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Chapter 54, Lacey

I stare at the clock, waiting for the class to end. Physics is one of the most boring subjects and I really can't concentrate at all.

Getting through this week without stumbling upon Alex has been fairly easy. I can't quite remember how much I used to see him in school before I knew him, but since we don't have any classes together, the only time I really have to watch out for him is in the hallways and the cafeteria.

I have managed to hide the events of the previous week from my dad. He hasn't asked me about Alex, yet, but when he does I'm planning on telling him that I was just confused and that I wasn't in love with him after all.

That's not the truth obviously, but I can't imagine something worse than telling him the actual truth and him looking at me with pitiful eyes. He would understand of course, and he would comfort me, but that's not what I want.

I just want to forget about Alex, and that's exactly what I'm going to do.

The bell rings at last and I gather all of my stuff. School's finally over and now I can do something that I actually want to.

Georgi is waiting for me at our lockers. Even though I've been trying to tell her that she can hang out with Max as much as she likes to, she refuses to do so during school. I appreciate it but I don't want to keep them apart from each other. Although I suppose she sees him enough already during their free time...

She smiles at me when I reach the lockers.

"How was art?" I ask.

"Pretty interesting to be honest. Mr. Jenkins told us some stories about her weekend. I did pretty much nothing for the whole lesson," she laughs, "How was physics?"

"Horrible as always," I answer with a smile. We begin walking towards the exit. It's always crowded in the corridors at the end of the school day, but it's probably because everyone just wants to get home as fast as possible, myself included.

When we finally go outside I take a deep breath of fresh air. Well, fresher air than the one in the corridors. We make our way to my red Volvo. As we get closer I notice someone familiar standing next to it looking down at his phone.

"Is that Liam?" Georgi asks, sounding surprised.

"It seems so," I state, a bit surprised myself. When Liam notices us he smiles, making his brown eyes seem brighter.

"What's up?" he asks us, dragging a hand through his blond hair.

"Not much, what about you?" I answer.

I haven't spoken to Liam since after the homecoming dance when I stumbled upon him and his boyfriend making out. It feels like so much has happened since then, and it's been less than two weeks.

"I'm heading home to plan my birthday party but I just wanted to invite you first. So are you guys coming?"

"Yeah, sure. Sounds fun." I notice Georgi glancing at me.

"It's tomorrow night. Nothing big. We will be around 25 persons," he explains. "Oh, and it's Halloween themed so make sure to dress up."

"Will do," I smile, "See you then." Liam returns my smile before walking away.

I get in to the driver's seat and wait for Georgi to get into the passenger seat before starting the car. She looks at me with a thoughtful expression.

"What?" I ask.

"It's just that... " she doesn't finish her sentence. I glance at her and see that she's looking down at her hands. I return my gaze to the road.

"What is it?"

"I'm worried about you Lacey. You're acting like everything's fine."

"Everything is fine."

"No! You're acting like nothing's happened at all, and that's not how someone who's just gotten their heart broken is supposed to be like."

"Georgi, I am fine. I'm handling this." I try to convince myself that it's the truth.

"No Lacey, you're not. I've gotten dumped before and I know what it feels like. It hurts like hell. You can't keep pushing away your feelings. You're going to get even more hurt that way."

I sigh. "Everyone deals with shit in their own way. What do you want me to do? Cry? Because I'm done doing that."

"You don't understand." She shakes her head, "If it weren't for the fact that you're so goddamn stubborn..."

"Georgi, I'm fine!" I interrupt her. "In fact, I've never been better. And I'm going to prove it to you by going to Liam's party."

"Fine. Don't listen to me." She simply answers.

I clench my jaw. I hate arguing with her, but she needs to know that I'll be alright. I need to know that I'll be alright. I have thought about Alex, I definitely have, but I don't want to anymore.

She laughs quietly and I furrow my eyebrows.

"Why are you laughing?" It doesn't really feel like a good moment to do so.

She smiles to herself. "It's just weird to think that you used to have a crush Liam. You were like obsessed with him. Maybe you should go for him? He's definitely a lot nicer."

I hear her silent words. 'Compared to Alex.' I shake my head. I can't keep thinking about him.

"First of all, I was never obsessed with him. I don't know where you got that from," I say, making Georgi smirk, "And second of all," I continue, "I don't think it would work between us."

"Why?" she wonders.

If she only knew that Liam's not interested in me at all. I, of course, know why he isn't but I also know that I can't tell Georgi about it.

"We're just not meant to be." I say. It is the truth after all, just not the whole.

Georgi nods. "Do you have a costume then?" she asks, changing the subject.

"No, but I was thinking we could go and buy one. Do you have one already?"

"I have a lot of them, but I was thinking that maybe Max and I could match ours," she smiles.

"You two are practically married," I tease.

"We're not!" she protests. "It would be really cool to match, and I want people to know that we're a couple."

I snort. "Like everybody doesn't know that already... "

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