To say I am confused would be an understatement. So many lies are just unfolding right before me and I haven’t even been here for 3 full months.
I always seem to find myself in this dorm, on my bed, reading. But today my mind aren’t taking in what the printed words on the pages are saying, my mind is too busy wondering about the secrets.
What is Dani hiding? What is she not admitting? What happened to Emily? What does Bryce have to do with it all? Why are Amy and Harry protective over it all? And I ask too many questions.
I get up from my bed and put my book away on the shelf and go walk into the bathroom to wash my face. My eyes are feeling heavy; I need to wake myself up somehow.
I look in the mirror for one second and walk back out into the dorm. I jump a little when I see Amy standing at her closet fetching for clothes.
“Did I startle you sweetheart?” She smirks. Well I was expecting a completely different personality after what happened earlier today.
“Yeah, it’s something you do a lot.” I smile.
“What the fuck do I wear?” Amy says throwing another cocktail dress on her bed.
“You have a full closet of clothes to wear, you can’t seriously be stuck on what to wear.”
“Well guess what? I am stuck on what to wear.”
“Wear that short dark red dress there.” I tell her, pointing at the dress that lies on her bed on top of another pile of clothes. How much clothing does this girl have?
“I prefer to wear shorts to a frat party.” She states.
“Do you attend every frat party?” I ask, holding up a pair of black short-shorts.
“Yes I do.” She smiles, proudly though I’m not sure if it’s something to be proud of.
It takes Amy another half an hour to finally settles on a ‘We Are Young. Fun’ black and white shirt with black high waist shorts. Her lips her usual pink with her hair cascading down her back and stopping a little below her shoulders. I’ll admit, Amy is beautiful and it’s no secret. People are blind if they think otherwise.
“All right, if you want to fit in you know where to find me and the boys.” Amy winks and I roll my eyes playfully.
Once Amy is gone completely, I grab my phone and dial Dani’s number.
After a few rings she finally picks up.
“Hello?” She speaks.
“Hey, it’s Cc.” I reply. There is a silence before she speaks again.
“If you’re calling because of what happened today-“
“I’m not, I‘m just confused.” I sigh.
“Nothing to be confused about.”
“Actually there is Dani, apparently you’re lying to me now, still have no clue about Emily and I’m in dark and in the middle of everything but I don’t know what’s going on around me.”
I hear Dani sigh from the other side of the phone and a little part of me hopes that she will tell me some truth but instead she hangs up.
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I walk out of Pathology class alone. Dani is back to not speaking to me except this time I didn’t do anything, she’s just hiding from the truth that she doesn’t want me to find out about.
“Smile little one.” Bryce says when he approaches me in the halls.
“Easy for you to say, you know the truth about everything.” I say and he sighs.
“Cc it’s not safe for you to know.” He says quietly, lifting my chin with his index finger so I’m looking up at him. His brown eyes looking deeply into mine.
“Why?” I whisper, frowning a little.
“I don’t want to lose you. We don’t want to lose you.” He says, looking away from me.
“You won’t.” I tell him.
“We will, you’ve been told we are bad people and they are right, it’s safe if you just don’t know what’s happened in the past.
“But-“
“Cc please, maybe one day but please just let it go.” He begs. I look away for a second and then back at him.
“Okay, I’ll let it go.” I say and he smiles a little and silently thanks me. “For now.” I point at him.
“Anyways, how’s Amy and Harry this morning?” He asks as we begin walking again.
“Trashed.” I laugh and he does the same, “How do you manage to look so sober after a frat party?”
“Hmm maybe because I don’t drink.” He says sarcastically and I snort.
“What? Why?”
“I don’t like what’s happened when I have been intoxicated.” He says in all seriousness.
“Oh, is it because of Josh?” I ask, a little anxious on how he will react to me asking the question.
“Yeah but other things too but we don’t need to talk about that.” He smiles at me. I only realize now we are at the fountain again, it seems to be a regular place we visit together.
“Well Cc I’ve got to go work but please keep me posted on Amy and Harry when you get back to your dorm.” He chuckles lightly.
“I sure will.” I smile. He places his hand on the side of my face, softly caressing my cheek. My stomach explodes with butterflies at this point and I can’t seem to fight the blush forming on my cheeks. He smiles a little before walking away.
I smile widely and begin walking away from the fountain and to my dorm. The vibration of my phone in my pocket is felt and I stop to have a look. It’s probably Amy asking for me to bring in some aspirin. When I unlock my phone to view the message I was wrong on the sender and the message.
From: Dani
Bryce wasn’t driving the car the night Josh died…I was.
YOU ARE READING
ONE CHANCE
Teen Fiction"What happens in the dark should not be brought into the light."
