Benjamin

I slammed my fist into the soft gym mat.

I couldn't stop thinking about Janelle.

She betrayed me.

I can't believe she chose Jai over me.

But it made sense.

I was Benjamin Walker, leader of Hitchhiker, her favourite band, and...

I have a girlfriend.

So why, just why, am I puzzling over a girl when I already have a girlfriend?

Just then, Jai and Janelle walked by.

They weren't holding hands anymore. In fact, it seems that she was a bit further from him.

Or maybe it was just my imagination.

Yes, it must be.

If it wasn't, then what was it?

Janelle glanced at me, and opened her mouth to say something to me, but thought better of it and shut it as Jai babbled on about something.

She must have seen my murderous glance.

I bet she wanted me to stay mum about the other thing that happened between her and Jai, cause she spilled her guts to Corrine and made me angry.

Jai kissed her, and she kissed him back.

Yes, that was what she didn't tell Corrine, and what I was going to tell her.

I saw the way Jai looked at Janelle. Like he longed for her and couldn't live without her.

The way she looked at him was a friendly way.

She must have kissed him out of impulse.

Maybe payback for me being so snobby when we first met.

Yes, that should be it.

It must... or...

I can't accept it.