The Forgotten Cimorelli

7 months later

TOM:

So I've been with Belle for 7 months now and I couldn't be more happier, I was terrified when I met her family but they are amazing , she belongs to such a big family, she has 11 other siblings, 6 sisters and 5 brothers.

Michael 25, Christina 23, Katherine 22 , Lisa 20 , Amy 19 , Alex 17, Lauren 15, Dani 14, Christian 12, Nick 10 and Joey 9. So yeah she belongs in a big family also she has 2 amazing parents Mike and Lynne.

Anyway,me and Belle have been together a while so I decided to talk to her about our relationship and whether we should take it to the next level, she was hesitant at first but then after a while she agreed. i think her hesitation was due to her beliefs, as she's catholic her family believe marriage comes first before anything else but she's always told me that she isn't bothered about it and I know she isn't a virgin, she told me when we got into this relationship. of course I would have loved to be the one to take her virginity but I'm just glad to be with her now, however her family can never know, the only person who knows that she slept with someone is her older sister Lisa and also the person who she slept with, I'm pretty sure that she has nothing to do with him though so I'm not worried about that. I trust Belle with my life and am completely in love with this beautiful girl.

BELLE:

I was sat in my favourite spot near the beach with Tom when he asked about our relationship and whether we should take it to the next level. I wasn't sure at first but I was in love with this man and I trusted him, I told him that we should but my family cannot know not even Lisa. He said " why would I tell your family, I don't want to die yet" he said laughing.

I laughed to and said " but seriously, If they suspect anything tell them no"

He agreed then we went over to his apartment (he lived on his own).

We went to his bedroom and well it happened but this time it meant something and Im glad I wasn't drunk, even though it wasn't the first time , it felt like it was all over again but much better.

Afterwards we lied down on the bed , just talking. when he bought up my first, he asked me if I was ins relationship with Joseph when I lost my virginity, I wanted to lie and say yes but I wasn't going to do that so I told him the truth " I wasn't in a relationship with this guy and we were both drunk when it happened" Tom then asked me "do you ever see him , like are you still friends" I replied with " I wouldn't say we were good friends but I sometimes see him around town and ill say hello but nothing else" Tom replied with " okay , I'm glad I got to spend this important moment of my life with you" we then kissed and fell asleep.

It was around 9pm when I got a call from Lisa, I answered and she asked me where I was, i then remembered , I didn't tell anyone I was with Tom, I told lisa the truth ( not the whole truth) but said I was watching a film at Toms and will be back when it's finished, she said " you better not be lying little sis" then she laughed.

I then hung up and felt guilty, not just because I lied to my sister about the film but because I promised her I wouldn't do what I had just done until marriage. I looked back at Tom who had just woke up and asked if he could take me back home, he said " yeh sure, let me just get my shoes on".

As we drove It was quiet then he broke the silence " I knew you didn't want to, why did you let me?" I said " no, its not that , I just feel a little guilty because I had to lie to lisa, I'm glad we did what we did" he dropped me off home and kissed me on the cheek and said " goodnight , love you " I said back " and you " then made my way to the door. as soon as I got there the door swung open and my sister Christina began yelling at me " where have you been, moms been going out if her mind with worry" I shouted back at her "oh my god, so what I lost track of time, i forgot you never made mistakes" and pushed my way through the door and went upstairs, where lisa then said " oh, I thought it was you, I heard Christina yelling" we both laughed and I fell into my bed. I turned away to sleep when I heard lisa say " how was the film then? " I replied " what, oh the film yeah it was good, although I've seen better". i then heard my dad call me down and he didn't sound happy. I slowly made my way downstairs, a little scared, i quietly said "yeah" he then said " where have you been all this time, I thought you having a boyfriend would have changed your behaviour but it obviously has not", I said " dad I'm sorry, I lost track of time" i then went back upstairs and sat onto my bed crying, Lisa told me " dads just worried, he will be fine tomorrow ". I didn't answer her, I just fell asleep.

I woke up next morning to the sound of Christina telling me to get ready, "great, school " I said to myself. I was the only one in my family who went to a public school, my parents thought it would be easier for me, the only problem was, I hated it.

I made my way downstairs, where my dad hugged me and said " I'm sorry for yesterday, I was just worried " i nodded my head and said "its okay, I understand why" I went over to grab my bag and leave when Lauren said " you not eating?" I said "no" and left where I was followed by Lisa who said " you need to eat" she gave me a cookie and said "get in the car ,ill drive you". I got in the passenger seat and we drove away. I got out the car, said " can you pick me up after", Lisa said "yeah, but be quick" and then she left.

I made my way towards the school building and was greeted with stares from all the kids, I was never a loud person in school and didn't talk to many people so why was everyone looking at me. I entered the building and saw Joseph and he said he needed to talk to me desperately, I rarely talk to him so I was a worried, he then said " look I'm so sorry Belle" I looked at him and said "for what?", he said " okay, you know what happened between us months ago, well people know" I said "how, who did you tell" he replied " Molly ( his girlfriend), she wanted to do it and asked me if I had ever before, and I didn't realise until after I told her about us and she told her friends" I asked him whether he told her about the near pregnancy and he sighed and said "no she doesn't Belle , well anyway me and her aren't together I can't trust her."

He reached out to touch my shoulder but I pulled away, I was really upset and angry. I began to cry and said to him " how could you" I then ran off, as I did I heard people shout " slag" ,

" you will be pregnant soon", " disgrace" , " I bet your family will be happy to know they have raised a slut" , " I'm gonna tell".

I ran Into the bathroom stall and burst into tears, when I heard a couple of girls enter the bathroom, they said " can you believe Belle, i would never have thought she would ever do that,

I mean she's catholic, she's such an idiot , her parents won't be happy when they find out ", another girl then said " I feel bad for her though, she's going to get bullied for it and especially because she could have got pregnant". I couldn't hold my cry in any longer and let it out, I walked out the stall and washed my hands, the girls looked at me, I knew who they were, Steph and Hanna, they were popular girls but were kind and it was always just them two that hung out.

Steph looked to me and said " Belle , I'm sorry , I didn't mean for you to hear that, do you want a friend", I nodded still crying and nodded my

head. I was so grateful for them both, they were so kind.

We went out the bathroom and I heard a boy shout " dirty slut" to me, I was holding back my tears , I then heard the bell go off and i made my way to math, neither Steph or Hanna were in my class so I was alone for 2 hours because it was a 2 hour lesson.