Me and Gunther were walking up the steps of my apartment.
"Cece, you better get some rest. We can worry about this tomorrow." We walked up to my door.
"I'm just worried that the school called my mom, saying that I had come home sick."
"Relax, no one is going to know that we skipped school."
Gunther opened the door. I walked in to see Rocky, Deuce and Ty sitting on the sofa.
"Cece, we know you skipped school today." Rocky said.
I looked at Gunther. "REALLY? No one will find out, huh?"
He just shrugged. "Thats really ironic, ain't it?"
Rocky got up. "Don't worry Cece. Flynn is at Henry's and your mom won't be home until tomorrow, but right now, you have some explaining to do."
"But how did you guys find out?"
Rocky quickly turned her heels and ran out of the building.
"I'm going to get to the bottom of this!"
She ran for 5 blocks, trying to get a glimpse of Cece. She stopped when she finally ran out of breath. She decided to go into the park and see if Cece was there. She was walking when she stopped suddenly. She hid behind the bushes.
'Red hair.' She thought, 'Sparkles. It's Cece and Gunther! I knew it! They both skipped school, but why?'
She ran as fast as she could, shotting through her front door, almost knocking over her brother.
"OW! Rocky, what was that for?" Ty rubbed his head from the impact.
"CECE AND GUNTHER SKIPPED SCHOOL!"
"WHAT?"
They ran down to tell Deuce. When the two of them were there, Rocky explain what had happened, starting with at school when Deuce had told Rocky about Cece.
"...so I ran back to tell you guys!" Rocky finished.
"But, Cece and Gunther? What's going on?"
"...so we came down to your apartment and waited for you to come home. While you were gone, like I said, Flynn left and your mom called saying she wouldn't be home until tomorrow. Now that we're done talking, it's time for you to talk Cece!"
Me and Gunther just looked at each other.
"G-guys. T-this is just a big misunderstanding. Gunther was helping me get home and, uh, I felt sick again, so we...uh...sat on the bench in the park so I could rest, and..."
"Save it! We know that's not true!" They all were looking really mad.
"Okay, you want to know the truth? Here it is! We skipped off! But only because so much has happened and I needed to think, and school was not the best place to do it, so we lied, saying I was sick and that Gunther needed to take me home. There! You guys happy now?"
"What did you need to think about?" Ty asked.
"IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" I shouted. I couldn't take it anymore. I hated liing to the the ones I love, but I had to, to protect myself and Gunther.
"Cece..." Gunther placed his hand on my shoulder.
I ran to my room, locking the door behind me.
"Cece! Cece, open the door!" I could hear them poundin on the door.
"Guys." Gunther said. "Let me handle this."
"Since when were you so nice to Cece?" Deuce asked.
Gunther was about to answer when Rocky said, "They're pretending to date so that Gunther doesn't have to leave and move back to the old country."
I heard what Rocky said, making me cry more. I can't believe it! Not only am I being blackmailed, but know I can't even tell Rocky who I'm dating! I'm such a horrible person!
I heard a soft knock on the door. "Cece, it's Gunther. Please open up."
I tried to wipe away the tears streaming down my face. I eventually got up and slowlyopened the door.
"Wow, that actually worked?" Deuce said, suprised. Rocky her eyes and hit him in the arm.
"OW!" He yelled.
"Cece..." Gunther took my hand. "I think it's time we tell them the truth."
I looked at them. I nodded. I jus t couldn't stand the lies any longer.
"So that's what happened? You two are being blackmailed?" Rocky was shocked.
"By who?" Deuce asked.
"We don't know." I held onto Gunther's arm. It was all too much to handle.
"But, why?"
I blushed. Gunther noticed so he decided it was his turn to talk.
"Well, you know how we were pretending to date so papa would not take me and Tinka back to the old country, right?"
The three of them nodded.
"Well, now it's no longer...pretend."
All of their mouths went wide open. There was utter silence, until Ty and Deuce cracked up laughing.
"HAHAHA! You and Gunther? Dating? HAHAHAHA! That's hilarious!"
I could feel the tears flowing down my cheeks. Rocky hit them both with her purse.
"You see? This is why that video can't get out! Everyone will laugh at us!" I was trembling now. "I-I j-just can't d-deal with people laughing. Before I lived here, I was always made fun of before, a-and if it happens again, I-I don't know what I would do."
"Why were you made fun of?" Gunther asked.
I looked at Rocky and nodded.
"It's because she is dyslexic."
Gunther's eyes went right wide, and Deuce and Ty just sat there, not knowing what to say.
"I knew it! Now that you know, you don't like me anymore!" I got up, crying harder than ever.
Gunther got up and pulled me close to him. "Cece, I will never judge you because you are dyslexic, and I will make sure that you will never be made fun of again. We will definitely find out who is blackmailing us."
"Gunther..." I buried my face into his chest.
Ring, ring, ring.
"I got a text." Gunther said.
He flipped open his phone.
Tell your girl that I got a job for both of you to do. If you don't screw it up, I may just erase the video. Meet me at the park. 10:00pm. Tonight. Oh, and you and your girl better not bring the other three that are sitting on the sofa, or else.
A friend
"Gunther? Gunther! What's wrong?"
"H-he knows." He whispered.
"He knows what?"
"He knows that we just told you guys that he is blackmailing us!"