His Assassin

Chapter 25: Blast from the Past (Part 4)

Vidalia

The last bell rang and school was done for the day. With my report card in my hand, I went to meet Andy at his car. Without even having to look, I knew I had all F's. School just isn't my thing, I'm no good at it and I never will be.

Andy is the smarter one of us, he's always doing very well with school. One of my favorite things to do is see how well he does. He always gets straight A's, I love it!

At least...that's how things were junior year. At the beginning of senior year, when the first report card came out, Andy was slipping. His A's were accompanied by B's and even some C's.

It's just...he wasn't like this before. I thought he'd try to finish strong, not start slacking. What could be throwing him off track?

Is it...is it me? I have been getting into a lot of trouble lately...I've taken up vandalism and skipping most of my classes. Andy's been asking to go to the bathroom just to see if he could catch me in the halls and tell me to go back to class.

Aside from that, we do hang out a lot more. We're always going to movies, amusement parks, the mall, anywhere really. And if we're not hanging out in person, we're playing together on our 3DS games.

I've gone downhill since the beginning of school. I never had a chance, but he does. He's so smart, he has the brain to do whatever he wants with his life. He'll be graduating, and I'll be dropping out. With his current grades, I'm not letting him go down with me.

"Hey," I walked up to him, "how's your 2nd report card? Let me guess, all A's?"

"Well..." he folded it, avoiding eye contact.

"Well, what?" I asked...maybe he doesn't have all A's and a couple B's are still there. It can't be that bad. I decided to pluck his report from his hand to take a look at it.

"Vidalia, it's nothing. I'm ok," he said as he watched my smile fade.

"Andy...what is this? You have C's, D's, and F's, that's not normal for you...drive me home." I shot my hand towards him to give his report card back and got in the car.

"You mad at me?" He asked as he pulled out of his parking spot.

"Yes, I was hoping your grades would be better, but they're getting closer to mine. You're not usually like this and it's because of me! I shouldn't matter more than your studies, especially since you have a chance to be successful in this world. I never did," I explained myself.

"Babe, I'm sorry! I just-I-I love you so much. It's hard for me to be away from you. When we're apart, my mind has only you in it. I try to do math, but doodle hearts on the corner of the page. I try to read a book for English, but I daydream about us. I try to study science, but think about the next time I'll see you. It's difficult."

We were on the main road to my house now, passing by grocery stores and the mall.

"That's exactly the problem...I'm exactly your problem-"

"No, you're not." He refused to believe it.

"I am! I know now that I am. So now I have to do something about it...for you." I readied myself.

"Ok...what is it?"

"We...um...we..." I struggled to get my words out, "we need to break-"

"Nope, no, absolutely not. Don't finish that, we can't do that." He shook his head.

"We have to, I'm doing it for you," my lip quivered, "we need to break-"

"Vidalia, don't you love me? Haven't you loved me this whole time?" I saw tears pool in his eyes.