Is he the one that got away???

Chapter 14: Wicked twist

The ladies were crazy, they were holding everything barely, their faces looked like they would explode.

I nodded no to them, so they held on asking or making a big fuss about what just happened.

I wanted to stay there for another 5 minutes, just waiting for the recess to be over, but Sandy couldn’t hold it any longer and told me “Or we go to our backyard, or you tell us how Andy knows where you live?”

“Ok let’s go now to the other side, I explain everything in front of our classroom”

We started walking towards the passage when I just heard a loud voice from Larry “Hey Vanessa, why are you leaving so soon?”

I looked back at him and rolled my eyes; I just nodded no at him and just placed my index finger over my lips asking him to hush.

He then realized I was embarrassed by his outbursts and then just showed me a silly smile, I looked at Andrew and he saluted me again, I also nodded no at him and waved him bye with my right hand.

We reached the entrance when I felt someone holding my left shoulder, I looked at him, and I see Larry’s happy face giving me a bag of brown m&m’s “Take this to make the rest of your classes sweeter”, he winked at me and ran back to the bench, I looked at the bench to find a displeased Andrew looking at his friend.

We just crossed the passage and walked to our backyard when we heard the bell rang, the ladies went crazy and asked several questions, which I just replied with “Yesterday he passed in front of my house, he was in his bike and saw me out of my house and say hi, that is all, that is how he know where I live, ok?”

The ladies sighed in unison as we started walking to get inside the classroom, then Lou added “Tomorrow you need to tell us what happened later with him, ok?”

I nodded and we entered, sat and suddenly the school day was over.

We got out of school, I reached home and waited impatiently for the specific time to go out.

It was 6:00 pm and I was about to go outside shortly, when my mom asked me to go around the block to my aunt’s house to do some errands. I wasn’t pleased but you got to do what you got to do.

I walked around the block, crossed to the other sidewalk and by mid-block I reached my aunt’s house, one of my mom's cousins.

Her younger daughter was outside on a stone bench on their porch, she is 1 year older than me but has a bad reputation, well not exactly bad but of being a bit slutty, whatever, she is a second-grade cousin, and I don’t come here to hang out with her.

She is funny and nice to talk to, so I went inside to talk to my aunt, did what my mom asked me to do and when I got out Claire started talking and asking me about things, of school, my older brother, blah blah blah.

I sat on the bench, and I was pretty entertained as she continued to talk. I was laughing at her witticism that I lost track of time completely.

Out of the blue I heard “Hi” on the entrance, I looked up to see Andrew, there with his bike on the ground, looking happy at my cousin and then he looked at me and his smile was wiped out as he realized I was there.

I felt a cold sensation running down my back as I realized he was there to see her, to see Claire.

I stayed there in complete silence looking at how they interacted, Andrew was shy, and his body looked stiff as Claire held his arm while talked at him and smiled the biggest smile ever, at him.

I stood up to leave and then she pulled Andrew to the bench and pushed him down to sit, she told me not to leave as she sat on Andrew's lap.

I guess I saw them agape, I saw how my cousin was bouncing in his lap.

Da f uck!

Seriously?????

He is her, oh boy, he is my cousin's boyfriend, and he was trying to be smooth at me at school?

F uck this!

I guess my look was bad, angry at least, I told Claire “Ok Claire, I have to go”

“Don’t leave, stay a bit longer with us” She replied

I tried to stay a little longer but seeing her sitting in Andrew's lap was too much to bear, I just told her my mom was waiting for me, waved goodbye as I just walked out of there.

As I was walking back to my house, I was trying to explain to myself what just happened, it felt surreal, I couldn’t, I don’t know, f uck! F uck him!

I got inside my house, I told my mom what my aunt said and just went directly to my bed.

I lay there, feeling so mad, betrayed, disappointed in me and in him. Disappointed in me for trusting him instead of listening to myself, my instinct told me he surely had lots of girlfriends at once.

How long have they been a couple?

Oh gosh, why do I feel like something heavy is pressing my chest? it is hard to breath, as I was replaying what just happened, tears started to flow down my face.

When the clock hit the dinner time, I just closed my door telling my mom I ate at my aunt's

and that I was tired and wanted to sleep.

I lay there, thinking, angry, crying until not sure at what time I fell asleep.