Don't
be
shy...
|| chapter two ||
“Cece?
Cece, where are you?” I heard Ariana’s voice yell
from the halls. I didn’t want to talk to her, much less see
her. She was the reason I’m crying.
“Cece? Don’t be upset! Come talk to us!” I
heard Matt yell as he was walking with Ariana. Ugh. They’re
probably holding hands, being a lovey dovey couple down the halls
as I’m crying here because of that.
“Hey, I’m gonna check the bathroom, kay?” I
heard Ariana’s voice whisper. Crap. I tucked my feet from
under me and sat on the toilet with my feet up. Hopefully I could
trick her. “Cece, I know you’re in here. I
don’t know what happened but, we can talk through
it… I’m sorry if I did anything wrong. Cece, please
come out,” she said with such sorrow in her voice, I felt
bad for her, even though I was the problem. I gently let
my feet fall to the ground and I opened the stall door. Ariana
was sitting in the corner, her face buried in her knees. When she
heard the creak of the door, she sprouted up. She saw me and gave
me a big hug. “Cece!” she yelled. That got Matt
coming. He stood right outside the door, smiling like crazy.
“Why’d you run away?” Ariana asked me, wiping
my tears and make-up runs away.
“Because, Ari, now you and Matt are dating… and I
really like,” I paused, looking at Matt, “I really
like Matt.” I began to let out a couple tears before I let
myself finish. “Seeing your best friend go out with the guy
you like for years hurts… a lot.” That was all I
managed to say. I started sobbing in Ariana’s shoulder.
She patted my back, “Cece, you’ve got this all wrong.
Matt’s best friend, Joey, is in love with me and Matt did
this ‘fake ask-me-out’ thing in front of Joey so he
wouldn’t like me anymore. It wasn’t to hurt you! Matt
and I aren’t really dating… just in front of Joey we
are,” Ariana confessed. I slowly lifted up my head and saw
Ariana’s sincerity in her eyes. I looked at Matt and he
shook his head yes, agreeing with Ariana.
“Really?” I asked Ariana, wiping my tears away.
“Yes, really! I promise you,” she said with a big
bear hug.
“So, Cece. You like me huh? If I knew you liked me, I would
of asked you out... not her. I would of made my plan
differently!”
Matt spoke to me.
I started rambling on. “Well, yeah. But, that’s okay
there’s a bunch of other girls that like you in the grade
and you’d much rather go out with one of them than me
because I mean… look at me! I’m a mess! And all the
other girls ar—“
Matt stopped me in my tracks and kissed me. On. The. Lips.
“Well, that was another way to shut me up,” I said
laughing to Matt.
“Yeah, Cece. Matt likes you. We were talking about
it as we were going on a search for you!” Ariana said with
a laugh.
“Really?” I said looking at Matt.
“Yes, really.” Matt said, confirming my question.
“So, Cece. How do I put this?” Matt said.
“Yes.” I answered him, knowing the question. He
smiled and kissed me again. “Hey, Matt. Do you think I
could touch up my make-up with Ari for a bit and I’ll come
meet you somewhere?” I said with a smile. He nodded and Ari
grabbed my hand and led me to the mirror. She was eager to do
this. She loves putting on make-up… on other people.
“Cece, there’s one condition you have to undergo to
be able to date Matt,” Ariana said to me. I gave her the
hand signal to keep going, so she did. “You have to act
like you aren’t dating Matt around Joey, or you hate him,
or something! And Matt and I need to act like we’re
dating… does that make sense?” She told me. What if
everyone thinks they’re dating though? Then it would be
useless for Matt and I to go out.
“Yeah, whatever.” I told her. She looked upset at my
response, so I smiled.
Teaser: "Hop in, we're just going for a joy
ride." He said with a grin.
How do you like it? This is only my second chapter :o I might be
adding a third or a fourth today :) we'll see how it goes.
So, if you want a notification, just ask. I'll be glad to do
so for chapter three. Goodbye, beautiful! :3
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