Needed me

CHAPTER 2 - Ethan

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KIMBERLY'S POV
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Second day in Calibridge high made me miss my mother a lot more. She's not really the 'best mother in the world', she's more of a trying her best type of mother. But I'll always appreciate her.

Walking into my new classroom, Geography, I spot a couple familiar faces, or just two.

The guy I bumped into! And — Oh wow — the attractive guy.

I take a seat at the very back as it was the last one left.

"Good morning class. Welcome to—" My mind dazed off as the teacher started talking. All I was focusing on was Mr. Handsome a couple seats in-front of me. Time passes quickly while focusing on such a beauty. Ew, what the hell?
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After the class, I took out my tiny mirror attached to my phone case to check how I looked. "Gosh, school air." I mumbled. Suddenly, I bump into someone's back. What's with me bumping into everyone?

"You following me?" He starts. I grimaced, I didn't even realize the hot guy was in-front of me. Though, I was mesmerized by his voice. He talked so smoothly it seemed effortless. My heart raced with anticipation.

"Uh.. I—"
"Listen, I don't have time for this. You need something?" He crosses his arms. His body was facing me but he wasn't even looking at me.

"Well, I didn't even—" I stumbled over my words, trying to explain myself before being rudely interrupted.

"Cool." He walks off.

Now what the fuck?

His rejection to absolutely nothing hit me like a sudden wave of cold reality. The confident way he talked made my cheeks burn with embarrassment, and I felt weirded out.
But the thing is, I didn't even mean to bump into him.

As I walked away, I couldn't help but replay the moment in my mind, wondering what I could have done differently.
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11:08 p.m

Mom💞: Hey baby. Sorry I didn't message you yesterday. I was so busy with work! How about you? How was school? Text me back A.S.A.P! xox

You: hey mom. school's alright, just finished my classes & i'm in my dorm room, anyways i'm doing alright so far

Mom💞: That's great honey! Have you made any friends? Who's your roomie? Is she cool?

You: not that many... my roomie's called tia, she's dope. but anyways u should rest it's late. goodnight i love u mom.

Mom💞: Aww baby, alright alright! Goodnight my love, I love you so much. Sleep well. Call me tomorrow! xox.

I smile at my mom's text message and scroll through Instagram. I notice a new notification a couple hours ago that I haven't read.

"Ethann_ has requested to follow you."

I click on 'Ethan's' profile to try and stalk him, but his account's private. I accept his request and request to follow him back. I shut my phone and look over at Tia, who's reading a book.

"What're you reading?" I start
"The love hypothesis."
I giggle at the thought of Tia reading a love story, how can a gothic girl read such stories. Cutting that thought off, I might as well use Tia's experience in this school to find out about the popular guy.

"Hey Tia?" She looks up at me. "Do you know that one really attractive guy's name? Like — tanned, buzzcut, kinda tall, and certainly very-"
"Oh my god don't tell me you're talking about Ethan Munõz."

I gasp at the name. Ethan! He was the guy who just requested to follow me. But how did he find my account? He doesn't even know my name, at least I think so.

"Uh, I think?" I sit up on my bed, excited to hear about him. Tia scoffed and looked at me dead serious, "I fucking hate him. He's a whore."

My eyebrows furrow at Tia, why didn't she like him? Is he a basic fuck-boy? All my hopes crashed down because I thought I could've had one of those high-school relationships.
"What did he do to you?" I ask.

"Oh come on, what didn't he do? I know you're not that oblivious Kimberly. He just looks like he can ruin your life, and he certainly did ruin mine." Tia rolls her eyes, as if she's remembering something.

I stare at her confused, "You still didn't tell me what he did."

She gets up and walks over to my bed, extending her arm out to me. "Get up, if you wanna hear the story then we might as well go to the cafeteria or something. It's a long story."

I gladly accept.

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"Wait so you guys dated for a whole year and he was cheating on you? That's fucked up!" I blurted.

"I know right! And the thing is, I had to find out the hard way too, I walked in on his fling naked in the bathroom. God knows what happened to her that night." She whispers.

I laughed and continued eating my donut, I can't imagine Tia and the fuck boy dating. "Wait so, why'd you even date him if you know he's a player?" I ask.

"You won't get it till you experience it, and I'm not saying you should! He was just really good at manipulating me into falling for him. You know, I'm still partially not over him." She rambles, "If you told me he wanted to apologize and get back with me genuinely, I wouldn't hesitate."

I finish my donut and sip on some water. Well, if he was really that bad, maybe I shouldn't have requested to follow him.
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END OF CHAPTER 2
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