Character;

Timothy Stones.

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Sunday morning already but I barely had any sleep last night.

Over thinking about everything made it difficult for me to peacefully close my eyes.

I hadn't been able to reach Lan ever since. He had not called neither has he picked my calls.

I had dated a number of guys but I'd never slept with any of them, not even Daniel, but I did with Lan, even if we weren't officially dating.

What the fuck was I thinking?

Now I'm beginning to doubt everything. Did he just use me?

And there was Timothy, having a difficult type of family issue right now.

He has never been fond of his family, especially his dad but he'd just received a shocking news about him.

He'd left for the hospital immediately after our last encounter and insisted that I don't follow him.

I'd never seen him behave the way he did the last time neither have I ever imagined it. It made me begin to wonder what type of relationship he must have had with his family, I had the urge to know what exactly happened but I doubt he would want to tell me anything.

I wanted to call him and ask him about but I noticed that I didn't have his number with no way of getting it. I just hope he's fine and everything is under control right now.

I wanted to drop back my phone until I noticed two unread messages.

It wasn't a saved number, but it was an unknown number that I can never forget.

It was Cheryl's number.

I tapped open the message with sweaty hands.

It read;

'How have your weekend been? I surprisingly miss you already.'

I swiped down to the other message;

'And I almost forgot. Your ex is sweeter than candy.'

*

I had wished that Monday wouldn't come by so soon but it was one of those wishes that chooses not to come to pass.

This weekend was stale.

Everything keeps on crashing on me at the same time and I don't even understand what's going on with my family.

Mom and Ivy had been acting weird lately and Kelly had decided to take our argument to heart. Dad has also been nowhere to be found.

I wish I could help in anyway but I was also drowned in my own problems.

I wish I never had to come to school, maybe that is why I was driving rather slowly.

I refuse to share my problems with anyone at home so going to school is one of the ways of assuring everyone that I'm okay....that I'm fine.

I parked the car in my spot. Kelly who had been looking out the window without saying anything, opened the car door immediately and walked towards the school entrance without even a glance back.

I stayed back in the car before finally getting out. I was contemplating on even entering the school or not. I just hope I'll be able to face everyone and Cheryl won't try anything stupid.

And about the text she sent yesterday, I chose not to try to understand it, even if I think I know what it meant.

And about Lan, I needed to confront him today. I really need to clear things with him and know where 'we' were heading.

I banged the door of my car closed before putting on my tinted sunglasses.

I've not always been a fan of those but I felt it would give me a form of cover.

I walked quickly but quietly into the school premises. I kinda miss those days when I sashay elegantly into the school hallway with my friends by my side.

My friends.

I feel like I was loosing things faster than I can imagine.

I stepped intp the hallway and I noticed the gathering and chattering around. When something like this is happening in Ashton high, it clearly means that something big was popping.

I chose not to bother and snaked my way through but then the hall suddenly got quieter. I looked up and it seemed like almost all eyes were on me.

I was used to people stealing a glance of me but this one felt different.

The hallway started getting noisy again with a few giggles sipping in with murmurs here and there and I was drowned in utter confusion.

Was it perhaps about me?

I decided to just keep on moving towards my locker but I saw someone already standing in front of it.

Daniel?!

I stopped walking abruptly and he just stared at me before bursting into an hysterical laughter.

What exactly is funny?

"You need to see your face babe, it seems like you had just seen a ghost," he said immediately he was done with laughing.

"Oh really?" I asked, sarcasm dripping in my every word.

"Shut up Stella, don't try to act smart 'cus you're not," he suddenly said, knocking me off guard.

"No.....I'm not joking....I'm really serious here," he said with a very serious look on his face.

"I really thought you were harder than that," he continued and I just had a confused expression on my face.

He feigned a dry chuckle.

"I seriously thought he wouldn't be able to do it....at least, not this fast," he said again.

My thoughts kept shooting towards one direction. Hope it wasn't what I was thinking.

Before any of us could say any other thing, someone embraced him from behind. The person released him and got beside him and I noticed that it was Cheryl.

"Hey bae," she squealed before pecking him on the lips.

"You were gone for just five minutes but I was missing you already," she said, leaning on him with his hands circling round her.

Disgusting.

"And see who we have here.....my little toy," she said, looking towards me with an evil smirk drawn on her lips.

She looked back at Daniel.

"Don't feel like you lost baby....she's just the one that didn't get to have a taste of you," she said to him, moving her palms smoothly through his chest area.

I surprisingly just stood there like a mannequin without even saying a single word.

She yanked the sunglasses off my face.

"You don't need to hide your face...you just have to face reality," she said before flinging the glasses towards the other end of the hallway.

She looked around and smiled at the amount of attention she was getting.

"See ya later," she said, pushing me aside even if I was no way disturbing her movements and walking away, dragging Daniel along with her.

I wanted to cry and my eyes were already welling up with tears but I decided to stay strong for now atleast.

I quickly used my locker and closed it back when I was done. I started walking quickly to my class.

I was passing by the janitor's closet before someone dragged me in and closed the door immediately.

I turned and braced myself to fight for my freedom but I came to an abrupt stop when I noticed who it was.

"Kelly?" It came out more like a question.

She stared back at me before pulling me in for a surprise hug.

It was truly surprising because last time I checked, we were not on good terms.

She pulled away before putting on a very serious look.

"I kinda saw this coming ya'know," she started and I was looking at her with a 'what exactly are you talking about' look on my face.

"I just knew that guy is of no good," she continued.

"What are you talking about?" I manage to spill.

"So you haven't seen it yet?" She asked.

"Seen what? No!" I replied.

She took a deep breathe before swiping a few times on her phone screen and turned the phone in a way that I could see the screen.

"I'm sorry," she said but I wasn't even paying attention, I had my gaze fixed on the screen.

I couldn't believe what I saw.

A video.

A video that tore me into pieces in a second....

A video that make me want to bury my head in the earth forever....

A video of Lan and I having sex.

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