Interphase

Chapter 1

I had it all. My family and friends all were loyal and loved me. My brother, Daniel (or Danny), was practically my best friend, if it weren't for his girlfriend, Hazel, being it. Plus, Danny WAS best friends with my boyfriend, Tommy. I worked in journalism. I worked for Science America, getting paid nearly $50 an hour, being a lead writer and all. A teen icon, I was. I couldn't even go outside without my name being screamed out. "Darcy Marie!", the paparazzi would yell. "Miss Sarto!"

It's crazy how one act can make it all change.

I was working in my office, editing an article for a coworker, when Hazel walked in.

"Hi," I greet. She waves as I gesture to the seat across from my desk. "Come sit."

She sits, then looks up at me. "I'm sorry..." She says quietly. Something's up, I can tell already.

"What are you sorry for...?" I ask. She's confusing me.

"Tommy... He... He tried to have sex with me... I told him no, and after a while he finally got the hint... And... And... I'm so sorry..." She looks down. I however, just blink.

"He did what??" I ask. I couldn't believe it. Tommy tried to cheat on me! And with my brother's girlfriend no less! "You have nothing to be sorry for, Hazel. Have you told anyone else?" I ask her.

"No, I don't want to tell anyone else. I just thought I'd tell you the true colors of who you're with..."

I nod, and think about what she's telling me. "You're not even going to tell Danny?" I ask. She shakes her head. "Well, I guess it's your choice. If nothing really happened, and if you don't want to talk about it then it's your decision."

"Yeah," she says. She looks back up at me. "What are you going to do?"

"I-," I pause. "I need to break up with Tommy. I can't believe he wasn't happy with me. He had to go after someone else." I sigh. His gorgeous brown hair, his sweet smile, his beautiful blue eyes. We mused together, and it's really gonna hurt to let him go, but it must be done.

"I'm really sorry, Darcy." Hazel says, getting up.

"It's not your fault." I slide my hands to my temple. I'm already stressing today, and this just put the icing on the cake. I decide to finish up my work, then go to Tommy and let him go.

I do as I said I would, finishing the day, and heading to Tommy's. Boy, I've been dreading this all day. I finally reach his place. I step out of my car, go up to the door, and ring the bell.

He answers and smiles when he sees me, but his smile seems kind of forced. "Hi Darcy." He smiles.

"Hi Tommy."

"I didn't know you were coming here, what a lovely surprise."

"Yeah..." I force a faint smile. "Listen, um... I think maybe, maybe we should-"

"She told you, didn't she? Look Darcy I'm really sorry... I wasn't thinking straight and-" I cut him off.

"That's the thing," I say. "You never think straight around her." It hurts getting the words out, but it's the truth. Fact, I always feel like his second choice. I feel like if he had it his way, he'd be with Hazel. Now, it's finally been proven.

"What do you mean?" He asks. He seems sad that I'm going to break up with him, but he knows he's at fault.

"You want her! You don't want me! You never did," I sigh. "So I'll just stop trying. You made your choice. You wanted to be with her. You don't have to be with me."

"But-"

"Goodbye, Tommy." I say, not even giving him a chance to argue. I turn and leave and head home.

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When I get home, I am interrogated by my parents, who seem mad for some reason. "Why were you out so late?" My dad asks.

"I had to do something real quick." I reply. It sucks being 23 and living with my parents, but I'm saving up for my own penthouse and I don't want to be stuck living in an old house that I have to waste cash on.

"And what was that something?" My mother asks. I see flames in her blue eyes. She keeps pushing her brown locks out of her face. People always said we looked alike, shared the same traits.

"I-uhh... I broke up with Tommy..." I admitted.

"Why?!" They both ask. They both really approved of him. They wanted me to marry him and have children and blah blah blah.

"Uhh..." I didn't want to tell them about the Hazel thing. She didn't want anyone to know, and she confided in me. "I just wasn't feeling it anymore... I felt like he didn't want to be with me."

"Of course he wanted to be with you. If he didn't he would've dumped you." My dad says.

"Why would you do this if you weren't sure it's what you wanted? You could've talked about the outcomes with me!" My mother tells me.

"Yeah, well I didn't. I didn't want to, I didn't want to be with him anymore. I'm sorry you both liked him for me, but you didn't see how he acted around other girls!" I storm up to my room, leaving them there. I never really talked about it, because I thought it was just my subconscious, but it seemed to be true. He wanted Hazel more than me. And I guess that'll never change. He's always wanted Hazel... I just want to find someone that will want me! Someone that'll treat me right, not like they want someone else. I want to be someone's number one, not number two. I want a new boyfriend, and I want him soon.