As soon as Josh said that it felt like someone threw a rock at my head, and left me there to bleed. I couldn’t understand why Josh wanted to tell. If he told, he would also be held on for kissing me back too. Matthew, would go ballistic, and really, really, never forgive me. What would he think of me? What would he! I’m a disgrace. This is the same thing I didn’t want to get into anymore. Because honestly I knew I couldn’t deal with all the heart ache and pain that came behind it. The truth is, my mother was wrong. Maybe if she had exposed me to people, I wouldn’t be in this.
I turned to Josh, “You can’t tell! Do you know what would happen?”
He looked me up and down, “You tell me?”
I looked at him as if he was stupid, “He is your best friend.”
“Exactly and that’s why I need to tell him, because if I don’t. He’ll find out eventually and kill me.” He said, “He would kill me. Not you.”
I noticed a strange look on his face, “You still can’t. I’m surprise you’re still talking to me.”
“Why was he here?” Josh said ignoring the last part about me and him talking
“I can’t tell you.” I said, no one was supposed to know, Jack was Josh’s father, and no one really confirmed If Jack was what he is. Every one knew him as a handy man.
“This is what I can’t stand!” Josh snapped banging his fist into the wall, making a hole.
“Not everything you ask, I’m supposed to answer!” I snapped back, “You think you own me! Well news flash! Not everyone gets what they want.”
“Oh forgive me for being myself! Wait, excuse my manners, I’m not suppose to be talking to the future queen like that!”
“Oh please!” I yelled, Can’t believe we were arguing, “You are so annoying. You think you’re it. Like you’re a king. You think every girl belongs to you. You’re such a womanizer. That’s all you do. You expect me to like you! You’re plain to me, just trash!”
I thought he was going to make a big hole in the wall again, but all he did was kiss me. Again! And he was the same one who was going to tell Matthew. Now if I Tallied how much times he kissed me, it’d be more than what I did.
“Is that what you think? I would, never kiss any of those girls.” He said
I rolled my eyes, “You’re dating Manny.”
He laughed, “Her. Her. Her? I would never date her. She was just my girl to make you…-
“To make me jealous? Well, I can’t be jealous, if I don’t like you.”
“You keep telling yourself that.” He said smiling, I missed that smiled, and it warmed me, like it was a smile that I knew that I’d miss when I leave.
I rolled my eyes and walked to the kitchen to get a coke. Nothing seems threatening, the more I stayed the more I didn’t want to go home. I felt like this is where I belonged. But I knew this would never happen. Manny on the other hand, seem to walk back into my head that she was standing behind me, waiting, to cut my throat. Imagine, if she knew, me and Josh kissed. It would totally set some great controversy off. I don’t like the fact that Matthew thinks these things of me. I want to tell him, but I can’t. I can’t risk hurting him anymore. I can’t! I just can’t.
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I walked into the school building not waiting on Jamie. Usually I normally do but I don’t. Today, I wore converse sneakers, black skinny jeans, and a while t-shirt. My hair was down, and today I felt extra special. But, as soon as I walked into school, my mood changed. I knew today was the day, I had to do what I had to do. I targeted that person. I walked slowly, thinking of the things, I would say to them.
“Matthew can I talk to you for a minute.” I said pulling him along
“Yea, what?” he said straightforward
“Uh….” I said trailing off. The words seem to not form.
“Tell me. I have things----
“Josh and I kissed three times.” I said cutting him off my blurting this off.
Matthews’s eyes turned a different color. He seems like not the calm boy, you’ll normally see walking down the hallway.
He starting breathing heaving, “I’m going to kill him!”
I held onto him strongly, “Wait no. I kissed him first.”
He looked down at me, and his anger seems to grow, “When I asked you if you had any feelings for Josh. You told me No!”
“I know I did. I was sorry. But I don’t have any feelings for him. It was just…..that….”
“What he persuaded you with his charms.” He said, “I’m going to kick his butt!”
Matthew pushed me away from him and sped walk down the hall. He dropped his books. I got up picked up my bag and ran after him. I grabbed Matthew to stop him, but he dragged me a lot with him. I wish Josh didn’t walk in at this time, but he did, and this caused Matt’s anger to explode, because it did. He ran and pushed Josh slamming him into the locker. Josh was taken by surprise and yelled, “What the heck man!”
“You kissed her!” he said banging Josh into the locker
“Let go of me, and I’ll explain what happen.”
“I DON’T NEED ANY EXPLANATION FROM YOU!” Matthew raised his fist and punched Josh in the noise. He picked him up and banged him against the locker again. Josh looked torn like he didn’t want to fight. But he had to defend himself, so he picked up his fist and connected it against Matthews jaw. This causes Matthew to let go off him. Matthew clutches his Jaw.
“I don’t want to fight.”
“Yeah, well I didn’t want you to kiss my girlfriend, but you still did!” Matthew yelled, picking up his fist and landing it in Josh’s stomach. I though this was enough so, I jumped on Matthews back trying to slow him down. Matthew pushed me off of him; I landed on the floor with a thump. In the mean while, kids seem to form a circle, and yelled, “Fight! fight! Fight!”
I looked at Manny who was smirking at her wannabe’s. She seemed to be betting money on the fight. I recognized that she had put her money on Matthew. That scum bag! She attacked me for being good friends with Josh. Wouldn’t she at least want to pick up for her ‘boo’? They were still throwing punches. At that time Principal Dean, walked in and separated the crowed.
Principal Dean was a 5’6 man who had glassed on, fat, partly bald man who didn’t tolerate nonsense.
“What is going on here!” he snapped at the crowed
The crowed parted like the Red Sea. Everyone ran to there lockers.
“I said what is going on here!” He snapped again
Matthew and Josh were just standing there looking at him. Blood dripping, black eye forming, and wrinkled clothing. I got up and watch as Principal Dean, guided the two boys back to his office.
On the way there, Josh looks at me, but says nothing. I couldn’t say anything.
Here it goes again; it was all because of me.
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