The Boy Next Door

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We have a few more people come, to the booth before Caleb and I want to go get lunch. Katie says we can go off on our own, and that her, Annie, and Hayley will watch the booth. We walk around for a couple minutes in silence, he's letting me take it all in.

"So what do you wanna eat?" Asks Caleb.

"Hmmm..." I say, and we skim the food court. Both our eyes catch on a Japanese restaurant, and we look at each other.

"Sushi." We say at the same time, then laugh. We walk to the restaurant and I look at the menu.

"What type should we get?" I ask.

"You like Philadelphia rolls, right?"

"YES! They're my favorite by far."

"Alright let's get an order of those and an order of what we had last night."

"Tuna," I say.

"Yeah."

"Alright, so let's split the cost. How many pounds is it?"

"We're in America, Ebony. So we use dollars."

"Right, right. You knew what I meant, doofus." I say, playfully punching his arm. He kisses me on the cheek.

"And I'm paying."

"No I-"

"I insist." I kiss him, and we step in line. Two girls come up to us automatically. They both have long blonde hair and they're wearing shorts that go up their ass. They look a few years older than our age.

"Hey." Says the slightly taller one, they both tower over me, but then again, so does everybody.

"Hello!" Says Caleb.

"You're Caleb from Bratayley, right?"

"I am," he says. I step away from him. This girl is kinda scaring me.

"I'm Synnamon."

"Nice to meet you."

"I'm Lexii." Says the other girl. Her face looks orange, I can't tell if it's too much makeup, or self tanner.

"Nice to meet you also." He says.

"Uh, you're like super mega hot." Says Lexii.

"Like sooo hot." Says Synnamon.

"Wanna go out some time?" Asks Lexii.

"I... uh..."

"You're a babe." Says Lexii.

"Uh, I have a girlfriend." He says awkwardly.

"What?" Says Synnamon, stunned for a second. "Well let's just forget about her for a second." She creeps her hand up his side, and makes pouty lips.

"Ummm..." He looks back at me. I'm stunned.

"What baby? Is that her now?" Asks Synnamon.

"Y-yes." He says, and swallows hard.

"She doesn't deserve you, baby. I do."

"Ummmm...."

Synnamon turns to me, "stop watching us you miserable nerd slut, go get a life." Then she grabs the collar of Caleb's shirt, and kisses him on the lips, hard. She's making out with him, and Lexii is grinning at me, and she flips me off. Then she mouths whore to me. I feel sick, and scared. The world begins to go blurry, and I feel nauseous. I run for the exit, and keep running until I'm at the hotel. I get into the elevator, and it's filled with people. I try to make my way to the corner. My head feels like it has cotton balls inside, and I try concentrating on my feet. I feel so claustrophobic and trapped. I flatten myself against the wall and try to make my expression blank so I don't drive attention to myself, even though I'm holding back tears. I begin hyperventilating, but I try to mask it as a cough.