When The Blossom Falls

Chapter 16

It's that time again. 

Monday.

Usually Mondays were much better with Toni's presence but Cheryl promised herself to not think about the pink haired girl again. It only bought her pain and caused more and more tears.

So with that thought in mind, Cheryl walked into school on that Monday morning, but she immediately realised she can't keep her promise that she made to herself when the person she told herself not to think about, is right next to her locker. Not waiting for her. But making out with the same bitc- girl from Saturday.

Cheryl swallowed the lump in her throat at the sight of her former best friend locking lips with another girl. And as much as she didn't want to admit it to herself, she was jealous.

So jealous to the point where she wanted to rip that girl's hair out. 

But Toni wasn't hers.

In any way, shape, or form.

As she walked closer to her locker, her eyes were glued to the floor as if it was the most fascinating thing she's ever seen when in actual fact, she was secretly hoping for a dark hole to open up and swallow her up. The exact same thing she wanted on Saturday when she saw Toni and her..girlfriend.

When she finally reached her locker, she opened it and quickly took the stuff she needed for her next class before stuffing her bag in the locker and shut her locker.

That's when it dawned on her what lesson she had next.

Biology.

That means sitting next to Toni.

Fuck.

Well this is (not) gonna be fun.

Cheryl's POV

I've never hated anyone as much as I hate myself. Not even my mother. 

I ruin absolutely everything and now I've lost the one person who truly made me happy and was the reason why there was a constant smile on my face everyday. But not anymore. 

She's moved on. And I should too.

I walked into Biology with my eyes glued to the floor once again, suddenly feeling very self conscious because of people staring. But when I looked up, no one was staring.

Except her.

My breath hitched nervously as I clung to my books and made my way over to the desk, plopping down in the seat next to Toni without even a glance her way.

If there was even a small chance of me getting over our friendship, I had to focus on something else.

And that something else was the teacher. 

But I could feel her eyes on me, and I felt so small under her stare. Again.

I wish she'd stop having this effect on me but most importantly, I wish she'd stop staring at me as if she's never seen a human being before.

I sighed out of relief when the teacher finally came into the room, something I never thought I'd find myself doing. 

As the lesson went on, I tried my best to focus but I just..couldn't. I had already broken the promise I made to myself just this morning. Damn I'm really good at breaking things aren't I? 

"You will each need to pair up with someone to complete this project! I'm not going to let you pick whoever you're gonna work with, however, so don't get your hopes up! You'll be working with whoever's next to you on your table."