My crush on the cheerleader (edited)

Chapter thirty four

For the last few weeks I've been seeing April but we hadn't made it official until around a week ago. At the moment I'm sitting on the sofa texting April whilst smiling. She'd made me feel a little better over the last few weeks.

"Hi, have you had any more messages from the stalker?" Marcus asked, coming into the room.

"Nope," I responded, popping the 'p'.

"Don't you think it's kind of weird?" Marcus replied, fiddling with a loose thread on his black long-sleeved jumper.

"What do you mean?" I questioned looking at him curiously.

"Well you know...ever since you've started dating April it's all stopped," he stated.

"So you're blaming my girlfriend?!" I exclaimed more out of shock than anger, I know things didn't go well for us at first but for her to stoop so low to physically hurt me and my ex-girlfriend seems completely irrational.

"More like suggesting that it could be...," He replied, his voice going higher at the end, "You and I both know it could be."

It did kind of make sense. April was in love with me, I rejected her then started dating Blair, April could be jealous. I need answers. Getting up from the sofa I started to run to April's house.

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Having forgotten that I'm a terrible runner I fell over a few times and am now out of breath with a stitch in my side. I should probably start running more.

Going up to April's front door I start to feel my anger rise. I started to pound on the front door, giving up on even trying to be patient.

"Woah Addison are you okay?" April asked once she'd opened the door.

Some rush of frustration and anger came over me, it's like I suddenly couldn't control my actions. My hand moved too fast. I hadn't realised I'd done it until it had happened. I tried to slap her, my hand missing by a millisecond. Snapping back into reality I looked at April in shock of what I'd done. My hands were shaking and tears of frustration came out my eyes. Why did I do that? That was unbelievably stupid even for me!

"What was that for?!" She demanded looking more hurt then when I told her I didn't like her in a romantic way. Why do I always mess everything up?

Pulling myself back together I remembered why I'm here.

"Why would you even have to ask that after everything you've done?" I exclaimed enraged.

April looked at me in confusion.

"I don't understand what I have done?" April asked calming down slightly.

"So you haven't been stalking me? Tormenting me for months?" I was confused. Have I got this wrong?

"No Addison I haven't!" April snapped "You're being stalked? Have you told anyone? Please tell me you've at least told the police." She sighed.

"Yeah, Blair, Marcus and the police but they haven't come up with anything. Well Marcus suggested that it could have been you," I replied slightly embarrassed from getting it wrong. More like mortified but I'm trying not to think about it.

"What about Tess? She's been busy lately and it could be anyone you might as well ask around," April suggested looking me up and down, her face pinched in annoyance and concern.

"I don't think Tess would do such a thing," I replied.

"And I would? You know what I've had enough of all this drama and you not trusting me we're over," April said before slamming the door in my face.

It didn't hurt much. I knew I could never truly love April. My heart has already been taken by Blair.

But right now I need to find Tess.

Then everything might finally make sense.