Secret Games

12

Cameron's P.O.V

Seriously! I thought she liked me! It's so hard to understand girls these days, and it's so hard to be a guy! I just stood watching my best friend and one of my crushes kiss in front of the whole school. Didn't they value their friendship too much to have a thing between them? But then Lexi took my hand and said: "Just ignore them."
But the thing was, I couldn't. My heart was beating with anger, my inner animal was breaking free. I just followed my instincts and screamed at Noah
"What the hell man!" I then looked around, blinded by my rage, till I spotted the dainty silhouette I was looking for. I grabbed Laela's hand, and then pulled her into the middle of the crowd so everyone could see what I was about to do.
"Now you'll see what it's like!" I screamed at a horrified Noah, just before I pulled her closer and kissed her with a fake passion. After I pulled away, I forced a face of triumph at a shocked crowd that suddenly became very quiet.
"What is going on here?!" Screeched a demon-like voice. The crowd parted to reveal a fuming Miss. Winnie.
"Do you think that that this type of behavior is allowed at school? Detention! Noah, Laela, Hailey and Cameron, I'll see you tomorrow lunch." She then glared at Emily, who was standing next to Hailey, trying to calm her down. "And detention for you as well, because you were watching!" She stormed off into the school building, leaving the crowd in an awkward situation and making it disappear.
However that awkward situation was nothing compared to the situation I found myself in: I was never going to forgive Noah, and Noah was never going to forgive me.

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I never thought detention could be so awkward, but after Miss Winnie left the classroom and left four teenagers with an excessive amount of love drama alone, things got bad.
It all started with Emily, who didn't know what she was dealing with and tried to make things better. She only made things worse.
"Sooo..." she began. "Are you going to stay angry at each other forever?"
No one answered.
"Come on. Someone say something!"
"Shut the fuck up Emily!"- Screamed Noah
"Well, you shouldn't be the one to tell people what to do, you fucked everything up!"- shouted Hailey
"You know I didn't mean to, and you could have pulled away yourself!"- Said, Noah
"What did you expect me to do! I was as shocked as everyone was. Or would you have preferred me to do that in front of the whole school?!"
"And what do you mean you didn't mean to!" I joined in. "Wtf Noah you knew I liked her!"
"You like me?" Hailey said in disbelief. "Cameron, you fucking like Lexi! I saw you two at the party: Stop pretending!"
"OMFG guys will you please shut up!"-Said Laela. "And Noah, a month after we made out you make out with your best friend- what a fuck boy!!"
"You shut up! All of this is because of you! If you hadn't been so harsh on Noah then none of this would've happened"- Hailey answered back
Laela looked at Hailey with hurt in her eyes, covering her face with her hands. She started sobbing quietly, taking the room to a state of inevitable silence. There was not even a single whisper. I usually like a bit of quiet time, but at this very moment it was so intense it was almost unbearable. I swallowed the anger and tried to find an escape route from this situation.
Suddenly Miss Winnie entered the room. "You had one single task, and you did it wrong! I left the room for literally ten minutes, and when I return, there is all this screaming going on! You are all in detention for the rest of the month!"
Emily took all her courage to stand up for herself. "But Miss, I didn't do anything!"
Miss Winnie Glared at her. "And you're in detention for two months!"

When school finished I was so upset, I had lost Laela, one of my dearest friends, I had lost my best friend Noah. But most importantly I had lost the prettiest, nicest cutest girl my crush. I usually never cry, I never need to actually. But today I just sat on my bed, staring at the ceiling crying till dehydration almost killed me. I didn't care about anything now, I just wanted my friends back. I cried and cried until I fell asleep. A soft voice woke me up of my nirvana. It was Lexi.
"What are you doing in my house, Lex? " I asked
"Well, I wanted to know how you were doing... Cause that's what friends do, they stand up for each other," she replied
"Thank you, I mean, thank you for coming, I'm ok"- I said, uninterested.
Lexi sat on my bed, she started asking me about my day. As I started telling her about the fight my eyes started to water again with the little water that was still remaining in my body. My eyes felt sore, it was painful to even blink. She listened to me and gave me some advice. Her voice calmed me down: it was as soft and soothing as a quill. As she spoke she was seducingly getting closer and closer to me until our lips met. Instantly I pulled her away. "Don't get me wrong, I'm just not having a great day, that's all. I'm sorry..." I muttered
"It's ok, it was my bad. I'm gonna go, I kinda have dance class now" - she replied with a single sad smile.
"I'll go with you!" I quickly said and followed her out.

When we got there I looked at her deeply. Her long blonde hair smelled faintly of fresh peppermint as she leaned into me. She hugged me and I held her body in my arms, rocking her from side to side. She sweetly smiled, which sent a shiver down my spine. Her sparkling 6honey like eyes melted into mine. She waved goodbye and entered her class. She was all I had now. I walked back home and took my brother's car. I drove to Starbacks and bought her favorite drink. A banana Split with Strawberries & Cream Frappuccino with two straws. I finally arrived back at her dance class and waited patiently. I saw her walking out of the building, I open the car door and leaned on it, I took out my phone and pretended to type on it uninterested. She waved at me excitedly and ran into my arms.
"You really didn't need to!" She said as I handed her the drink. We sat inside the car and shared the frappuccino. I took one last sip and looked at her.
"Thank you." I said slowly.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Thank you for visiting me today, thank you for caring and supporting me, thank you for everything," I concluded.
"Aww thanks, it was really nothing," Lexi answered.
"No. It actually meant everything to me, and for that, thank you. You're not the person I thought you were, but getting to know you was amazing. Wanna go out or something?"
My heart stopped beating as she hesitated, but then her mouth broke into a huge smile. "Of course I'll go out with you. I know I never told you this before, but I really like you too."
Then it was settled. I had a kind, caring girlfriend that was going to help me through my problems no matter what. The medicine came right before the illness could get irreversibly bad. And when you had such a supportive girlfriend, who needed such horrible friends?