The Betrayal
DREAM COLLEGE, New York *
The wide campus is currently decked with students who are looking proud in their blue coloured academic gowns, walking around with happy smiley faces.
It's the graduation ceremony today, and the school will be letting go of over 500 graduates.
Amelia is among the last group of students to rush into the hallway, late as usual cos of her part-time jobs.
Despite her tiredness, she was smiling as she ran to the locker room, dressed in a short but fitting yellow gown and black flat shoes.
Heels aren't affordable for her. She was always in flat shoes throughout her studentship here, and wearing them today on graduation isn't a problem.
She doesn't care about what anyone thinks except Sam her boyfriend or Fiona her bestie.
She got into the locker room and opened her wall locker hastily, bringing out her academic gown and cap.
She wore them on top of her dress, then she got a mirror to check out her face.
She might not be the very pretty type, but she's beautiful, and she knows it.
She was still checking the mirror when her phone buzzed, and the smile on her face fell when she checked to see it was a reminder from the loan sharks.
Apart from doing part-time jobs to pay for herself and Sam, she also took a loan, though she didn't tell Sam about it.
If he can just love her till the end like he has always done, that's enough for her.
They're graduating today, and when he gets a job, they can live happily and pay the debts together.
She was still staring at the reminder when someone touched her shoulder from behind, and she jumped.
"You scared me!" She gasped when she saw it was Erica, her coursemate.
They're not friends, they just talk randomly, but somehow, they know things about each other.
"You took a loan?" She said, and Amelia quickly hid her phone.
"You saw the reminder?" She asked slowly.
"I've been behind you for some minutes ago dummy! What do you think you're doing Sam? Working your @ss off to pay for Sam's fees isn't enough, and now you borrowed a loan?" Erica said.
"I had to pay for our final year fees and my part-time jobs were going slow. That's why I decided to take out the loan" Amelia replied.
"I wish you could hear how stupid you sound right now Amelia. Throughout your stay in this school, you only have eight blouses and four black skirts then two trousers and three gowns. You've never worn heels you're always on flat shoes and you only eat once a day, all because of Sam. Do you trust him that much? Why are you blindly giving him all your life like this?" Erica said.
"You know nothing about us, Erica, so stop talking about Sam that way" Amelia replied, looking angry.
"Oh sorry, I crossed my lane" Erica replied, and Amelia closed the locker.
"By the way where's he? I've not seen your bestie Foina either" Erica said, and Amelia was about to reply when they saw students rushing down the hallway.
They exchanged glances and rushed out too. The rush was insane.
👥 Someone is proposing!
👥 I swear it you need to see it!
👥 Who's proposing to whom?
👥 Just get there first and see for yourself, you won't believe it!
👥 Is it someone unexpected?
"Wait... someone is proposing?" Erica said excitedly.
"Let's go watch!" Amelia gushed, pulling her to join the rushing students.
They ran down the hallway till they got to the stairs and climbed down to the auditorium where the proposal was happening.
A lot of students were already gathered there, forming a circle.
Immediately they got there, all eyes turned to Amelia, and she wondered why.
"What's happening? Why are they all staring at you?" Erica muttered, and the students started making way surprisingly.
Amelia entered the circle through the way they made, only to get to the middle to meet the shock of her life.
Sam! Her Sam is on a knee in front of Fiona her best friend.
He's already wearing the ring on her finger, and Fiona couldn't stop smiling.
Amelia's jaw dropped, and her head banged. Sweat beads appeared on her forehead immediately, and she started feeling cold at the same time. Her throat began quivering, This is a dream.
Her boyfriend and her bestie? No!
"Sam! Fiona!" She walked up to them, and Sam stood to face her.
"I'm sorry, Amelia. I fell in love with Fiona since our first year in this school, but if I told you, you'd stop paying my fees, and that's why we had to keep our relationship a secret. Don't worry, when I get a job I'm gonna pay all the fees you paid" he smiled, and Amelia's heart fell.
A big flow of tears fell from her two eyes, and she was shaking as she faced Fiona.
"H..ho..how could....
"How could I?" Fiona cut her off and came closer.
"Sam stopped loving you long ago, you're just too blind to see. He has always been mine, but thanks for the fees you paid though" she continued, and Amelia staggered back.
Her heart fell into muddy water, and it got trampled on in the cruellest way ever by the two people she trusts most..
How could this happen to her? How could...
"I love you," Sam said immediately after Fiona faced her.
"I love you more, Sam" Fiona replied, pulling him into a deep kiss.
👥 What the f**k!
👥 Looking for animals? Take those two
👥 How could they do this!
👥 F**k it!
That was all Amelia could take before rushing out of the circle in tears.
She was still running when the sole of her flat shoes fell off.
She has been wearing them for four years, maybe it's finally time for the shoes to give up.
Her feet began touching the ground as she ran, the shoes looking pitiful on her.
She fell by the door but stood immediately and continued her race out.
Erica walked into the circle when Fiona and Sam broke the kiss, and they faced her.
"What?" Fiona covered Sam with a smirk on her face.
"Mark my words you two, no matter how much you both struggle, you'll always go down low. Damn you both for doing this to her!" she said, and Fiona slapped her soundly.
She tried returning it, and Sam held her hand to stop her.
"She had not more than ten clothes and just one shoe, She eats just once time day! She walks to campus for lectures every day just to save the taxi money, and she lives in a boxy one-room apartment all cos of you, how could you!!!' Erica shouted.
She was already on the verge of tears.
"And I said I'd pay her back for everything when I get a job, stop overreacting!" Sam pushed her, and she smirked.
"You both are worse than demons, and karma will surely catch up," she said, and Sam grabbed Fiona's hand, taking her out of the auditorium.
Erica rushed out too, going after Amelia.
