Reckless Heart

Chapter 20

CHAPTER 20 

It's been three days after my life changed. 

Remember my revenge plan for my mom- uhm ma? The whole use her money and buy some stuff? Well, she didn't get mad, it was the total opposite she was happy, very very very happy. It was the first time I saw her so happy, because I was finally using her money to buy A LOT of things. Weird ,right? I went shopping on Monday, she found out the next day, she's fast. But when she asked about the band and "the gabriel kid" , well let's just say I almost cried myself to sleep that night. 

Mother kept on going to school, excusing me from classes everyday, my classmates and friends are starting to be suspicious. I mean who wouldn't? Your name being called through the PA System that will be heard by the WHOLE school? And I was gone every morning or afternoon, sometimes even the whole day. 

The band and Kyla kept on asking but I just tell them that it was nothing - they didn't buy it. So everyday with my mom- oh darn I mean Ma-, what does it feel like? Worse than hell itself. She was getting pretty impatient. 

And Dexter, 

oh God. 

We keep on fighting ever since the whole necklace thing! But that was the plan from the very beginning when I saw that necklace. I can't believe I'm doing this. 

The band you ask? 

I wasn't attending ANY of the meetings or practices, even if I was just inside my dorm. Not even answering my phone. I haven't been talking to Kyla, Vince and Ynigo. If they talk to me, I'll ignore them and they'll say... 

"What the hell is wrong with you?" 

Or 

"You're a mess." 

And my personal favorite... 

"If you won't attend any of the practices just quit." 

Ouch. 

If Dexter and I will talk it turns into an argument. 

I'm always late for class, not minutes late, I mean HOURS late. I never let my hair down. And for the first time in my life I swore at Vince and Ynigo. Kyla almost slapped my face because of that. 

What can I say? A lot can happen in three days. 

I sat under the cherryblossom tree that Friday afternoon. Classes ended and for the first time this week my Mother didn't excuse me from class. 

I hate my life. I regret everything that I've done. 

I hugged my knees and rested my head on them. I sobbed quietly. 

It's all her fault. I know I could just not follow her, right? But that's it. I simply can't. If I won't do it, SHE will. I don't want my mom talking to my friends, just the thought of it sends shivers down my spine. 

"I hate her." I mumbled. 

"Hey." I heard someone say, it was Dexter... My Dexter. 

I looked up and found his eyes full of concern, worry and... love. I can't believe that after all the things that I have done, he's here. 

"Hey." I said, looking away. 

He sat beside me. I moved away, just a few inches. 

I knew that hurt him. I felt the same way. 

"What is wrong with you?" He asked in his almost-argument voice. 

"Nothing." I lied. 

Then he saw my necklace again. The one that I bought.