Reforming The Friendship

The Dare

I grab my bag and leave the house with my sister. We walk up to our school bus. I see Liam already in the bus.

I walk up the stairs of the bus. I choose the seat next to him.

"Hey, Viola." He says and gives me a smirk.

I cant do this. I dont know if Michael knows the truth about mom. I cant break my friendship with Liam and Alex. Me and them have been friends since kindergarten. But if the truth gets free...

"Hey,..." I mutter. I sit down. I pop in my earbuds and listen to 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' to forget about this dare.

As we arrive in school I see the boys and Alex. I look over at Liam, with the corner of my eye, who is smiling at Alex. He looks so... happy.

"Hey,...Liam" I mutter. He turns his head and looks at me.

"Yeah?" He asks.

"Does Alex know you have a crush on her?"
He turns his head to me and raises his eyebrows. "On heavens sake, no! Why are you asking?" He asks.
I shake my shoulders. "Its just a question." I say.

We walkover to our gang.
"Hey everyone" greets Liam.
I wave to my friends and give them a small smile.

We walk over to our first class; Geography.
At least school is finishing in 3 days...

I take a seat and pull out a piece of paper. I start to doodle.

"You okay, Viola?" Asks Alex. She touches my arm and looks at me worried.

I nod.

"You seem,...off" she says.
I just shake my shoulders. "I didnt get much sleep last night." I say and I continue to doodle. "That's probably why. You're like so not talking to us today." She says shocked.

The teacher comes in and we start our class.

I cant help but stare at Alex. I hope I really dont break her feelings. I dont even know if he likes her.

In the break we all sit down on our usual place. Sam and Thomas are talking about about girls. Liam and Alex are talking about football. Real smooth, Liam. I sit down and think about the text. What should I do?

Until I realize Sam is looking at me. I smile at him. He switched spots from Thomas to me. "Are you alright?" He asks.
I nod and told him I was fine. But deep down I have this feeling he doesn't belive me.
"How was football practice?" I ask him.
He frowns and gives me a questioning look.
"Football practise is not until next week." He raises his eyebrows. He touches my arm. "Your okay, right?" He asks.

I got of our table and left. I run to the bathroom. I can feel the gaze from my friends behind my back. I open the bathroom door and look at the mirror. I take a deep breath. I fix my hair into a ponytail.
The doors open. Alex comes in.

"What happend? Did he say something? I swear if he did..."
"Do you like Liam? As in love?" I ask.
She looks at me shocked. Her eyebrows raise. "Um..." it takes her a while until she says: "He's sweet and all but I dont know y-"
"You dont deserve him." I say.

She ignores me. She turns and faces to the mirror. She pulls out her red lipstick and overdo her lips.

"Where is this going?" She asks.
"You're paranoid." I say.
"What the fuck do you mean?!"
"I'm saying you should get over him"

A silent appears for about like 2 minutes.

"Why?" She asks.
"Please, Alex. I'm not fooling you!"
"Is this some kind of dare?!" She asks.

Shit
"No.... just listen to me. It's for the best."
Alex takes a step backwards from me.
She shakes her head.
"Look. I dont know what happend or anything but I dont think we can be friends like this. You should probably go out and get some fresh air. Maybe come back tomorrow when you fetch your attitude back!" Alex screams at me.

She walk out the door.

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In class me and Alex never said anything to each other. She probably now thinks that I am PMSing.

After school I went home and did my homework. We have one more exam aftertomorrow. French. So I decided to practice.

Suddenly a text appears.

"Tick, tock. Time is running out..."
Michael