Under the Bad Boy's Spell

Heartbreak Is Such An Awful Thing

"Quiet please! Put your books away, in five minutes I'm going to start handing out the test." Mr Freids demanded authoritatively.
"Did you study for the test, Terry?" I teased.
"Of course I did. What made you think I didn't?" He lied.
"Oh, I don't know. Perhaps the fact that your were with Lisa the entire weekend. I don't suspect you got much time to study." I winked.
Mr Freids handed out the tests and we began to write. I knew everything, I studied hard, even though it was just a simple class test. He asked multiple-choice questions about the different cells and their functions, questions about the different veins and arteries, there was also a rather long section about the human skeleton.
I finished my test just before I ran out of time. Mr Freids walked around, taking in everyone's papers. He handed out an exercise we had to complete before he started marking the tests, clicking his tongue every now and again.
"Have any of you studied for the test?" He exclaimed loudly. "Nine out of fifty."
The class gasped, apparently as shocked by the mark as Mr Freids was. My stomach lurched. Even though I knew I had studied, I can't help but feel worried. However, he continued marking and the feeling in the pit of my stomach dissolved.
"Well done, Ms Steed. You have an A. Fifty out of fifty." Mr Freids exclaimed proudly. "You see, children. This is a girl who can get whatever she puts her mind too."
I heard a loud scoff from the back of the classroom. I turned my head to see Meghan purposefully rolling her eyes at me.
"Keep rolling your eyes, maybe one day you'll find a brain back there." I snapped.
"Ouch," Meghan said sarcastically. "I insist you should nicer to me."
"Oh, and why is that?" I snorted loudly. I knew it was not very ladylike, but this girl always knew how to get under my skin.
"Why don't you ask Caspian where he went to Friday night?" She smirked. Something about her confidence made me uneasy.
What was she talking about? Was she talking about the phone call he received that was so urgent? How did she-
At that thought, my heart sank into my shoes. He was with her! He went to see her! Oh, how could I be so stupid? I should've known. People don't change. I could never have changed Caspian. He would always be the heartbroken heartbreaker and the bad boy of Fanning High, and I? Well, I will always be the pathetic girl who fell at his feet whenever something sweet and sincere left his lips.
If it wasn't for all the children in the class, I would've cursed Meghan so badly that not even the ocean would be able to wash her clean. She was an unholy offspring of the devil himself. I hated her - I really hated her.
I couldn't be more relieved when the bell rang, indicating the end of the day - a day which will not end on a happy note for me nor Caspian.
Finding him wasn't extremely difficult. He was casually leaning against my car when I came out of the front doors. I had to tell myself continuously to keep it together. I unlocked my car door and placed my backpack on the passenger's seat.
"Hey Becca, how was the rest of your classes?" He asked with an innocent smile. I wished I could wipe that smile of his perfect face. I wasn't hurt, I was livid. So livid that it numbed all the pain and left me with a burning desire to throttle him and Meghan to death.
"Fine, I guess. Tell me, to whom did you speak over the phone Friday night?" I asked, completely calm, or so I liked to tell myself.
"It was a friend, I told you." He had already became defensive and I haven't even reached the point yet.
"Was it Meghan?" I asked innocently. My eyes picked up the way his body stiffened at the mention of her name. That was enough proof for me. "You know what, don't even waste your breath. I know the answer."
"She lured me, Becca. She threatened me." He stumbled over his words.
"So, it was her?" I asked, oddly satisfied, but mostly hurt at his truthfulness.
"Yes, but I swear nothing happened. I went to her to tell her that there will never be nothing between her and me." He was desperate. I could see it in his eyes.
I bit down on my bottom lip and nodded my head continuously. Everything I wanted to say to him, was of no need. He came clean and I didn't expect he would so quickly. I opened the door on the driver's side.
"Becca?" He whispered my name.
"I am not your Becca, Caspian. Do me a favor and stay the hell out of my life!" I snapped at him, tears running down my face. I inhaled a deep breath.
"From the moment we got back together, I knew you would hurt me again if an opportunity came, but I refused to listen to myself, because I wanted you. Yet, every time you broke my heart, my eyes opened more widely. I realized that you are no less a jerk than you were a few years ago. For that, I want to punish myself. I saw this all coming and I did nothing, absolutely nothing, to prevent it."
Caspian took a step towards me, but I lifted my hands up and backed away. I didn't want him to come closer.
"This isn't your fault, it's mine. I was so blind that I didn't see your true colours, or I didn't want to, because I knew what lied beneath these handsome features. A boy who is used to breaking hearts, a boy who refuses his father." My throat was aching as I cried on. I knew I had hurt him, because tears were glistening in his eyes too.
"I can't be with you, Caspian. All we ever do is fight and I'm sorry, but I can't take it anymore. I need someone who can love me the way I deserve to be loved, someone who can give me a steady relationship. Unfortunately, you can't, because you are just as broken as I am. Two broken hearts can't heal one another."
"So, it all meant nothing to you?" His voice quivered with anger. A tear slid down his cheek and I had to stop myself from hugging him.
"It meant something back then, but now, it means nothing." I choked back my tears.
Caspian nodded, "Fine. I knew Meghan and I were a better match than you and I could ever be."
My heart shattered into pieces. I knew he didn't mean it, it was his anger talking. Yet, just the thought that he considered choosing Meghan over me, killed me inside.
"Goodbye Caspian." I whispered softly and climbed into my car. I put it in gear and reversed out of the parking lot.