The Unexpected Deception

Chapter 24

Harry's POV

"Man this class was so tiring. Mr Jhones almost killed us!" Brad said coming out of the gym while stretching his arm.

"It's gym. What do you except?" I replied.

"Woah man, relax. What happened? I know you don't like gym class too,"

"I'm sorry dude. Just something on my mind. I'll see you guys later," I said and strode off to my next class.

During class, all I could think was Lisa. What happened? There was something wrong. Between her and Zayn. My thoughts shifted from Lisa to... that night. Did Lisa saw me? Or worse him? Did Lisa crying has something to do with that? So many questions, no answers. Shit. No way. Did his plan work? Is it why Lisa was crying? The ringing of the bell interrupted my thoughts. I went to join my friends for lunch.

"Brad, gym class was actually very tiring," I said when I sat down beside him at the table.

"See, you always agree with me!" he said and punched me in the shoulder.

"Ow man, that hurts,"

"Sorry boy," he replied

"Anyways, I'm starving," I said laughing.

We were now walking towards our usual spot to hang out during lunch when I saw a familiar silhouette sitting on the bench almost out of the sight of everyone.

"You guys go, I'll join you later." I said and started walking towards the bench.

When I reached there my doubt was cleared when I saw Lisa. She was sitting there quietly with her red puffy eyes. She looked like she was in deep thought. I don't know why I felt the urge to go and talk to her, ask her what happened to her and why was she crying. I went and sat beside her. I still care for her. She was in such a deep thought that she didn't even notice I was here. So I tapped her shoulder which caused her to turn and look at me.

"Am I allowed to know what happened to you?" I asked hoping to get an answer.

Silence. She continued sobbing for about 15 minutes. The bell even rang for us to return to our classes but neither did she move nor did I. Finally for another fifteen minutes of silence, I decided that it may be time for me to go but she finally started speaking.

"M-my da-dad cheated on my mom the same way," she stuttered in a low voice and a tear started rolling down her cheek.

"Same way?" I asked her quite confused.

"It all happened when I was 15 years old, I used to live with my mom, my dad, and my twin brother Bryce. We were a happy little family, at least in my eyes. My brother and I were very happy together, very close to each other and we always supported each other no matter what happened," She said smiling. The reminiscence of memories always bring a smile to our faces. However I could never have imagined that she has a twin brother.

"One day, we had to go to a party with my uncles and other family members but that day my dad told my mom that he had a very important meeting with a client and that he won't be able to come with us. This had been happening so much at that time. Dad would not be able to join us at night for dinner and other small get-togethers. Normally we would have dinner and then sit down to watch TV shows together or even play video games. It didn't felt good with him not around even though mom tried so hard to be dad but it was not the same," Lisa said with an expressionless face.

"The party was held in a hotel. When we went there, it was really fun. My brother and I were serving ourselves our favorite chocolate cake and having fun with our cousins and friends. Later Bryce noticed that he saw dad entering the hotel. Mom was curious so she started walking towards him to go and talk to him. Dad could not see us so he continued walking but mom followed him. Not even five minutes had passed when we saw mom coming, trying to hold her tears back. My mom turned, grabbed my brother's and my hand and started dragging us to the front door, focused on getting inside the car as soon as possible. It could be seen on her face that she wanted to get away. My brother ad I tried hard to get her to tell us what happened but in vain. The stubborn girl I was, I released myself from my mom's grip and ran off to see my dad." Lisa suddenly fell silent.