Don't Give Up
On Me Baby
Chapter
2
"Hey
Paige!"
"Paige, hi!"
"Paige, I love your shirt!" I smiled as people in the
halls of my high school said hi to me, saying hey back and
walking to my AP English class. I sat down in my seat in the
front of the room, writing down the homework and taking out the
essay I had to write the night before. Class started once the
bell rang, and about 15 minutes into class the phone rang. My
teacher answered it, and once she hung up she said,
"Paige, you're wanted in the gym, there's a Fall
Sports meeting apparently for all the captains of
teams."
"Oh, okay," I said, grabbing my stuff and walking to
the gym. I walked in and saw the other captains of sports;
soccer, football, volleyball, cross country, golf, tennis, and
now, because of myself, cheerleading. I sat on the bleachers and
listened to the coaches talk about how we were the captains of
our teams and how we had to be responsible and set an example for
the rest of the team. Basically they told us no partying,
drinking, or drugs for the next 3 months. When they finished
there meeting, there was only like, 10 minutes left of our class,
so they let us stay in the gym and hang out. The captains of the
other sports came over and said hi to me, and we all talked for a
little. As I was walking out of the gym, the football captains
were walking right beside me. Ryan and Kyle. I held my breath and
looked down, as they totally ignored me, just like always. All of
a sudden, this girl, Katie, who was on the volleyball team, raced
up to Ryan and kissed him. I walked into a bathroom where I
locked myself in a stall and started crying. It took me a few
minutes to catch my breath, but once I did, I wiped my makeup
away, fixed it, then went to lunch, where I sat with Jenna and
some of our other friends. I sat down next to her, and she
glanced at me skeptically.
"Are you okay?", she asked.
"I'm fine," I smiled. She looked at me for a few
more seconds, so I just smiled and bit into my chicken wrap. She
knew I wasn't okay, but she'd find out why today after
school. She always came to my house once cheerleading was over,
she was on the team too, and we went back to my house where I
cried into her and she told me everything was
gonna be
okay. Even though in reality, I knew it was the total opposite.
Everything was not gonna be okay. Not even close.
"I..I love you Paige. I fell in love with you from the
first time we met."
"I love you too," I smiled, kissing Ryan. I
couldn't believe what was happening. I was actually in love.
I had never been in love before. I'm 16, and
gonna be a
Junior, I can't love someone! That's what I always
thought at least.But then Ryan came along and changed
everything.
That was in July, and if only I knew what was
gonna
happen a month later..I would have walked away. Everyone told me he
was using me, he was a player, he didn't really love me. They
all told me I was going to get hurt. I laughed in their faces.
Even my own mother told me I was losing my mind because of him. I
was THAT much in love with him. Wanna know what i think of love now?
F*ck it.
That's what I have to say about love now.
7 faves · Sep 17, 2011 1:13pm