Stuck in a room with a hot guy!

part10

After school I didn't bother finding Jas, I knew she'd be gone already preparing course work for an upcoming exam. I walked down and dashed onto the bus and my memory of seeing Rex and that other girl made me have to bite down my tears. I lifted my hood over my head to shade my face when I heard a familiar voice.

"Maureen?" 

Oh god no. He never told me he was taking the bus. I didn't dare look up but started texting some random person that I hadn't spoken for in three years. Turns out they broke their ankle. I heard a thump, and a body sat down next to me. I glanced over, ever so briefly up at him. He was looking out of the window but his arm was around the seat I was on. It was like those movie moments. I sighed, I was angry but yet I felt that maybe I didn't deserve to be with someone like him. I looked up at him, his fine jaw was clenched and his eyes narrowed as he looked half-hearted out if the window. We entered my suburb and I turned round to face him. 

"I dont mean to sound clingly or annoying but, what is she to you?"  I crossed my arms over my chest. 

Rex didn't answer, he just sighed and looked at me with a pained expression. 

"Look, Maureen I...Just don't really want to talk about it." 

"Oh. Okay. Don't want to talk about your little fling now do you? Because it won't hurt your girlfriends feelings or make her feel like utter shit. Cos that's really working out for ya."  I almost regretted saying it, his face twisted and he looked genuinely hurt. But thankfully the bus stopped. Sitting up and pushing past Rex, I clambered down onto my road and headed home, tears streaming down my face. 

That evening I called up Jasmine and told her about it. She swore like a sailor and began to curse his family and the girl who he kissed. I blanked out after a while as she told me of a fantastic pick-me-up girl date. I agreed to meet her at 6pm tomorrow night. I dropped down onto my bed and stared at the ceiling my mind drifting and I remembered something- A loud buzzing noise erupted from my pocket and I yelped as I scrambled for my ringing cellphone. 

"Hello?"  I gasped. 

There was a silence and then-"Hey Maureen. It's Rex." My stomach tightened. 

"What?"  My voice felt cold and foreign as it passed through my lips. 

"I-nothing really, just wanted you to know I can't be with you." And with that the line went dead. Goddammit! Why did I have to be so cruel to him? It's all my fault, why did I raise my voice. I cursed my stupidity. 

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