Long Lost (A Hayes Grier Fanfic)

Chapter 8

Cassidy's POV

I looked up and my eyes met with Matt's. I can see in his eyes that he knew I wasn't expecting him to be sitting across from me.

"Hey Matt, how are you?"

"Okay, I just came here to talk to you about something..."

"Oh, alright I am listening." I sat up intently waiting to hear what Matt has to say.

"I know that what Hayes has done to you was a horrible thing, and no girl should deal with that, but he is lost without you. I know it sounds cliche, but this time I mean it. He has never acted this way about a girl. He can't even look me in the eyes, and that is not the Hayes I know. Please, give him another chance, I cannot deal with this anymore. He's changed, this has made a mark on him."

I sighed, "Matt, these words should be coming out of Hayes's mouth, not yours. He should be the one to tell me that he's changed and that he is lost without me. He should be telling me that he's sorry. I know that you are doing this for a friend, but I can't crawl back to him that easily. After what he has done to me, it lowered my confidence."

"You're right, I'm sorry." Matt rose from his seat, and walked out.

I sat at the table for 30 more minutes and thought about what Matt said. 'What if it was true, what if it wasn't? Does he still love Jordan?'

The whole situation was frustrating me.

I decided to relax because I had to go to school the next morning, but my mind wouldn't stop running. The thoughts going through my head were making me uneasy.

Soon, I fell asleep.

-The next morning-

My alarm startled me. I had 45 minutes to get prepared for school. I fixed my outfit, makeup, and made sure I had my assignments complete and in my bag.

As I was walking into school, there was no sign of Hayes. I continued making my way to the Biology room, and finally arrived. I sat in my seat and sat with my legs and arms crossed. For some reason, I was very uncomfortable, even without Hayes's presence.

The teacher walked in and began class. I grabbed my assignments and suddenly felt even more uncomfortable than before. I looked up and saw the boy who stole my heart, then broke it into millions of pieces.

The class seemed to go by slower than ever. I would always sneak glances at Hayes who was sleepily staring at the wall. After listening to the teacher rant on, I looked at Hayes again.

His eyes were on me like glue. His glance was stern, and he didn't break it. It was almost as if he had been staring for hours at me. His eyes never moved away from mine.

I squinted my eyes and  noticed that his eyes were dark, just like the ones in middle school and high school.

I mouthed 'we need to talk'.

He said back 'come over to my place after school'.

I didn't respond.

I spent the rest of the school day in a trance, unable to focus in any of my classes.

I back to my dorm, and layed sprawled out on my bed. I had to go, even if my confidence was low, I needed to confront him. I needed to hear the words Matt had told me come from his mouth.

I slowly walked to the boys dorm. My heart was beating fast, and I was scared to see him, just like in the past.

Hesitantly the door opened a few inches, just enough to fit Matt's head through it.

He sounded nervous.

"Uh, hey Cass... what are you doing here?"

"I came to see Hayes, is it alright if I come in?"

Matt looked down, "I think you should come another time..."

I looked at Matt questioningly," Oh, how come?"

"Were... cleaning, it's really messy in here."

I knew something was wrong.

"It's alright, I don't mind." I walked towards the door and Matt opened the door for me.

I glanced around the corner, and I couldn't believe my eyes...

Hayes was with Jordan. Hayes was with Jordan.

He was grasping her hand tightly, and was apologizing to her.

He looked up at me, I was in too much shock to cry. My mouth was wide open and I didn't have any words for him.

He scoffed at me, "What do you think you are doing here?"

"What do you think? You invited me, remember? But I can come back another time because you look like you're busy with Jordan. "

Hayes chuckled, "I am actually, but no need to stop by. Why are you here anyways, shouldn't you be doing homework."

The face he gave me was the same exact side-tilted smirk he would do when he had said a good comeback, or had finished beating me. That look was enough to send me through the roof.

"Oh I'm sorry, but you shouldn't be talking to a straight-A student like that." I smirked at him. "Don't you think you should be doing you're homework? I mean straight-Cs are okay, but just not good enough. You know what I mean right? "

Hayes stared at me in disbelief. I just stood up to him.

"How dare you talk to me like that you're worthless!"

"How dare you talk to me like that since we were twelve! Have you thought about that. I'm not worthless Hayes, the thought that you have the odastity to say that to ANYONE makes you a horrible person! Don't you dare EVER speak to a person like that! I thought you changed but, you're just you. You're just my long lost friend. I don't know how I ever thought you would become my friend or even boyfriend again!"

I bolted out of Hayes's dorm, and around the corner but someone grasped my arms. I was hoping that it was Hayes because truely, I loved him. I needed him to hold me in his arms and never be disloyal to me again, but that would never happen.

I turned around and again, my eyes met with Matt's.

"Sorry, I lied to you, but I didn't want you to get hurt. Truely, I believed that you meant more to Hayes than anyone else. He always goes crawling back to Jordan.

"Thank you Matt, but Hayes needed to hear what I had to say."

Matt embraced me, "You know, Cass, I would never do that to you. You are way too precious to lose. Hayes doesn't know what he lost. I cannot believe that he would do this to you. You are like a hidden treasure. Most people don't find you, or think that you are fools gold. Although, the ones that find you realize that you are worth billions of dollars. There's no in between. Hayes is just one of the fools in the world, as for me, I've found my hidden treasure. When I said that Hayes was lost without you, I was talking about myself".

Tears were slipping out of my eyes, but I felt comfortable about crying in front of Matt. No one has said something to me that made me cry tears of joy.

Matt spoke again.

"I don't want to be your long lost I want to be your just found. "

(A/N: did you guys like the chapter? Sorry I haven't been updating I have been very busy. Wait and see what happens next... what do you think will happen?)