Betrayed

Chapter 1 This is how it all started

Alex Thompson

It was a bit cold night, and the air had a certain melancholic vibe, something inside me knew that something bad was about to happen, but I just ignored that thought and kept watching the screen of my phone, apparently Shannon my girlfriend was too busy to answer my messages, it had already been more than an hour since I sent the last message, in which I informed her that I had arrived safe and sound to the party my friends invited me to.

I ran my hand through my hair trying to relax, the music was playing loudly against my ears, and it was starting to daze me a little, I looked up and could detail the bodies of my friends dancing to the rhythm of the music, but they were not alone, they were accompanied by a group of girls, in which all of them were beautiful. Hank caught me watching them, so he proceeded to beckon like crazy for me to approach them and join them, but I shook my head, if I was going to dance it would have to be alone, because I only wanted to dance with my girl, but strangely today, she had not wanted to come with me.

For a small moment, I considered the fact of dancing with another girl, but I quickly discarded that idea, I was more than sure that Shannon would not like that idea very much, I preferred to respect my girlfriend, staying away from the female gender, I knew that if I got too close to them and my girlfriend found out, she would be upset with me, even if I was not doing anything wrong, just the fact that I was talking to other girls, irritated her. That's how I concluded that I wasn't in the mood for this, I got up from my seat and headed out to get a drink full of alcohol to numb my negative thoughts a bit.

I crossed the dance floor, avoiding contact with the people who were dancing with a lot of energy to the rhythm of the music, I accelerated my pace, to form a considerable distance between my body and the people who were on the dance floor, I needed some air and personal space, I reasoned that the best thing would be to go out to the garden, but first I wanted to get that drink that I longed for, if possible the chosen one would be the strongest they had in the minibar.

When I was finally a few steps away from the minibar, where they were serving the drinks, something caught my attention, but it couldn't be possible, maybe I was wrong and I saw wrong because what my eyes were seeing right now, didn't make any sense... In one of the dark corners of the dance floor, I could see a girl with beautiful platinum blonde hair, which was identical to Shannon's hair, it even reached the same height on her back as hers.

That girl was with a boy, I could not detail them very well, but I could observe the position in which they were, the boy was against the wall while the girl kissed him intensely on the lips, it seemed that they were eating each other's mouth, I shook my head, it could not be her, maybe I was just imagining things. I was about to turn around, to continue on my way, but out of nowhere the boy grabbed the girl by the hip, making her turn, being her turn to be against the wall, he with an agile movement placed himself right in front, they separated a few centimeters to catch their breath and continue kissing, in that interval of time I saw the girl's face.

I blinked a couple of times, then I even rubbed my eyes a little with the palms of my hand, it couldn't be true what I was seeing... It was Shannon, my girlfriend, she was the girl who was making out with that mysterious guy, none of this made sense or at least not to me, I couldn't understand how she was here at the party, so I insisted her so much to accompany me, with another man.

Rage and anger invaded my body completely, she was going to listen to me, and I would break her new boyfriend's face, my feet started to move by themselves and without realizing it I was closer and closer to them, but then I stopped in my tracks, I took a deep breath, filling my lungs with air, I inhaled and exhaled trying to relax, I was not in the mood to make a scene together at this moment, so I simply stayed watching them from a point where they could not see me, the happy couple separated their lips again and began to talk, thanks to the place where I was "hidden" I could hear all their conversation.

“I think we should leave now,” said Shannon, pushing the boy away a little.

“Are you afraid of being discovered?” said the boy laughing sarcastically, his voice sounding very familiar.

“We are very exposed, any of his friends or acquaintances could see us and would go and tell him without thinking about it," she said, looking to the sides, I imagine looking for familiar faces.

“You're right, I'd better let you go, but don't forget that we'll meet tomorrow at The Iridium at 7:00 pm, okay?” the boy reminded him.

“Joshua, dear... You know I wouldn't forget him for the world," she said before she moved a little closer to him and placed a small kiss on his lips, I froze, she had said... Joshua? But it couldn't be the same person I knew; I knew my best friend Joshua Taylor wouldn't be able to do something like that to me.

They said their goodbyes, her being the one who walked away first, quickly getting lost in the crowd of people, after about 5 minutes he came out of the dark place and I could finally see his face, tonight I couldn't be surprised anymore, the guy my girlfriend was cheating on me with was none other than Joshua the best friend of my whole life.

I had to stare at Joshua's face to believe that this guy I was seeing was my best friend, a great pain invaded my chest, my girlfriend and my best friend were cheating on me, I still couldn't believe it. Silent tears escaped from my eyes God this hurts so much!

I tried to take a few breaths to calm myself down, I leaned my back against the wall and wiped the tears that were falling from my eyes, I shouldn't let myself get carried away by my emotions, at that moment I had to think about what I should do. And out of nowhere an idea came to my brain, maybe it was a little malevolent, but they deserved it.

After planning everything coldly in my head, I could not stand it anymore and I broke down, I am a person who does not like to externalize her emotions because that makes me feel weak and vulnerable, but at that moment the pain I felt in my chest was very strong, so strong that I could not control it.

For that reason, without realizing it from one moment to another, the silent tears turned into uncontrolled sobs, I let myself fall on the floor and hugged my legs to try to silence my sobs, I did not want anyone to see or hear me, only my weak heart had an excellent idea of breaking in a public place.

After a few minutes or maybe an hour, I couldn't tell, I heard some hurried footsteps approaching me.

“Alex, what the hell happened to you?” I heard my friend Hank ask.

I could only look up with tears streaming down my face.

“Guys, I found him, help me pick him up!” exclaimed Hank addressing Kenai and Jeray, my other friends, who had accompanied us to the party, the four of us knew each other since high school, so we had a lot of trust in each other “We have been looking for you for a while, you had already scared us”

My friends helped me up and looked at me waiting for an explanation of my condition, but I didn't feel like telling them what happened, but I knew I had no choice, besides carrying out my plan I would need their help.

“You know you can tell us anything Alex, what happened to you? Why the hell are you in this state?” Kenai asked with his eyes full of concern.

I took a breath of air and raised my head with what little dignity I had left.

“I saw Shannon with another man," I whispered.

“But... What was she doing with another man? Didn't I tell you she couldn't come today?” Hank asked in confusion.

“Shannon is cheating on me with Joshua? I saw them kissing and making plans to go out together tomorrow," I explained in a muffled voice.

“I'm so sorry bro,” said Kenai, “I'm sure none of us would expect that cheap shot from Joshua.”

“That i***t Joshua! How could he even think of hooking up with the girlfriend of one of his friends? There are so many beautiful women in this world,” Hank exclaimed angrily.

“I never trusted Joshua completely, I knew there was something strange about him,” commented Jeray, squinting his eyes.

“You're right, you told me once, but I didn't listen to you,” I replied, “Sorry, bro”.

Jerry made a gesture of not giving it any importance, but I couldn't help remembering the time when he told me that he noticed Joshua was acting a little strange, but I didn't believe him because he hadn't given me a cause or reason why he suspected that he was acting unusually.

I let out a tired sigh, at this point my brain was processing too many things at once, and I felt exhausted.

“If you want us to go beat up that i***t Joshua, you know we'll support you” Kenai tried to encourage me, noticing that I was still very down.

For a few seconds I considered his proposal, but then the meticulous plan I had devised came to my mind again, so I told them the following:

“I don't want to harm them physically, I want them to feel the same shame I felt when I saw them together and for that, I will need their help. Are you available tomorrow at 7:00 pm?” I asked my friends with a small evil smile on my face.

“Yes! Count us in, bro,” they all replied in unison, much to my delight.

I couldn't wait to carry out my plan.

“Hey bro!” I called my attention to Hank “wouldn't you like to forget your sorrows and pains with a little alcohol?”

“Excellent idea Hank” Kenai congratulated him “Alex could use a little alcohol to cheer him up.”

“You guys know very well that problems can't be solved with alcohol,” interrupted Jeray, rolling his eyes.

“Of course, they don't fix them, but they make them a little more bearable,” said Hank mischievously, “What do you say, Alex?”

“I don't know guys... I'm already tired, tomorrow we have a very important presentation, so we shouldn't get drunk” I answered, I didn't feel like drinking, I wanted to go home and lie on my bed depressively.

“Oh, come on Alex, don't be boring! It will only take a while” Hank tried to convince me.

I kept refusing, but he and Kenai kept insisting, so I finally agreed, then it was Jeray's turn to accept the crazy proposal of our two dear friends.

The four of us went to the minibar and ordered several rounds, a while later I was already feeling a little dizzy and very giggly, but it was worth it, because the pain that my heart felt was silenced for a moment, the only thing I did was to go from one side to another, while my friends made me laugh until my stomach hurt.

A few minutes later they went to the dance floor to invite some very pretty girls that were in sight, they told me to go with them, but I flatly refused, I still didn't feel ready for that, besides I wasn't done with Shannon yet, I wasn't like her, I would never be unfaithful to someone I love or at one time loved.

About two hours later I told the guys it was time to go, they grumbled a bit at first, but then agreed, I was sure my friends were just as tired as I was, although I was accompanied by emotional exhaustion.

When I arrived at my sweet home I said goodbye to the guys, and then went straight to my room, and being there, I took off my shoes and fell on my bed, almost dead, the moment my face touched the bed I fell deeply asleep, I think it was thanks to the alcohol, but I feel that the sadness I felt at that moment could have helped a lot.