Chapter 19 Just a dream
Another song name for title, I know, but this time it's completely unrelated. It just happened to be the only title I could think of.
Now I finally got the rest of the plot out in my head, hopefully I can write a lot faster!
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I woke up the next day to bright sunshine and rose pedals all around me, making the room smelled of rose. I inhaled deeply and saw that I have managed to kick the box and card down my bed. I smiled as I pick up the card, remembering those sweet words Will wrote me.
I saw that the bear was in fact holding a box of chocolate, Lindt, my favorite. I smiled at the box as I brushed my teeth. I got a text from Alison asking how did the 'surprise' go, and one from Hannah telling me how amazing Oliver was and demanding to know what happened last night. And a few from Olivia and Bethany asking the same things. Oh great, they obviously thought that me and Will did it. Peachy.
I send a text back to Alison and Hannah about what happened (or what didn't happened) last night. For now I decided to just ignore Olivia and Bethany's texts, knowing that they won't believe me even if I told them that nothing had really happened.
Alison texted back almost immediately gushing about how sweet it was and how cute me and Will are as a couple (again, yeah), which was a bit of a surprise, she wasn't usually awake this early. I texted her back about wanting to get Will a present in return, she was excited and so we decided to head to the mall for lunch and go present-hunting afterward.
Luckily my mum was up, she looked relieved that I came downstairs on my own and that Will was nowhere to be seen. I can't help but rolled my eyes, even Gina had never brought her boyfriends home before. As for Dylan, I think he went to his girlfriends house.
My mum drove Alison and me to the shopping mall and told me to call her when we needs to leave. It took ages, but suddenly, as if a light bulb had turn on inside my head, I knew what I should get Will.
'He is going to love it.' Alison said, smiling at the bag of thick, grey yarn in my hand. I was going to knit a scarf for Will, seeing as it's winter now (jumpers are too advance and time-consuming for me). I was ever so happy to have found the perfect present for Will, and that I can put some effort in it. Will had done so much for me, I would feel uncomfortable if I just buy him some random shirt or something.
I spent the rest of the weekend knitting the scarf following a complex instruction on the internet so that it will have some kind of pattern on it rather than just plain knitted. It had been quite a while since I last knitted and I kept having to go back to fix my mistakes, hence why it took me so long. But it was totally worth the time, because it came out perfect.
On Monday I arrived early in school with a big smile on my face, hoping to surprise Will with my gift. I wrapped it with some present paper I found at home and tie a ribbon around it, I had also wrote him a note inside. I saw his car was already in the parking lot and practically skipped to his locker, knowing that he should be there hanging out with his friends.
I was about to jump out and surprise him when I heard my name mentioned, curious about their conversation, I stopped and hide behind a set of lockers close by them.
'So, how did Friday night go?' I heard Greg asked Will, while Nick snickered next to them. I rolled my eyes, Olivia or Bethany most have spilled about the surprise. I listened more closely but Will didn't replied.
'You know, I don't get why you are so hung up on that girl.' Jack said, followed by the sound of a locker slamming. 'Because of her we had to share limo with nerds and weirdos, and sit on the same table with them.'
I was flaming up internally, how dear he called my friends weirdos and nerds! What a bunch of jerks and shallow bast*rds! Only have to nerve to say this behind my back. My fists clenched together and I had to take deep breaths to calm myself down and continue eavesdropping.
'You are so whipped man.' Nick said with a snicker which came with a sound of hitting, I assumed he hit Will's arm since Will gave out a huff. But again Will stayed silence, I frowned, this was unlike him.
'Will, man, you got what you wanted, why are you still hanging around her?' I heard Ethan said. I stiffened, I can't believed that are talking about me like this! I was waiting for Will to defend me, but nothing came.
'Dude, she is such a drag, I mean, she is hot, but now you tapped that a*s, you don't have to stand her friends.' Greg added, I was about to come out of my hiding spot and scream at him when Will finally spoke.
'Man, you don't understand, she isn't just any common slut that would spread her legs in a flash.' Will said, all the jocks snickered and slapped his back laughing. I frowned, his tone of voice was unnerving, and the way he said it... my heart started to sink to the bottom of my feet like a rock as he continued to speak.
'And I am not whipped, OK? It helps being a good boyfriend, I am sure she would come around to it by end of Christmas at the latest.' He said with a smirk, then his friends started cheering even louder, but I could barely hear them. I felt like someone just stabbed me in my heart. I pinched myself to make sure that I wasn't dreaming, my boyfriend did not just said that, there must be another reason. Was it all an act from Will just to try and get into my pants? This doesn't make sense, he was so understanding about it. God, I am so naïve.
'Please do it quick, I can't stand it again if I have to share a limo with her friends.' Jack said with an emphasis on the last word. I heard Will snort.
'I am sure I would be tired of her by then, unless she suddenly turned into Megan Fox.' Will sneered. I clutched my chest hoping to relieve the pain, it was like a thousand needles have pierced through my heart and stabbing me repeatedly. Tears started to flow down my cheek in uncontrollable stream. I squeezed tightly onto the package in my hand involuntarily, it seemed to be mocking me.
I could not put into words how betrayed I felt. We just said those big three words to each other, and yet barely two days later, he was there, talking to his friends talking about me like I was a new gadget that he wanted and cast away when he was tired of.
I covered my mouth so that my sobs wouldn't be overheard by them, this was too much. I needed to go somewhere quite and try to wrap this around my mind. I sneaked away quietly while they were still goofing around. I was openly crying by then and just as I was about to slip into the girls' bathroom when I felt someone's hand on my shoulders.
I flinched away involuntarily, wanting to be left alone. 'Hey.' I reconsigned Andy's voice immediately, I didn't want him to see me crying, but I knew that he must have saw already. So I half turned towards him, trying to stop crying by failing miserably.
'What's wrong?' He asked tentatively, his arm still hanging mid-air behind me. I didn't want to be rude, but didn't felt like answering his questions either. My brain was in a muddle, I was crying my eyes out, I just wanted to be left alone!
'Nothing, can I get back to you later?' I mustered all my energy up, trying not to sound like a b*tch, Andy seemed to understand how I was feeling since he backed off a little with a concerned expression on his face.
'OK, but if you need any help, text me.' He said, and thankfully left. I slided into the bathroom and curled myself up at the bench at the side of the bathroom. At least I had the sense to choose the most deserted bathroom, I chuckled to myself, I haven't fully lost my mind.
I sat there crying for a while, my brain offering me different reasons of why Will had said those things. It might have been true, or he was just trying not to sound like a wimp in front of his friends. I took a deep breath to compose myself and looked in the mirror. I looked awful, my eyes are puffy and red from crying and my nose had turned red as well. I quickly washed my face hopping it would make the redness disappear, but no such luck.
I sighed, deciding that I wouldn't make any rush decisions before confronting Will first. Sure, what he said hurt like hell, but I had read enough romance novels to learn that one shouldn't judge until they hear the whole story.
How I managed to get back to class and pass the rest of the day I had no idea, it seemed to be a blur. I couldn't find Will at lunch, he had practice again apparently. My friends didn't noticed anything wrong with me, maybe I was just that good at hiding my feelings, but it also had to do with the fact that Hannah was far too daze by Oliver to notice something wrong with me, Melissa was as always busy with Luke, Lizzy was off in the library, Alison was off somewhere to make up for her English assignment.
Will usually gave me a ride home, so I waited for him at his car at the end of the school day. He saw me and smiled at me from afar with his gorgeous smile, but I wasn't in the mood to respond. He seemed to noticed my lack of enthusiasm too, since he smile faded a little.
'Hey Anna, are you okay? I couldn't find you this morning.' He said looking concerned as he came to my side, trying to put his hand on my shoulder, but I side stepped him. I couldn't help it, after what he said, I didn't particularly wanted to be near him. He was frowning deeply by now.
'What's wrong Anna bear?' He asked, trying to touch my arm again, this time I took a massive step back and crossed my arms on my chest.
'I heard you, this morning, at your locker.' I said. He expression changed from concern to alarm to what looked like remorse immediately.
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