Our little secret

Chapter 12

"Tori! There you are! You've been avoiding me all day!" Alison exclaims, catching up to me in the hallway.

I try to walk faster than her, ignoring her.

"Tori!" she yells, grabbing me by my arm.

"Well why do you think?!" I snap at her, staring at her with crazy eyes.

She looks surprised at my sudden outburst then pulls me into the girls restroom.

She takes me into a big stall, shutting door and locking it behind us. Alison grabs me by my shoulders.

"Tori what's the matter? What am I doing wrong? I know I screw up a lot but I'm just confused! And I'm not playing dumb." She lightly shakes me.

I gulp hard and sign deeply. "You accused me of having a thing with Mr. Bieber like it was a big deal but if you wanna have a thing with him its suddenly okay." I mutter.

"What? No, Tori. You got it all wrong. It's not that it was a huge deal I just didn't like it if you were hiding it from me! No need to get jealous and upset over this."

"I'm not jealous!" I jell in frustration.

"Shh. Okay fine... you're not jealous... but stop being upset."

I exhale trying to calm myself down.

Alison looks at me for a while then blinks. "Let's go... ill walk home with you. You look pale... and like a maniac. You look like you belong to a mental institution..."

I laugh. "I get it. I look horrible. I had a couple breakdowns today in the bathroom..." I admit.

Alison grabs my hand. "I know you have anger issues...C'mon."

She opens the stall door and leads me out.

When we get outside, I see Justin standing by his car. I guess he was waiting to talk to me because his eyes were scanning everyone. When he saw me he raised his eyebrows then pointed to himself.

I quickly glanced at Alison. She wasn't paying attention so I held up a finger at Justin signaling him to wait because I'll be there.

"So can I hang out for a bit?" Alison asks when we get inside my house.

"Oh... umm... Actually I-I think I wanna be alone for a while... yeah." I nod.

"Oh..." she frowns. "Are you okay? I mean were cool again aren't we?"

"Of course! I just need time to myself... to think." I lie. I'm such a terrible liar.

"Oh okay... well I guess we can catch up later then. Maybe we can have a sleepover or something." She suggests.

I nod and smile at her. "Yeah that'd be fun!"

Alison smiles back. "Bye."

"Bye." I repeat then close the door behind her when she walks outside.

I call Justin after I see her leave my property. "Yeah hey pick me up at Starbucks."

I get into Justin's car and he drives off almost right away after I shut the door. I quickly fasten my seat-belt.

We don't say anything to each other for a moment while I nervously look out my window.

In the corner of my eye I notice Justin had glanced at me. Then he chuckles. "Tori don't be nervous. No one's paying attention to who's driving and who's in the passenger seat, they're in their own world."