No One Accepts Me

Chapter 5

As tears are falling down my eyes, I run to my hiding place and see that Terence is following me.

"CARRIE!!! WAIT!!!" He calls behind me.

I'm near the door until Terence grabs me and I sob in his shirt. Terence strokes my black hair. 

"It's okay, it's okay. . ." He keeps saying again and again.

We enter the room and we both sit, leaning on the wall.

"What happened?" He asks, looking at me. I put my hands on my face remembering the memory.

"I. . . I think that Brad is--" I swallow "cheating on me." I reply. 

"THAT JERK!!!" He yells then stands up but I grab his shirt. 

"No. . . Please don't," I plead to him, and he sits back down. "I don't want to get you in trouble."

He strokes my hair again. He puts a hand on my cheek and made me face him.

"Your mascara is coming off." He says, wiping it away. I chuckle. "See, your happy again." 

I playfully slap his arm. "No, I'm not, dummy." 

He pulls me up and put his arm around my shoulders. "Wanna go to class, now?"

I stop crying and run to the door, realizing that we're still in school.

Terence grabs my arm and says, "Let's go to class together."

- - - - -

It has been three days since I saw Brad talking with Valerie. I have been avoiding everyone, even Brad. Terence was the only one I can talk to; the only one I can call up late at night, sobbing and talk about Brad.

I got a lot of calls from Brad but I just declined it and sometimes ignore it. Olivia has been sending me pictures of Brad with Valerie; Brad hugging Valerie; Brad and Valerie laughing. I couldn't take those pictures out of my head.

I am on my locker fixing my things then close it when I'm done. In the corner of my eye, I see Brad leaning on a locker beside mine. I walk away, pretending I don't see him. 

He grabs my hand, "Carrie--"

I turned around, about to cry. "WHAT?!" I snap, my voice cracking. I jerk away his hand and put them on my pockets.

"Why are you ignoring me? I'm you boyfriend! Talk to me!"

I take out my iPhone and press on Photos. I gave it to him and cross my arms.

"Where did you get these?" He asks and give me my iPhone back. 

"Olivia gave them to me." I reply and put back my iPhone, avoiding his eyes.

"Carrie--" Brad puts his hand on my shoulder but move away. 

"Don't touch me!"

"I'm sorry, but let me explain." Brad say. I cross my arms again.

"Valerie and I are just best friends. . . Just like you and Terence."

I look away from him. He put his index finger on my chin, making me look at him in his beautiful green eyes.

"Why don't you trust me?" He asks, now I can't stop looking at his eyes. They're like hypnotizing me.

"I do! But. . . Just seeing you and Valerie. . . And what Olivia told me--"

"Made you think I was cheating on you. . ." He put his hands on my cheeks and looks at me in the eye. "Carrie. . . I would never do that," He says. "Valerie and I are just friends."He kisses me for three seconds then pulls away. I guess I shouldn't have trusted Olivia. She's just a mean liar. Like always.

"You know what? How about I hang out with Terence and you hang out with Valerie? Sounds good?"

"Sounds good." He kisses me on the forehead and we walk to our classes.