I Was Wrong
c h a p t e r 14

Alyssa, Sam, and 4 other girls approach me. Do they have nothing else to do other than annoy me? Plus, they always seem to find me, do they follow me? What if they stalked me, then I could call the police on them. That would be awesome, but I know they probably don't stalk me so I shouldn't call the police.
"So, I heard you and Ethan are supposed to hang out today," Sam says.
How do they know that? "How in the world would you know that?"
"People talk," Alyssa says pursing her lips and putting her hands on her hips.
"Why do you care?" Why do they care about what is going on in my life? I'm so sick of them! They do anything they can to get me angry or sad and they are always in my business.
"I just wanted to warn you that Ethan isn't as good of a guy as you think," Alyssa comes closer and whispers, "Once he gets you to hang out," She makes air quotes when she says hangs out, "with him..." Alyssa looks around and finally says, "Well, let's just say this, he isn't exactly a virgin and once he is done with you, he never speaks with you again."
I look at her in disbelief. Is the Ethan she is talking about the Ethan I talk to? No, it can't be, Ethan isn't like that. I roll my eyes at her and say, "Whatever."
"I'm not kidding! He did it to me," Alyssa says and three other girls say he did it to them to.
"Ethan told me that he had a girlfriend before, though. He even said they had a long relationship," I said. I put my chest forward, I held my head up high, and put my hands on my hips. I felt proud of myself because I just proved her wrong.
"He says that to all the girls," She rolls her eyes like it was supposed to be obvious. No, not Ethan. I feel like I'm about to cry because there is a chance Alyssa isn't lying. I hope to God that she is lying.

At lunch, my thoughts about what Alyssa told me today were interrupted by Ethan sitting down next to me. "Are you sure you want to sit next to me? There are better people to sit with," Which is true, I'm not that special.
"Yeah, I'm sure," He drags his french fry in a blob of ketchup on his tray.
"So, um, what was your ex-girlfriends name?" I ask because I just want to see if he actually was telling me the truth about her. I totally think he is, though... I think.
He stopped the next french fry he was putting through the ketchup and answered, "Lisa."
"How long were you guys together?"
"About 2 years," He gets serious, "Look, can we please not talk about this?"
"Okay," I say a little disappointed.
"I'm sorry, but I really don't want to remember the memories," he says. He takes my hand. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, he is holding my hand.
I just kept looking at our hands and then he pulls away and says, "Sorry," He looks saddened.
"No, it's fine. It is perfectly fine," I smile and he takes my hand again.
I look over at Alyssa who mouths watch out to me.