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I tried to forget what happened last night, hoping that the worst wouldn't occur. I didn't want to make a big deal about it since he deleted the pictures anyways. Besides, he was my boyfriend. What could possibly go wrong?
I made my way into the gym early that morning, trying out for the river vixens. The room was filled with chanting, probably practicing for the upcoming football game in a couple days.
"You made it." I heard Cheryl say, pulling me out of my daydream.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world." I joked with a nervous giggle.
"Alright, I'm hoping you brought your pom-poms Betty, because you need to cheer the roof off by game night." She told me and I nodded in reply.
"5,6,7,8!"
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"Arch!" I called out, walking towards his locker. He looked towards my way and smiled. "Hey Betty." I heard him say, making me smile. "Wanna hang out at Pop's today?"
"I'm not sure if I can." Archie told me. "But maybe tomorrow?" He asked and I nodded. "Yeah tomorrow..." I said as he walked off, leaving me alone.
Walking to class, Veronica and Kevin stopped me in my tracks. "Betty, we need to talk." Veronica told me, pulling me aside. Kevin walked off to class, not wanting to be there with me and Veronica for some weird reason.
"What's up with him?" I asked curiously, looking for an answer from Veronica. "That doesn't matter...what matters is you breaking up with Archie."
"Veronica are you out of your mind?! I'd never do that."
"So leaking your pictures isn't good enough for you? I warned you Betty about Archie, but you just didn't listen, did you?"
I stayed silent, not knowing what to say. Archie told me he deleted them...he lied to me.
"Y-you're right. I need to break up with him." I said, running into the girls bathroom. Immediately, I started to breakdown. My life was going great until I was stupid and let this happen.
The bell rang for next period and I hurriedly wiped away my tears, not wanting to let others know I'd cried. I didn't want my face to be seen anywhere...nor my body. I just wanted to be alone, so no one could bother me. At this point, I wish I was invisible.
I walked out of the bathroom, putting a fake smile on like nothing had happened. Everyone knows what happened, but they didn't know I knew. I pretended I didn't know what was going on, but deep down inside of me, I knew and it pained me horribly.
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After school, I had cheer practice and saw Veronica there. "V?" I asked and she let out a sigh. "I got a spot on the team so I could talk to you." She told me and I laughed.
"You didn't have to do this for me V." She shook her head in disagreement. "Yes I did. Is everything okay?" Veronica asked me worriedly. "Okay as it can be...I just can't believe he did this to me."
"That's what they do to you. They play with you as if you're some type of toy." I nodded, agreeing with her. "I need to breakup with him...but how?" A smirk came across her face.
"What are you doing right now?" I laughed, shaking my head. "Pretending like nothing happened." She nodded as she laughed along. "Keep that up with Archie, see how long he can take you not noticing until he cracks." I shook my head at her dumb plan.
"V, I wanna get him back. He needs a taste of his own medicine." She agreed with my suggestion. "Or just dump him. You'll feel better once you let him go, I promise." Veronica told me and I shrugged. "Fine...I'll just break up with him and all will be gone." I told myself as I let out a sigh.
The truth was, even if I did end things with him, that picture would still live on with me. Nothing could ever delete it for good, and if there was, I'd be paying for it with my life.
