Chapter 28

"I just don't understand why we have to come to school on Halloween, we don't come to school on others holidays so why this one?!" Bailey expresses her dislike as we walk down the crowded hallway Bailey is annoyed with all her teachers assigning more homework than usual to her today so she is ranting to us about it. "Why would we miss school for a holiday that is glorified for scaring people and handing them candy?" Faith questions with an eye roll As much as I hate to say this, I agree with Faith. "Sorry, B, I agree with Faith on this one" I tell the brunette "And I agree with my beautiful girlfriend" Aurelia says leaning down to place a kiss on my cheek "Plus we wouldn't have anything to do during the day anyway" I add on as the four of us walk into the cafeteria Aurelia's phone goes off causing her to briefly glance down at it before sighing. "I have to take this, I'll meet you guys at our table" she tells us She quickly lets go of my hand before answering her cellphone with annoyance clear in her tone of voice. "Who was that?" Bailey asks referring to the person who called my girlfriend "I don't know, I don't care" I reply with a hand wave as my eyes land on a cheeseburger My mouth instantly waters as my hand reaches out and snatches the aesthetically pleasing burger. We are halfway away from the register when Faith squeals and begins to violently rub her eye making me furrow my brows at her. What the hell? "Are you okay?" I carefully ask her She continues to rub her eye as she answers. "No, an eyelash fell in my eye and I can't get it out" she grunts out with annoyance Ugh. I hate when that happens. "Go to the bathroom and rinse your eye with water, I'll bring your food to the table" I tell her She removes her hand from her eye to look at me only to squeal again and continue to rub her quickly reddening eye. "Thanks, Hanna, I'll buy you a cookie" she promises before jogging away "You better" I mutter more so to myself Bailey and I quickly make our way through the line, ordering our food and walking towards our lunch table. Once we are seated we immediately begin to dig into our food, too hungry to wait for the rest our friends. "Hey, have you guys seen Aurelia?" Chadley asks as he takes a seat beside Bailey "She took a call a few minutes ago, why?" I reply in between bites of my burger Fuck. This is such a good burger! Our school has never made burgers that taste this good before. "I need to give her this letter, it's from Ava" he says effectively knocking me out of my daydream I snatch the letter from his hands and begin to open it only to stop midway. Wait, what am I doing? I shouldn't open this, it's a total invasion of privacy. "Why do you have a letter from Ava?" I ask him as calmly as I can Bailey continues to devour her lunch, staring at us as if she were watching an entertaining movie. "I opened my locker and it fell out, this was attached to it" he tells me, handing me a blue sticky note I grab the note from his hand quickly reading over it. Hello mistake, Pass this note along to Aurelia. -Ava. Ugh. I fucking hate her. "I'll deliver it to her, make sure Harrington over there doesn't eat my food" I say pointing over to the nosey brunette "Rude" she comments I roll my eyes before standing up and making my way into the school building. Great. I have to look in basically every classroom to find her since I have no idea which one she wandered off into. I quicken my footsteps so that I can quickly get this over with. I look into a few classrooms only to notice that they are empty. Ugh. Where is this girl?! I look into one classroom only to jump back when I notice that it's my first period teacher. Shit. "I know it's you, Hanna" she says monotonously I awkwardly walk into the classroom. "Hey, I'm just looking for my friend" I say She turns to face me. "Miss Kingsbury? She passed by here a few moments ago, seemed like she was heading towards the drivers education classroom" she tells me What the- "Uh, thanks" I reply I awkwardly back out of the classroom before making my way towards the drivers education classroom. Why would she take a phone call in there? That room smells like expired milk mixed with oatmeal. I reach the room and go to greet her only to stop in my spot when my eyes land on the scene that is unfolding right in front of me. No. This is not happening. This cannot be happening! Aurelia's hands are holding Faith's head in place as the both of them move in sync with each other. "Ouch, be more gentle" Faith groans out "Stop moving" Aurelia groans back I physically feel my heart break as I continue to stare at the both of them, my feet frozen to the tile under them. No, they wouldn't- I unconsciously drop Ava's letter as I bring one of my hands up to grab my pain filled chest. Everything was a lie. She doesn't love me. Heck, she doesn't even like me. I am such an idiot. She got what she wanted from me and dropped me like yesterday's trash. Did did these past few weeks mean nothing to her? I thought we really connected this past week. I guess the feeling is not mutual. I feel a hand being gently placed on my shoulder causing me to look over at Chadley who is giving me a sad look. "Come on, Wilder, lets get you out of here" He says I weakly nod my head as he leads me away from the classroom and towards my locker. We do not get far before we are interrupted by the last person I want to see. Well, one of them. "Aw, your significant other is making out with your best friend, doesn't that seem familiar" Ava sarcastically mocks I close my eyes and take in a deep breath, tears instantly staining my cheeks. I calmly turn around to face the smirking black haired girl. "You win," I admit with a weak smile causing her smirk to falter "You successfully ruined not one, but two of my first ever relationships," I start off "You ruined not only my trust but my friendship with the one person I thought I could trust after the damage you left on my life," I continue on wiping away my drying tears There is no reason for me to cry. Maybe I am just unlovable. Anyone who 'loves me' instantly gets ripped away from me. I have not seen my parents in a week. My little sisters are away at my grandmother's house. Chadley cheated on me with Ava. Aurelia kissed Faith, my girlfriend kissed my best friend. "I'm done, I physically do not have the energy to fight for someone who doesn't want me," I declare I take in a shaky breath, feeling a wave of tears well up in my eye sockets. "You ruined every relationship that I've had, therefore, you win," I state with a humorless laugh Is she finally happy? She gives me a remorseful look as I never break eye contact with her. "Congratulations, I hope you enjoy your prize" I say with another fake smile as I back away from her "Hanna, wait-" she says with a guilty tone of voice "Leave her alone, Ava, you've done enough" Chadley angrily says to the girl He helps me open my locker before grabbing my backpack and closing the metal door. He hesitantly places his hand on my mid back area. Remember when I said that this was going to be the best day ever? This is the worst day ever. - Chadley ordered an Uber and voluntarily accompanied me home, not that I am complaining. I really need a friend right now and he just so happens to be here. "Here, eat this" he says crouching down beside me and handing me a pack of saltine crackers On the way here I felt a sudden sickness and made the driver pull over so that I could empty my stomach. I do not know why. Chadley silently held my hair back as I continued to allow the food to exit my body, a few tears leaving my eyes in the process. "I'm not hungry" I mumble out as I curl into a ball and lay my cheek on the back couch cushion Am I being a little pathetic? Yes. To be fair I did lose the only girl that I have developed very strong feelings for. Chadley sighs, standing up and taking a seat in front of me, placing the crackers in my lap. I scoot closer to him and lay my head on his shoulder. "What are you doing?" he asks with a confused tone of voice I wrap my arms tighter around my body. "Just hold me" I tell him "Hanna" he says with the same tone of voice "Chadley, Please" I beg weakly just wanting to be held He sighs, complying with my wishes and loosely wrapping his arms around my shoulders. I bite my lip as I close my eyes, a few tears falling down my cheeks. Fuck. I am so fucking tired of crying! Why am I crying over someone who does not want me? "Hey, it'll be okay" he comforts I allow my salty tears to stain my face as my body begins to shake with my sobs. "Why doesn't she want me?" I ask him vulnerably, not caring how ridiculous I look right now He pushes me away from him and holds my face in his hands. "Hanna, look at me," he calmly demands as I continue to sob I weakly shake my head as I look down at my lap. "Hanna Anne Wilder, look at me," he says again I continue to sob as I look up at him through teary eyes. "Hanna, you are a beautiful person, inside and out, you are kind and gentle with everyone that you meet," he starts off He brings his thumbs up to wipe away some of my tears only for them to be replaced with a fresh set of tears. "You are a strong woman, this is just a minor set back, after getting all of this out of your system you will comeback stronger than ever" he encourages He silently brings me in for a hug, I tuck my face into his clothed shoulder as my arms wrap themselves around him. We stay like this for a few seconds. Him holding me as I cry into his shoulder. When I'm finished crying I cannot deny that I feel a little bit better. "Thanks" I tell him as we pull away from each other I bring my hands up to wipe my tears away and dry my eyes. "Do you want to spend the night at my house?" He questions making me raise a suspicious eye at him Wasn't he just warning me about a literal hug? "I understand that your parents aren't coming back until tomorrow and I doubt that you'd want to be in the same house as your ex" he explains Should I? I mean, I do not want to be in the same house as Aurelia, but I also do not want to sleep in the same room as Chadley. "What about your mom? Where would I sleep?" I list off "My mom would be happy to see you again and we have a guest room" he states I did not know this. Since when do they have a guest room? "Okay" I agree since I do not want to be here when Aurelia arrives from school in a few hours. - "Oh my goodness, Hanna Wilder, is that you?" Chadley's mom gasps out as I appear from behind her son I weakly smile at her as Chadley closes the front door behind us. "Hello, Ms. Huntington" I greet her politely Chadley gently takes my bag from me before placing it over his shoulder. Um, okay I guess? "I'm just going to show her to her room, she's had a rough day" Chadley briefly explains to his mom Ms. Huntington frowns at this information. "I hope you feel better sweetie," she says as Chadley leads me towards the stairs "I'm making Chicken Parmesan for dinner, I'll come up and get you when it's ready" she adds on making me smile She is still the same sweet woman to me even though her son and I broke up. I cannot say the same for most mothers out there. "Thank you so much" I thank her I continue to follow after Chadley only for him to stop at a door near his bedroom. He smiles before opening the door revealing a cozy hidden bedroom. It has a large bed in the middle, against the wall. Two lamps on either side of the king sized bed. A flat screen television on top of a long dresser across from the bed. To put it simply, it resembles a hotel room. "You can take a nap, watch television, whatever," he says as he places my bag on the made bed "That's a bathroom," he tells me pointing towards a random closed door "I'll be downstairs if you need me" he tells me with a smile before walking past me, closing the door on his way out I yawn, surprising myself. I guess all of that crying really tired me out. I remove my shoes and move my bag from the bed to the floor. I instantly crawl into the bed, too tired to change out of my clothes. Once I am comfortably settled on the memory foam mattress I am immediately knocked out. All of my problems slipping away the further I fall asleep.