Truth Hurts (On hold)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Tammy

 

Why is he doing this? I think to myself. He hates Derek. Maybe he doesn’t. What… am I saying. He didn’t like Derek from the beginning. I get in the bus to school with these thoughts racing around in my head, I keep arguing with myself. About whether Dustin likes Derek or not. If Dustin likes Derek, why did he hit him? If he doesn’t, why is he throwing him a party? Its just all together confusing. Unless… Dustin didn’t like Derek because he was jealous of something, but then felt really bad about what he did and wanted to be friends with him. But what would he be jealous of? And then it hits me.

“Dustin likes me.” I whisper to myself. I feel sick. I don’t know why. I kind of like him too.  I must be sick because I like him even after he hurt Derek. I need to find Dustin and tell him. I walk through the halls and wait at his locker.

“Uh what are you doing sitting at my locker?” He says.

“I needed to talk to you.”

“About what?”

“ummm…,” I whisper in his ear “I think I like you.” I see a huge grin spread across his face.

“Truth is, I like you to.” He whispers back. I smile too. I can’t help myself. I’m pretty sure Derek was the last guy to like me, and it sure feels good to be able to have guys crush on me again. I really wanted him to, just then, kiss me but I feel like it would be betraying Derek.

I hear voices down the hall. “Well if you would stop kissing me all the time maybe we could actually talk!” Its Kenzie.

“Me, kissing you all the time?! Uh no last time I checked you were the one who was always kissing mE!” The other voice is Addison

“Woah guys stop!” I say rounding the corner. Kenzie was about to throw a punch.

“What happened?” Dustin asks.

“What are you a thing now?” Addison asks.

“Uh, no Addison don’t be such an asshole!” I scream

“Still mad at me for the hospital, aren’t you?”

“I could be but you’re still a jerk. Yelling at Kenzie like that?”

“Of course you defend her. She’s been your best friend for how long? Kindergarten?”

“Tammy back down.” kenzie says

“No Kenz. He told me that this isn’t my fault, that it was his,” I jerk my thumb toward Dustin. “But in reality it was mine because I was talking to you about not being fat or ugly.”

“Ya Tammy? That makes it MY fault.” Kenzie says.

“No it doesn’t.”

“Yes It does!”

“Does not!”

“Stop! You two sound like kindergarteners.” Dustin pipes in.

“Stay out of this!” Addison screams. “If it weren’t for you Derek wouldn’t be in the hospital and he would still remember Tammy, and she and I wouldn’t be fighting! Damn it!”

“Addison stop.” Kenzie says slouching up against the wall and sliding to the floor. “He feels bad about it already. He apologized.”

“Huh?”

“He apologized.”

“He told me he was going to. And he told me he likes you!” He says pointing at me.