Soda Pop

Chapter 14- The Confession

As soon as I got to school the next day, I could tell something was wrong. When I pulled into my usual parking space, some freshman started whispering and pointing at me. I got out if my car, hoping they would stop as I approached. Instead, one of them laughs.

"Your boyfriend is looking for you," One of them says, holding back a snicker. "He looked mad."

I smile sarcastically, "Thanks. And I will tell your boyfriends that you were talking to other guys. Oh wait- You don't have any," I snap and walk away.

That was mean... Maybe I should go back and apologize.

What is getting into me? I never apologize for sarcasm. Especially to freshman who have no business talking to me. Especially specially the freshman who I have seen cooing and giggling over my boyfriend.

Just wait a few days. Then maybe everything will go back to normal. Marcus will never learn the truth about what happened last night, and the thing between Brett and I will have disappeared, and all will be good. We can study like we were planned to, and I will graduate and everything will be okay. Right?

Except, that is was most certainly, not okay. In fact, everything got worse. Much worse.

I was spinning the combination on my locker when Marcus and his friends found me.

"Casey. Thank God you are okay," He says, trying to kiss me on the cheek. I push him away.

"Marcus, I'm sorry I left. But you lied to me. And that's not okay," I open my locker and grab out my science book for first period.

"You wouldn't have come if I didnt, and-" He tries to apologize, but I stop him.

"Stop with the excuses. This isn't the first time you have lied to me like this. Luckily I knew someone there and he drove me home," I say, though I leave out the part about the making out in his car.

"What? Who? That was a college party. Casey, is there something you need to tell me?" His voice fills with anger, and he gets very close to my face-so close I can feel his warm breath on my face.

"What? No. How could you even say that? His name is Brett. He is a family friend." I lie, getting a bit flustered. I reach for my first hour binder, and my hand slips and it falls to the floor, sending a few papers sliding across the floor. One of his friends gathers my papers for me and hands them to me.

"A family friend? Really?"

"Yes. His mom works with my dad," I lie again, my cheeks heating up into a fiery inferno.

"I can't Casey. I can't fight with you, especially when I haven't done anything wrong," He shruggs.

"What the heck are you talking about? Weren't you the one that lied to me to trick me into going to some college party where I knew no one? Thank God Brett took me home so I didn't have to ride back with a liar. He is such a better person than you. You can't even tell me the truth about one party. You know what? He is even a better kisser than you,and I just-" I stop, realizing what I just said.

"You kissed him?" He says, his face turning into a mixture of confusion and hurt. He pulls my glasses out of his bag and breaks them in half and throws them on the ground. He slings his bag over his shoulder and stomps away. Whatever attention we haven't already called to ourselves is now staring at us with wide eyes and phones ready to tweet about our every word.

I stare at the ground, at my broken glasses laying on the ground.

My voice disappears. I try calling out as I see him walking away, but nothing comes out. I am just opening and closing my mouth like a hungry goldfish.

My eyes flood with tears. This is our first real fight. And it is all my fault. I caused this. If I had just stayed at that party, none of this would have happened. As the tears begin to spill over, I slam my locker shut.

I don't even try to hide them. Instead, I turn around and run right into the bathroom. The bell has rung, giving five minutes until class starts. In three minutes, my makeup is fixed, my hair is pulled up, and I have stopped crying.

I can't appear weak. I have to be strong. I can't show emotion. I am strong. I am a lioness. I am a tiger. I am a godess. I am...

I plaster a smile on my face. A fake one- but at least its there. I sashay out of the bathroom and into my first hour. Half the students are staring, not to mention the teachers gossiping stare. Believe me, teachers hear everything. Gossip spreads faster than the common cold. Teachers overhear students, and then they know the gossip of the day.

I may appear okay on the outside but I was dying on the inside. And this time, I knew everything was not going to be okay. In fact, this was only the beginning of the downward spiral of life as I knew it.

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Anyway the picture is how I imagined Marcus to look. So yeah. I also have pics for Brett and Casey too. I already showed the one of Brett on chapter 4, so go check him out! I am adding Casey shortly, so yeah! If you want to see any other characters then just comment here!

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