Lie (Short Story)

Lies

Drei's PoV

*ring ring*

The sound of my phone ringing woke me up.

"Hello?" I answered sleepily. "Geez, you're finally awake!" It turned out to be Stef and a scene popped up in my head. Oh no. Did I just do it with her?

"Hey Stef, about last night. Did something happen to us?" I brought up the topic nervously. Please, I hope I was only dreaming.

It took a while for her to answer "Huh? What are you talking about? I heard you were drunk! Sarah took you home, you know!" She laughed and I let out a sigh of relief. "Hoho. Don't tell me something actually happened between the two of you?" she added and as I remembered the scene from last night my face burns up.

"Y-yeah."

Stef's PoV

As I thought, he really thought I was Sarah. When he asked me if something happened between us last night, I was happy and I expected he really saw me as myself. I was expecting that he would correct me and tell me that it was me who was with him last night.

"You didn't come home last night. I was worried you know?" mom scolded during breakfast. "Huh? O-oh. I slept at Drei's place."

Mom knew Drei since he was a child so I think she's cool with it. "Oh, I see. But you know Stef, Drei's also a guy. You should be careful too" she warned and my vision got blurry because of the tears.

Mom's eyes widened and I think she got the message. "Something... happened?" She asked nervously and I nodded slowly as I braced myself, expecting her to scold me or even disown me but none of that happened. I was surprised to see myself in her arms and cried with me.

"I'm sorry!" She cried "I... I failed as a mother... I even swore I would never let you become like me..."

"Mom! It hurts! I let him do it to me! I was stupid! I knew he was thinking of another woman but I still let him!" I shouted as I wrapped my arms around mom's neck. "It's okay... Cry all you want. You just loved him, it's not your fault" mom spoke sofly as she pats my head. "You know Stef, I was really worried when you were young you know. You never interacted with boys because of your father. I was worried that maybe because I just let you hate your dad that you will grow old all by yourself" she continued.

I was surprised. I never thought mom to think of me this way. "I was really happy when you brought Drei here around 10 years ago. I thought that maybe he can make you forget your hatred towards your dad. And now, he hurt you, but Stef please remember that all men are not like your dad"

Receiving all the warmth that my mom could give, I cried from the top of my lungs until I can't cry anymore.

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The next day, I went to school but this time, I didn't call Drei to wake him up.

I walked to school, went to my desk and buried my head on my arms.

When I woke up, it was already lunch break and I saw Drei running to his desk, with his bag in his hand. Our gazes met and gave him an I'm-sorry-I-forgot-to-wake-you look.

"Geez, it's fine... but... I waited for you to open your window last night. Also, your eyes are red. As I thought, did something happen to you? Are you okay?" He looked at me seriously and his brows creased a bit. 'Is he angry? I knew he was waiting last night but I just don't know how to face him' I thought.

I took a piece of paper to write my reply. Thanks to the shouting yesterday, my voice won't come out anymore.

Sorry, Drei. My throat was sore last night and I felt really sick so I forgot about it.

Drei just sighed. "I was really worried, you know" he said as he messes with my hair.

Honestly, I hate myself for blushing when he tells me things like that. I took his hand away from my head

I'm just gonna buy some water. My throat's at it again.

I wrote on the paper and ran out of the classroom with my bag.