Broken

Secret

The night went by, and I woke up the next morning with a headache. I got up, as I could see my mother sitting next beside me on the corner of my bed. 

Not realizing that there was a tear stain on my pillow, from me crying last night.

"What's wrong?" My mother asks me, with a look of worry on her face as she moved her hand close to me.

"Nothing..I'm fine..please leave,"  I said, trying to hold my tears back, as  I hold the pillow tight.

"What happened last night? Did he hurt you?, Where did you guys go?" My mom continued to question me, one after another.

"Mom, Please leave me alone! We went out on our date, and you asking so many questions at once isn't what I need right now!" I yelled at my mother, in frustration. What else can I do? I can't be honest with her, not knowing what would happen. I can't tell her I lost my flower..what would she even think of me? 

"...Okay...I will leave you alone. Food is downstairs for you. I love you pumpkin." She said before getting up and walking to the door, closing it behind her.

As she left, all I could do was cry for a bit, hitting the pillow in frustration. "How could I be so stupid!? Why would I let this happen..did he even like me as he said?" I hit the pillow in frustration, before throwing it to the wall. 

I looked at my phone that was on the side of my dresser, seeing as I had missed text messages from my friends, but not from Henry.

"Of course he wouldn't text me..." I sighed before opening my friend's texts in our group chat. 

"How did the date go?" - from Kimberly

"Don't go on the date! He's a liar!" - Emily said

"Are you ok?, Did he hurt you!? " Shane asked 

"I heard the news that Henry made a bet with his friends to take you on a date, in order for Henry to keep his car. " Emily said again. 

As I read Emily's text, it broke my heart even more and I asked: "what do you mean a bet?" 

"It was all done a few days before the date at school. I overheard them today at school yesterday while you and Henry were out on that date. I'm sorry, I should have stopped you guys.." Emily responded back.

"I can't believe this." I texted the group chat

"I'm coming over," Shane said, and before long I heard the doorbell ring downstairs, and my mom opening the door. I opened my door a bit, peaking out

"Why, hey there Shane. I didn't expect you to come here today. " My mom said in a bit of a shock.

"Is Jenny upstairs?" Shane asked

"Yes, but she's-" Before my mother could finish her sentence, Shane had already walked up the stairs heading to my door. I closed the door, before jumping on my bed.

"Jenny! I saw you." Shane said, opening the door, and walking to my bed.

"Shut up." I responded, a bit embarrassed.

"What happened last night?" Shane asked, wrapping his arms around me, as he had a sad expression on his face.

".." I looked away before sighing once more. 

"Come on, you can tell me. I won't judge." Shane kissed my forehead.

"We..we went on the date. He took me everywhere. To the city, we watched a movie, went to the park, even were at a resturant..but then we went up this hill, and he stopped the car and..we just..." A tear dropped from my eyes as my voiced cracked a bit.