A Typical Teen Love Story

Chapter 6: Scissors and Glue

I quietly followed Mrs. Y into the classroom, not wanting to lock eyes with the boy that had broke my heart.

"Everything...it's all destroyed!" said Mrs. Y shocked. 

"Yeah, I think someone came in here! Josh and I just came to pick up some stuff and the doors were open..." covered William. 

"Yeah, I came looking for you to tell you that Amanda still needs a form for homeroom..." I lied. 

Josh just looked at me in pure disbelief. 

"Okay, so none of your guys know what's going on?"

"No, I'm sorry..." we all said in unison. 

"Okay, we'll have to phone the police!"

She rushed off to her office. 

As soon as the door shut, I quickly walked out of the band room because I could feel the tears start to fall.  How was I such a fool? He was pretending to date me and I just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that I fell for his fake charm.  How much of an idiot was I? I felt like the stupidest person in the entire world.  To josh, I was just a pawn in his little game of chess.  I felt hurt, betrayed, and I just wanted to crawl into a bawl and cry.

I continued to walk, trying to run away from anything that could follow me. I soon heard someone calling my name. "Shit..." I muttered under my breath.  I turned and William was running behind me. 

"Hey Megan, so how much of that conversation did you hear?"

"The whole thing..."

"Look, I'm sorry Josh is such an ass, and you had to figure it out like that, but I really do think that he does have genuine feelings for you, they're just hidden by the fact that he has the bet thing..."

"Yeah, but still! If that's the reason he wanted to get together with me, then we should just break it off, that way we both end up losers! Tell your asshole of a friend to get the hell out of my life!" 

William stopped following me as I walked into the school.  As I got halfway to my locker, I could feel more tears start to well up in my eyes.  I was the biggest idiot in the entire world for falling for Josh.  The fact that some of his friends knew he was playing me, made me hate myself more.  I wanted to break down and cry.  There were less people in the hallways, thank God.  I kind of wanted someone to see me cry.  I needed someone to tell me that everything was going to be okay.  I wanted my friends to be here so we could bash on Josh together.  I decided to hold my composure.  No one in highschool was ever nice enough to care for someone crying in the hallway.  I made it to my locker before a tear could fall down my face.  Jessa, my locker buddy, was there with Leo, her boyfriend. 

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm good..."

"You sure?"

"Yeah..."

"Hey, if you need to vent or anything, I'm totally here for you! Just message me!"

She walked off with Leo and then disappeared around the corner. They were so perfect together.  It was all I ever wanted.  I just wanted the perfect relationship.  I thought Josh could give that to me.  Before all this, Josh and I were just like that.  Because we could both essentially drive, we stayed afterschool a bit and hung out with each other.  We would walk endlessly around the school talking for what seemed like forever but was really just a half hour. People often complimented us, telling us how cute we were together.  I used to believe that.

I looked at all the photos in my locker and ripped them off. I coudn't stand to see Josh in my locker.  The pictures of us together that I once thought were cute.