Love Me For Me

Chapter 6

Katie spend the night for three and a half weeks before her parents forced her home, and then I spent the night for a month, and then my Dad forced me home, and Katie's parents refused to let the cycle continue, so I stayed home and she stayed home.

Now, I'm walking into school.

You would think that now that i'm back, things would just go back to normal, but they're not. Sure, the bullying is gone and school is normal, but my mind just won't stop. I've been hit on by so many guys now because I guess I talk more, but I reject every one of them.

My mind just won't stop going back to Tyler.

I won't lie when I say that I keep saving photos off of his Facebook.

Katie completely transformed mine. She put this thing on it that tells who checks my Facebook all the time.

Ty checks it every single day, so Katie makes sure to post photos and everything.

Apparently, she put the thing on her Facebook too, she Tyler also checks her Facebook

I walk to my first period. Katie sits down next to me when I sit down.

My crush since preschool, the guy who I still think is hot, is also in my class. His name is Caleb Hassis.

He walks in and puts his things down. When the bell rings, he walks up to the front of the class.

Everyone knows I like him.

Including him.

I've gone to school with these people my whole life.

Everyone knows where everyone lives at this school, everyone knows everyone at this school, and all the freshmen are our friends.

We're not a typical high school.

Katie is sitting next to me.

I glance down at my phone for a moment to check the time, and when I look up, everyone is quiet and Caleb is looking right at me.

"Hey Megan?" Caleb says. I raise my eyebrows.

"Yeah?" I ask.

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

Katie almost shits herself.

I freeze.

Memories of me obsessing over him along my childhood ring through my head, and I open my mouth to tell him yes, but then Ty's face appears in my mind.

And I can't do it.

I've wanted this guy to ask me out my entire life, but suddenly, I don't.

I don't like him anymore.

I dont want to.

So, slowly, I shake my head.

"I can't Caleb. Sorry."

he looks shocked.

A few people that knew I was going to say yes look shocked.

Katie looks like she's going to spit in my face.

Caleb nods. "Okay." he says quietly. "Wel if you change your mind..." he trails off and walks back to his seat.

My Trig teacher clears his throat.

"Okay class-"

"Excuse us!" Katie says. She stands up and rips me out of my seat, knckin the desk over with me. I pick up the desk and let her drag me out of the classroom.

She slams the door.

"Are you fucking nuts!" she yells at me.

She's clearly doing this to let Caleb hear.

I sigh.

"Meg, you've been obsessed with him since you were fucking four. When did it suddenly change? The guy you've wanted your whole life just asked you out! You said no. Why? What the hell changed?"

I sigh.

"I don't know." I whisper, sliding down the wall.

The window isn't covered. She's standing right in front of it. Her head follows me to the floor.

"It's Ty." she whispers.

I shut my eyes.

"I don't know, Katie. I just don't feel right. I just haven't felt right my entire life. I don't know what to do, dude. I don't know."

"It's Ty, Megan." she says. "You want Ty."

"I do not want Ty."

"Megan!" she yells, roughly yanking me up off the floor. "Ever since you met him, he's all you fucking talk about! If you don't believe me, go through our texts. You check his Facebook every day. You save pictures of him!"

"So I'm a stalker." I snap. "Dammit Kate, lay the fuck off!"

"No!" she yells at me. "No, I'm not going to lay off. You aren't you! You miss him! Just admit it, Megan. You fucking miss him!"

"I don't know him, Katie."

"Then go back to New York."

"I don't want to. I fucking hate New York, I'm happy here, I just feel wrong."

"It's Ty. Admit it. What made you say no? You started to say yes. What stopped you?" she snapped.

"Just say it, Megan. It's going to give you relief."

And I snap.

"Fine! Fine, it's fucking Ty!"

She lets out a slow breath.

"Thanks. Let's go." she grabs my arm and yanks me back into the classroom.

"Caleb, Megan still thinks your hot, but she's going through some issues with this guy from New York."

Caleb nods. "I understand."