The rest of the day I spent lying around the house. I lounged on the couch, in my room, in the dining room. I sat around waiting for the end of the day to come. I cried a few times, just to allow it all out. I sat with a sniffle on the white couch, hugging my knees to my chest.
There was a knock on the door, and I stood, wiping my hair out of my eyes and dabbing at my nose with the hem of my shirt, having run out of tissues earlier in the day.
I walked up to the door, then pulled it open....
"Cole, what are you doing here?" I asked, turning away to wipe my eyes.
"I came to see my gorgeous girlfriend." He said, holding out a grocery bag and a bouquette of white roses. For the life of me, I don't know why I asked but...
"Why?" I asked with a sniffle. Sadly, he smiled.
"Because she needs me right now. You didn't come to school. So I came here." He said with a smile.
Did he really expect me to be okay? Did he realize that it was the anniversary of my best friend's death? Did he care? I knew that Jonah and Cole hadn't been getting along much. And I was hoping to work past it, but things aren't exactly going the way I want them to.
"You really didn't have to." I said wrapping my arms around my stomach. I didn't know what to do with myself. I felt like a dirty cheap cheater. And he wasn't making this very easy on me.
"But I wanted to." He smiled. Make that a lying, dirty, cheap, cheater.
It was killing me, the guilt. It hurt to look him in the eye and lie to him. It hurt to think about what I did. He was killing me, to a point where I could barely take it. I couldn't handle this heavy heart on top of everything else. It was too much.
"Listen, Cole..." I began. He pushed past me into the apartment.
"I got us some lunch, since I have an hour. I thought I'd cook it up and then we could eat together, you know? I also brought you some ice cream to stock your freezer because I know how much girls like that stuff. I got Ben and Jerry's if that's okay with you...I wasn't sure what you liked exactly so I got a bit of everything..." He trailed off, walking into the kitchen. I followed reluctantly, slumping my shoulders with the weight of a guilty concience.
He chattered happily as I stood by the bar in the kitchen and watched him prepare the food.
How was I going to break this to him? I wondered as he chopped up some green bell pepper.
I didn't know how I should say it. Quick and fast, like a band aid, or slow and steady? I decided that quick and fast would be easier, less time to spend talking. I chewed on my lip as he talked about school and how everyone was worried about me.
"Especially Jonah." He said with a sneer. "He just can't wait for you to come back. I don't know how you can be friends with that guy, Melinda. He's just a pervert. Did you know he went around talking about how pathetic you were today? It was horrible, the way he was talking about you. I wouldn't trust him, Mel." He said as the knife he had slammed onto the cutting board. I jumped and with wide eyes watched him. A feeling fluttered through my chest from that one glimpse of emotion in his eye. Fear. That's what I felt.
His look was so evil, so...I don't know....menacing. It frightened me. What could this boy do to me?
He looked down at his hand tightened around the knife. With a look of shock, his eyes met mine. I watched as he shoved the emotion down. He took a deep breath, smiled then continued to talk. Avoiding the conversation about Jonah.
He could have killed me....I thought.
I looked at the clock. Only twenty more minutes....
"Well, lunch is done. You ready to eat?" He asked. He had a smile plastered on his face, but I learned the difference between a real one and a fake one years ago. Training from my mother.
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AléatoireMy mother used to say, things always get worse before they get better. Well, for the first time in my life, things have hit an all time low. Destynie, my best friend died before I could tell her my secret, My mother re-married a man who hates me, I'...