Thank You For Being There For Me

Chapter 19

Helen:

I wanted to hang out with Achilles again today, but he had to run some errands so I needed to find something else to do. Luckily Ismene was free today so I invited her over.

"So..." she said as we entered my room "Did you tell him yet?"

"Ismene" I gasped.

"Oh sorry."

"Look, you said I got until the week before Prom, I got lots of time to prepare."

"You're still not ready to tell him?"

"No" I sighed as we sat on my bed "I still don't know when I'm going to be ready."

"Well I still think you should do it as soon as possible, you know to get it over with."

I gave another sigh.

"You do wanna go to Prom with him right?" she asked.

"Of course, but not just that, I wanna be with him."

"You really like him huh?" she smiled.

"I do" I smiled back as I felt my heart warm up.

"Well when you're ready, go ahead and do it, and give me details after."

"Of course" I giggled.

"So anyway, have you decided on what Prom dress you're gonna wear?"

"You're asking me now?"

"Why not? Surely there's a dress you saw at the mall that you liked."

"Well" I said as I thought about it "I do like that black and white dress Achilles told me would bring out my eyes."

"Oh so you're gonna get that?"

"Well I gotta use my dad's credit card and all, hopefully he wont be too mad."

"Yeah I mean it's Prom, every parent knows that their daughter dreams of going to Prom, and they'd do anything to make sure the night is memorable, especially when you have a cute date."

"Speaking of date, are you thinking about getting one?"

"What?" she said surprised "No, I'm gonna be going to Prom with you guys, you know as a group."

"You sure there isn't anyone you want to be your date?" I asked with a smirk.

"Yes" she assured.

"Well you know-" I said with a sneaky smile "Promey's single."

"Don't even go there" she ordered as I gave a laugh.

"Hey I'm gonna use the bathroom."

"K, don't clog the toilet."

"Yeah yeah" she smirked as she left my room.

After she was gone, I began to think about Prom, and then about Achilles. Ismene told me that when I'm ready I would tell him how I feel, but after a moment of thinking about it, I began to wonder: Am I ready? For some reason I feel like I want to tell him now, not just to get it over with, but I want to be with him now. I was thinking so much about Achilles that I didn't notice Ismene entering.

"Hey" she called which caught my attention "You okay?"

"Oh uh, yeah."

"You sure?"

"Well uh..."

"What is it?"

I had to tell her, I couldn't hold it in.

"I think I'm ready" I confessed.

"What?"

"I think I'm ready to tell Achilles how I feel."

"Wait what?" she gasped with a smile "Are you serious?"

"Yeah" I giggled.

"Oh my God!" Ismene exclaimed "This is great!"

"I know!" I smiled "I just got this feeling that I was ready."

"Well what are you waiting for? Call him."

"I will" I smiled as I pulled out my phone "Okay, so I'm going to ask him if he would like to go see a movie with me tomorrow, and if he can then I'll tell him my feelings then. But if he can't then I'll just tell him on the phone."

"Actually I think you should tell him face to face, it's better that way."

"Okay fine, but I have to see if he'll be available either tonight or tomorrow. Although he could still be running his errands and I don't want to bother him."

"Would you just call him?" Ismene urged "If he's busy you can talk to him later, just call him."

"Okay" I giggled.

But just before I could call him, I suddenly got a text from an unknown number.

"Huh?" I said confused.

"What?" Ismene asked.

"I got a text from an unknown number."

As I went to read the text, what I saw shocked me. I was looking at a photo of Achilles and what appeared to be Hera kissing him! And the text underneath the photo read "Busted."

"Oh my God" I said with shock.

"What?" Ismene asked as I showed her the photo "Oh my God is that Achilles and Hera?!"

"It appears so" I said still with shock "I- I don't understand, how could he do this to me?"

"Are you sure if this is even real? It could be photo-shopped."

"Like there would be a photo of Achilles kissing someone" I doubted as I started to feel my heart break and my eyes water.

"Helen" Ismene said when she noticed my teary eyes.

"I-" I mumbled as I sniffed "I don't know what to do right now. I can't believe he'd do that to me."

"Maybe it's just a big misunderstanding."

"Oh yeah right" I doubted again as I felt tears drip down my cheeks "Every guy falls for Hera, and how can you not she's supposedly hot."

"Not now with her colorful hair that Achilles did."

"But she still has that face" I grunted "And that body, and those boobies. I can see why Achilles would kiss her."

"Helen don't overreact, I'm sure there's an explanation."

"Oh I'm sure there is" I grunted as I wiped my tears "Now that goes to show me that he doesn't want to be with me."

"Don't say that" Ismene gasped.

"But what if it's true?" I cried "What if Achilles really does see me as a friend, and just as a friend, nothing more. And if he wants he can screw with Hera that bitch."

"Achilles doesn't want to be with that bitch, he wants to be with you."

"Well tell that to the picture! God I wanna rip that rainbow hair off that bitch's head!"

Oh my God, I can't believe what I just said, I was exploding with anger. I couldn't believe myself, I've never been so mad about a boy before, especially about Achilles. I turned to Ismene who sat there speechless.

"Um, do you want me to go so you can be alone?" she asked in a bit of a sad tone.

"I- I guess" I mumbled as I wiped my tears.

And with that Ismene left, leaving me alone with a broken heart.