My jaw literally dropped to the floor as Brecken pulled his perfect face away from Tess Gorge's caked one. Like seriously, it looked as though she'd gotten a kids chocolate birthday cake and smashed it on her face. Don't even get me started on the shit stain contour.

Hoots and whistles filled the canteen and it took a lot of will power for me to turn back around in my seat. I push my tray away, no longer hungry for my card board chips.

"Tee, you alright?" Megan says, placing her hand over mine.
I can hear some of Brecken's friends yelling things at the new couple and is tempted to cover my ears.

I said nothing, instead sat there wallowing in self pity.

Yeah.

"No. Way. Tegan? Tegan Blair?" Said the voice I least wanted to hear in this moment. Good god I was actually considering ending my life here and now with my plastic fork.

How depressing.

I turn around in my chair, not even bothering to fake smile. Someone who's entire being was an act always knew when someone else was faking.

"Tess, I thought you moved Liverpool?" I say, tightly. I'm glad to see that Brecken was still talking to his mates and not here.

Tess flips her brown hair over her shoulder. "Oh I was. But daddy got moved back here."

I grimace at the use of 'daddy'. She was referring to her mum's boyfriend who's in the army like my dad. That's how I know Tess, that and she broke Kieran's heart.

Basically, Tess was held back a year due to family issues. I'm pretty sure that was just a nice way of putting her real dad moving around the country so much that she was homeschooled for a few years. She's almost seventeen now. At the time she was almost sixteen and Kieran seventeen. They met through military dues being thrown. Believe it or not, but Tess and I never really got along. She was always telling me to go and take care of Molly whenever I wanted to hang out with them. At almost fifteen, I did as I was told without argument. Then, I just believed her and Kieran were smoking joints or something. No thank you.
However, it turned out that they were madly 'in love'. Not my favourite term of the day, I must admit.

Anyway, they dated for a few months and Kieran was head over heels. Always singing and dancing. Honestly, I almost signed him up to be on strictly. But then Tess moved, breaking his heart in the process and I honestly don't think he ever really recovered.

I don't reply, instead go back to eating my cardboard chips.

"Anyway!" Tess says in that annoying cheerful voice. "How's Kieran? I've missed him so much and was so sad when we lost contact. I care about him so much-"

"Bullshit."

Tess stops talking. "Excuse me?"
I look up from my plate. "I said bullshit."
Tess scoffs. "There's no need to be rude, Teegy."

That's it. I have no idea what happened after that. Only that Tess now has a red mark the shape of my hand on her cheek and the whole canteen has gone silent.

Great. Just great.

And you know what the worst part is? Brecken saw it all, and is now looking at me as though I am a stranger. Who knows, maybe I am.

Unable to look at Tess, I pick up my bag and run from the canteen. Not even my friends stopping me.
I burst through the doors and onto the field which is empty due to the previous rain. My trainers sink into the mud and eventually I do too. I lower my head to the ground, just wanting to forget everything.
Forget everyone.
Forget him.

"Tegan!"

I don't get up.

"Tegan!"

I hear him approaching, and yet I still do not get up.

"Tegan, for Christ sakes look at me!"
When I hear the raw emotion in his voice, I finally look up.

I see him, standing looking as handsome as ever. If it's even possible, it looks as though he's grown since last night.

"I don't want to speak about it, Brecken." I say tiredly, getting up off the ground.
"Yeah? Well I do. What the hell was that, Tegan?" He yells. "Is there something I'm missing? Or were you too jealous-"

"Jealous?" I bark out a laugh. "It was me who rejected you, not the other way around."

My eyes widen, realising what I just said. I see it, for a split second, the pain in Brecken's eyes. It's quickly gone after a a moment, replaced by rage.
"You're right, it was you who rejected me. And God am I glad you did. Have fun in detention."

I watch him go. I just stand there and let him go. There is a pain in my chest and I struggle to breath. I feel tears threaten to slip from my eyes in any second.

What is wrong with me?