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“She totally did dude. Her brothers were a few years older, but they played football too.” He looks back at me and I can see the confusion and hurt clear on his face. It only makes me cry harder.
“Kenz?” I know he is looking for me to say something, but I can’t. I literally feel like I am going to pass out. “Kenz?” I don’t say anything and walk to the bathroom.
I don’t go back to the table. I asked one of the other girls to do it for me. I also asked her to let me know when they left. She told me fifteen minutes ago they had left. I text Maddie to meet me, so we could walk home together. I need to tell her everything before we get home. I figure she should be here any time now, so I clock out and walk outside.
I didn’t expect to see Campbell leaning against his truck when I walked out. He pushes off the truck and walks toward me. “Kennedy Greene? How the fuck could you not tell me? We have been together for a fucking year! A fucking year!”
I can’t stop the cry that rocks through my whole body. “I’m so sorry, Campbell. I wanted to tell you I just didn’t know how.”
He gets right up in my face, anger pouring off him. “You didn’t know how to tell me in the last year that we went to high school together. You lied to me about everything! Everything! Did you ever really love me, or was that just a fucking lie too?”
Ouch. I can’t even see I am crying so hard. I wrap my arms around my stomach. “I love you Campbell. The only thing I ever lied about was where I went to high school.”
He is burning with anger, his eyes are scary mad. “Why the fuck would you lie to me? You let me believe for a fucking year that you were someone you’re not! You’re not the person I thought you were. I don’t know who the fuck you are!”
I can’t listen to it anymore, I just lose it. “Fuck you, Campbell. I didn’t tell you who I was because you were an asshole in high school. You and your fucking minions bullied me. You made my life hell! I liked you and I didn’t want to, I tried to stay away. Once we got together, I knew if you found out I was that girl, you would have shit all over me again. I should have just told you because this, how I feel right now, this is true pain.” I walk away without looking back. Last thing I heard him say was, “You’re a fucking liar! Fuck!”
I ran until I bumped into Maddie, and I tell her everything.
I never in my life have felt more betrayed than I do at this moment. I am trying to calm the fuck down before I get into the truck with Matt. I can’t believe for an entire year she lied to me. She made me believe she was someone she isn’t, then to accuse me of bullying her high school. What the fuck. I don’t remember that at all. I need answers and I know Matt can give them to me.
I climb into the truck and turn to Matt. “I’m sorry, man. I had no idea this was going to happen. If I would have known I would never have opened my mouth.”
I rub my face roughly and blow out a breath. “Matt, it’s not your fault. She’s a liar.” I punch the steering wheel because the anger I have rolling through me is like nothing I’ve ever felt before. I want to physically hurt someone, to try to take my own pain away.
“She may have lied about where she went to school, but I heard what she said about high school. That shit is true.”
I jerk my head up and stare at him. “What? No fucking way would I treat her
like that. No way.” I refuse to believe I would. She is fucking beautiful, smart, funny, and sweet as hell. It’s impossible that I would mistreat her.
“Dude, you did. We all did. She didn’t look like that in high school man. She was heavier, didn’t wear makeup, or do her hair. She was an ugly loser and we all made sure she knew it.” I reach over and grab onto his shirt. I get right in his face. I’m breathing heavily from the hatred I feel toward him.
“Don’t you ever talk about her that way. She is fucking perfect. I fucking love her.” He tries to pull away from me, but my anger is no match for him. “Campbell, I didn’t say that she is that way now. Obviously, she is gorgeous, but I’m telling you in high school, we bullied that poor girl. The girls were awful to her and we cheered them on. We laughed at her expense daily. Think back for a minute, I’m sure you’ll remember.”
I let go of him and throw my head back on the seat. Fuck, he’s right. I remember her now. We were fucking horrible to her. I’m ashamed of the way I treated her back then.
I turn to look at Matt, “Sorry man.”
I start the truck and drive back to the apartment.
My heart is pounding in my chest on the elevator ride up. I am so nervous I’m going to run into her. What would I say? ‘Sorry I was an asshole in high school and that you felt I would still treat you like that.’ When the doors open, I take a deep breath and walk out. The hallway is eerily quiet. No noise from Kenz’s apartment at all. I look over at her door before walking into my apartment. I wish fucking Matt wasn’t here. I need to deal with this shit.
“Nice place, Campbell.”
I turn to look at him. “Oh, yea, thanks.”
Just then, Young comes through the door. “Hey, asswipe, what’s going on tonight? Are we having dinner with the girls or what?” Straight shot to my heart, I can actually feel it ripping in half in my chest.
“Um, no. Young, this is Matt. We went to high school together.” I am just mumbling through the introduction because my mind is wondering back to high school. We sit on the couch and thankfully Young starts talking to Matt.
“Yo, Campbell. Look at Lisa, she is going to hang that sign on Kennedy’s locker. Free dog food. Fucking classic!”
“Campbell, did you see that ugly girl Kennedy crying this morning after Debbie got through with her? What a fucking loser.”
“Kennedy, did you ask your dad if you could borrow his clothes or do you guys share?”
“Big boy get out of my way. Oh my bad, Kennedy.”
