Illuminate -Shawn Mendes

Bad Reputation

Alexa~

Hey. I'm Alexa, Alexa Laynes. I'm seventeen and a senior at Comet Point High School. I enjoy photography and being with my best friend, Camdyn James. Around here I'm most known for my supposed sleeping with most of the varsity football team; which is totally predictable considering I'm a cheerleader, right?

The aforementioned actions are falsities.

How, you might ask? Well, let me tell you.

First of all, I prefer basketball players. Boys trying to run fast enough to catch one another just to jump on one and make sure he doesn't cross the special line, fun? Sure, there's strategy to it, but it's kind of slow paced. Basketball is always moving, always going up and down the court, always making a quick pass to the open man, always shooting the gaps to score inside. And the pictures are way cooler.

Secondly, the guy that made up the rumors is a piece of shit. Wesley Green, clocking in at six foot, 165, is an offensive lineman and defensive tackle, slightly stupid, wannabe fuckboy, with sort of bad acne. One of his buddies, Justin, told me that Wesley has a huge dick and for a whole four and a half seconds I thought of what a huge dick might look like and became kind of disturbed. This is the way the story goes: early into junior year, I was at the same party as Wesley and many other people from our school and near by schools, he was drunk and threw himself at me, mouth first, tongue out. The only thing he can remember is "kissing" me (if we can even call it that), so that lead him to think he slept with me, for some reason unbeknownst to me. Then, one day at football camp, some of his buddies decided they wanted people to think that they got some too, not specifically with me just in general, but everyone guessed me so they went with it. So according to Wesley and Justin, all their friends seen me naked. Believe it or not, high school students will trust football players over anyone else in the whole damn school.

Third and finally, I've only had sex with one person. In the beginning of the school year, we didn't even know each other. Now, we've been friends with benefits for about five months. We started by just talking. I told him my problems and he told me his, he knows what they don't. Then went to the park together a few times and we got closer, but neither of us wanted a relationship. We decided to be each other's first time and then the Wesley bullshit started and I needed a stress reliever, so he helped me out. Shawn "just wants to have fun," or so he says. I don't totally believe him, but hey, he's good at what we do, so who am I to complain?

This is how I got my bad reputation.

. . .

"Hey Cam" I answer my ringing phone,

"What's up buddy?" her cheery voice chimes.

"You called me" it sounded more like a question.

"Oh yeah huh," she pauses.

"Cam, your blonde is showing" I state sarcastically.

"Sorry 'bout that, anyway, we should get dinner together tonight" she offers.

"Um," I check the time, I'm supposed to see Shawn tonight at seven, but Cam doesn't know about him, "raincheck?"

Cam sighs, this is the third time in two months, "Okay, what's the occasion this time?"

Think Lex think, "Dad wants to have family dinner" I don't enjoy lying to my best friend, but if she knew I was sleeping with the guy she likes, poof no more friendship.

"Alright, tell your dad 'hi' for me, have fun tonight, love you Lex" she doesn't sound too disappointed.

"Love you too Cam" I press the end call button.