"You know...I thought I was just being a good friend by telling you. But no...I just wanted you for myself right? I didn't care about your feelings?"
Even though he didn't want to admit it, the truth hurt him more than he hurt her.
Elise Gardner is...
The next few days Lilly has been nothing but a really good friend to me. I actually spend most of my time in her nurses room, and after school we head to the animal care center. The whispers and the laughing at me didn't stop however. There's nothing more I want than to have things the way they used to be.
Since it's my senior year though, I only have four classes. Which means I get to spend less time in the hallways where I'm humiliated. With those last few days, word about my elementary past spread to more and more people. It seemed never ending. I rarely talk anymore, for I'm afraid that the next thing I say would lead me to have more humiliation. The last thing I said is a pretty good example of that.
"Elise?"
My body tenses at the recognition of the voice. It's one I haven't heard in a while. I slowly turn in the direction of the voice with a blank expression plastered on my face. I clutch my text books ever so closely to my body. Granted, I want things to go back to the way they were but I don't want to hear anything he has to say. There's no reason as to why he would do what he did.
"I have nothing to say to you" I say in a hushed tone.
Closing my locker, I step in the other direction in which Daniel is standing. He quickly grabs my wrist and turns me around. I wince at his grasp and I yank it back to my side.
"Then don't! Just...please give me five minutes and hear me out" he says, stepping ever so closer to me.
I don't say anything but just roll my eyes. I look up at him signaling for him to continue.
"I'm sorry..I should have believed you" he starts.
As much as I wanted this to happen, I'm kind of wishing it's not happening now. Something seemed off about him. He would occasionally look away and it seemed as if he wasn't sorry at all.
I shake my head. "No, you're not! If you were actually sorry like you say you are, you would look me straight in the eyes and say it" I let out. "And you broke two of the major promises you said you wouldn't break. I couldn't believe you told everyone..." a stray tear rolls down my cheek.
"Look, I know you don't believe me" he sighs. "But I'm telling the truth" he reaches into his pocket and brings out a box. "I got this for you" he says, holding it out to me.
I don't take it from his hand. I give him a doubtful look but he doesn't say anything more and just extends the box further my way.
Heaving out a sigh, I reluctantly take the box from him. For a moment I just stare at the box like it's the worlds hardest mystery that can't be solved. But eventually, I take my free hand and ever so slowly lifted the lid of the small box. As soon as my eyes laid upon on what was inside, more tears roll down my cheek. Inside, was a bracelet. It was a silver bracelet that had a smaller silver like beads winding around the bigger ones.
"Uh..here let me" Daniel says taking out the bracelet.
He then grabs my hand and clasps the bracelet on. The contact of our hands sends a shiver down my spine. And for once in what seemed like forever ago, a small smile made its way onto my face. A warm and happy feeling seemed to slowly take over the sadness I've been feeling.
"Oh! And I also got you these" he says again pulling out a bouquet of roses.
An even bigger smile spreads across my face. I bent my head to smell the flowers and inhaled the beautiful delicate scent.
"Now!" Daniel yells and sprints away.
Before I could process what was happening, a cold blast of water blurs my eye sight. And not only that, it splashes all over my face and hair, making my clothes soaking wet also. What doesn't even make anymore sense, the water came shooting up from the bouquet of flowers I held in my hand.
Fits of laughter and flashes of cameras went off all around me. I lift my head up to see the scene around me. Right across from me stood Daniel, Jayce, James, Willa, Violet, and Katie who were also laughing at me.
"Elise! Here come with me"
I flinch away from whoever was trying to lead me somewhere.
"No, El it's ok it's just me"
I look to the side and it was Lilly. I let her lead me to what I'm presuming to be the health room. She helps me push past the sea of bystanders and lends me her white coat to keep me warm. Once we got to the room, I just stood in the middle with my head down and my wet hair clinging to my face like it was a second skin.
"Those people," she says in a hushed tone while shaking her head "have no decency at all" She then looks towards me and walks up to me. "You alright El?"
I don't answer her but just continue to stare at the floor. I replay what happened in the hallway in my head and that's when a sudden sob escapes my lips. Despite my soaking wet state, Lilly engulfs me into a big hug and walks over to the cabinet, takes out a fluffy white towel and hands it to me so I could dry off.
"Why Lilly? What did I do?" I sob out taking the towel from her.
Lilly shakes her head and says, "Nothing. You did nothing to deserve this"
With the towel wrapped around me, I take a seat on one of the beds with a paper sheet over it. I took a hold of the bouquet of roses and unraveled the plastic that was holding them together. Laying them down on the bed, I separated the roses to reveal what looked like a small container like thing that probably stored the water. What I don't understand is how they were able to shoot the water out. Was it remote controlled? Was it on a timer? The answer seemed nonexistent.
Lilly appears over my shoulder and takes a seat on the bed next to the one I'm on. "This is what they did to get me wet" I whisper more to myself than to her.
A surge of anger suddenly rushes through me making me grab everything on the bed and chucking it into the trash can next to her desk. Some of the pedals and leaves from the roses scattered off and on to the floor. I then cover my hands with my face and more sobs came out.
The hope I've been holding onto is almost nonexistent now. Why should I hope for something that would never happen?
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A/N: Hey!
Happy Friday! Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I hope you guys aren't mad that I did that but it will get better soon. I'm going to try to finish this book before I start school so expect a lot of updates.
