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When the game finally ends and the fans from Spencer Academy rush the field to celebrate, I walk behind Exie toward the parking lot. My gaze locks on Kalum hugging Sarah and giving her a kiss on the mouth.
My stomach cramps up when she wraps her legs around his waist. You could tell it’s all for show and a weird thought pops in my head, wondering how he would taste.
“Ready to head to the party?”
My head turns to Exie. “Yeah, but just for a little while. I don’t want to stay out too late.”
Heading to the party is a great idea. If I ask Exie to take me home, I will end up crying my eyes out at how messed up my emotions are. My parents’ loss was the biggest blow, and it tilted my world on its axis.
Coming to this game was a mistake, but the only good thing that came of it, is the fact that I really had no friends. Now I know the truth. The only two souls that loved me were my mother and father and now they are in heaven. Two soul mates that were taken too soon, leaving me here all alone.
The backs of my eyes sting with tears that want to flow down my cheeks like a dam breaking but I hold them at bay. You would think I would cry because of Marcus and Gina but that is not why I want to crawl like a child and bawl my eyes out.
I miss my parents desperately. Their laughter, wisdom, and most importantly, their love. The love of a mother and father. They were my safe haven, my keepers, my angels from heaven teaching me the way of life. If my mom and dad were still alive, I would go to them and tell them what happened. That is if I ever found out.
I would probably cry on their shoulder and they would tell me what to do and how I should move on. They would listen to my insecurities and tell me that everything will turn out the way It should.
“You okay. Aura?”
I’m walking slowly looking down at the black pavement watching my black and white Vans contrast to the black road with each step I take toward Exie’s Lexus.
“Yeah?”
“I know you are sad but are you sure you’re okay?”
My head lifts and I give her a wry smile. “I’m fine, Exie. I just miss my parents is all.”
“It’s not because of your ex and your friend Gina?”
“No. I can’t change who they are or who they want to be with. Sometimes, people are with certain people because it is their choice and not what they deserve.”
Melissa, Gina, and a few other girls walk to the parking lot a few feet away. Gina doesn’t meet my gaze but Melissa snickers. “How does it feel to know Marcus chose me after all. You know we have been fucking for almost two years.”
I flinch. One thing is assuming something to be true and another is for someone to point it out. The weird part, is that I'm not even mad about them actually screwing behind my back. I never had sex with Marcus. I'm more upset about the deception.
Gina murmurs, “Melissa, don’t.”
Exie speaks up in my defense. “So that makes you the side chick. Congrats, you just admitted you are a skank that sleeps with another girl’s man.”
I’m pissed Melissa is so mean and needs to point it out. Knowing what I have gone through, losing my parents, and having to move away to avoid being placed in foster care. She is a real grade A bitch. She should be BFFs with Sarah and the bitch crew. Gina would also get along since she is a two-faced wench.
I wave my hand. “Exie, let it go. She isn’t worth it.”
“Obviously, I am. He just felt sorry for you but now you know.”
“Melissa. Leave her alone,” Marcus says in a hard tone.
He comes sauntering over freshly showered with his hair wet wearing a fitted polo and jeans. You can see under his eye is swelling slightly from a blow he must have received from Kalum.
Getting a good look at him, I wonder how I didn’t see it. The lies and the way he would tell me I was beautiful. Every word that came spilling out his mouth has been tainted with lies. The time he would tell me practice ran late or I was waiting for my parents to come home after making them dinner. I would invite him, but he would always decline telling me that he couldn’t. Now I know why, making him... a liar.
My only regret is not spending more time with my parents and wasting it on him. The times he would take me out, he was probably hoping it was the day he would convince me to sleep with him.
Anger begins to course through me as my eyes narrow looking at him. Hating myself for being so naïve and stupid for allowing him to use me.
His eyes soften. “Aura, I’m sorry. I never meant to hurt you.”
Yeah, right.
