The Only Exception [Sequel to That Special Summer]

Chapter 11

Bethany's Pov

"Ken, this is a mistake. I have a boyfriend and you have a girlfriend" I said, guilt coming over me. Why did I just do that?

"Please, can't we be together, just for tonight?" He begged. He pressed his lips to mine again and I can't lie, I wanted to stay that way. The feeling it gave me was unbelievable.

"No." I mumbled against his lips. He pursed his lips and climbed off of me.

"Oh Christ forgive me." I said, putting my head in my hands.

"Don't feel bad. It's my fault." He said, grabbing my hands. "Justin doesn't have to know this happened. We can forget about it." He added.

But I know I won't be forgetting this any time soon.

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That night, I didn't sleep at all. I stayed up all night staring at the ceiling. Then, it hit me. Kenneth is using me. He doesn't actually want to be with me, he wants to be with...my body. That's the reason he kissed me. I swallowed the lump in my throat. He's leading me on so I'll fall for him and leave Justin to be with him. He'll use me to get what he wants, then he'll leave me. I don't mean a thing to him and I never will. I'll always be just another girl for him to mess around with. I rolled over in the bed, throwing the covers over me. I need to find away to forget about Kenneth but for some reason, it's just so hard. He's stuck in my head and I can't get him out. His face is all I see when I'm alone, and I wish it would just go away. But at the same time, I don't want him to just go away. I do not ever want him to go away. But I do. Why is this so complicated?

I looked at the clock and it read 4:30am. I decided to just get up and change. I stepped out into the dark morning. The waves were at a very low tide and I watched at a very low tide. I watched as they crashed onto the shore. The sound tends to soothe me. I sat down in front go the ocean and stuck my legs out, the water reaching only my feet as the waves would crash. I wonder what Kenneth is doing.

Kenneth?

Why does he always have to appear on my mind somehow? When I think I forget about him, he comes right back.

"Hey." I hear a voice behind me. I turned around in surprise as I saw Kenneth standing there.

"What do you want?" I asked, harshly.

"All I said was hi" he mumbled.

"Just. Leave me alone." I replied.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Just go!" I replied.

He shoved his hands into his pockets. "I don't understand why I should."

I stood up.

"You think you can kiss me whilst I have a boyfriend in order to get into my pants, and all you have to say is hi?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"That kiss meant nothing to me," he snapped. "It was a drunken mistake."

"You were drunk?" I asked, feeling my heart sink a little.

"Of course I was drunk," he said. "I wouldn't kiss you otherwise."

Ouch.

"You know what?" I started. "You don't mean a thing to me!"

"You don't mean a thing to me either!" He shot back.

"Then leave. If I don't mean a thing to you, just fucking leave." I blinked my tears away.

But he just stood there. "Well?" I asked.

"I can't leave." He said.

"Why not?..."

"Because of course you mean a thing to me..." He replied. I felt my heart beat stopped.

"What?"

"You mean a thing to me, okay?" He said.

"Yeah, I'm sure my body means a thing to you." I mumbled but he heard.

"Wow. You really think I'm that low?" He asked.

I nodded. "Of course you're that low." I replied. "That's probably how you are with every girl."

His eyes widened in anger and hurt. I immediately regretted the words when they came out.

"You know what? Fine. I'll go." He spun on his heel and began to storm away. "And I lied. You mean nothing to me." He spat.

My heart shattered. I tried to blink back tears but a few came rolling down my cheeks. I turned around and watched the waves again. Why does he do this to me? I wish I could just forget about him.

I thought for a while and decided to get away. Just for today though. And I'm not taking my phone with me. Just my car. So I walked to my car and started it up, driving into the nearly deserted highway. Every song that came on seemed to remind me of Kenneth and I hated it. I hate how everything makes me think of him. I should be thinking of my fave Calum, not that asshole.

I took a sharp turn. Where am I gonna go? I thought for a little while and decided on going to a field I used to run to all the time as a little kid. I tried to remember the directions and eventually ended up there. The field was located at a completely random place, which is also deserted and has no busy highway streets around it. I smiled, the memories running through my head. Me and my family, including my dead father would come here to have picnics. My dad told me this is where he would come to think, and also where he took my mom on their first date. I smiled, remembering when my dad would pick me up and spin me around as I kicked and giggled. I got out of the car and walked to the field suddenly coming to the realization that dad is gone and he's never coming back. I blinked back tears. I lay down in the middle of the field, staring up at the gray sky. I rested my eyes.

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My eyes flew open and the sky had turned to pitch black. What? I sat up, looking around. The field. Did I fall asleep? What time is it? I had woken up from apparently falling asleep in the middle of the field. I ran to my car and started it up, checking the time. 10:40pm. What the hell? I got here at, what, 5am? Well, considering the fact that I didn't get sleep at all last night...

All of a sudden, rain began to pour down. I started to drive, when a loud pop sounded and the car stopped moving. What? I got out of the car and saw that I had popped a tire. It lay flat on the ground. I yelled in frustration. It's almost 11 at night, it's pouring down rain, and I popped a damn tire. I then remembered I hadn't brought my phone.

What the hell am I gonna do?

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Damn.

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