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“Um, no. This isn’t about the game.”
“What could they be fighting about?”
She rubs her lips together and places the strands of her short black hair behind her ears. “Looks like he is defending you. Why else would he look this way? It could only mean one thing, it’s about you.”
Why would he care? They finally break up all the players, and they go to their respective sides to finish the last minute of the game. Looking at the score, there is no way Marcus’s team can win. They are losing 54–17.
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 thought pops in my head, wondering how he would taste.
“Ready to head to the party?”
I turn 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 just cry my eyes out at how messed up my life is.
Coming to this game was a mistake, but the only good thing that came of it is that I know the truth.
The backs of my eyes sting with tears, wishing I had someone to talk to. Someone who would listen. I miss my mom. She would know what to do.
“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.
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?”
I shrug. “You can’t change who people are. It sucks, but at least I know the truth.”
Melissa, Gina, and a few other girls walk to the parking lot a few feet away. Gina looks away when 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. It’s one thing to assume something to be true and another for someone to point it out. The weird part is that I’m not even mad about them screwing behind my back. I never had sex with Marcus. I’m more upset about the need to lie.
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 who sleeps with another girl’s man.”
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 bitch.
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 of his mouth has been tainted. The time hewould 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 he couldn’t. Now I know why. He’s just... 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, I hate myself for being so naive and stupid for allowing him to use me.
His eyes soften. “Aura, I’m sorry. I never meant to hurt you.”
“Of course, you didn’t.” I cross my arms over my chest. “You could have told me. You didn’t have to lie or make up things you never felt. The only person you lied to is yourself.”
