Within The Lights. (Series)

Chapter 20 - Liar, liar.

"Macy!"

I jumped and stopped, but didn't turn.

"Where are you going?"

"Oh..." I turned to face him. "I was going, to, uh... Meet Campbell at the beach."

"Campbell?" He questioned.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"Is Josh going?" He crossed his arms.

"Nope. Just me and Cam."

"Cam? You're calling him Cam now?"

"Yeah... That's his nickname." I stuttered.

"Macy, why have you been hanging out with Campbell so much lately?" He asked.

"I don't know. He's a nice guy. Fun to be around." I shrugged.

"Really?"

"Yeah, why?"

"No reason..."

"Cody. There's something on your mind."

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Did you and Campbell...?"

He didn't even finish the sentence.

"Are you crazy!?" I yelled. "You think that I'd come on a vacation with you to your home town, and cheat on you with your best friend!?"

"Well, you've done it before." He muttered.

"Yes, I have." I crossed my arms, too.

"So there's no garentee that you wuoldn't do it again."

"Are you saying you don't trust me?" I asked.

"I'm saying that I have a right to be suspicious."

"I'm your girlfriend." I spat.

"Well, if you didn't cheat with Campbell, why are you so jumpy lately?"

"What are you talking about?" I asked, suddenly getting really nervous.

"I'm talking about the fact that about five days ago you suddenly started avoiding me, hanging out with Campbell and jumping whenever I talk to you." He raised an eyebrow.

"No I haven't."

"Yes, you have. And I want to know why."

Somehing in his eye told me he already knew, or thought he did. But all my mind was saying was Come on, Macy. You're a genius. Find a way out of this.

"Because..." I whispered.

"Because why, Macy!?" He yelled at me.

"It's not my fault!" I screamed. Not really to him, though. I yelled it to try and convince myself.

"What wasn't your fault?" He asked.

"I'm sorry." I whispered.

"You... Tell me you didn't." His eyes widened in disbelief.

"I'm sorry." I repeated.

"Sorry isn't gonna cut it, Macy! Don't you remember what happened last time! I stayed in my house for 3 weeks! I cried almost all of those days! I barely took you back, and you have the nerve to go and do it again!? What the hell is wrong with you!?"

"I'm sorry!" I screamed.

"Are you?" He asked, turning and walking away.

"Cody!" I called after him. "CODY!"

He didn't stop.

****

I made it back to the house and walked intot he living room, throwing myself on the couch.

"Do you know what happened to Cody?"  Rebecca asked.

I looked up at her. "Uh... No, I have no idea. Why?"

Okay, so i lied. But I didn't need her hating me. I was still staying at her house for another 2 days.

"Because he took his stuff and said he was staying at Campbell's place for the next few days."

My jaw dropped. "He did what!?"

"Yeah, I let him go because I wasn't exactly sure what was going on, but he looked pretty torn-up."

"Oh my God..." I whispered.

****

5 days earlier

"Hello?" I answered my phone. It was a long-distance call, but I told everyone only to call me if it was an absolute emergency.

Macy!?

"Who's this?" I asked.

It's Greyson...

"I don't want to talk to you." I said, about to hang up.

Wait! We need to talk.

"What's there to talk about?" I muttered.

The night after your birthday party. When I came to your house to apologize for being a jerk to you.

"Do we need to talk about this? While i'm on vacation? With my boyfriend?"

Yes, Macy. We do.

"We can't just forget the whole thing ever happened?"

You and I both know that isn't an option. He's gonna find out sooner or later. And you know that just like last time, you have to tell him.

"Or we could never speak to each other again." I spat.

Macy, be reasonable. The only reason I want you to tell him is because I know what secrets like this do to you.

"I'm completely fine."

Yes, but you won't be.

"Whatever, Greyson. This is costing my a dollar a minute."

Macy!

"I have to go."

I ignored him yelling at me and pressed the end button.

"Who was that?" Cody's vpoce behind me made me jump.

"Oh, no one. Just... An American telemarketer." I lied.

I've been lying a lot lately, haven't I?

Okay, time-out for a second.

You're probably thinking about how terrible I am for cheating on my boyfriend twice with the same guy. Truse me, I'm thinking the exact same thing. And when I get back to LA on Wednesday, I promise, and you can quote me on this, that I am done with both of them. I will get over Cody, and I will get over Greyson.

But something tells me that one of them is going to be harder to forget than the other.

And I think you know which one that is.

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ok for any confusion on that last line it's greyson ok

she's starting to wonder if maybe she liked him all along and was just too blind to see it and obviously it's gonna eat her alive because she's a genius and knows like everythingehjgfawjgl ok sidebar is macy's outfit when she was going to meet campbell at the beach

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