A Letter 2 Years Late

Chapter 8 - Everything Falls Apart

I walked down the hall staring at my feet, avoiding all gazes. Anyone who knew me knew my secret. Even those who didn't, still knew the secret of a certain thirteen year old girl. There were whispers floating around in the air. All I could do is walk as fast as I can and hope to find someone I could trust. My prayers were answered when I bumped into a certain boy. 

“Tressa!” I looked up to find that the source of the voice was indeed from the person I had longed to see all day.

“Brandon.” I sighed, putting my arms out for a hug. But I was rejected. I looked at him hurt.

“Are the rumours true?” he asked flatly.

“Yes... Kind of... to a certain extent... I don't really know what the story is that has been circulating...” I admitted.

“Why didn't you tell me?”

“I-It's not something that can just pop out of nowhere...” I whispered.

“Or is it you don't trust me!”

“Of course I trust you! But it's a hard subject for me okay? I can't just bring it up! I only told Rose because she found out herself and demanded for details!”

“So you only trust your best friend but not your boyfriend?”

“I-”

“Forget it. You lied about your identity to me. No you lied about your identity to everyone! If you can't trust me then... this... it just can't work.” Brandon whispered and brushed past me.

At that very moment, I could feel tears that I'd been holding in all day threatening to spill. I ran down the corridor to the dorm and fell on my bed crying my eyes out.

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I heard the door open with a quiet creak, but didn't flinch. There was some shuffling feet before I felt the end of the bed sink.

“Tressa...” came a soft, bubbly voice, drenched in sympathy. Rose.

“It's okay, everything will be okay. People are being stupid and are overreacting! Malfoy's an ass, he probably over exaggerated the entire thing.” Penelope whispered rubbing my back.

“Things will blow over in no time! They just don't know how to react to your...”

“Situation...” Karen finished Kaitlin's sentence.

“It's not just that...” my voice was muffled through my pillow.

“Then what's wrong?” Lilith asked.

“H-He-he broke up with me.” I cried even harder now. Thank goodness I don't wear makeup or my pillow would be a mess. Normally I was not one to cry when someone broke up with me, but add on the whole situation and in my defense it was a lot...

There was a gasp between the girls before Stellar spoke up, her voice soft with pity. 

“It's going to be okay Tressa. He was shocked he didn't mean too...”

“Not so sure someone would just accidentally break up with someone because they are confused or something...” Cecilia piped. I looked up through bleary eyes to see Stellar glare.

“Well maybe he didn't actually break up with you and you're looking at it the wrong way... what were his exact words?” Stellar asked trying to make sense of it all.

I sat up against the bedframe, hugging my pillow to my chest. “He said... that if I couldn't trust him enough to tell him this, then it couldn't... work between us.” I sniffled, “Malfoy is an asshole.” I added.