Complicated

Chapter 7- Coming Clean

Myles' pov
After our acro class ended, we had a free hour so me and Briar decided to work on our duet. Everyone left studio A so we could rehearse.

"Myles can I ask you something?" Briar asks.
"Sure." I reply.
"Why did you attack me yesterday?" She asks.
"Abi said that you hit her." I say and feel bad about what I did to her.
"I didn't hit her! She's the one who punched me and hit me this morning remember?" She says.
"Wait you didn't hit her?" I ask.
"Of course not! Anyway, I was with you after dance so how could I?" She says.
"You're right. Why would Abi lie about that?" I ask.
"Because she doesn't like me." She says.
"Doesn't she?" I ask.
"Myles she pinned me against the wall and started hitting me!" She yells.
"Oh yeah. I'm sorry about that." I say.
"It's not your fault. Why do you even like her? You used to-" She doesn't finish her sentence.
"I used to what?" I ask.
"Nothing." She says.
"Myles why so you like someone who hurts others?" She asks and looks into my eyes.
"I don't know if I do like her after what I witnessed what happened this morning." I say.
"Yes or no?" She asks.
"Well I guess......no." I say.
"So you're going to break up with her?" She asks.
"Actually no, this morning was just a one off. You probably made her angry. Now let's rehearse." I say and put the music on.

Briar's pov
I sigh and start dancing what we had rehearsed yesterday which wasn't much. It was only thirty seconds of the music. I wasn't concentrating. My feelings for Myles were getting too much. Why can't he see that he's dating a monster? I wish that he would ask me. I wish that I could've gone on holiday with him. I wish that Abi never saw him! I wish that life could go back to before he went on holiday. It just makes me sad thinking about them.

"Briar!" He yells.
"What?" I ask, confused.
"I've been saying your name for the past two minutes. You're just standing there doing nothing!" He yells.

Why can't he see that I love him? Why can't he just take a minute to stop and realise what is going on around him? Why did he have to meet Abi? Why is my life so hard?

"Come on! I said let's try a lift! What's up with you?" He asks whilst snapping his fingers in front of my face.
"Why don't we take five instead." I say and walk into the girls' bathroom.

I splash some water on my face. I have to concentrate. No matter how hard it is, I can't let my feelings get in the way of this duet. I still don't understand how he could've asked her out? Is she prettier than me? Is she skinnier than me? Is she nicer than me? No, nice people don't hit others. I look at my reflection in the mirror. Is there something wrong with me? Why did he choose her over me?

Suddenly there is a knock on the door.
"Briar are you ok? You've been in there for over ten minutes. I'm getting worried." He says.
"I'm fine." I reply.
"Can you come back out then?" He asks.
"Yeah." I reply but don't move.
I continue to stare at myself in the mirror with horrible thoughts in my head. I can see Abi telling me that I'm ugly. I see my own mother saying that she wishes that I wasn't her daughter. Last of all I see Myles, saying I'm not good enough. What do I have to do? Someone tell me what to do!

"Briar?" His voice says.
"Yeah?" I reply with a shaky voice.
"Please tell me what's going on." He says.
"Nothing." I say.

I feel tears pouring down my face as I think about all those horrible thoughts. What's wrong with me?

Myles' pov
"You said that you would come out, twenty minutes ago." I say.
"Time flies doesn't it." She says.
"Briar what's wrong?" I ask.
"I already told you, nothing." She replies.
"Briar I know you and something is up." I say.
"Nope." She replies.
"Then why have you been in the bathroom for half an hour?" I ask.
"Myles I'm fine." She says.
"No you're not!" I say loudly.

All of a sudden I hear lots of giggles from behind me and then they stop once they approach me. I turn around to see Abbey and Jessy.
"Myles why are you by the girls' bathroom?" Abbey asks.
"Briar won't come out." I say.
The two girls run into the bathroom.

Abbey's pov
Me and Jessy see Briar with her head in her hands sobbing against the mirror.
"Bri what's wrong?" I ask.
"Me." She replies.
"What?" Jessy asks whilst I cuddle Briar.
"Everything is wrong with me." Briar says and cries even more.
"Briar that's not true." Me and Jessy say in sync.
"Yes it is. Why else would Myles choose Abi over me?" Briar asks and then Jessy cuddles her.
She tries to calm her down whilst I slip away to grab Briar's dance bag so that we can go home. I can't let her stay at the studio like this.

As soon as I get out the door Myles starts talking to me.
"Well what's going on?" He asks.
"Let's just say that you won't be rehearsing your duet today." I say and try to go into studio A but he stops me.
"No I have to know what's happening! Why's Briar acting so weird lately?" He asks.

I was about to tell him the truth because I had no other choice but Briar and Jessy walked through the door.

Myles' pov
Briar's eyes were all red and puffy so it was easy to tell that she had been crying. She was nervously biting her nails and Jessy had her arm on her shoulder.

Briar rushes off into studio A so I follow her. She grabs her dance bag and tries to leave but I stop her.
"Briar why have you been crying? Is that why you were in there? Because you were crying?" I ask.
She nods her head.
"Come here." I say and pull her into a tight hug.
I can tell she needs one.
"Do you want to tell me what's going on?" I ask and put my hand on her shoulder.

Abbey and Jessy walk in and start nodding their heads at Briar. Maybe she'll come clean.
"Myles when you came back from holiday, I thought that you were going to ask me out. So did everyone else. Remember when we used to hang out together,  drink milkshakes together and flirt with each other? If you don't, we did. When you came back from holiday and announced you had a girlfriend, I literally died inside. Abi is rude and mean to me! You put thoughts in my head that I didn't want to think. Am I ugly? Am I fat? I thought that ever since you said that you were dating Abi. Why didn't I want to do the trio? Why do you think? I have to go." She says and leaves with Abbey and Jessy running after her.

How could I have been so stupid? I completely remember now. Before I went on holiday, I had the biggest crush on Briar. But then I met Abi. I didn't think that Briar cared but she's been hurting so badly every day. I have to make this right. Some how.

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