Know your secrets

Chapter Twelve Prince (C)harming

The tension between the four of us was so thick, you could cut it with a butcher knife. Sawyer was angrily staring at Audrey, Nicky was angrily staring at Sawyer and I was awkwardly staring at the ceiling. Oh how I wanted to punch him in the face. No, not the ceiling, Sawyer. The I'm-totally-ignoring-you-and-staring-at-the-ceiling look was a big fat camouflage. I didn't wanna show him that he hurt me, if I wanted to survive in this high school the first thing I needed to learn is A. how to lie and B. how to hide my feelings.

Suddenly the akward silence that was filling the room was interrupted by a pair of annoyingly loud heels. We all turned around to face a brunette arrogantly walking as if she was on Project Runway. This time we were all staring at the same person. 

" Cleo? What the hell? " Audrey said almost choking on her skinny latte.

" Nice to see you  too." She made a dramatic pause. " Sister. "

" You're not my sister. Now get the fuck out of here who even invited you.You freak! " She snapped.

"Cleo babe, didn't I tell you to go wait in the car? " Sawyer slid his arm behind the girl's back. I felt angry. I felt....ugh....jealous? NO freaking way I would be jealous! She can have him all for her stupid self. I hope they live together forever and have many children and live happily ever after and ugh noooooo. Now I wanna punch both Cleo and Sawyer in the face!

Cleo planted a kiss on his cheek while hugging him tight. " But baaabe. " She whined. " I wanna sit here and have a conversation with my beloved sister. "

Sawyer exhaled a big amount of air and rubbing his temples he turned to face Cleo. " You know what? You've been up my ass since we hooked up. I don't wanna see you again. You bore slash annoy me, plus, you give me a headache. So please. Leave. " He pointed at the door with a huge polite smile on his face. He seemed stressed...and sure as hell, Cleo was no helping. Not even the slightest bit.

" Well, fuck all of you. " She showed us her middle finger and quickly ran to the door holding her face in her hands. " So that's how you choose to get back at me? " Audrey's fake laugh echoed. " By convincing Cleo to come back? That's a low blow. You're pathetic. " She spit the words out as if they were poison in her mouth.

I cleared my throat.WHY DID I DO THAT? Now all eyes were on me, including Sawyer's. I could feel his cold stare burn into my soul. His black demonic eyes were giving me goosebumps and I lost it. I couldn't concentrate, I couldn't find something to say. It was as if my brain suddenly shut down.

Dear mind, thank you for giving up on me in my darkest hours. Sincirely Heather. P.S: Fuck you 

I followed my instincts for one more time and quickly got up. " I don't care why you texted him to come. I don't care why he came. I don't care about him in general. " I said emphasizing the word care. 

" Please, that's not what you said last night. " He chuckled, feeling all proud and cocky about himself.

To everyone's surprise....I laughed too. Yes, my laugh was fake. Yes, I wanted to cry. No, I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry again. Still laughing, I turned to face him. I was looking him straight in the eye, holding back my tears. I got closer and closer to him. He had his arms folded on his chest and his face was calm and relaxed, holding back a smirk.

I raised my hand and slapped his right cheek with all the strength I had. I saw his head turn and the mark of my fingers was plastered on his face. His face didn't even move, his body was in the exact same position and the girl's were staring at me in shock.

I slowly walked away feeling angry and powerful. This is all gonna change. I'm not gonna let him push me around. I needed to release the stress I was feeling. I wanted to break something, I wanted to punch something, I wanted to scream!