Yours Truly (Urban) Book 5 | The Sideline Series

Chapter 20

Victoria

I leaned back in my swivel chair that sat behind my desk in my classroom. This was a weekend from hell. Nobody did anything to be in particular, except for Charlotte. I don't know why she was all over me this weekend and generally in my business. I only acted out against her when she'd push me to my breaking point, but other than that I tried ignoring her. Usually, when you ignore unwanted behavior it'll go away, but Charlotte never went away. She just continued to pester me to the point where Hazel asked me to leave after I threw the drink on her because I was drunk.

"I wasn't drunk though Theodore," I talked into my phone. "I was a little buzzed off of the beers I drank, but I could control myself and I knew what was going on."

For some reason, Theodore felt the need to call me a few times today to talk about Saturday. I guess he feels like we're best friends again since we talked for a few minutes on Saturday, but that's not how easily things work around here. For us to even be friends again, we'll have to have more than a ten minute conversation about what's been going on in our lives.

"You nearly stumbled back into the house after you threw that bottle at her."

"Because I was buzzed. I didn't see anybody too concerned with my well being since y'all just let me walk home alone."

He sighed. "Rick had to drive you home because you were so fucked up."

I rolled my eyes. Maybe I was a little past buzzed when I threw the bottle at Charlotte, but I could still handle myself. Even if I wasn't drunk, I would have thrown the bottle at Charlotte because she deserved it. And Saturday was four days and maybe Rick driving me home just slipped my mind. I don't even recall being hung over the next day.

"I forgot about that, but she deserved it."

"Yeah," he sighed. "She deserved something, but she didn't deserve beer and a bottle to be thrown at her."

"Yes she did."

"No she didn't. She's pregnant Victoria."

"Look, I'm not even about to play these games with you. I'm not apologizing for what I did to her because I feel like she deserves it. If being pregnant is her excuse, then she can shove it because I really don't give a damn. And you can go to hell too Theodore. You need to grow up and stop acting like her little bitch."

I quickly ended the call before he could say anything else. He didn't need to say anything else. He knew Charlotte was wrong, so I didn't even want to hear anymore of his excuses for her. He knows she's got problems, but that's none of my concern. It took months to rid myself clean of Theodore and his nonsense, but now, only after spending a couple of hours with him, I feel like I'm already caught back up in his web of lies.

Now, everybody thinks I've got problems because I lightly doused Charlotte with beer. Hazel forced me out of her house because she said I was a bad influence to her daughter. All I was doing was defending myself, since my supposed best friend wasn't doing so. Charlotte was extremely out of line and I wasn't going to let her words slip.

Knock. Knock.

I looked towards my door and saw Nick standing outside. I've been distancing myself from him for the past couple of days, and it's been really hard. I guess I didn't realize how prevelant he is in my daily life. It's been strange not having someone walk me in and out of the building everyday, or have someone eat lunch with me. It's for the best though. Our student-teacher relationship had gotten too comfortable and we needed to just back track to a more appropriate level.

I slightly pushed the door open and stuck my head outside. "What's up? It's lunch time," I informed him.

"I know, I just wanted to talk to you," He replied.