(Book 1) High School Crush: Not Meant To Be

Chapter 24: True Love

At school the next morning I decided to wear my new flower halo to school. It was beautiful and I wanted Niall to see it. "Niall!" I waved for him. "You like?"

"Uh,"

"I made this 'flower halo' from your flowers and I wanted to show you,"

"It's beautiful Amanda, it really is. You did it all by yourself?"

"Yeah I did, I-,"

"So sad that you've gone from player to geek," Brittany said walking up to us, "you have a nice range of types Amanda,"

"Shut up Brittany,"

"Who are you talking to? We aren't the one who has been kissing up to all the guys lately," Blair remarked. "You can't talk crap about me like that! Do you talk to Zac that way?"

"Who cares how I talk to Zac!" Brittany answered. "All that matters is-,"

"Is it because he kisses up to you? Is it because you like him?"

"I'm taken!"

"Not really,"

"What do you mean 'not really'?"

"Do you love Tom?"

"He's my boyfriend!"

"Just cause you give him a title doesn't mean you love him!" randomly Kimberlie added. "Kim?" Brittany said surprised at her sudden outburst. To be honest I was too, she never speaks, this might be the first time I heard her, or the first time anyone would have the guts to stand up to her. "Once! I never heard you say you loved him once and he knows that! You don't know how to love someone! You never loved anyone!"

"You don't know that!"

"You don't even know how to be a good friend, how can you say that you know how to be in a relationship!"

"Dang," Blair said what we were all thinking, because of Kimberlie, a crowd was drawn. "Say it!"

"What?"

"Say you love him!" Brittany hesitated. "Exactly my point. You're a big joke, a lie...a fake. To think I could ever be good friends with you when you don't even respect me. Did you know those jokes you've been saying, yeah the blonde and stupid jokes, they hurt!"

"Kim, I'm sorry I-,"

"No you're not! You're lying! Just like you do all the time! When this crowd is gone you'll back into your dumb habits!" It was silent for a moment, as everyone started to soak in everything she said, some were even recording. "I'm done being loyal to you," she finished and like God parted the red sea, everyone shifted and she walked away confidently.

Brittany let out a breath and shyly looked around and saw Tom standing in the crowd. He walked up to her, "Tom I-,"

"No need to apologize. I understand,"

"None of those things were true,"

"You don't love me like I loved you. I treated you like a princess, you can never replace that,"

"Tom don't," she tried to place her hand on his cheek but he moved it away. "You used me didn't you? To get your brother upset huh?" she stared at him and was speechless. "What I thought... I would say we are done, but I think you already got that part figured out," he left in the direction Kimberlie stomped off to.

I took Niall's hand and walked off, not really wanted to see Brittany melt down. Even though I waited so long for her to be torn down, I just couldn't bare to watch.

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I can't even believe her! How could she say such things so lightly like that! No one should be treated like that! I was so frustrated that I didn't even realize that I walked all the way to the football field... Really...how'd I even get here? "Kimberlie!" I turned around and Tom running towards me. "Thomas?"

"I heard what you said in there,"

"Oh...yeah, sorry about that," I looked at the ground. "No," he lifted my chin up softly and looked into my eyes. "I'm glad you said it. Made me realize that the 'love' I thought was there, wasn't there to begin with. I know what I want now," he started slowly closer and closer to me. I started to blush, "Ice cream?" I smiled and he opened his eyes and smiled. He grabbed my hand, spun me around and held me from behind. We started laughing and I swear that was the best moment of my life.