Elle heart Arthur

Chapter Two : Confrontation is Inevitable

I wasn't going to cry. I promised myself I wouldn't. Why should I? He's just a boy. Girls like me don't cry for things like this. Boo-hoo, a guy dumped me, boo-hoo. Yeah, right...

...Actually, he didn't dump me. He probably still thinks that I'm with him. He thinks he can just back stab me like that? Well, he thought wrong. I wasn't some girl who he could toss away like that without considering my feelings! I was going to fight back!

I walked out of the bathroom and looked from left to right. No sign of him, only people from detention coming out. No, I wasn't going to give up yet.

"Hey, Ellie, wait up!" I heard a voice and turned around. Oh, it was just Kyle. When he reached me, he looked at me closely. "Are you crying?"

"NO!" I denied. I wasn't going to look like a cry-baby just because of Will. "I have allergies I was sneezing like crazy."

"Oh, right." he said, but he didn't look convinced. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just have allergies, don't go all up on me!" I yelled. I didn't mean to yell at him. Damn, wrong person.

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry." He looked passed me, and asked. "So, do you want me to walk you home?"

Just then I saw Jennifer and Lance walking down the hallway and they waved at me. I waved back. "Hey, guys, have you seen Will?"

Jennifer's eyes widened and she looked at Lance. "No." she said, trying hard to smile. Liar.

"You sure about that?" I asked again.

"What are you talking about, Jennifer? We saw him just out--" But Jennifer punched his stomach.

"Yeah." Jennifer said nodding her head. "The last time I saw him was yesterday. With you. Happily together with you." She said nodding.

Actually, that was the last time I saw her. But I knew she saw Will, and I knew why she was denying it.

"Okay, thanks." I said. Jennifer grabbed Lance and walked quickly away. They were talking and I saw Lance look back at me.

Kyle was still there, knowing the awkwardness of that conversation. "So, what about it, Ellie?"

"What about what?" I asked him.

"Can I walk you home?" Oh, yeah. I completely forgot that he asked me that question.

"I'm sorry, Kyle. But I don't want to sneeze up on you so much. I can walk home by myself, thanks."

He looked disappointed. "Oh, okay. Sure. Some other time then."

"Yeah, some other time." I agreed.

He nodded his head, and then walked away.

Then, I found myself the only person in the hallway.

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When I got home, I checked my email, and then I found that Will was online. Hmm. Online when he was suppose to have a date tonight! That bastard. I will talk to him myself. Act cool. Don't let him know that I know about his little affairs.

"Hey, Will," I wrote. "I'm soo excited for our date tonight."

"Excuse me?"

Excuse me? Who the hell does he think he is?

"Do I know you?" he added.

"This is Ellie, you know. Your girlfriend?"

"LOL, Oh, this is a joke from Jessica, isn't it? Did she pay you or something?"

Pay me? Pay me? Jessica? Pay me to tell him I am his girlfriend?

"Jessica?" I wrote unsteadily.

"Yeah, she's my girlfriend. She put you up to this didn't she?"

"Will, you're hurting my feelings..."

I didn't think this is appropriate to talk about online, so I logged off.

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I admit, I was doubtful to go to school the next day. I don't know what I was trying to avoid, but I didn't want to face any obstacles. I had the least bit amount of perserverance.

The last person I wanted to see was Will. Something the least bit of me. So I went to my locker and took out my books.

"Ellie?"

"Not now, Kyle." I said, not looking at him. "I don't want to talk to anyone right now."

"No, it's me. Will." I froze. I looked at him, and saw that he was standing right next to my locker. Boy, did he have knack for showing up unexpected. Like that time I saw him standing over Spider Rock. "I looked you up from the Student's Guide."

"Look me up at the Student's Guide?" I repeated. "Will, what are you talking about?"

"When you wrote online that I hurt your feelings, I wanted to know who you were, and I wanted to talk to you in person.'' he said.

"Will, did you get knocked on the head or something? What do you mean 'you wanted to know who I was'?"

He looked at me funny. "I wanted to know you who were." he said slowly. "Is that a problem?"

Before I said anything, a tall, blonde girl appeared behind Will. "Who's this?" she asked.

"Oh, you don't know?" Will asked. "This is Ellie." Like she was suppose to know me. My guess was that she was the famous Jessica.

"Ellie...Ellie. No, doesn't ring a bell. Hey, Will, we'll be late for chemistry." she pulled him away.

"Hey, it was great meeting you, Ellie!" Will called to me, and entered a classroom.

Then, Jessica looked back at me, and I don't know what--maybe her stare, or maybe her quizzical huge pendent necklace that was hanging around her neck--but something glared back at me, and I knew that it wasn't reality that was reigning here. But something from long ago.

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