No Reason But Us

Chapter 36 : I'm Sorry, Romeo

A few days passed, and Oddey stayed in school. She walked down the halls to the female's dorm building, while she was on the phone with Gage because he was on his way to his home, "Sorry, I didn't see you before I left. I was in a hurry to leave and..." he said to her.

"It's fine, I understand," Oddey replied to him. "I was in the middle of a class."

"What are you doing now?"

"I'm just going to my room. I feel tired, I had a long day."

"Alright, you should rest. Anyway, I'll talk to you again later. I miss you, Juliet," he told her.

The girl felt very giddy to hear him say that, so she took a deep breath to calm down, "Is that what we should call each other now?" she asked.

"Well, you are my Juliet," he flirted.

"Okay, I miss you too, Romeo." Oddey put down the phone and was about to go inside the building.

"Well, isn't that sweet?" someone scoffed behind her.

Oddey turned around, and it was the disgruntled friend and aspiring actress, "Oh, hi, Courtney," she exasperated.

Courtney went to her; she was glaring, and her arms were crossed. "I don't trust you."

"You know what, I'm exhausted, I don't want to deal with this." The art student wanted to walk away, but the bitter actress grabbed her elbow.

"I'm not done."

"Alright, then let go of me!" Oddey managed to break free from the tight grip.

"Gage has been my best friend since we were little. I did everything for him because I love him," Courtney told her, while Oddey reluctantly listened. "But he loves you... a lot."

"I'm sorry that..."

"I'm not finished!" Courtney snapped, which made Oddey close her mouth shut and continue hearing her out. "So you better listen to me carefully. If you hurt him, I swear, I will ruin your life."

Oddey didn't say anything and just looked the bully in the eyes.

"Hey, that's enough." Rita came in time to have her best friend's back and pushed Courtney away to back off because she saw that her best friend was being harassed by her. "Leave her alone. What's your problem?"

"What? We're just talking," Courtney replied sarcastically, then glared at Oddey in the eyes. "Right?"

"Right," Oddey answered. Instead, it was not because she was afraid. It was because she didn't want the situation to escalate any further.

Once the hater walked away, Rita checked on her best friend. "You okay? Gosh, she is such a bitch," she grunted.

"Yeah, yeah, I am," Oddey answered, yet she was a bit shaken up from it, so her bestie hugged her to comfort her.

"Come on, let's go to our room."

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In the Munro house, Marie was alone in the house. She sulked and bawled her eyes out in the dining area, reading the comments about her and her husband. All the insults in the book were given to them online and in person.

Gage arrived, and before going inside his home, he saw all the terrible things that the neighbors did in their front yard. Writing all the horrible names with spray paint. "Oh! Look at that. The bastard," a neighbor hollered.

"What did you say?" Gage groaned and glared at the person as he went closer to him in the middle of the road.

"Baastaaard." The person repeated what he said in a mocking tone. "You know, I know a guy your mother must be interested in if she gets lonely. By the way, he ain't free."