It's been a week since Skyla kissed me, -twice, to be exact- and I can't stop thinking about it. I don't know what is going on with me. I am 100% sure that I don't like Skyla. I like Ariana. Or do I? I close my locker door and a bunch of guys run up to me. "Dude! You made the team!" says Zack. The other guys cheer. "I didn't know we were talking, but thanks for the information." Everyone walks away except for Zack. I start to walk away and see Skyla walking down the hallway with Nathalie. I stop and Zack stops behind me. I wave to her but she just looks at me, with the smallest, slightest smile I have ever seen. I don't even think you can consider that a smile. I watch her turn the corner, until she gets lost in the crowd. I look down until Zach comes to face me. "You're still hung up on that chick?" He asks. "Just get lost." I say, shoving him to the side as I walk past him. I get pushed forward and fall face first into the cold ground, dropping all of my books. "What the hell, man?" I ask as I feel my bleeding nose. "I didn't do anything, alright? I don't know why you're acting that way." "You hooked up with my girlfriend like 10 seconds after I broke up with her!" I shove him back, and he smashes into the locker behind him. "We didn't hook up, she was 'hurt' and needed someone to talk to." He shoves me. Is this what we are doing? Saying an insult then shoving each other? I punch him hard in the face and that just knocks him down. I look around and a circle has formed around our fist fight. I look to the left and Skyla is in the front row.
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"Mr and Mrs Hills, your son has participated in a fist fight, here in the hallways. This behaviour is unacceptable." I cut him off. "He was bothering me! He was being a -" "Carter! Stop right there. Don't say something that you are going to regret." My mother says. I grunt. "Fine. He was pissing me off A LOT. So, I got a little physical. Is that illegal Mr. Brown?" I ask, noticing that I have both hands on the desk and I am leaning over his desk. "Carter, sit down." Mr. Brown says. "Okay, well there is nothing more to discuss. You are suspended for 3 days. That is the end of it. Hills family, please leave my office at this time. Thank you." I slam my hands on his desk and walk out after that. "Carter. I am not happy. What got over you?! Zack is your best friend!" "I know! I'm sorry. It was just about something and he said something that really irritated me and I just exploded." "What am I supposed to tell our family?! Carter, this is not something that happens in the Hills family. This behaviour better have just been a one time thing." My mom says to me. "I have to get back to work, where you pulled me out of." My dad says to me. He gets closer to my face and whispers, "Smarten up, young man." I gulp and nod as they walk away. He used the 'young man', that is not a good thing. I start to walk around the corner until I see Skyla go into the girls bathroom. I run down the hall and open the door. She gasps and turns around, bumping into the wall. "Oh my god. You scared the hell out of me Carter!" She says. "What are you doing here?" She asks. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so harsh, and I should've just stopped you when I had the chance. Skyla, I'm happy with Ari, and I don't think anything could ever change that so I just thought you should know that." I say. "Were you defending me back there? Like, with Zach?" She asks, disregarding everything I just said. "No." I say simply. "Oh. Alright. Then I guess I will see you later if you have nothing to do with me anymore." She smiles and walks over, pushing me out the door. I lean against the wall. I just lied to her face. I sigh, and start to walk away when I hear tears echoing through the bathroom. Skyla? Is she crying? I hide behind a corner close to the bathroom and wait for her to come out. She comes out a few minutes later and her eyes are a light red and are a little blotchy. Does she like me that much? I didn't know that I hurt her that badly. Should I run and kiss her? No. You have a girlfriend and you just told Skyla that you don't like her, even though that was a lie. But I really want to. I sound like a little child begging for something, and I'm begging for Skyla. She turns the corner, and that's it. I turn so my back is against the wall and sigh. A girl gasps from the end of the hallway. "Oh! Oh my gosh!! I did not know we were lapping?!" Ariana. "Hey babe." I say. I stand up and she comes over to kiss me. She smells like Axe. What ever. I keep kissing her and my hands trail up and down her back as she holds her hands on my cold cheeks. She lets go slowly and holds my hand. "Hey, you smell like Axe.." I say. She stops and her eyes widen but slowly go back to normal. "Uh, probably my teacher. Or my dad. Yeah my dad. I gave him a hug because he's going on a work trip." "Oh alright." I say. We walk the halls for a bit and then she gets to her class, so we say a few last words. "So you're suspended?" She asks. "Yeah. 3 days. It's better than being in school." I say. "Carter, that's really going to affect your college applications. How are you going to get into Harvard or Yale now?" "What? Since when was I going to Harvard or Yale?" "That's where we are going together. We already discussed this." "No we didn't. You discussed it with yourself. Lately, I don't have the grades for that." "Carter, you can't stop my from going to the schools where I belong. I am a very smart person, and-" I cut her off. "When did I ever say that I was stopping you from going to university? I want a different path than you do Ari." "Carter. You better bump up your grades then. We're not going on different paths, we're leaving high school together." "You don't know that. We could break up at any moment." "Are you saying that we are going to break up?" She asks. "Maybe. You can't predict the future." She scoffs and crosses her arms. "Fine, if that's what you think, I'll leave you with your thoughts." She turns around and goes into her classroom. "Great." I turn around and get in my car which is parked right in front. I put the car into drive and drive home. I turn on the radio and listen to some classic rock and roll. My phone vibrates. I look down and see Skylas name.
Skyla-Just so you know, we're not okay. You can't just walk away from this like you always do
I reply with something simple.
Carter-Well Im not going to apologize for something I didn't do.
Skyla-Fine. Whatever you want. Bye
Carter-Bye
I get to my house and open the door. I run up to my room and watch some Netflix. I lie down and then I hear someone enter the house. "Hello?" I ask. I don't hear an answer. "Hello?" I ask again. No response. I walk out of my room slowly and start to walk down the stairs. I turn the corner into the kitchen/living room and I see my sister grabbing a drink from the fridge. "What the hell?! You scared me! Wait, what are you even doing here? Shouldn't you be in college?" I ask. "You CAN'T tell mom and dad! Alright?" "What the heck happened to you?" I ask, looking her over. She looks like she has been drinking non-stop and her eyes are bloodshot. "Nothing. I had a few nights out, that's all." She says. "I'm 18, alright. What happened?" She looks down, embarrassed. "I really am not a good role model. I did something that I am really not proud of. You don't need details on what happened. So, just don't tell mom and- wait, what are you doing home?" She asks. "Uh. I got suspended." I chuckle a bit. She laughs. "Wait, Carter. That is not good. You need to get in a good university! Please! Make sure you have a good education." She says. "Yeah, alright. Where are you going to stay, by the way?" I ask. "I was hoping to stay in your room?" She asks. I shrug. "Yeah, but why don't you just stay in your old room?" "I don't know, it just seems like a better decision to stay in your room." She responds. "Alright, then I will see you around." I laugh as she runs up the stairs to go and hang out. I grab an apple from the fridge and I feel the cool breeze against my face. "Ah." I say. I take a nice, big, juicy bite of the apple, and go to my room.
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Teen Fiction4 students, 4 stories, lots of drama, and just enough romance.
