It Just Sort of Happened (On Hold)

Chapter 12- It Just Sort of Happened

    Harry grabbed my hand and we darted down the hallway. I felt a rush takeover me as we turned down each wing trying to get to the back exit so no one would see us. It felt so adrenalizing to skip out. The thought of being caught at any moment and the risk of suspension made it all the more fun.

        Once we got down the last hallway, Harry raced over to the fire alarm that was attached to the wall and pulled it down before we both rushed out of the building and into the woods surrounding our school.

        “Did you just set off the fire alarm?!” I screamed as we both kept running, still with fear of being caught.

        “Yeah, I guess I did.” Harry said laughing, “It’s not like they’ll know it was us. C’mon we gotta get to the town.” He drew me closer into the woods and we dashed over to the road but far enough away so people wouldn’t see us wandering.

        I’ve never done anything like this before. I never would have wanted to do this before. Harry made me feel different though, he made me want to be rebellious. Hanging around him was mischievous all in itself since no one thought us as friends was a good idea. Nobody even really knew of this until today when Becky blabbed about it.

        I sort of had to tell Becky I was starting to warm up to Harry when we went to the coffee shop last Saturday. She was watching us talk when she was with Nick and at first she thought we were actually together. I remembered her words, “What are you thinking?! You and Harry?! That will never work out and you know it!” I did know that, which is why I’ll never see Harry as more than a friend to me.

        I’ve seen the way he treated girls in the past. He’d date them for a week or two maybe a month and once he gets with them it was over. Why would I be any different? My head just keeps telling me, “He’s dangerous for you. He’ll just hurt you.” As much as I don’t want to believe it I know he will. It’s just a gut feeling, the one I get whenever I get close to any guy.

        That’s what went on with me and Marcus. It’s why I hate him so much. I fell for his act. It’s the reason why I never trust any of his friends or Ryan. They worked at the bakery with me two summers ago in grade nine. I knew they were trouble but whenever we were at work they were nothing but a bunch of idiots, idiots who seemed like my friends.

        We would joke all the time about how Mr. Wakefield made us all frost them a specific way or they had to be thrown out. It was back then when the parties started happening. It started off as just them, me, and a few other girls in their basement and it escalated to these huge house parties everyone wanted to be invited to. It got almost overwhelming.

        Then last year, something was different about Marcus. We were friends for a year and I noticed things change about him. He started acting like a real ass to people, including a few of my friends like Maisie. He expanded his group of friends to include Harry and he started hitting me on way more. It used to be just subtle flirting and it turned into something way more. Yet, I found myself actually starting to like him. I should have known back then he would turn on me.

        He asked me out on a few dates and I turned him down so many times because I still didn’t want to be in a relationship, I knew that I wasn’t good at relationships. So then, he introduced the friends with benefits card, and if that wasn’t a red flag I don’t know what is.

        I was ignorant though I went along with it. At parties we’d just hang out around each other and he’d have his arms around my waist and kiss my forehead. Then that stupid game of truth or dare happened and Ryan dared him to play too-hot, which if you don’t know means two players kiss without stopping and without touching each other. If one player touches the other she or he loses and the winner gets to do whatever she or he wants to do with the loser.