All You Need Is Love

Chapter 13

                                                                            (Desire)

I wake up to my phone ringing.

I'm naked.

My whole body aches.

And I have a headache so bad that I faintly remember what happened to me last night.

I can barely see out of one of my eyes but the other is slightly okay.

I use it to see who is calling me.

It's Jacari.

I really hate to disappoint him but there's no way I can go to school like this.

I stare at the phone for a minute then answer it.

"You ready? I'm outside." He says.

I build up enough strength to slide to my window.

I look out and there he is leaning up against his car.

"Jacari I can't come to school today" I say slowly.

"Why?" He asks.

"I think I caught the stomach virus or something"

"You seemed straight yesterday." he says.

It's clear that he doesn't believe me.

I'm I that bad at lying to him?

I don't want to lie to him after the feelings we shared with each other.

But he just can't know about the Dennis thing.

No one can.

"I know that's what surprising about it. . It came out of no where" I say.

"When you think it's gonna be gone?" He asks.

I watch out the window as he gets back in his car.

"Maybe next week .. I don't know." I say.

I finished my part of the project last night.  Jacari can finish he's and turn it in.

"Get well soon. I gotta go" he says hanging up the phone before I can reply.

I let out a deep sigh.

Maybe I shouldn't even do this with Jacari.

All I'm going to do is keep lying to him.

I don't think he deserves that.

I sit up determined to get to the shower some way.

Before I can get started my phone rings again.

I look down.

It's Jacari jagain.

I answer it quickly.

"Huh" I say.

"Look I'm sorry for hanging up the way I did. But I know you lying to me. What's the real reason you not coming to school until next week?" He asks.

I take a deep breath.

Why can't he just believe my lies like everyone else.

"Jacari I have the stomac--"

He cuts me off before I can finish my sentence.

"Desire tell me the truth" he says.

"I got into a fight with my mom" I say.

More lies.

"She blacked my eye and I just don't want to come to school or see anyone until it heals" I continue to say building on that lie.

"That's what you should've said in the beginning. I don't want you to feel the need to have to lie to me. I'm not out here to judge." he says.

"Okay Jacari. I have to go now" I say.

"Alright see you next week then" he says.

"Sure" I say then hang up the phone.

I feel like a total piece of crap.