I Understand Now (Ricky Dillon Fanfiction)

Chapter 15

"Well, what?" I ask, scowling at Sarah. Why does she have to ruin everything?

"I just told her how you were really close friends with Ricky," she replies, "and that you surely could've helped her out."

"Why the hell would you say that?" I demand. "I told her I couldn't help her, because I didn't know much about this kind of stuff. But of course, you just had to ruin everything by making it sound like I was lying."

"Well, you know what, Ellie?" Sarah sneers, narrowing her eyes.

"What?" I ask. I'm getting tired of her. She steps towards me and puts her face inches from mine. She averts her eyes for a split second, gesturing towards Ricky.

"Is he a good kisser?"

I feel like my entire body has just collapsed to the earth. I stare at Sarah in shock, and she just smirks like she's just gotten revenge on someone. Jen is staring at me like she doesn't know who I am.

"Ellie," she whispers. "Why did Sarah ask you that?"

"I don't know," I lie, running one hand through my hair in distress.

"You liar!" Jen yells, hitting my chest with the palm of her hand and shoving me backwards. "I should've known! I should've known the reason you didn't wanna help me was because you had something going on with him. I can't believe I was so stupid!" She smacks her forehead.

"There's nothing going on between us, okay?" Ricky says.

"Jen, it's ok," Sarah assures her, placing a hand on her shoulder. Jen looks as though she's about to cry. Then she looks at me in shock.

"Wait a minute. If you two are....does that mean...."

"This was literally the last way I wanted you to find out about this," I sigh.

"Oh my God!" Jen covers her mouth and nose with her hands. "No way."

"That's right," Sarah jeers. "Not so afraid anymore, are we, Ellie?"

"Stop talking to her like that!" Ricky interjects. "You're not her mother. Yeah, ok, so I guess we have something." Normally I would been pissed off at him for blurting that out, but Sarah and Jen know now, so it doesn't matter. "That doesn't mean you have to make rude comments like that about everything she does. In case you haven't noticed, Ellie doesn't seem to appreciate that." He looks at me, and I melt on the inside. I step towards him, stand next to him and take his hand.

"Ugh! I hate you! Get lost!" Jen shouts at me.

"Fine," I mutter, and Ricky and I walk back to our lockers as the bell rings before Sarah can say anything else.

...

"Don't let them get to you," Ricky is saying in class. "Sarah's just trying to mess with you. There are some people where you'll never fully understand what positive things they see in making other people feel bad. The only way to stop them from hurting you is choosing not to let them. Just because Jen was manipulated by Sarah, doesn't mean you have to be. And you'll get yourself into a worse situation trying to reason with Jen." His words find a place in my heart I never even knew existed. I would kiss him right then and there if we weren't in class, so I just smile and fiddle with my pen.

"Are you two quite finished?" Our teacher asks. We both turn to see that she is staring at us with a very unimpressed look on her face. Ricky and I look at each other for a moment, then he looks back at the teacher.

"Sure," he replies with an innocent smile, and I clap my hand over my mouth to stifle a laugh.

"Good," the teacher says, and goes back to whatever she was doing. As soon as her back is turned, Ricky and I burst out laughing, but keep it at a whisper level. Luckily, other people are talking around us while doing work, so no one can really hear us.

"That was so good!" I manage to say between laughs.

"I can't believe she bought that," Ricky adds. "She's so stupid!"

His last comment makes me laugh even harder, and soon I have to take deep breaths to stop myself from laughing. Once Ricky and I have calmed down a bit, we both go back to doing our work. But every time we look at each other, we just start laughing again.

{Short chapter sorry :( but I hope you guys enjoyed it anyway. Random fact of the day: it's my birthday tomorrow 😄 and I know I say it loads, but thanks for all the reads and votes. I hope you enjoy reading this fanfic as much as I enjoy writing it. Bye for now xx}