A Player's Responsibility

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I went to the toilet to wash my hands and I saw Chloe  crying like a baby, with her mascara running down her face she looked terrible, I have never seen Chloe look that awful.  “Chloe are you alright?” I ask her hoping for her to say she’s fine and I’ll be free to go. “NO I’m not alright he humiliated me; I’ve never felt so hurt”, so betrayed she was saying while sobbing. I went to the cubicle and handed the tissue to her. (Why do I have to be so nice just because I’m a pastor’s daughter?). “He’s the worst guy I’ll ever meet in my life, why on earth did I go out with him” she was crying a river of tears. (Literally, I mean it.) I felt like I had to do something but I didn’t know what to do is not like we are friends.  “Should I call Kate?” I asked hoping that the answer would be yes.

“Why do guys do that? Why are they such bastards sally?” (Chloe was asking me like I’m the best person to ask for advice; I don’t even have brothers, I’ve never been kissed , asked out on a date, neither has any boy come out to say he likes me, everything I know about guys has been from my dad. And that is they take interest in you for one thing and one thing only and when get it they leave. ). “I don’t know Chloe, he’s just really messed up, his dad left him and his mom when she had cancer, and he had to deal with so many things and I think going about from girl to girl is to distract him from everything going on with him.” Chloe looked taken aback by what I had said. “When did you become his advocate and defender?”  She managed a laugh.

“What can I do, he goes to my church” I said with a smile and she smiled back. “But Chloe, don’t let anyone treat you this way, your beautiful, smart and intelligent you shouldn’t let guys use you this way especially guys that aren’t worth it, the guy that deserve you wouldn’t  never hurt you.” She looked at me admiringly. “When did you get so smart?” She asked. I heard it in a movie once I joked. “You know I really, really liked him, and he was worth it I know he was. I just thought I be the girl he sticks with”.  I ran a hundred different replies to what she said in my head in one minute and the best one I came up with was “I know Chloe, let’s get you cleaned up”.

“You’re a jerk, you know that” I shouted as I saw josh getting his book from his locker. “Excuse me, what are you talking about” he asked making me even angrier. “How can you treat people this way, I mean how can you treat girls this way? (I don’t know what came over me, defending Chloe that I don’t even like, I mean she was the sort of girl that would turn around and throw a drink in my face the next time I see her but I don’t know what came over me maybe it was the fact that I had watch her and console her while she cried for thirty minutes, her eyes red and puffy, or the fact that he keep  that he is going to treat any girl the same way if no one put him in his place that made me feel the urge to say something.)

 “Chloe was there for you in every game that you played she held your hand when she found out that your mom’s cancer was back and you turn around treat her like dirt , practically spit in her face and embarassed her in front of the whole school, that’s not a way to treat anybody, I know you’re going through a difficult time and believe me I blame those girls for going out with you when it’s Cleary obvious you are so messed up and do not know how to treat girls, you have no clue. But you need to talk to someone about how you feel and what’s eating you up, or believe me you’ll end you being screwed for life”. I walked away not even giving him a chance to speak and I know he was standing there startled and perplexed by what just happened as i walked away.