I Will Never Be, Taken For Granted Again

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I woke up and responded to Cayla's text message. "What's up Cay?" I said.
Then I got up and started getting ready about 10 minutes later, Cayla finally responded to my text. "Promise you won't get mad?" She said. I put down straightener and replied. "Of course not. Your my best friend." I said.
"Okay. Well remember Alex? Um you see he has a Facebook. And well um we've been texting like a lot. And, well, he's really cool. And I kinda like him. And um well, just last night, he asked me to go out with him. And here's the thing. We talk on Facebook. And his name isn't the same as when you to used to talk to him. And just last night, I put one and one together, and it was Alex that asked me out." Cayla said.
I went into complete shock. Tears were rolling down my cheeks. I was getting choked up. And finally. I let out a small sob. "He was flirting with me just yesterday!! How could she not recognize him from his pictures? Or even the name?!" All these questions burned into my head as I stared at the message over and over again. I had no idea how to respond to her. I left it alone and kept getting ready. It was 7:15 a.m. and my mom called me down.
"Shelby!! Its time to go!!" She yelled up the stairs.
"I'm coming!!" I yelled bacl. I grabbed my phone and bag and ran downstairs. We got into the car. "Well, you're awfully quiet this morning Shelby, is everything okay?" My mom asked as she pulled up to a Starbucks.
"Yeah mom. I'm okay. Just a lot of things on my mind this morning." I said.
I lied. Inside I was full of emotion.
"Do you want anything?" She asked
No matter how many times we stop here every morning, she never asks me if I want anything.
"Sure! I'll take a Tri-Venti strawberry refresher and a toasted blueberry scone." I said.
"Haha. Somebody knows their Starbucks. Is that all?" She said.
"Haha. Yes that's all." I said back.
We got our drinks and my blueberry scone (toasted) and she drove me to school.
"Have a good day Shelby. I have a meeting at 5 and I have some paper work to do. So I'll see at 7:00 ish? Buy dont wait up." Mom said.
"Okay. I'll probably walk home today. I love you. Have a good day." I got out of the car. And she drove off. I stood in front of the doors. Preparing myself to see the two people that hurt me. "Breathe, Shelby, Breathe." I told myself. I walked into the school and straight to my locker. I grabbed my books. And walked to first hour. Cayla walked in. And I looked down.
~Cayla's POV~
"YOU DUMB GIRL!! YOU RUINED YOUR. FRIENDSHIP WITH SHELBY! HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW?! SHE TOLD YOU HOW SHE FELT ABOUT HIM!!!!" I yelled at myself while walking into the class. I'm so dumb. What should I do? She's hurt. I don't know whether to comfort her or leave her alone. I know how she gets when she's sad. Maybe she'll start cutting again. I'll explain myself. Yeah. Good plan". I sat down next to her.
~Shelby's POV~
Wow. She has guts to actually sit by me. I had no idea what to say to her. Then all of a sudden arms were around me and Cayla and I were hugging. I hugged her back and tears came out again. "I'm so sorry Shelby, just let me explain. I would never hurt on purpose. Your my bestie. And I love you."
I nodded my head. And more tears came down. We stayed like that for about 2 minutes or so. Then we let go. "Here, I have some tissues." Cayla said handing me a little pocket pack of tissue.
"Thank you." I said. I blew my nose and wiped my tears. "Your mascara is running." Cayla said. I giggled. "Is it?" I said trying to get it off. "I'm so sorry Shelby. His name is totally different than his real name. Its something like ...... Henry Gilbert on Facebook. And he doesn't have any real pictures if him. Its like deep quotes and just real deep pictures. He's friends with a lot of girls. Like A LOT. And one day I got a request from him and I accepted it. And you know the things I post. A lot of selfies and tbh. But one day he commented on MY picture. He told me I was beautiful. So we kinda flirted. And then we got to messaging one another. One thing led to another. Then bam! I had a crush on him. And just yesterday, he asked me out. I didn't say anything. I started looking through Facebook. And I remembered you told me what his middle name was and so I looked at his first account. Some of the pictures that were on there, were on his new account. I put one and one together and I found out it was Alex I was talking to. So when I found out, I told him no once I knew it was him because I knew how he made you feel and how much you like him. So I just want you to know, I never meant to hurt you. And when you didn't respond, I got scared. I love you Shelby."
I was practically in tears by the time she got done explaining. "Its fine, Cayla. No need to explain anymore. I love you too." We hugged again. And then HE walked in. I looked away.
"Hey cutie" Alex said I said nothing.
"I know who you are HENRY" Cayla said.
"What?" "Uh, you must me Cayla Gonzalez." Alex said.
"Yes, I am. And you, probably don't remember this, but Shelby here, you used talk you. And actually like you. Hmm Alex. Right? You're an asshole." Cayla said. And she grabbed me and we walked into the bath room.
"Cayla, I don't want to go back in there. I don't even want to be here today." I said.
"Its fine, I'll ask my mom to check us out." Cayla said.
After waiting in the restroom for 15 minutes, and announcement came on.
"Cayla Gonzalez, and Shelby Castillo, please report to the front office you're getting checked out."
The both of us walked to the front. Cayla's mom was standing there. We got into the car. "So what's the reason I checked both of you out?" Cayla's mom asked
"Um Shelby isn't feeling to good. And I just want to take care of her today " Cayla said
"Okay, fair enough" Cayla's mom said.
She dropped the both of us at my house. We spent all day in the living room watching movies and talking. We both fell asleep on the couch. My mom came home and we explained what happened. Cayla stayed the night. We went back to sleep. The last thing on my mind was; "I really don't want to go to school tomorrow."
----------------------------------------------------------------------- Heyo!! This chapter was crazy to write. Whew! Like, comment, add it to ur library. Love ya!!❤❤ keep om reading. 😁😀

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