E.T. (A Neptune's Novel)

Chapter 4

        As I continue to run to Wendy’s, my heart beats together with the steps of my feet. I wonder if Bethany will understand. That I will never say anything like that to her because she’s my best friend. Only friend inside and outside of the school. I’m the only member of the school paper without that big crowd of friends. I only have one friend and I’m not going to let those asses ruin our friendship that lasted for 8 years until now. No way.

    Bethany is the only one who stick with me all those years. I know how she lived her life for the past years, I know her favorites and her dislikes. I know what kind of friend and personalities she likes about a person. Bethany loves lasagna so much. She used to buy lasagna once a week for her family. She loves the color green. She said it’s really Eco-friendly. She like classical music so much. She loves to play the violin and she’s also a bookworm like me. We used to borrow books at our little library back when we’re still in 5th grade.

    But then, Megan’s father fired Beth’s father. Her father works for a private company that makes the best ice cream in our town, which is owned by the father of Megan. He didn’t explain why he fired Bethany’s father. Just fired him like that. And that’s what started the war between their families. And that’s also why Bethany’s family can’t afford expensive things like before. I’m the only one who knows what really happened. Bethany’s not much of a talker when it comes to her father. Sometimes she would just cry because she remembers something about her family. She’s got a lot going on her. That’s why she’s this ‘always-happy-problem-free’ type of student in school.

   People smile, yes. But that doesn’t mean they’re happy. Smile can hide everything.But inside if feels like you’re going to die already. I know the feeling.

         Did I ever tell you that I had experience love already? I didn’t, right. No matter how hard I tried to move on and forget him I can’t. I see him everyday at school. He used to be this school’s geek. I’ve been trying to help him because everyone is teasing him. Bullying him. He experienced it.

    He wants revenge from everyone who tried to shame him back to those times. He wears this round-like glasses. That’s why everyone calls him ‘Harry Potter’ . He always cry to me, telling me what he feels every time they bully him. I’m his best friend. Only best friend. He used to smile at me every day, every minute and every second. He always pinches my cheeks because he thinks I’m too cute. I miss that old him. Not because it happened in the past doesn’t mean it’s so easy to forget. He the only one I loved with all my heart.

    What happened is this, He courted me for 3 months and after that I answered him ‘cause I loved him too. We spent our time together. There is no week that we won’t hang out, just the two of us.

     One time at school he was walking through the hallway to find his first class. The jocks, Matthew, Travis and the others starts to follow him. He noticed someone was following him and as he turned around they started the biggest prank they’ve ever done into a student.

    They spilled everything inside his backpack. He likes to draw stuffs. That time he brought his sketchpad. And guess what they did? That’s right. They tore everything. Every drawing was destroyed. They burned the others in front of him.

    Why did I knew what happened when I’m not even in the picture? He tried to call my name out loud as they all laughed. I am there, behind the lockers. Just so they won’t see me. He was crying already and someone was screaming ‘gay’ or ‘faggot’. They threw eggs and ketchup at him. And broke my heart so much that I didn’t get out from where I was hiding. I become afraid. Afraid of what they’re capable of. Afraid they might hurt me too. I became so selfish that I forgot that, that was my boyfriend.