This is Chemistry

Am I in a bet?

"So what your trying to me tell is that you got attacked. Then Isaac, Dean, Jake and three others came" she slowly repeated as she tried to understand what was going on.

"Two not three" I interrupted correcting her

"So two others came and then after telling him you didn't trust him... He just left. Leaving you hurt all alone on the floor! On the cold floor!" She asked shouting.

"Well everything except leaving me on the floor.." I added correcting her once again.

"So he punched you?" She asked

"Omg no Alex! The other guy did Isaac didn't touch me" I corrected her the third time

"Still the same indie! He left you" she said worriedly looking at me with sorry eyes

"I know I know" I whispered looking down at my fingers.

We were on my bed laying whiles her bags where scattered across the floor. She brought like 6 bags and two separately just for makeup. One for party clothes, one for jewellery and the last two for general clothing. I explained everything to her but she kept on over exaggerating it. She made it seem twice as bad as it already seemed to me. Now I look at the incident way worser than I saw it before. She tried clearing my head several times before but it didn't work.

"So you and Isaac?" She carried asked looking at me

"What about him?" I ask turning towards her looking at her too.

"What are you guys? I mean you guys seem like couples but then like friends" she continued

"I mean I admitted I liked him and he admitted he liked me too... Oh and we've like kissed twice." I announced

She say up straight on the bed looking down at me.

"WHAT?!" She screamed

I got up slowly sat up like she was and smiled shyly.

"Omigod! When did this happen?" She asked excitingly

"A couple of days ago..." I carried

"Since when did Isaac Santiago liked someone? That's a new one" she carried on raising as eyebrow

"Why not?" I asked confusingly

"I don't know. I've been in this school since Isaac first started. I remember the first week he came he already managed to get the whole half of the cheer team in bed" she said. "And then I remember when he first slept with Stephanie he video taped it as this bet they do... Anyways Dean, Jake and him ended up uploading it on the school website" she carried on

"Did he tell them girls he liked them?" I asked curiously

"Yeah to get them in bed though. It's all part of their bet" she answered

"What bet?" I asked again

"It's a traditional thing that them three do. They give each other's bet and if they complete it they get a prize. All three have wealthy families so there prizes are like cars and money" she exclaimed "like that motorcycle he has? Jake and Dean got it for him after he got Stephanie. It's not all about the prize it's about the reputation too" she finished

I didn't want to think about it but this bet they did got me curious. I didn't want ask myself the question I was really thinking right now. I tried stuffing it behind but it kept escaping. It kept coming at the front of my mind again and again making me think about it more. I ignored it and shut my eyes closed but the picture appeared. The question couldn't keep in me for long.

'What if Isaac was using me for the bet?'. It kept quizzing through my mind all along. He did it to Stephanie what makes me any special.

"Alex what if I'm part of this bet?" I saw myself asking