Another Cliche Cinderella Story

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Dylan's POV

I couldn't get my words out so I showed her how I felt instead. When she didn't kiss me back I thought I had made a huge mistake. But as soon as she kissed me back I was on another planet. Her lips were soft, the kiss felt like hours but was only seconds.

We arranged to meet as usual at the end of the day, I think we're going to see one another for the first time. But that's the problem, she likes me now but will she when she finds out the truth? I will have to tell her today.

As I exit the dark room, Jenna is smirking at me evilly. She wouldn't know why I was in the darkroom for but something about her is making me nervous, it's as if she's planning something.

I had math first. I walked into class with a fairly big grin on my face. The girl from yesterday was already in class, with a similar smile, she looked a lot happier than yesterday that's for sure. I make my way over to the table and sit beside her.

To everyone else we probably looked like we were on cloud nine with our facial expressions, we looked like a couple of clowns unable to stop smiling.

"You seem happier than usual," she whispers with a smile.

"I could say the same to you," I reply also with a grin.

"I'm assuming everything went right with this girl of yours?"

"Yeah. Yeah, it has," I couldn't stop smiling, I felt so... I felt like I was on another planet. Cleo was...her name is amazing just like her. I don't know how I hadn't met her before.

"That's good then," she smiled back. Throughout the rest of the lesson, we were working with partners on the work we had been set. No one was really saying anything to her today which is odd. Don't get me wrong that's a good thing that there not picking on her but it's a bit mysterious if you ask me.

The class was dismissed and I headed to the canteen, I sit in my usual seat with some mates. We were digging into our food when some girl makes rather loud coughs, clearly wanting everyone's attention.

I look up to see Jenna standing on top of a chair.

"Everyone I have an announcement. As you know Dylan and I recently broke up," what's her point? I roll my eyes at my mates before continuing to listen to her.

"It's come to my attention that he has been talking with some other girl. He didn't cheat on me, that's a fact. But it's interesting that he has been lying to each and everyone one us, especially So-called Cinderella. For weeks they have been talking and she didn't even know it was him. He said his name was Jake, why did he say his name was Jake? I'll tell you why. He doesn't want to be a footballer he wants to be a photographer which is why he has been meeting with Cleo the last few weeks. Or should I say meeting with the freak?"

Everyone was now laughing and I was full of anger. I stand up to shout back when I notice across the canteen, the girl from class gets up and starts walking out. She can't be her... surely?

"Why are you running away Cleo? Got nothing to say? You're just as bad as him, calling yourself Cinderella. You didn't want to tell him who you were because you knew he wouldn't want to know a thing about you," Jenna spat venomously.

I sent Jenna a death glare as my mates laughed.

"I didn't say anything...because..." she then ran off. It then hit me. Cleo was the same girl I've been sat next to in math for the last year. How had I not realized?

"Jenna, why are you such a bitch? Seriously all you do is saying horrible things to bring other people down and to make you feel better. No wonder why you won't stay with a guy longer than two months," I spat before running after Cleo.

"Cleo wait," I shout as she walks fast down the corridor.

"Why?" She yelled as tears stream down her face.

"Dylan or shall I call you Jake? You have been lying to me for weeks. God, we've been sitting next to one another for the last year, how could I have been so stupid to not have realized that you, Jake was actually you?" She yelled as she backed away slowly.

"Cleo, please just listen, I can explain."

"I don't want to hear it. I trusted you. You know I don't trust easily and you have been lying to me. I've poured my heart out to you and you weren't even the person I thought you were. Yesterday when you were talking about yourself you didn't think to mention 'oh by the way I'm fucking Dylan Ryder,' no you didn't because you haven't changed. I thought you had yesterday when you came looking for me but this just proves that you haven't. You are still the self-centered jerk that everyone knows. And all of that talk when we bumped into one another outside of town, you were talking about me. This morning, oh god this morning. How am I suppose to even get my head around this when I like you? God, I don't think I can, not after this"

More tears were now streaming down her cheeks. Now looking at her I can see the similarities from when we were in the dark room. Her cheeks go red when she's angry or upset.

"I was going to tell you later that I was me. I didn't want to hurt you but I didn't want to tell you who I really was because..."

"Because what Dylan? Were you afraid I wouldn't talk or help you? If you had been honest from the start I would have helped you. There was no need to lie to me for so long. I trusted you, god you know so much about me which I wish you didn't. And that day you yelled at me and I was crying in the darkroom, yeah that was because of you and you were so angry at whoever made me feel that way. You should be angry with yourself. I let you in Dylan, and you have completely ruined any friendship we had. I don't want to talk to you again, so don't bother texting me or meeting me later." Cleo was now sobbing as she stormed off in the opposite direction. I needed to fix this, but how?

I headed back to the canteen to confront Jenna.

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