The Truth Behind a Smile #25

I didn't know how to disguise the fact that i had a dark black purple lump on the side of my face. I could, at least, cover up the bruise on my stomach. When I woke up this morning, my cheek hurt even worse than last night and same with my stomach. I kept a hand over my face as i walked into the school building. 
"Hey, loser, what's that thing on your face?" Allie asked me. She had to pick now to annoy me to death. Now when i had a lump on my cheek. Why oh why now?
"I fell okay? I fell down the stairs and hit my face on the wall." Sounded reasonable right? Not that i even have many stairs to fall down but hey, she didn't need to know that. 
"Someone's gettin clumsy."
"Can i get to class? Thanks." I said pushing Allie out of my way. I walked straight into Matt, though.
"About yesterday..." Matt trailed off seeing Allie there behind me. He took my hand and whisked me away to a deserted, or where there weren't as many students roaming around, hallway.
"Matt it's fine." I said still keeping my eyes on my feet and my free hand on my face.
"No it isn't you didn't need to hear my mom say those cruel things."
"I had to expect it would come eventually, though. I mean, why have you never asked about my family? Did you know about my dad? Because your mom seems to have all the answers."
"Macy, I don't care if your dad's a drunk and if you take after him-"
"I dont, trust me."
"Good, but i'd still love you the same. And why won't you take your hand off your face?" My stomach dropped.
"Nothing. It's nothing," I lied.
"Take your hand off." I shook my head causing my cheek to throb a bit. The swelling had only worsened over night.
"Come on Macy, no one's gonna see."
"You will," I whispered.
"I wont laugh if it's a huge zit." I wish it could be but it's ten times more noticable than a tiny zit since the lump takes up half of my cheek. More like all of it, I corrected mentally.
"Fine." I slowly uncovered my cheek and I heard Matt gasp loudly.
"What happened?"
"I fell." The lie came quickly and easy as it had been with Allie.
"You could not do that as bad as you did by falling. What happened?"
"Nothing, I'm fine okay?"
"You can trust me, Macy."
"I fell," I said again. And then i left him standing there, hand raised in the air for something i don't know. I re-covered my cheek and walked away not caring about him one bit. He did not need to know the truth. He was not my boyfriend and I think i'll be avoiding him so i can also avoid more punches. Matt only kissed me once and who cares if i want to kiss him again? I'm a senior and he'll be going to college and who knows what'll happen to me? Matt'll forget me in a instant, forgetting that something sparked between us one day. I mean it was only one day right?