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Playlist- Defying Gravity - Wicked.
Braden Calebs had kissed me.
And then ran off without another word my way.
He wouldn't do that on purpose. I tried to convince myself as I laid in my room, looking up at my white ceiling. He had to go to work. I tried next. I could feel the tears that were threatening to fall. Of course it wasn't helping that I had turned on Miserable at Best really low to help me sleep. Now, there was no way I could sleep.
"He was running late." I whispered to no one. I reached for my laptop sitting at the edge of my bed. Pulling up the internet, I typed in He kissed me on the cheek then left?
The answers were up in a matter of moment. He's just not that into you.
The words rang in my head. He's just not that into you. I threw the computer to the other side of my twin bed and grabbed my duffle bag, heading out to the studio. It was the one place where I could really think…and it was closing in on seven, so it was time for my company practice.
I grabbed Liz's unread letter in my hands before I set off.
Megan,
I am sorry for what I did and I forgive you for what you have done. The truth is I just really miss you. Remember all the laughs we had together? Don't you remember? All the teachers who yelled at us for talking, the insides jokes that we laughed our heads off with, and the gossip and rumors we shared.
Each day I pick up the phone to call you. I listen to the dial tone for hours, wondering what you might be doing.
I told you we will be best friends forever, and I plan to keep that promise. I said things I didn't mean and you hurt me by what you said to. Just trust me on this. I'm sorry. We just seem so far apart now, which is something I don't want to happen. You were my best friend and we can not deny it.
If you don't accept this, then I understand.
You won't be forgotten.
-Liz
I sprinted to the glassy doors and yanked them open, running up the two flights of stairs. As soon as I made it to room 209 I could feel the tears streaming down my face.
"Liz!" I yelled. She didn't have a chance to say anything before I crushed her to me. "Liz, I'm so sorry! I missed you so much."
"I missed you too…"
"Great! We all missed everyone! Now line up. I'm gonna teach everyone the solo and then I'll decide who gets it."
"Ugh! I hate Miss Cara!" Liz groaned as we marched through the door into my house, sweating and tired.
"Same." I sighed, swinging the fridge door open and grabbing two water bottles. She threw me a lemonade mixer and I swished it in. I shook the water bottle and threw Liz an apple.
"I mean, we did that same combination like five times. She makes me hate dance!"
I nodded, taking a bite of my own apple. "Who do you think is gonna get the solos?"
"I hope it isn't Stacy. She fell out of her stunt last year. I don't want Amber to get it either. Other than that, everyone is pretty good. You're gonna get Glenda."
I almost choked on my lemonade. "What?"
"You have the most perfect turns the class! You will so get her!"
"In your dreams, Lizzy."
"Um, Megan? You have a visitor," Aunt C entered the room. I looked at her worriedly and then turned to Liz. Liz shrugged and continued to chomp on her apple.
"Okay." I responded.
"It's Brady." She mouthed. I almost choked on the bite of apple I had taken. He's just not that into you. I turned away from her and sighed.
He's just not that into you.
"Liz? Make him go away." I said, glad to have my best friend back. She saluted me and then ran to the door. My aunt turned accusingly at me.
"Wanna talk about it?" I shook my head and started talking to her about her date with Dan that, apparently had gone great and the were going out again the following night. All I knew was that I was just ready to sleep.
The next day came quickly. My first day at school since the Nate thing. My first day back with my best friend. My first day back since Brady had been a jerk. According to Liz, guys that kiss girls and leave them are just jerks.
I got out of bed earlier than normal and looked into the mirror. Today I had let Liz pick out my clothes. She picked my Lucky Brand jeans and a grey burn out long sleeve. I threw on my charcoal grey knit Uggs and the necklace I always wore was loose around my neck. I touched the circle that read TESORO MIO and sighed.
I sat in my car, looking over my math problems and tried to gather up the courage to pull my car out of the driveway. I finally convinced myself to just pull out and go to school. On my way, I saw a guy walking in the street towards the school. I'd never seen him before so I thought that he must have been a new student.
I pulled into my spot and started on the rest of my math homework. Liz eventually made her way to my car and got in. We were both so glad we were friends again. Justin still didn't like me but, he had to be nice to me as long as Liz was here.
Once we got to my locker, we were completely back into our normal routine.
"Hey Megs?" Liz asked sneakily, looking over at me from her locker.
"Hmm?" I said, shutting my locker once I double check I had the books I needed. I shoved my ripped up Marine Biology and book into my black book bag that looked as if it had been through World War III.
"Let's say, a friend of mine's birthday is coming up. What should I get her?" I frowned as Liz hid her head behind her locker, looking for books.
"Um…" I quickly redid my combination and looked at my locker calendar. Most of Liz's friends are my friends, right? I didn't see anything on the calendar until-
"HOLY CRAP! My birthday is in a week!" Had the school year passed that quickly? Hadn't it just been October? Now its November, and my birthday was on November 18th.
"So, Megan, what do you want?" I shook my head and turned to Liz, who stared at me wide-eyed. I giggled at her green eyes, when I heard a louder laugh from behind me.
"Hi," he breathed, his warm breath hitting my neck. I turned quickly and jumped back at his closeness. "Can I talk to you?"
"Um…yeah. Hey, Liz? Can we talk about this…later?" Liz only nodded and headed off to her first period. "So?" I asked, turning back to Brady. I still couldn't look him in the eyes. I mean, what kind of a guy leaves the girl after he kissed her?
A jerk. Liz's voice whispered. I shook my head but her voice wouldn't go away. He's just not that into you.
"Look, I shouldn't have left you after - that. I mean, what kind of a guy leaves the girl after he kisses her?"
"A jerk. Google said He's just not that into you." I plopped my hand over my mouth. I cannot believe I just said that! Brady smiled, laughing happily.
"You Googled?" I looked down completely, not allowing my blush to be seen. Brady lifted my face with his warm hand. "Don't hide yourself from me."
I smiled even harder, if that were possible, and looked him in the eyes for the first time since that night. It felt like we were pulling closer to each other, when the bell rang. Brady hugged me and then he was off. I tripped towards my Spanish class when I overhead Kasha Kalakh and her posse - Lira Maia and Nichole Hager, AKA the school sluts- talking about me.
I took my seat in the back when I looked over to see Kasha look right at me and mouth, "F**k you." An evil smile spread across her face as she flipped her black hair over her shoulder.
"She's so stupid," Kasha said to Lira and Nichole. Miss Mornea turned and pointed to the group.
"¿Excúseme? En español, por favor."
"Ella es tan estúpida," she spoke, repeating her earlier words. "Megan. Ella es tan estúpida." Some of the class giggled, turning to look at me.
"Ella es una mujerzuela. Y ella tiene sexo con los muchachos para el dinero." (A/N- She is a slut. And she has sex with boys for money.)
Miss Mornea couldn't control her class anymore as they all began to giggle and some were full out laughing. I wanted to cry so badly, but I knew I had to be strong. "Why are you being so rude to me? I haven't done anything to you!"
"Yes, you did. Brady, he's mine! I hope that you understand that." she said ferociously.
I stood up from my seat. "If you-"
"Las señoras, ahora calman abajo. A la oficina de los principales con ambos usted." (A/N-Ladies, calm down now. To the principals office with both of you.)
I started walking towards the door, when I had to cross Kasha. She shoved me with her shoulder.
"Don't touch me." I whispered.
"That's not what he was saying to me last night."
The whole class had heard her. There was no doubt about it. I was defeated. That's why I am shy and just sit and take it. I never win. Liz was right, he was just gonna use me. And then break my heart.
"¡Muchachas! ¡A la oficina ahora!" (A/N: Girls! To the office now!)
I gathered my stuff and left the room, Kasha right behind me. At the door, she turned at gave the class a big kiss and little dance. I blinked back angry and sad tears. I trudge my way through the hall completely put down.
"He's mine. I won't let you take him from me. Besides, Brady would never go for a short, little girl like you." She grabbed my arm and twisted it. I cried out in pain, the tears leaking down my face, pouring onto my cheeks.
I broke her grip, not without difficulty considering she was three inches or so taller than me. She started to walk away from me so I looked angrily at the ground.
"I thought he told you that last night," I whispered pathetically. She stopped and turn on her 5 inch heels.
"What did you just say?" She stomped towards me and ripped my chin to look at her. "How dare you talk to me like that!" She grabbed me and slammed me against the wall, smacking me across the face.
"Oh, and let's just forget the principal. I don't think I can explain the bruises on your face and arm."
Then, she just walked away.
"Thank God no one saw that," I whispered to the floor.
"Actually…" I quickly turned around to see Collin standing next to the men's bathroom. "Are you okay, Megan? I should probably go get Brady and-"
"No! I mean…I j-just don't w-want him-m to see me l-like this." Collin frowned apologetically and wrapped his arms around me. I knew we had a pretty good amount of class time left so, I wasn't worried about it at all.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Nate looked over at us. Could this day get ANY worse? "Let's see we have a whore and a dog. How lovely! Honestly, I wish that Brady were here to witness this little public display of affection!"
"Go away, Nate." Collin spit venomously.
When the bell rang, I ran to the bathroom and let the tears flow freely. I ran to the nearest stall, threw myself into it, and locked the door. For the first time in my life, I was going to deliberately skip class.
I waited all of second hour knowing Miss Purser would be sad not seeing me, but I just knew I couldn't face her. I skipped third too, knowing that I would burst into tears the moment I saw Brady. I think I'd had enough embarrassment for one day.
It was quiet in the bathroom. Leaving me alone with my thoughts. My thoughts of my new friend Collin or on my 'back-to-best-friend' Liz. My thoughts on the slut group with Kasha as the number one. My thoughts on Nate - it seemed he knew how to make me frightened of him. And lastly my thoughts on Brady.
By the end of third period I knew I would have to come out of hiding. I looked around the Pepto-Bismol pink bathroom before leaving out the door. I had my backpack and my purse haphazardly slug around me as I opened the crusty door.
"Sorry," I mumbled to the boy I had accidentally hit on my way to my locker. I was jerked to a sudden stop when I realized that the boy wasn't just any boy.
He was pissed about something, and as I walked back towards him I prayed to God that Brady didn't know about anything that had happened in the past three hours.
"You weren't in class," He stated, like a father would if his daughter was caught sneaking back in the house after curfew.
I shrugged and looked intensely down at my shoes.
"Were you crying?" he whispered, his voice tortured as if he was afraid of the answer. Why him? Send me Kasha for all I care, but not him!
I shrugged again and finally looked up. Suddenly, a boy crashed through the hallways, as the bell had already rung, and slapped my Marine Biology book into the hallway.
"Mujerzuela!" (A/N- Slut.) He cackled. I sprawled myself out and captured the book, holding in the tears unsuccessfully. Stupid Spanish class! Stupid Kasha! Stupid Biology book!
"I'll kill him. Oh, I will kill him." Brady said, looking at the short boys retreating form. I snapped my head up in confusion to see his eyes looking from the already forming bruise on my check.
"Oh, no. H-he didn't do that." And please, please, please don't ask me who did. His hand was so warm as I came to lightly touch the bruise of my right cheek.
"Who did this?" Brady asked, a monster in his eyes just waiting to be set loose.
"Kasha Kalakh."
"When? Why? I don't understand…"
"There was nothing you could have done to stop it." Truth. "It was an accident." Lie. "She will probably even apologize after school. Really, it was my fault." I was rushing the words out. I just didn't want to be here anymore. I wanted to leave. I was done with heartbreaking for the day.
"Are you okay?" he asked, touching my chin.
"I'm fine," I answered, pushing him away from me. And there I ran, off to the office to call my Aunt to check me out…away from today.
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