sHE'S brOKen

Ace Lockwood

I currently sat at the lunch table with Logan, a few of my teammates, and Cylyss. The guys were excited about the new girl and I was focused on the new guy. Caden told me he was a pretty great athlete. Cylyss was being way quieter than usual. She loved the guys, they were like her besties. Guys bring no drama compared to the girls that go here. "Hey Cy, what do you think of the new guy?" Gary grins while he asked her. She started playing with her ring, "What new guy?" He looked at her confused. "Caleb from first period? The one that was all ov-," She cut him off. "I don't remember. Point him out to me next time." Gary mouths, What are you doing? Cylyss just looks down and eats her lunch.

I saw the new dude enter the cafeteria. Caden threw a football in his direction. He caught it which to me was a great first impression. He called him over and Cylyss snuggled into me more. I put my arm around her and introduced myself, "Hey, I'm Ace. I've heard a lot about your dodgeball performance this morning." He looks at Cy, then at me and responds, "Hey bro, nice to meet you." He takes a seat across from me. "So you're the football captain?" He asks. "Yeah, what position do you play? Would you want to try out for the team?" We continued to talk about football and stuff.

I walked to class with Caleb to try and feel him out I guess. See if we could be friends. "How long have you and your girlfriend been together?" "Almost a year. She's great man." He turns to his locker, "I'm sure she is. Y'all look good together." He then changes the subject a little. "Angelina told me about a dance going on tonight. Are you and your girl going to be there?" I look at my watch, "Uh, I'm not going to be there. I've got family stuff going on tonight but Cylyss will be there. Also, word of advice, Angelina isn't the nicest person to everyone so be cautious." I wave and head to class.

I'm sitting in class and Angelina has been staring at me for the past 10 minutes. We've been working on our project but she hasn't taken her eyes off me. I can't wait for the bell to ring. She snapped her fingers in my face, "Uhh, you good?" "Yeah I'm fine why?" She flips her hair and grabbed some lip gloss from her bag, "Your friends didn't tell you, did they?" I looked at her confused, "Tell me what?" She put her hand on my arm and sighs, "Ace it's not my place to say, but Cylyss has been a little too friendly for someone that has a boyfriend. Look I care and I want her to tell you herself, but as a friend, I truly don't want to see you hurt." She collects her things and asked to use the restroom. I sat there, trying to focus on the equations, but I couldn't stop thinking about what she said. Cylyss has been a little too friendly for someone that has a boyfriend. Friendly with who? I text Cylyss:

Me: Meet me after school before you leave. We should talk.

Cylyss is typing...
Read at 1:24pm

The text bubbles went away and I was left on read.

Me: Ummmm hello?

Read at 1:25pm

Okay she's ignoring me and I'm tired of it. I ask Ms. Feller if I can be excused because I don't feel well. She let me leave and I make my way to the 1st floor where the office is. I text Logan:

Me: Hey is Cylyss in AP Lang w/ you?

Logan: Yeah.....why?

Me: Is she sitting next to you?

Logan: Nah she sat with the new girl today

I enter the office and saw Sheila. She looked up from her computer and took her glass off. "Hey Ace, how are you?" I give her a warm smile, "I'm good, I was wondering if you could call Cylyss down, she forgot her textbook and I want to give it back. "Oh alright, CYLYSS KONG TO THE OFFICE PLEASE! CYLYSS KONG TO THE OFFICE!"

I stood against the wall waiting for Cylyss. That's when I heard footsteps approach. There she was... with Caleb? "Uhh, hey? Why didn't you text me back?" She tucks some hair behind her ear, "Because I was in class," I look at Caleb then back at her. I feel jealous but I know I shouldn't be. He's cool from what I've seen I'm just being extra, right? "Can we talk alone? Please?" She hesitates and looks at Caleb. "I'll leave you both to talk and see y'all later." He heads towards the stairs and leaves.

Cylyss stands there tugging on her bracelets and honestly I don't know how to start this conversation. "Look, as a couple we need to start talking more and talking more includes honesty. Angelina has gotten in our heads and we need to talk if something upsets us." She crosses her arms, "I tried and you were acting clueless but I'm over it. So what's upsetting you other than the fact that I left you on read." I don't understand why she's acting like this. "I'm going to be honest, I'm a little jealous of Caleb. I feel like I missed something. I just want... I don't know reassurance. It sounds dumb but I don't like this feeling Cy. Its as if you've changed and I don't want this change to because of anything I've done."

I see her eyes soften as she looks up at me. She leans in and gives me a passionate kiss. I've missed this. Us. Being together with no distractions and understanding that we can overcome anything. She pulls away and her hand stayed on my cheek. "I'm sorry if I made you feel that way. I guess ever since Monday and what happened with Angelina in the bathroom, I stayed angry. We should've just talked I'm sorry." "What happened with Angelina?" She looked at her bracelets again, she's getting nervous. "She just shook up my self-esteem and made me think I wasn't good enough for you. I just wanted to handle her on my own." I was furious. Angelina and I can be friends but if she's hurting Cylyss that's going to be a problem. "You should've told me but if you want to fight this battle alone that's fine. Never think you're not enough. I wouldn't be dating you if you weren't." We hug and I walk her back to class.

As I got back to math, Angelina looked at me and I saw that she got her half of the project done. "Glad you're back. Since class is about to end, I wrote my number down in your packet so you can call me tomorrow and we can start the presentation portion. I was thinking for the color scheme we shou-," I cut her off, "That's all great Angelina, but as a friend, you need to drop the mean girl act I don't like you bullying others to feel better about yourself. You're smart and have a kind side to you. Just try to be nicer. Please? For me?" She puts her lipgloss down and locks eyes with me, "For you, I'd do anything,"

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