Author's Note: Sorry it took me soooooooo long to post a new part. I hope you enjoy!
Part 4
A million and two thoughts and emotions were circling around in my blonde head and for a second there I forgot to breathe. Here we all were a group of eight who had been through so much. A group divided by deceit and lies.
I looked up to find Michael, the guy that I still loved, staring straight at me. He was probing and trying to find his way into my mind. I'm usually such an open book but now I'm shut down no longer willing to let him in. He started to walk towards me and I stood still, eyes locked unable to move or tear my eyes away. If not for Alex (great guy) who gently moved me behind him and pointed to Kyle where Michael's attention was really needed I don't know what would have happened. I gave Alex a grateful smile and attempted to pay attention to what was going on.
It was like a scene in a movie. Kyle was trying to attack Max who was attempting to reason with him. Michael was in between them, not allowing Kyle to even touch Max. Tess and Isabelle were attempting to hold Kyle back while Liz was yelling to stop the chaos. Alex and I simply stood there taking it all in.
"I'm going to kill you, Evans!"
"Kyle, it wasn't our fault. I love you!"
"Kyle leave him alone!"
"I don't know what our esteemed leader did to you, but I can't let you do that"
"Everyone just calm down and separate!"
It was really sad that this was what we had become. A group of teens stuck together because of one stupid secret. Most of us weren't friends…we were forced to work together to stay alive. It wasn't fair. None of this was and now look at where we are.
Suddenly I started to hear laughter. Not the hold your belly because it was too funny laughter, but sad with a touch of bitterness tinged to it. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at me. As I focused on this, I realized that I was the one laughing and I couldn't stop. Oh man, maybe I was going insane? The looks Alex and Tess were giving me certainly made me think they thought so.
"What is so damn funny?" Kyle asked me rudely.
"You", I answered but quickly realized I should finish that line of thought. "No, not you it's this whole situation. I mean if we were all honest to each other than we wouldn't be here arguing and fighting. Hell, if we had any sense at all we would've realized a long time ago that we aren't friends.
"We are friends", insisted Isabelle.
"No we're not. We only speak to each other because we know the truth. You only speak to me when we're in a meeting, that's not friendship". Not allowing Isabelle to continue I rushed on, "It's not only you. It's everyone here. We're not friends so we lie to each other because we only need to be honest when it relates to the secret. Then those of us who are friends start to break apart because alliances start to form and people fall in love. We've become worse together than we are when we're apart."
You're right about one thing Deluca," Kyle interrupted while glaring at Max, "I definitely wouldn't talk to certain Alien Kings…I mean Boys if I didn't know that the truth really is out there".
Liz, probably not feeling like enough attention was being spent on her, had to put her two cents in as well. "Kyle, what's your problem? We broke up a long time ago so for you to still be mad at Max is getting pretty old".
"Please Parker", Tess spat at Liz with disdain clearly vibrating of off her, "For once, something in this universe actually doesn't have to do with you".
Isabelle must have also been feeling the tension beginning to build again because she walked into the center of the beast and asked, "I believe I speak for the rest of us uninformed people when I ask, what the hell is going on here?"
A blanket of silence covered us as no one wanted to be the one to cause another commotion.
Normally I'm not the voice of reason but I thought it was high time everyone got the hell out of my house. "Guys, it's late. I think it would be best if we continued this tomorrow, when tempers are in check and we can discuss this logically as a group". To illustrate my point I even walked to the front door and opened it.
"No. If I can't beat Evans to a bloody pulp, than I'm not leaving until everyone know what kind of a person they're been following. When his world is completely destroyed to the point that he has no one then and only then will I be satisfied."
Now I started to get mad. I mean, damn I understood what Kyle was feeling but I wasn't the one shouting about it or going all fists ahead. Why the hell did he think that his little problem had to come out and cause more problems? More importantly why did it bother me so much? Shaking the last question off I charged Kyle madder than I've been in a long time. "Oh and what is that going to solve? You'll still know the truth, worse now we'll all now that Max fucked your girlfriend." I chose to ignore the shouts, gasps and cry's of disbelief and outrage because I knew that if I didn't speak my mind now, I'd probably not get another chance to let everything out. "You'll just add this to your "Things I Hate About Max Evans" list and after a while we'll forget. So you can take all of you're anger and rage and stuff it for all I care because you and I both know that second-stringers like us don't matter to the rest of them. They do what they want; Max saves Liz, Isabelle strings along Alex, Michael dumps me repeatedly, Liz walks around like she's above us all and Tess is the frontrunner to go home and resume the royal court. In the end we are the ones that are most affected. So what if your dads not around and the people you love cheat? Get over it and move on because in the end we don't matter.
"You think I don't know that Deluca? I hate the fact that my life is not my own. I hate that I had it all once: a normal girlfriend, my dad, popular friends. I had the perfect life, then one fucking gunshot later and it all goes to shit. My dad cares about freak boy more than his only son. The love of my life...was his wife in a past life but she tells me I'm the only one and I believe it". Kyle was standing in front of a crying Tess but turned away from her as he continued, "Tess drops the bombshell and it all comes rushing back. All the anger, the hurt, the need to crash my fist into his jaw! So don't you tell me how to act and feel when it's obvious you're one second away from smacking Parker around yourself. Or would you be hitting Guerin instead?" Kyle moved so quickly that I didn't realize he was right in my face until I felt his angry breath on my cheek. "So many choices when your best friend and boyfriend decide to spend quality time when you're not around. I wonder, does he fuck her in the bed he claims to love only you in? How about the bed you and Liz cuddle up in while sharing each others secrets. Or are they more the adventurous type. You know back alleys, the eraser room, or... the backroom of the CrashDown. It would be so easy to press her against those lockers while thrusting…"
The last of Kyle's words were cut off by my hand connecting to his face. My whole body was on fire and I was ready to put a Deluca-styled smack down on my possibly future stepbrother.
"What the hell is Kyle talking about? Max demanded.
"What do you think?" a Liz Parker I had never seen before spat at Max. She wasn't Angry Liz or Sad Liz that I expected. In fact, she seemed…proud of herself. "You think you can tell me you love me and want to make me your queen, and then sleep with that alien whore behind my back?"
Something clicked inside of me and I realized that the situation was far worse than I imagined.
"You knew".
TBC.
