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Chapter 11

~ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
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I walked into my Chemistry class about 3 minutes late but fortunately Mrs Monroe wasn't in the class yet. I trodded to my seat next to Tyla's and greeted her with the usual hug but unexpectedly she didn't hug back.
I furrowed my eyebrows not really sure what was going on because she shrugged my arms off of her.

"Dude what's up?" I asked her, taking my usual seat right next to hers.
She carried on with whatever she was doodling on her notepad.

"Tyla," I said shaking her arm a bit. She shrugged my hand off again.

"Tyla!" I said again pushing her real hard this time.

"Why the fuck would you lie to me like that?" she shouted.

"What are you talking about?" I asked her really confused.
Half of the class was looking at us by now. Gosh people are so nosey.

"Trevor! I knew you didn't like him but why on earth would you lie to me about something like that? " she asked with tears in her eyes, "I loved him!"

"What? Tyla he cheated on you! Why would I lie about something like that?"

"You still like him! You never stopped liking him, didn't you?"

"What the fuck are you talking about? I've never liked Trevor, not even as a friend!"
Something must be seriously wrong with her today

"No! Ben, you never got over the fact that he didn't like you back and now you're trying to ruin his relationship with Natalie and you just had to put my relationship in there too, didn't you?" she said her voice shaking a bit, "just because you can't find love doesn't mean the rest of us aren't going to."

Wow, she just said that to me.
My heart sank. She really just said that, my best friend. I didn't know what to say at all. My throat felt like it had a lump in it.

"Okay," I said, tears now escaping from my eyes. I took my bag and walked out of the class. I ran to the toilet and I couldn't help but start crying. I sobbed quietly before I washed my face trying to calm myself down.

"Miki," I heard Tyla say from outside the stall I was in.
I honestly didn't want to talk to her, why on earth would you say something like that to your best friend.

"Miki, I'm sorry." she said her voice barely above a whisper but loud enough for me to hear.

I walked out of the stall a few seconds later.

"Go back to him if you think I lied," I said, "but I'd never lie about something like that,"

She didn't answer, so I walked out of the bathroom. I walked to my next class which was English with Mr Ryan, he gave us a quick comprehension test and the rest of the period was free. The bell rang and it was lunch, I walked into the Cafe and Leo called me over to the table he was sitting at. I didn't tell Tyla about what happened between Leo and I - I don't think she'll ever know.

"Hey babe," he said giving me a peck on the cheek.
Oms I couldn't stop blushing, he just did that as if it was the most normal thing ever. We aren't even dating, I mean yeah we kissed but that doesn't mean that we're now officially dating. Does it?

"Are you okay?" he asked handing me a pack of crisps.

"Yeah I'm good," I said faking a smile. I know he isn't buying it, but he didn't push it which I was thankful for.

He was sitting with Chris, one of his best friends. I greeted him with a simple smile and started eating. I feel awkward for him, I mean talk about being a third wheel.

Across the Cafe I could see Tyla walking in with Trevor. I can't believe how stupid she is but I'm just going to let her be. Our eyes met but I looked the other way.

Afterschool Tyla's mom was supposed to give me a ride home but I just decided to walk. I was a few blocks away from my house when Leo coincidentally drove by. He drove me home and we ended up making out in his car. My mom walked out of the house. Great.