Teen Romance Fantasy

Act 50 (Ch)

Tyson was acting weird. He suddenly stopped coming to school and nobody knew why. As much as Anthony hated to admit it, he was worried. He tried his best to approach Alexy and ask her where Tyson was but Alexy stayed quiet. She told Anthony to mind his own business before she left all alone. Something definitely happened between those two but nobody knew what it was.

For a while now I thought that something was off about Tyson. He didn't care as much about Alexy as he used to. It was as though he had been distracted. Since the day he got to know Alexy, she had been all he ever talked about but now he was more concerned about something or someone else.

Did Tyson cheat on Alexy?

What was I even thinking? This was Tyson. He would never do that! Even if I hated to admit it, Tyson was a respectable person... most of the time... Sometimes he acted on impulse but usually he was calm and collected. Tyson was always looking ahead, unlike me.

Sometimes I wished I could be a little greedier. I was always hiding in the shadows. Admitting my feelings to Sarah was the first time I ever said what I wanted. I wanted her and now that I had her, I didn't know what to do. Why was it that I couldn't move forward?

"What are you thinking about?" Sarah tilted her head to the side, leaning across the table. Her minty breath brushed against my jaw, as my dark eyes looked into hers adoringly. She was as lovely as always.

"I was just wondering why Tyson isn't coming to school anymore. He usually doesn't miss school, especially when our exams are coming up."

"Don't worry about him. I'm sure he's just got a lot going on right now." Sarah explained calmly as she reached for my hand. Her flesh was crackling with electricity. The feeling of her touch was pleasant and a little exciting. My cheeks flushed every time she wore this hurtful calm expression on her face. It was just like a mask she would put on.

"You're right but I can't help but feel guilty. We used to be friends but right now there's nothing I can do for him." Out of habit I began tapping my foot against the floor. Sarah however didn't mind. Her touch was just as gentle before. Somehow however I calmed down.

"It's not that there is nothing you can do. You're just too scared to face him."

"Why would I be scared?"

"Because deep down you've already decided that your relationship with Tyson will never be the same again."

"Isn't that the truth?"

Sarah began shaking her head rapidly. I was confused and amazed by the way she talked to me. It was as if she could see right through me. She knew what was going on inside of me and at the same time she never judged me for anything. Sarah was just like Eric but around her I felt differently. Even after all those years I never saw Eric as anything other than a friend but around Sarah I was conflicted. I wanted her to only see my good sides and to think that I was someone else.

Sometimes I even felt sorry for her. I was sorry that I was the one she might have fallen in love with. I clearly reminded her of someone and everything I did could open up a wound. She was terrified of me or rather of the memory.

"Do you know what really intrigues me about you Christian?"

"Not really."

"You're lazy."

"Thank you."

"I didn't mean it that way." she giggled.

"You're lazy when it comes to showing yourself. You don't try to be in the spotlight. That's why you never told the teachers about Mishka or why you are hiding this one." Sarah suddenly tucked a strand of my brown hair behind my ear, thus presenting my red ear to the world and with that the silver earring, which I was always trying to hide.

"How did you know?"

"That's a secret. Fact is you tried to hide it. Were you scared that the others would make fun of you or did you think that you had no right to wear it?"

Slowly I backed away. I sank down a little lower in my seat, hoping I could just disappear into thin air. I didn't mean to act like this but sometimes I hated how Sarah could see right through me. I felt naked. She understood everything and yet she saw nothing. Sarah Archer was insane.

"I just didn't feel like making a big deal out of it."

"If you say so. But just so you know Christian, lying to your partner is an awful sin. If you don't watch out, it might bite you back."

I had no idea what Sarah was talking about but the way she looked at me with those glassy eyes of hers, frightened me for a second. If it hadn't been for Louis, who suddenly entered the classroom together with Mikhail and two other guys, I wouldn't have known how to act. For once I was glad that Louis pretended that Sarah didn't exist and yet made sure to keep us separated by talking to me, especially since he told me a little more about Tyson, once Sarah was gone. She seemingly couldn't stand to breath the same air as him.

Based on what Louis said, Tyson and Alexy broke up. He didn't know why but their breakup must have been rather concerning, since Alexy wasn't going to compete with them in the junior tournament anymore. It sucked to hear that but somehow I was glad. Anthony was a mess because of Tyson and Alexy. At least he got his revenge, even if he didn't plan for this to happen.

"I don't know where we are supposed to find a fifth member now. Everyone already has a team and the second round starts in two weeks." Louis groaned.

"We could ask Madeleine. She's not great but it should be fine since she's Elijah's girlfriend." Mikhail proposed but Louis didn't seem too fond of the idea. 

"What about you Christian? I heard from Anthony that Leon is joining your team." Louis suddenly asked me. I shyly nodded before I continued to skip through the pages of my chemistry book. I still didn't feel comfortable enough to actually talk to Louis. The mist in front of his face was arguably worse than any other mist I had seen before. It sucked me in just like a black hole.

I wasn't scared of Louis though. I guess you could say that I was just jealous. Louis was so much better than I. He did whatever he wanted and never thought of the consequences. Louis was undeniably selfish but yet a lot of people liked him. Only few really hated him and in return he hated them. Surprisingly you could actually count those people on one hand and their names were all too familiar. The funny aspect however was that they seemingly all hated each other equally, as if they had made this decision together but didn't want to tell anyone about it. I wondered.

What was really going between Louis, Sarah, Nikola, Tristan and Aisha?