The invisible string

BETTER THAN REVENGE

SCARLETT

"God this feels so nice, I wish I could stay here forever" I whisper as I move closer to him. I'm not even joking, this is so comfortable, cuddling might be my favourite thing to do. "Please don't ever leave me" I say to which he replies "I won't ever leave, you'll always be my priority and I'll always be by your side no matter what".

*ALARM BEEPS*

I reach my hand out to turn off the annoying alarm but it won't turn off, so I throw it on the wall. And there goes my favourite "traditional" alarm which my great-grandmother gifted me. I'm so fucking mad at myself, "Why do you keep dreaming of a person who cheated on you?" I say to myself in an irritated voice as I slam my face into the pillow.

I won't deny okay, I haven't moved on from him. It doesn't matter what he did to me in the past, I can't seem to forget him. Today marks the 29th day since I found out he cheated on me. I've grown an ick for guys in these past 29 days. I think you can never really hate the person you love but you can always feel disgusted by them.

I check the date and it's 20th June. We would've completed our 2nd anniversary today. I get up to get ready for school, I won't get too sad for a guy who doesn't even care enough to tell me that he lost feelings. The funny thing is he thinks I don't know anything about him whereas I know exactly who he's with. Moreover, I won't waste my senior year crying because of a cheater.

I pack 15 packets of glitter, 4 gallons of slime and lots of glue. Someone great once said, "You forgive, you forget but you never let it go". Take this sweet prank as my way of not letting him go. I walk out of my house and suddenly my grandma calls me.

"Have a good day sweetheart, best of luck for your math test today," she said and then she kissed my forehead.

"Thank you, I'll see you soon bye," I replied. I FORGOT I HAD A MATH TEST TODAY. I close my eyes trying to calm myself down and start driving. All the bad things are happening to me all at once. The finals are scheduled for the next week so it's not like I don't know how to solve math or anything but I didn't prepare the night before so I'm nervous. I talk to myself a lot, I have this habit of always thinking about everything to myself. my mind is like scrambled eggs, just replace the eggs with thoughts. Not only do I talk to myself but I also make my best friend Lily's ears bleed with my yapping.

I finally reached his apartment. I still have that bastard's apartment key because he forgot to take it from me. I take out all my stuff and go upstairs. "I really wish I could punch him and torture him to death but this is fine too," I say to myself. I open the packet of glitter and spread it around the apartment. His towel, sink, bed, curtains, and his favourite hoodie, all covered in a mixture of glue and glitter. I took the slime and I was about to put it on his laptop's keyboard and suddenly I realised that I knew his password. I can easily log in to his laptop so I do.

And then as always, a tear rolls down my cheek. Why do I always do things I know I might regret? He unblocked his ex whom I hated because she would always get too close to him. I should've known back then that he would definitely do this. "OKAY DAMN WOW", my eyes open wide and I'm literally so shocked? How can a guy replace his so called "love of his life" with someone who looks, talks and behaves similarly to his ex? The confidence this guy has to say that he doesn't like me anymore and then text my other twin wow.

I read the text aloud, he replied to her story saying, "You're the prettiest girl I've ever seen, how are you still single?", and they talked a little bit but still wow. He said the same things to me when he was trying to win me over, I'm flabbergasted, he is literally texting my clone. I get more annoyed so I draw doodles with a black sharpie on his wall, I also tear up his favourite shirt. Does he really think I don't know him as well as he thinks?

Just when I was about to leave I heard someone trying to open up his front door. So I get my stuff and hide under his bed. I guess this person doesn't have the key because I can see them struggling, but the door suddenly opens. And I hear footsteps approaching the bed under which I'm hiding. I look up and oh god I can't believe this dude.