Silence In The Snow (Phan)

To Catch A Cheater

Song: Beautiful Pain - Andy Black

It's time for another story.

Let's go back to relationships, shall we? This week, cheating. It's never a good idea to cheat on someone because chances are, they will find out. Did you know that women used to have to wear an 'A' on their clothing if they committed adultery? Maybe we should have something like that now.

Carrie and Jack have been going out for a few months now, but I don't think they are really the only ones involved in that relationship. Someone has been unfaithful, the question is who?

I bet everyone thinks Carrie is sweet and innocent, and wouldn't hurt a fly, but maybe we are all wrong. For the past couple of months, Carrie has not only been dating Jack, but has also been dating Alex. I know, I was just as shocked. How could she do such a thing? Jack had been nothing but nice to her, and this is how she repays him.

But don't just blame Carrie. Alex is involved in the too. He knew that Carrie was going out with Jack and still went out with her anyway, so don't put all the blame on her. No secret is safe, and Carrie and Alex are the eighth to be exposed.

Dan POV

I should be angry at Phil for posting that, only I cant be. He texted my on Saturday telling me what he was going to be posting. When I read it, I told him we needed to meet up. He invited me to his house and when I got there, he showed me his proof that it was true. He had pictures of Carrie and Alex kissing, and I honestly couldn't believe it. Why would Alex do such a thing? So it wasn't Phil I was angry at, it was Alex.

I walked into school and to my locker to find no one there for a change. His could only mean one of two things, either Alex wasn't in today, or Charlie and Alex were off somewhere having an argument. I guessed it was the second one when I heard one of them shouting. I followed the voices to one of the classrooms.

"You wouldn't talk to me when you thought I got some girl pregnant, yet you've been going behind Jack's back and hooking up with Carrie for the last couple of months. You're actually unbelievable Alex." Charlie shouted.

"It wasn't meant to happen, but I did." Alex said.

"How many times have you two hooked up?" Charlie asked.

"Five or Six." Alex said quietly.

"So it wasn't even just once. But it 'just happened' every time, did it?" Charlie asked.

"Why do you care anyway?" Alex asked.

"Because you're such a hypocrite. You cant tell me I should be ashamed of myself when I didn't even do anything, when you are going behind one of your friend's backs and kissing his girlfriend." Charlie said. "I just cant believe you." He said, before walking out, not even bothering to say hi to me. Alex turned as Charlie left and saw me standing there.

"Hey." Alex said.

"Don't. He's right. You're quick to judge other people, yet look at yourself." I said then turned and left. The bell rang and I went to my lesson. I could hear Alex following behind me, but I made no attempt to wait for him.

I walked into the classroom, not bothering to look at Phil, too annoyed at Alex for what he had done. I sat down at my desk, ignoring everything that was going on around me. I felt my phone go off in my pocket.

'You ok?', it was from Phil. I looked over to him to see him looking at me. When we made eye contact, he gave me a small smile which I tried to return.

'Fine, just pissed at Alex', I sent back.

Jack walked into the room, followed by Carrie, whose eyes were red where she had obviously been crying. Jack walked past Alex to his seat. When he got level with him, he stopped and looked at him before shaking his head and carrying on to his seat. This was definitely going to be a long lesson.

"Why'd you do it?" Jack Harries asked Alex. Alex said nothing. "Don't you feel bad?" Again, nothing. "I would." Jack said.

"Just shut up." Alex said. I could hear Carrie still crying slightly, but Zoe, who was next to her, made no attempt to comfort her, instead choosing to ignore her altogether.

"Did you ever stop to think how it would make Jack feel?" Pj asked both of them. I looked very to Jack to see that he had his head resting on his arms, not looking at anyone, ignoring us all.

"I wanna know who's running the blog." Alex said, standing up. No one answered. "Which on of you is it? Because we all know it's someone in here." He said, still no answer. "Alfie, check your list." He said. Alfie reluctantly got the list out.

"We know it's not Jack, Finn, Chris, Emma, Dean, Zoe, me, Pj, you, or Carrie." He said, reading off the list. "So that leaves 15 people." Alfie said.

"Well which one of you is it?" Alex asked. Still, no one answered.

"You didn't care when it wasn't you in the spotlight." Finn said.

"Yeah, you were enjoying it when it wasn't you." Chris said.

"Why is it that now you have been exposed that you need to know who it is?" Finn said.

"You know, I bet it's secretly you. You didn't really care about people knowing you're rich. You just wanted to brag about it without actually doing the bragging." Alex accused.

"Excuse me? Don't go around accusing people when you don't even know who is doing it." Finn said, standing up from his chair.

"Well who was it then?" Alex asked.

"I don't know, but it wasn't me." Finn said.

"Boys, sit down please." Miss Grainger said as she walked in. Finn and Alex stared at each other before sitting back down.

The lesson dragged by slowly, but eventually the bell went. Everyone collected their stuff and left the room. Charlie told me he was going to talk to one of his teachers about homework or something, and that he would see me at lunch. I hung back, waiting for everyone to leave before walking over to Phil.

"You alright?" Phil asked me.

"Yeah, I'm just annoyed at Alex. He was judging everyone else for their secrets but couldn't take it when it was him." I ranted.

"Need a hug?" Phil asked. I looked at him before nodding. I put my arms around his neck, feeling his arms go around my waist. I rested my head on his shoulder. I felt him rubbing my back. When we pulled apart, he smiled at me.

"Better?" He asked. I nodded.

"How worried are you that everyone is going to find out it's you?" I asked him.

"I'm not sure. Nobody suspects it's me, so at the moment, not that worried. But that could change at any point." He said. I heard movement from the door and turned my head to see someone moving away from it, and hear their footsteps up the corridor.

"Shit." I said, running to the door. I managed to see the back of who it was before they went round the corner, and I work out who it was. Chris. "He probably heard all of that and now he's going to tell everyone." I said.

"Let's go then." He said. We both quickly grabbed our things, then followed in the direction that Chris went.

We got down by the canteen when I spotted Alfie, so Phil hung back a bit. He came over to me.

"Hey, Chris said that everyone in our English class should go to the classroom at the end of the corridor. You too Lester." Alfie said, directing the last bit at Phil as he went to walk past us.

"What?" Phil asked.

"Classroom at the end of the corridor." Alfie said before walking to the classroom. Phil and I looked at each other before reluctantly making our way there.

When we got there, everyone was already there, sitting on tables and chairs around the room. Chris was standing at the front. As we walked into the classroom, he stared at us, before getting everyone's attention. I knew where this was going.

"How worried are you now?" I whispered to Phil.

"Very." He said. I reached out for his hand, holding it and rubbing it with my thumb, hoping to calm him down a bit. From the corner of my eye, I saw him look down at our hands before looking at me. I looked at him and smiled, terrified for what was going to happen.