How Could This Be Real?

32. She's Trying To Be Better

When I got to school the next day, I suspected it would be like it had been before the last performance; everyone whispering when I passed and looking at me. It was like that in a sense, but they really just glared and went silent if I got near them. I didn't think Cam would want to talk to me, but he was waiting at my locker.

"Hey, has it been like this for you too?" I asked.

He pushed off the locker he had been leaning on and took his hands out of his pockets. "Worse."

"Was it Mindy?"

"I don't know, maybe."

I did my combination and started putting my things away. "Have people said anything about a video?"

He lifted his eyebrows curiously, "Not that I've heard, why?"

"She recorded me with my boyfriend."

He frowned, "I thought it was a long distance relationship?"

"He came to visit for my birthday."

"Well when was that?"

I glanced at him, "Yesterday."

He threw up his hands, "What! Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't think it mattered."

"Well, it does!"

I shook my head, "We're getting off topic, we need to find out exactly what the rumor is so we can set it right." I closed my locker and turned to the group of people that had formed around us. "Anyone care to share?"

They all shifted uncomfortably and suddenly became very interested in their feet. I started to walk away, but someone stepped into the circle.

"Oh, don't pretend that you don't know." I turned to him and recognized his spiky blonde hair and arrogant stance. He was the cocky guy that had taunted us after coming out of the storage room.

"Well I can guess, but you know gossip. It never ends the way it started."

He smirked, "Can't argue there."

I took a step toward him, "You seem pretty in the know. So what's it come to now?"

He crossed his arms, "That's some expensive information. What will you give me in return?"

"How do I know I can even trust you to tell me?"

He pointed his chin behind me, "Cammy will vouch for me, won't you pal?"

Everyone's eyes turned to him and he took a step back. He looked from the guy to me and shrugged, "He's good at finding loopholes, but he'll tell you if you word it right."

He nodded, "I'd say that's a fair analysis. Now again, what do you have in return?"

"Something that you won't believe, but you should because it's the truth."

He rubbed his chin thoughtfully and looked me over. Finally he said, "Alright, here's the scoop. I of course told people of your little closet ordeal, so proud of you by the way Cammy." Cam scowled but kept his mouth shut. "Then Mindy told me that you already had a boyfriend and I was like, 'Woah, cheat much?' So basically I spruced it up and said that you took turns having fun with them and that's where it stands last I heard."

I clenched my teeth and tried to come up with questions that wouldn't give away too much. "That's exactly what Mindy said?"

"Pretty much, she seemed reluctant to even say what she did though. I swear, she's going soft. But I've done my part, now spill."