Thousands of people apply but only a select few get into Lanson Richmond Academy. One of the most prestigious schools in the world, with the next leaders of the world and the kids of fame's finest walking their very hallways.
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- Chapter - Forty - Nine -
"You did what?" Hayley asks shocked leaning against the marble counter top and I nod. After I stormed out of the rec room I quickly headed to the bathroom where I texted Hayley to come and meet me so that I could explain everything that just happened with Jasper.
"I know."
"Gosh I hate Jasper so much, it's like he has everybody wrapped around his finger and you know this isn't even the first time something like this has happened. There was this girl the summer before sophomore year. He met her in Florida I think, the girl really was in love with him and she didn't even know she was a prince. Until one day he just shows up to school with a random girl and when we asked Taylor what happened she said that he cheated on her." Hayley explains and I shake my head in disgust.
"We should probably head back to class." I comment checking the time on my phone and Hayley sighs and we both walk out of the bathroom into the empty hallway. Hayley and I walk into the classroom that's only a couple feet away from the bathroom and we're greeted by mister Kelly.
"Brooklyn I need to talk to you." He says pushing his glasses up his nose and my stomach flips. I follow him back out of the class into the hallway and he closes the door behind him.
"Brooklyn, I have to say i'm very disappointed in you. Mister Arden infromed me that you ditched my class after I let you guys work in the rec room and he had to do all the work by himself. With this and walking in almost twenty minutes late i'm afraid i'm going to have to give you a detention." He informs me and I open my mouth to object but then quickly close it not willing to risk getting another detention.
"I'm sorry mister Kelly, I understand." I apologize solemnly and he nods accepting before gesturing for us to walk back into the class. I walk inside resisting the urge to roll my eyes as I walk back to my seat next to Jared.
"What happened?" Jared asks jutting his chin towards mister Kelly as I sit down looking around for Jasper who thankfully doesn't seem to be in class anymore.
"I got detention." I grumble and Jared gives me a sympathetic smile before shrugging.
"I think practice ends a little bit before detention, i'll wait for you." He offers and I shake my head.
"It's fine you don't need to do that." I tell him knowing where this was going, he'll walk me home and then somehow we'll end up on one of our beds. As much as I would like to get my mind off things with Jared every time I think of going to him Archer pops back up into my head.
Sighing I take out my phone waiting for the bell to ring already wanting the day to be over.
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"Ms Reeves i've been expecting you." A lady sitting at the desk in the front says as I walk into the empty detention room and I nod smiling politely.
"Just take a seat, this ends in about an hour." She instructs as I take a seat in the back of the classroom. Sliding down in my seat I take out my phone hiding it behind the desk before taking my earbuds out of my backpack and putting them on.
The door to the classroom bursts open and I look up to see the one and only Archer Moreno walking into the room holding up a yellow detention slip.
"Glad to see that you're finally attending one of your many detentions." The lady at the desk comment taking the detention slip from his hands and points to the desks.
"Go sit." She orders and Archer laughs turning around. His eyes roam the classroom before landing on me and I quickly look back down at my phone.
Shit. This was not how I planned talking to him and apologizing for lashing out, I don't even have my words planned out how am I supposed to spend an entire hour in an empty room with him? Sighing I turn my music up even louder on my phone.
"Hey princess." He mouths and I shoot him a small awkward looking smile before looking back down at my desk.
Ten minutes pass in silence before the teacher clears her throat while getting up.
"I'll be right back." She announces. Deciding not to talk to Archer I turn my music up even louder and close my eyes. But all I can think about is Archer and it's bugging the shit out of me.
"We need to talk." I state ripping my earbuds out of my ears and turning to look at Archer who abruptly looks up from his own phone.
"I thought we weren't talking." He muses raising his eyebrows setting his phone on the desk crossing his arms over one another.
"Jared said you were looking for me earlier." I fire back and he sighs.
"You're right, but do you really want to talk about everything here?" He questions gesturing to the large room and I shrug.
"If we don't talk now when are we going too?" I ask knowing the if I had a choice I'd be avoiding him for the rest of the year.
"We kissed, you said it was a mistake and now we're not talking." I start out getting straight to the point.
"I didn't mean to say it was a mistake like that. I just meant that you and I can't afford to start anything right now, there's just too much going on." He tries and I let out a small scoff.
"But you don't get to decide what I can and cannot feel or want to do." I tell him. This was exactly what irked me to the point that I walked out on him the other day, what if I want to see where this goes?
"Fine, I can't go through a relationship right now." He admits and I sit back further in my chair.
"But you had no problem faking dating me where you were trying to get back with Montelsé?" I accuse anger and sadness rushing through me. He opens his mouth and then closes it at a loss for words. I wait for him to deny it and tell me another explanation but he just stays quiet.
"Look Brooklyn, there's just a lot of shit thats going on in my life right now that I can't explain and I just can't do this." He begins again breaking the silence.
"Like what? You haven't told me shit, don't friends tell each other these things or can you not deal with that either?" I question coming out a lot more harsher then I intended. I watch as Archer's face drops and I immediately want to take everything back.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. You don't need to tell me anything." I rush feeling like such a horrible person after everything that he's done for me.
"I think that we're both at fault in some way or another for this whole mess so can we please just forget about all of this, start over and go back to the way we were?" I add hopefully just wanting all of this to be over, what's even the point of this whole argument? If Archer doesn't want to do the whole dating thing then I can't force him, he'll do him and I'll do me. At least I'll still have a great friend by my side even if it means I'm going to have to bury my feelings.
"I think that would be good." He exhales a tight smile coming into his face.
"But if we're going to be starting over I need to tell you something."
"What is it?" I ask having déjà vu from earlier today from when I was with Emily.
"I haven't been telling you the entire truth about why we faked dating."
A/n I know, I know what's with me and cliffhangers.
