Birthday Wish

B.W Ch 14

Ch 14

I couldn't here anything else on the other line. I had tears forming in my eyes as I bit my lip. After awhile, my mom spoke.

"Are you making the right choice?" She asked. I thought for a moment about her question. She always asks this about the boyfriends/girlfriends of us. I wasn't sure of the answer to that question. I knew that I had just met him, but over the course of the week, I learned a lot about him, and he learned a lot about me.

"Yes, I'm sure," I said.

"But Lea! You've just met him! I just wanted you to see your favorite celebrity, not date him!" She exclaimed. I sighed, knowing this wouldn't end well.

"Mom, I have to go. I'll call you later," I said.

"Lea you-" And I hung up. I sighed deeply, leaning against the tree and closed my eyes. Was Tom really playing me? I shook my head. He couldn't be. He's been so caring and helpful. When I broke down in front of him, he didn't have a look that had disdain written all over it, but a loving and caring look. I had never spilled out that much to someone, and I would never forgive him if he threw my trust away.

I looked over to our picnic area and saw that he still hadn't shown up. I frowned and took out my phone and dialed his number. It rung for awhile and went to voicemail. I pondered, wondering where he could be. He doesn't usually run off without telling me first, but I was having second thoughts on that. I figured he went off to do an emergency errand and didn't have time to tell me, so I started packing everything up.

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I arrived back at my apartment with a bunch of baskets and boxes of food. I lugged them to my kitchen and dropped the heavy contents on the counter. I pulled out my phone and I was just about to call Tom again when I heard a knock at my door. I didn't have any suspecting guests, so I waited a little bit before another knock came. I walked over to my door and opened it, standing there slack-jawed and feeling poison had been injected into my vains. Standing in the hallway outside of my apartment, was Jade Olivia Gordan in the flesh and with a plastic smile on her face.

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My heart was pounding so loudly, I could hear it through my ears, and I was starting to sweat. I wiped my palms on my pants and crossed my arms loosely across my stomach. We both stood there silently, not saying a word, before she spoke.

"Aren't you going to invite me in?" She asked in a sickly sweet voice. I stared at her with a blank face and no expression. But once she spoke, I lost it.

"I'm sorry, did you hear something speak?" I spat with venom. She smiled more, and I glared daggers into her eyes.

"Last time I 'saw' you, you were just an illusion. Now, I think that I need to see a doctor," I said tightly. She laughed, sending chills down my spine.

"Silly girl. I'm not a dream, an illusion, or a hallucination. I'm as real as my relationship with Tom," She said. I froze, glaring at her with all my strength that my eyes hurt. If looks could kill, Jade would have been to the core of the earth by now.

"What...what do you mean?! He's with me you little-"

"Really? If he's with you, then where did he go when you were at the park? Where is he right this very instant?" She asked, cutting me off, making me more angry, if that was possible. I was fuming by now, digging my nails into my palms hard enough to draw blood.

"I-I don't know. He must have been on an emergency-"

"Nope! He ran back to me. You know what he said? He said that you were such a wimp, such a FREAK! He acts like he cares about you, but he doesn't! You have nothing to offer him, except complaints about your life. He thinks you are so weak! So weak that you can't drink wine without passing out! So get this through your thick skull, he doesn't want you!" She finished. She had a smile of triumph on her face, so I closed my eyes, feeling as if a bunch of bombs were exploding in my body. I had tears rimming my eyes, my eyelashes acting as a dam, blocking the hot tears from falling. I didn't dare look at the smug expression on her ugly face. I didn't want to break down in front of her after she called me weak, I couldn't.