Up To You

12 - Smudged Mascara

Selena's POV

"So, what now?" Caroline asked.

School had ended about two hours ago. We were sitting in my living room trying to decide what to do. Caroline and I told Isidora everything and asked her what her head teacher's name is.

"Henderson." She had answered. "I think Lena Henderson." They teased me about the similarity of our names as I rolled my eyes.

"I don't know." I sighed. "What can we do?"

"So, y'all are a hundred percent sure you saw what you saw, right?" Isidora asked.

"For the twentieth time," Caroline rolled her eyes. "yes we saw them making out." She finished and I nodded for confirmation.

"Let's tell her then." Isidora said as if it was obvious.

"Don't you think that's weird?" I asked.

"Yeah and kissing her is completely normal." She shot back with a grin.

I smacked the back of her head with the palm of my hand. "Don't be all sarcastic, Gomez."

"Okay, Gomez." She snickered.

"Y'all," Caroline, who was in deep thought, interrupted us. "maybe we should make it less weird and ask her outside of school. Kinda like she's a normal person and not a teacher."

"Because being a teacher makes her an alien." Isidora replied immediately.

Now it was Caroline's turn to smack her. "You're not taking this serious, idiot."

Isidora grabbed the back of her head. "Stop abusing me." She pointed an accusing finger to us. "So, what do we do? Ask her to leave the school for a few minutes?"

"Okay, that's weird." I said.

Caroline nodded. "And we can't tell her after school because she always leaves with her cheating boyfri-"

"Wait," I interrupted. "on Thursdays she leaves alone."

"Yes! Because Roberts has an extra geography hour for my class!" Isidora screamed out.

Caroline clapped her hands. "Great!" She high-fived us. "Now what do we tell her?"

"Your boyfriend is a cheating asshole." I plainly said.

Both Caroline and Isidora shot me a disapproving look. "Imagine if it were you, Selena." Isidora quietly said.

My face fell immediately and I mentally slapped myself. "I know, I've been there." I traced the drawing of a bird on my shirt with my index finger.

"Well then," Isidora took my hand in hers and massaged it softly. "you get it and should be able to help her, right?"

I nodded and shot her a small smile. "Let's do this shit."

"Do you genuinely want to help her or do you want her for yourself?" Caroline grinned.

"A little bit of both." I waved her off.

"Don't sugarcoat it." Isidora suddenly said.

I looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Sugarcoat what?" I asked.

"Just tell her you think he cheats on her. Don't let her wait. Straight to the point." She moved her arms in the air and spoke really fast.

Caroline and I looked at each other and nodded. "That's what we're doing." We agreed.

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The next day was a Thursday. I tried to get out of it and make my friends agree on telling her the next week but they told me to suck it up and grow some balls. In all honesty, I was nervous. I knew what it felt like to be cheated on. Maybe it was worse because I was cheated on during the worst period of my life, but being absolutely happy and your beloved partner cheating on you must suck nearly at any situation.