Our Secrets

Chapter 2: A Caring Conversation

I pull back softly staring at him for a second. I hear Blake laugh and my hands still on his chin. "Give somebody else a turn geez." He spins the bottle and I pull away from Callan swallowing. The bottle lands on me and I blush. Blake laughs getting up. "This games wack anyways." I huff watching everyone get up to leave except Callan. "Don't worry about him Sarah." I sigh. "I never have and I'm not gonna start now." He smiles. "What do you say we sneak away?" I blush. "For what?" He hums. "I don't know. I sorta like you. Maybe get to know you better?" He whispers with a toothy grin.

I shoot up in bed hearing my alarm screaming at me. "Turn it off!" Sasha shouts covering her ears with a pillow and I do. I take a breath relaxing. I'd say crazy dream but.....it wasn't a dream. There's a light knock on the door and Sasha groans. "Don't you guys know it's too early to be up on a Saturday?" I sigh getting up to head to the door. I open it softly peaking out before shutting it quickly. I walk back to the bedroom and Sasha looks at me. I'm wide eyed like a deer caught in the headlights. "Who was it?" I sigh. "It's Callan." She jumps up. "Well go talk to him."

I frown. "There's nothing left to say." He knocks again. "Sarah we really need to talk...." I hear him yell. Sasha steps around me and I beg her not too but she opens the door letting him in. I fold my arms turning to look at him. He steps in and Sasha grabs her clothes. "Shower time." She says before leaving to head to the shower. He steps towards me and I step back. "What do you need to talk about?" He takes a chair having a seat. "This. Us." I huff dropping my arms. "There's nothing left to talk about Callan. This. Us. Isn't a thing anymore."

He frowns. "I do care about you Sarah." I laugh. "Caring isn't letting your friends talk to me the way they do and I sure didn't see you stopping Blake yesterday." He nods. "If I'm so terrible then why kiss me in the first place Sarah?" I look down. "It was just a game Callan....." He stands. "Just a game? Like how this was just a prank huh?" I look up at him and he's a few feet closer. "I never played you Callan. You were the one that set all this up. You let me carry it out for days." He locks his jaw. "Do you ever think for a second that maybe I agreed to do this prank because I actually liked you?!" I scuff. "That's the card you're gonna pull here?"

He huffs. "Forget it Sarah. You don't know what it's like to have to hide everything you do." I cock my head to the side. "What?" He heads towards the door. "Forget I came by Sarah." He says before leaving. I think for a second about going after him but I don't. Letting him go was best for now. Eventually Sasha comes back. I don't tell her much. I never was big on spilling my guts about Callan. Eventually I get dressed packing my book bag to head down to study like I originally intended.

As I head out of the dorms I see Callan sitting on the steps cigarette in hand. I slow my walk and he turns his head to see me. "You shouldn't be doing that." He takes another puff before wiping it on the step to stick in his pocket. He exhales the smoke standing. "Figured better here then outside my dorm. They already caught me once." I roll my eyes and there's a small silence. "So where are you headed?" I sigh pondering on if I should tell him. "To study hall." He nods. "Can I walk with you?" I huff. "I don't know...." He sighs. "It's just if I don't I'd have to lag behind you. My dorms right next to it." I nod softly figuring the latter was probably weirder.

He walks softly beside me and it's quiet for a bit. We walk about halfway before I open my mouth. The campus was empty. Most people where sleeping in. "What did you mean earlier about having to hide everything you do?" He laughs. "You wouldn't understand Sarah." I rolls my eyes. "That's an evasion." He groans. "When you're me not everything can be so upfront. When they see Blake they see me, and Blake.....well Blake's not big on things that don't make him look good." I nibble on my lip. "So what's that got to do with what happened with us?" He stops because we had made it to his dorm. He opens his mouth but doesn't get his response out.

"Hey Callan, what's with the help?" Blake says cackling. Callan closes his eyes huffing. "Just had to take the same route." I frown stepping away from him cause that hurt. "Sarah....." He whispers. "No I get it Callan." I say sternly frowning at him. "Just never thought you'd stoop so low. Don't pretend you care about me when all you wanted to do was help Blake prank me and break my heart to make you look better." I say stomping off. "Sarah!" He yells but I keep walking. "Let her go man that prank ended a long time ago." I step up the stairs to the study hall watching him angrily push past Blake to head inside.

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I must have been studying for a bit because the library closed at noon and before I knew it I was being shoved out. I huff sliding my bag on my shoulders heading down the front steps. I hear some people talking in the distance but continue walking figuring it was nothing. "Are you serious?!" I hear as I get closer. "You can't do this!" I glance over to see Callan. I stare for a second and continue on my way. "Look there's the help, maybe you can bum with her for a bit." I hear Blake's annoying laugh before a door slamming causing me to jump. I stop turning to lock eyes with Callan.

"What Sarah?" He mumbles with a cigarette hanging from his mouth. "Nothing." I say turning to keep walking. He huffs letting out a breath of smoke I see over my shoulder. "I'm sorry." He whispers. I stop softly taking a breath before continuing to walk.

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