Haley's POV
After the football game, I leave my circle of friends to buy a water. For some strange reason, everyone is staring and pointing at me.
"If Kyle dates other girls on the side, do you date other boys on the side?" The boy standing in line behind me asks.
"Kyle doesn't date girls on the side." I say with an eye roll.
"Whatever you say!" Another boy calls out to me.
What was that all about? I find my friends, and they immediately stop their conversation when they see me.
"Why is everyone acting so strange?" I ask confused.
"You should have told us about Kyle." My friend Katie says angrily.
"What are you talking about?" I ask frustrated.
Katie pulls out her phone and shows me a picture of Kyle kissing another girl. It's the same picture that A sent to me.
"Who else has seen this?" I ask panicked.
"The entire school." My friend Alyssa tells me.
Tears begin to roll down my face when I see Kyle approaching me.
"Haley we need to talk." He tells me seriously.
"I have nothing to say to you." I say cooly.
"Come with me now." He says aggressively.
I sigh and follow Kyle to his car.
"It isn't what it looks like." Kyle tells me softly.
"Really? That wasn't a picture of you kissing another girl." I say sarcastically.
"It only happened once. You and I have fought a lot lately, and I needed to blow off some steam." He explains.
"You cheated on me." I say trying to hide the hurt that I'm feeling.
"I know, and it was a terrible mistake. Please forgive me." Kyle begs.
I think about it for a moment, but then I remember the conversation that I had with my mother. She is right, I need to have some self-respect.
"I can't." I say as I begin to open the car door.
"What are you saying?" Kyle asks me.
"We are over." I say softly.
"You're making a big mistake." He warns me.
"No, I don't think that I am." I argue.
Less than a second later, Kyle punches me forcefully in the stomach. I moan in pain and stare at him shocked.
"You better not tell anyone about that." He growls angrily.
I nod my head and bolt out of the car. I run to the elementary school's playground where I continue to sob hysterically. My boyfriend, well ex boyfriend, just hit me. If I tell anyone Kyle might get in trouble, and I still care about him. I'll just stay away from Kyle and not mention it to anyone. I gasp when I hear my phone buzz, the text message is from A.
Ouch! Do you need some ice for that bruise?
-A
A humiliated me in front of the entire school, and is holding my secret over me. Who hates me this much? Riley Fitz is the first person who comes to mind. What could her motives be? Maybe she wants to get revenge on me, I've been mean to her since middle school. Now that I think about it, I haven't seen Riley for the entire evening. She was probably watching Kyle and me. I can't believe Riley is cunning enough to pull something like this off. This isn't going to end unless I stop it myself.
Line Break
I arrive at Riley's house and knock on her door frantically. Riley opens the door and stares at me shocked.
"Haley?" Riley says surprised.
"We need to talk." I whisper.
"Um okay, come upstairs." Riley says as she leads me to her room.
I haven't been in the room since before Riley and I stopped being friends. She sure has changed it a lot.
"What's up?" Riley asks me suddenly.
"You know what's up." I growl angrily.
"I really don't." Riley says with an eye roll.
"You had me fooled, I never thought you were capable of something like this." I say as I start to laugh.
"What are you talking about?" Riley asks me confused.
"I'm talking about you being a stalker." I say with a smirk.
"I'm not a stalker." Riley says defensively.
"I have enough problems without you humiliating me in front of the entire school!" I scream furiously.
"Haley..." Riley starts to say.
Before she can finish her sentence, I slap Riley across the face with all the force that I have in my body. A look of fear and vulnerability washes over her face, and she begins to sob. Guilt overtakes my body as soon as I see this. Riley isn't A, she doesn't have it in her.
"I'm sorry Riley." I say softly.
"Why do you hate me so much? What did I ever do to you?" Riley asks through her heavy sobs.
"I don't hate you." I say as I rub her back gently.
"Really? You were my best friend, and then you decided to turn everyone against me." She says with a sniffle.
"You don't get it Riley." I say with a sigh.
"Then explain to me." She tells me.
"You have everything, I've always been jealous of that." I confess.
"I have everything? All the boys in our grade are in love with you, and all the girls follow you around like you're God." Riley says in disbelief.
"None of them actually like me. My "friends" are the first people to spread rumors about me." I say as tears begin to form in my eyes.
"And you hate me because of that?" Riley asks.
"Like I said, I don't hate you. I wish I could be like you." I say as I avoid eye contact.
"Why would you want that? You're the coolest girl in our grade, I'm just some artsy freak with no friends." Riley says with a sigh.
"You know who you are, but I don't." I say sadly.
"You're Haley Rivers! People part like the Red Sea when they see you walking down the hallway. You're a leader, and everyone knows it." Riley says with a small smile.
"I'm sorry, for everything." I tell Riley truthfully.
"I am too. I don't know if we can ever be friends again, but we can start by not being enemies." Riley tells me.
"Since we aren't enemies, can I ask you something?" I ask Riley seriously.
"Sure." Riley says as she lays down on her bed.
"I've been getting these really strange text messages from someone who knows things about me." I start to say.
"A?" Riley asks as her eyes grow wide with shock.
"You too?" I ask in disbelief.
"And Meggie." Riley tells me.
"I thought you were A, that's why I hit you." I confess.
"Was A the person who sent the picture message of Kyle and that senior to our entire school?" Riley asks.
"For sure." I tell her.
"What are we going to do Haley?" Riley asks me terrified.
"We have to tell someone." I say decisively.
"We can't, A threatened to kill Meggie and me." Riley says nervously.
"A wants to kill you? We need to go to the police!" I say seriously.
"No, I'm scared." Riley says through her tears.
"Riley this person is crazy! We are in danger, and we can't let A hurt us anymore." I say trying to persuade her.
"You're right." Riley says with a sigh.
At that moment we hear footsteps coming from the hallway.
"Who is that?" I ask Riley terrified.
"My parents went out to dinner, my brother is at the game, and my sister is at a friend's house." Riley says as a look of panic washes over her face.
"We need to hide." I whisper.
Riley opens the door to her closet and we both squeeze in. Fear overtakes my body when I hear the bedroom door open.
What did you think? Who is the intruder and what's going to happen to Haley and Riley? I'll update tomorrow if I get 15 reviews. Thank you so much for reading!