Cryptic Secrets

Chapter 5

When I awoke, I was in an extreme amount of pain, and I couldn't talk. There was no chance I was going to school, not with my pain and not with my neck's appearance. I texted Natalie and said I wasn't going to school. I slowly shuffled to John's room and shook him awake.Motioning with my hands I said that I wasn't going to school. He said he would walk.

After he left, I went to the store and bought soup, Sprite, and crackers. I tried to eat, but it killed my throat.

When John got home from school,it was about 7:45. I decided I would ask him where he had been all this time. I gently knocked on the door. Hearing the bed bounce and his footsteps on the floor, I knew he was coming.

"What?" he asked while looking at me from head to toe.

"Can I come in?" I asked trying to sound more confident. He signed then motioned for me to enter. I slowly eased onto the bed looking at John make sure it was okay. When he nodded, I plopped down staring at my hands waiting for him to say something. After he sat down on the bed, he murmurred something.

"What?" I asked barely understanding him. He repeated again,"I'm sorry for hurting you."

In shock, I answered back trying to sound sincere,"It's okay." All we did for a while was sit in painful silence.

"Why did you get home so late?" I uttered.

"Why do you care?" he asked angrily.

"I was just wondering." I said.

"Why are you always in my business?" he snapped back.

"I'm sorry." I apologized.

"Sorry?" he asked in a way that sounded more like a mean, nasty statement.

"I......" I opened my mouth to say something, but the way John was looking at me made me lose all my thoughts. His gaze was more like a glare. The glare was rude and hateful. By then I knew not to say another word, I got up and cautiously walked out the room.

After about 5 minutes in my room, I heard him coming. What is he going to do?

He walked through the door,"I was at football practice."

"Oh," I whispered.

"What are we eating for dinner?" He asked.

"I can order a pizza?" I answered in a question.

  After the pizza arrived, we went downstairs to eat and watch tv. Around 10 we went to sleep. All I could think about was Cedric. 'What should I tell him?'

   As soon as I woke up, Cedric was texting me asking if I would come over. Since I was not in a mood for arguing, I just said yes.  Unfortunately, today was picture day, so that meant I had to wear something dressy. After I got dressed, I plopped onto my bed staring off in space when my alarm went off to leave. I gradually walked out the door staring through the house.

  When I arrived at school, Natalie was absent so I had no one to socialize with. During lunch. Cedric kept kissing, hugging, and nudging me. It was weird. Something was seriously up with him. He never shows this much affection. Then he poked me,"What?" I asked agitatedly.

"What happened to your neck?" he whispered to me.

"I slipped." I said lying.

  After watching me for a minute, he left and went back to class. When I got home, John was in his room on the computer. Cedric came and picked me up. We went to the movies and saw Divergent. After, we went to dinner and the skating rink.

At his house all we did was talk and kiss. I got home around 9:30. John was in his room asleep, which surprised me. Cedric and I fell asleep in my bed cuddling.

  I awoke to Cedric stroking my hair.

"Good morning!" he said with a cheerful smile. Today was Saturday so I had nothing to do.

  After Cedric left, Natalie and I left John and Naomi at home. We went to the mall and ate lunch.

"Do you think anything will happen while we are gone?" Natalie asked.

"Hopefully not." I said praying. We went to Hot Topic, Justice, Journeys, and Payless. We ate at the 5 star restaurant Shady's. The entire trunk was full of shopping bags.

   "I heard there is a new family in town." I said trying to make conversation.

"Ohh! Yeah I heard about them." Natalie realized. The rest of the ride home was quiet.

"John!!! Naomi!!!" Natalie and I shouted upstairs. No one answered. We looked at each other then ran. We bulged through door as fast as we could. What we saw was horrifying. Naomi was on top of John with her shirt off, and John was laying down with no shirt on.