Skinny

Everyone Is Asking

Chapter Fifteen:

Alex burst into my room. It had been a few days since the incident and I wasn't too ready to talk to him, but I guess he couldn't hold in his anger anymore. I sat on my bed reading the book that my English teacher had assigned to us to start reading that day. I waited for him to say something as he closed the door and began to pace my room. I wasn't sure what was on his mind and I wasn't going to break the silence first.

"What the hell are you doing?" He asked, trying to hold back his anger.

"Reading," I answered, still doing so.

"No, with those guys. Why were you doing that for all of them?" He asked, clarifying his question.

"I was by myself and they showed up and I needed a guy's opinion. I wasn't going to pick one and hurt everyone else's feelings. It was like a focus group. Multiple opinions are very helpful." I still hadn't looked up from my book, but I had stopped reading.

"You aren't to do that ever again." I looked up at his face in disbelief. I placed my book face down on my bed and jumped up to approach him.

"Who the hell do you think you are, Alex? You aren't my boyfriend, therefore, you get no say in my life and what I do," I yelled in his face.

"I'm not going to let you whore around with those guys!" He yelled right back and I slapped him.

"I'm not whoring around with anyone. I'm still a virgin! I'll do what I want, when I want. Just because you kissed me doesn't make you my boyfriend nor does it mean that you own me. Now get out of my room." I turned away from him and waited for him to leave, but he didn't.

"I kissed you?"

"Yes, you kissed me. You came into my room and then kissed me. I'm not saying that I didn't kiss back, but you initiated it and then you go and kiss what's her face the next day! You hurt my feelings and I don't want to talk to you anymore, now leave," I yelled this at the wall because I couldn't look at him. Not now.

I heard the door shut quietly and I sat down on my bed. I didn't know where we would go from here, but I knew he didn't care about me. He would have apologized for hurting me, if he did. Why were boys always hurting me?

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I dreaded agreeing to go with her, but I knew that my best friend wouldn't rest until I went dress shopping with her. The theme for Homecoming was Halloween and I wasn't sure what I was going as, but Mia and Gabe both wanted to be vampires. I thought that was cute that they were going to be vampires together as a couple.

I walked through the racks as Mia excitedly looked at different dresses that would make her costume epic. She was now popular by association and it was getting to her head. She was constantly telling me how everyone wanted to be friends with the best friend of the most popular girl at school. She had told me how many guys had wanted to date the prettiest girl in school and I was shocked when she told me that they meant me. I wasn't conceited enough to think about myself that highly.

We had been watching Ever After: A Cinderella Story before we left to come shopping. Now my mind kept wandering to her costume and I was wanting to go as an angel. I looked around for the perfect white dress which didn't resemble hers at all. It wouldn't have sleeves and I wasn't so sure about all the sparkly junk decorationg my dress.

I was looking for a good thirty minutes when I found it. The perfect dress and I was thrilled that it was on sale because Mia had insisted that she would buy it because she wanted me to go. It was off the shoulders and white and it resembled a wedding dress (pic of the dress on the right) but I would use it for my angel costume. I had the perfect pair of heels to go with it at home.  I tried on the dress as Mia found hers and I walked out of the dressing room.