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A Play for Love Chapter 10
It had been over a week since he had heard from Destiny ever since their kiss. She had definitely avoided him even at school, making it extremely difficult to talk to her and sort things out. He had decided that he needed to tell her how he felt about her, no matter what the cost of that was. His thoughts and dreams have been consumed by her. She had been unusually quiet lately which was abnormal because she usually talked up a storm. He wondered if she told Darren yet. He wasn't quite sure because he hadn't been around him at all lately not because he was avoiding Darren or anything. He wasn't really. Darren would most likely go after him if he knew or figured out the truth. Luckily he didn't have any classes with the guy and in the classes he shared with Destiny,unless there was assigned seating,would sit as far away from him as she could and she had not said a word to him since that day. He wondered what was going on in her head, what he wouldn't give to find out. Did she like the kiss? Did she have feelings for him? Was she going to tell Darren? Was she going to break up with him? These questions had been running through his mind constantly and he didn't have the answers to any of them since she hadn't talked to him. Since today was the last day of school he had no clue when he was going to see her again well until school started up again but he hoped that he would see her again before that. It would be pretty horrible if he didn't but it was pretty unlikely he wouldn't run into her in their small town; that is unless she went away for the entire summer to avoid him. Matthew looked up to the clock and saw that the final bell of the year would be ringing in about a minute. He just stared at it watching the seconds tick by slowly until the bell finally rang. He quickly gathered his stuff and headed to his locker to take out the rest of his belongings out. It took him about five minutes to gather up everything and put it in hid backpack. On his way he passed by the gym/auditorium when he heard two voices in there arguing about something or another. He took a couple steps back and saw it was was Destiny and Darren! What were they fighting about? He thought those two were happy. Matthew walked closer so he would be able to hear what they were saying but not close enough so he would be seen by anyone.
"So are you going to me?" Darren asked more like shouted. This did not sound good.
"Tell you what Darren?" She asked in return.
"Don't play dumb with me." Darren shouted angrily at her.
"I don't know what you are talking about." She replied. He heard Darren scoff.
"Okay let me clarify it for you. You going to tell me why you haven't answered any of my calls or text? Why have you been avoiding me for the past week?" Darren exclaimed. She was avoiding Darren too? Strange.
"I have been busy." She replied. Doing what? He hadn't seen her outside of school since then.
"Oh yeah doing what with whom?" Darren asked accusingly. He took it that she hadn't told Darren about their kiss.
"I have been hanging around with my family a lot." She said.
"But why haven't you answered any of my calls or texts? Unless there is another reason." Darren said.
"I lost my phone." She said. He was pretty sure she didn't . Well not that he knew of since his phone showed that she at the very least received his first few texts. After he didn't hear from her he didn't bother trying again.
"But what about the time I have tried your home phone?" He asked, "Or the time I went to your house and your mom said you weren't there? But you were there weren't you!"
"I didn't want to talk or see you." She replied. Was she going to tell him or not? At this point he wasn't quite sure but Darren seemed very determined to him.
"Oh and why is that?" Darren asked curiously.
"I had a lot on my mind." Destiny replied.
"Uh yeah like what?" Darren asked.
"It's nothing okay." She exclaimed.
"I don't think so. Its got be pretty big if you were avoiding me for an entire week." He replied angrily.
"If I tell you will you promise not to get mad ?" She asked nervously.
"I can't make any promises but I will try my best I guess." Darren replied. Matthew was practically as good as dead now. Crap.
"Matthew and I kissed." She admitted sheepishly.
"You what?" Darren exclaimed.
"Matthew and I kissed," She repeated.
"I thought you said you were over him." Darren retorted.
"I am over him." She sputtered.
"Then why did you two kiss?" Darren asked confused.
"He kissed me!" She exclaimed.
"Did you kiss him back?" Darren yelled. The room was silent for a few seconds.
"Well that tells me all I need to know." Darren said angrily.
"I didn't mean to .. it was unexpected." She said.
"But that doesn't explain why you kissed him back." Darren replied.
"It was only for a little while though. I pushed him away and then left." She said.
"I need some time to process this, Can we talk tomorrow?" Darren said.
"Sure. I'll see you then." She replied kissing Darren on the cheek. She then walked out of the auditorium. Turning slightly Destiny looked up and spotted him. Oh this wasn't good. Not at all. She looked up at him with an unrecognizable look on her face. He just starred back at her not even saying a word. She looked beautiful not that she didn't look beautiful every single day.
"What are you doing?" Destiny asked in harsh whisper.
"Nothing." He replied quietly.
"Ok whatever I need you to let me leave." She replied. How was he supposed to do that? Matthew didn't ever want to let her go. He didn't say a word just gestured for her to leave. Which she did brushing into him as she walking by not even looking back at him. How could someone so small do this to his heart? Glancing down at his hands he noticed they were sweaty and he heard his heart return to his normal rhythm. He let out a sigh as he slid down the wall making a slight thud as he hit the ground. While although there were a few questions answered there were quite a few left unanswered. Like what she felt for him and whether or not she wanted to be with him. It really sucked not to know these answers. If he was ever going to find out she is avoiding him. Today was the first time in a week and she barely even acknowledged him. Man did he love her and he punched the brick wall in frustration. Out of nowhere he heard a set of footsteps coming toward him. He got up off the ground and saw a very angry Darren looking at him. Boy was this not good actually it was pretty down right horrible. Not the person he wanted to find him at all.
"Hi." Matthew offered up weakly before he was met with a punch to the eye. That knocked him back a little while he struggled to regain his balance.
"Okay I deserved that." He said once he was balanced.
"Yes you did you little punk." Darren growled.
"Okay." He said. What the hell was he supposed to say in this situation? Matthew had no idea since well he had never been in this situation before.
"Why did you lie to me?" Darren asked angrily. What was he talking about?
"What do you mean I lied to you?" Matthew asked confused.
"Are you freaking kidding me?" Darren exclaimed.
"No." He said.
"Well let me explain it to you 'buddy' I was talking about the time I asked you if you and Destiny were more than friends and you flat out lied." Darren retorted. On so that was what he was talking about.
"We were though." Matthew sputtered.
"Don't lie to me." Darren said angrily.
"I'm not I swear. Then we were still technically friends." He replied.
"Okay. So if that's actually true then when did you start having feelings for Destiny?" Darren asked.
"Well do you want to know when they began or when I realized that I had them?" Matthew asked. He didn't have much choice but tell him the truth he didn't want another punch in the face.
"Both." Darren replied crossing his arms.
"Ok I realized it on prom night but there had been some subtle indicators for a couple of weeks or so beforehand." He said.
"Go on." Darren said bluntly.
"Well I have only told this to many people. There's only one other person that knows about it." Matthew replied only somewhat surely.
"Who?" Darren asked curiously.
"Shaun." He replied.
"Oh you mean that day at the Buenos Dios where he said my days were numbered as Destiny's boyfriend." Darren said.
"Yes. Do you want me to go on though or not?" Matthew asked.
"Oh yeah continue." Darren said.
"Well like I said I realized on prom night but ever since our first rehearsal there where tiny indicators but I just kept trying to brush them off. At first I just said I was attracted to her till I couldn't deny any longer which was prom night. But the truth is I have had more than friendly feelings for he for quite awhile now." He said. It was hard to believe he was telling Darren all of this but there wasn't too much choice unless he wanted to end up even more black and blue then he already was.
"How long?" Darren asked.
"You want the exact date or a rough estimate?" He retorted.
"The exact date, I guess." Darren replied. Okay here goes nothing.
"Okay I'll tell you. It was the the first time I met her on 2/27/09." Matthew said letting out a breath.
"So you mean to tell me you have had feelings for her for about 16 months?" Darren asked in shock.
"Yes." He replied simply.
"Does she know that you have feelings for her?" Darren asked.
"I don't know." Matthew said.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Darren asked confused.
"Well I haven't actually told her. But you know what happened." Matthew said.
"Oh yeah. So why did you kiss her?" Darren asked curiously.
"I wasn't planning it or anything. But it just happened." He replied.
"Oh, So what are you going to do?" Darren asked.
"I don't think there's anything else I can do, besides she's with you." Matthew replied.
"Right. That." Darren said.
"Also I don't even know if she feels the same way about me as I do her." He replied.
"Which is what exactly?" Darren asked.
"I'm in love with her always have been." Matthew admitted.
"Wow." Darren said.
"Yeah I though the same thing when I realized it." Matthew said.
"Oh." Darren said still at a loss for words apparently.
"Yeah well I should probably get going,so." Matthew said.
"Whether her and I stay together or not you need to tell her how you feel, it's the right thing to do." Darren said grabbing his shoulder. He just nodded and walked out the door and headed home.