother. I'm guessing you know who Amaya is?" said my mom.

"Uh, how do you know Amaya's mother?" I asked.

"I work with her now. She's a nice lady, anyway... She told me how mean you've been to Amaya lately. Ari, I didn't raise you like that. What has gotten into you?" asked my mom, with sadness in her eyes.

"Mom, what are you talking about? I haven't done anything to Amaya!" I said.

"Her mother says otherwise! You've been bullying Amaya since her first day!" said my mom.

"No! Amaya has been bullying me! I haven't done anything to her!"

"So, it wasn't you who spilled her coffee on her a week ago, and didn't apologize for it, in fact, laughed on it?"