Hershey Kisses

Fifth Kiss

"Why can't you believe me, Bryan?" i shouted at him.

We were outside of the Homecoming dance. It was my first and last time wearing a dress in front of him. It was my first time looking different than I usually appear. It was my first time having a courage to confess how I truly feel.

"You don't get it, Sophia!!" Bryan snapped, "I fully understood her reasons!! The least you can do is support me and protect her as well."

"How can you fall for her fake face?" I stepped back, "Even I knew from the start she was bad news to us."

"Us?" he asked, "Don't you mean for you? All you did was whine she's staying by me. What the hell is wrong with you? Are you now just getting jealous you're not the only girl who I'd be with?! Why don't you just change your ugly face and your pathetic life since you're moving!?" He stopped for a moment and breathed heavily. "Soph..."

I didn't have the courage to tell him how I really feel. I moved farther away as he tried moving in closer. My heart felt like it was torn to shreds from him. Because of him, I can't remember how it feels to fall in love. My body was shaking from agony, eyes were weeping from my heartbroken, and couldn't breathe normally.

"I'm sorry, Bryan." I looked at him with my eyes swollen from sorrow, "You're right. I'll change my look. After all... I'm the most pathetic girl you have to deal with." I took off my shoes and tried wiping off my tears but it smudged my makeup instead. "You don't need to worry about me anymore. I'm fine. I'm better off if I stopped staying between you and that girl."

"No Sophia that's not...." he tried to reason with me.

I turned the other way and ran out of school not even looking back at his reaction. I had to hide from him. He knew me well. He knew how I'd be when I'm under pressure or being scolded at. I ducked underneath the staircase and cried as loud as I can.

Not only did I lost my first lovem but I also lost my best friend.

The sunlight hit my face realizing it's morning. I wiped off my tears from that terrible nightmare which ended my friendship. So much for my happy ending. I sat up and stretched my arms. It has been a few days since my last encounter with the Shadow Prince. Alot has happened ever since I bumped into him.

Not only have I learned about him being a shadow under the real prince, Damien, but it's made me wonder what secrets does the Rice family hide away from the public. I ruffled my bed hair and brushed it as I continued pondering what to bring to school. As I stared at my mirror while brushing my hair, I sighed deeply seeing my ugly face. 

"Why don't you just change your ugly face and your  pathetic life since you're moving?"

Those last words he said to me before I blocked everything from him. To this day, it continued haunting my mind. I hate my face. I didn't think I was that pathetic, especially hearing them from his mouth. I pulled my hair back into a messy bun and grabbed my eyeglass. I headed out of the house before my parents had time to see me off and reached the bus stop on time.

As I waited for the bus, I skimmed through my notes to prepare for a test coming up. I then felt a cold shoulder lingering beside me. I glanced slightly to the left and saw a group of girls coming at me.

"Well if it isn't the lucky girl who got close to the Hershey Prince." one of the girls huffed at me crossing her arms.

"Why didn't you ask your Prince to take you to school instead?" the other one asked disgustedly.

"Unless you just happened to be there to try to kiss him." the third girl asked.

I didn't want to start another fight, so I ignored their taunts. I looked away trying to ignore whatever crap they're giving me. Then I noticed they stopped talking. I look back at them and saw their face jaw dropped. I looked at their direction and gave a disgusting look. The Shadow Prince was just standing there, looking all high and mighty with his Porche car (even though technically it's his brother). I walked up to Rick and gripped my hands preparing to punch him.