*UNEDITED SO DON'T COME COMPLAINING AND CRYING TO ME YOU GRAMMAR NAZI'S! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED! LIKE I SERIOUSLY WROTE IT AND I HAVE YET TO LOOK BACK AT IT!*
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"Forgiving you is my gift to you. Moving on is my gift to myself."
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Dylan's POV
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"Why can't you hear me out at least once? Just listen then you can decide if you want to never talk to be again. I won't bother you again either. Just listen to me, please" I begged but Max being the stubborn girl she is didn't budge.
"I don't want to hear you out, Dylan. You cheated on me; I've moved on and found someone much better. Why can't you just let it be? You're lucky I'm not that type of person to be plotting my revenge along with your funeral!" She spat as she tried to wiggle out of my grasp but I couldn't just give up.
"I didn't mean to cheat on you!" I said, frustrated.
"Oh really? So your clothes just magically disappeared along with Brigid's? Did you just magically end up sleeping together?" She sarcastically said.
"I did it for a reason! A reason you won't let me explain!" I groaned.
"Because I don't want to hear your explanation! Now let me go! You've made me late to class already and Ella will become suspicious if I don't show up right now."
"I was blackmailed!" I suddenly blurted out, having enough of this.
"Sure you were. Now let me go!" Max said with her trademark eye roll.
"I was! Brigid blackmailed me into sleeping with her at least once and I really had no choice."
"So instead of looking for a loophole and asking for help, you obliged? This has to be the most pathetic excuse. Just drop it and leave me alone." She said, irritation now swimming in her big brown eyes.
"No"
"No? I wasn't asking, I was telling you to do it!"
"I'm not going to leave you alone until you know the full truth and believe me" I determinedly said.
"Look Dylan, even if your excuse is real, which I doubt, what is that going to change? Just because you might feel guilty or didn't want to do it, you still cheated, didn't you? It wasn't like you were being raped, trust me, I clearly saw it. Plus, it's not like I'm going to run back into your arms because I know the 'truth'" She said, using her fingers to quote the word 'truth'. "I'm with Fang and I'm very happy with him and I don't plan on ending anything with him anytime soon. I don't hate you, true, I don't enjoy your presence but still, I've moved on. Can't you do the same?"
"I really liked you, Max" I confess. Max sighed and finally stopped trying to get out of my hold.
"I liked you too, Dylan." She whispered, meeting my eyes.
"Until I ruined everything that is" I said under my breath.
"It wouldn't had worked, Dylan. You were my best friend who I ended up having feelings for but those feelings never went farther than a simple crush. I enjoyed your company and I loved the sweet things you would whisper to me and who my heart would beat a little bit faster when you were around but now that I found someone else, I found out that I'm not only supposed to enjoy one's company but long for it, and that my heart shouldn't beat a little faster, it should stop beating all together." She said, a small smile appearing on her lips.
"You really love him, don't you?" I said.
"Yah" Max blushed. I had in very rare occasions seen Max blush.
"It's obvious he's crazy about you as well. It appears that if any male even gets within fifteen feet of you, you're dead meat. I also see the spark in his eyes whenever he's looking at you. You look at him the same way. I never did get to see that from you personally…" I trailed off.
"Okay" Max suddenly said. I raised an eyebrow.
"Okay? What's okay?" I questioned.
"Tell me what happened that day" She said. I sighed in relief, finally moving away from her so I was no longer a human jail cell.
"I think Iggy might want to know. You know, it might be for the best." I responded. "Maybe even get Bri. Hopefully she backs me up."
Max bit her lip, the same lips I once called my own, no, they were never truly mine. She hesitantly nodded. "I'll get him. Bring Bri as well. Meet us in the art room during lunch. Hopefully I'm not making a mistake here, Dylan. If Fang finds out he'll flip. It will be hard enough to even convince Iggy, I also have to make up some excuse not to have Fang wait for me without him getting suspicious."
"You need to know this. I promise" I assured her. Max sighed and gave me a slight nod and without another word she walked away, leaving me behind.
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Max's POV
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"Remind me why I'm here again?" Iggy angrily grumbled.
"Just do this, please Iggs! I don't want to do this either but we can't ignore the elephant in the room forever!" I exclaimed as I pushed him into the art room.
"I can sure as hell try!" Iggy said under his breath. "How did you even convince Fang to let you meet up with Dylan? That guy is practically your own personal bodyguard and he would never let Dylan get within twenty feet of you!"
"Well, I was going to come up with some excuse that I had to finish some work for a class but when I was about to tell him I couldn't lie to him and I ended up spilling everything to him." I said.
"And he was okay with it?" Iggy questioned, taking a seat at an empty desk.
"Uh, no. He flipped" I admitted.
"Then what did you say to convince him?" My brother said, raising a questioning eyebrow.
"More like what I need to do now for him" I murmured. Iggy gave her a disgusted look. I gave him look. What was so disgusting?
"Wha- oh, gross no! Dude, you're sick minded!" I shouted at him, wrinkling my nose. "I have to babysit his little sister for him!" Iggy visibly sagged his shoulders in relief.
"Pervert" I scoffed.
"Whatever. He is a guy after all." Iggy shrugged.
"He's a gentleman to me and he actually has morals! We're done; I'm not having this conversation with you! You don't see wiggling into whatever you and Ella have going on." After I said that I could slightly see the slight pink tint appear on his cheeks as he looked away.
"Whatever" He repeated.
That's when our least favorite people walked in.
Dylan came in and gave me a smile, in which I didn't return and he gave Iggy a slight nod which only caused him to receive a death glare from him. Dylan awkwardly took a seat at the other side of the room.
Brigid walked in right after him, beautiful as ever. Her red hair was curled to perfection and she was wearing a loose white sun dress that reached just above her knees, to my surprise not slutty looking at all. She took a seat beside Dylan, not even bothering to look at my brother's or my direction.
The awkward tension was so thick; a knife could cut right through. No one spoke and no eye contact was made. But Iggy being the prick he is decided he wanted to jump right into it.
"So are we just going to sit here or are you actually going speak? Believe it or not I would rather be eating than having to see you two-" Iggy began, quite irritated.
"I'm lesbian" Brigid suddenly blurted, cutting of Iggy.
My head shot to face her. Did I hear her correctly? Brigid was looking down at her lap as if ashamed of what she had just said. Dylan was giving her a pitiful look. I didn't even dare to look over at Iggy's reaction. Okay, I actually did. It's the twin thing! Iggy and I both looked at each other at the same time and his expression showed shock and I knew mine looked the same.
"Well then" I awkwardly coughed.
"Yah" Brigid sighed out, finally looking up.
Knowing that Iggy was too stumped to do anything, I might as well ask all the questions.
"So, are you going to explain or…" I trailed off.
"Explain why I like girls?" Brigid asked.
"No, no, no. Explain why hooking up Dylan, who's a guy by the way, has to do with you know, liking girls."
"Oh that. Well um, I know that this is ridiculous and stupid now but I was younger and confused at the time. Okay, knowing that Iggy wasn't going to go further with me anytime soon" Iggy shifted as she said this and she gave him an awkward smile. "I decided to try Dylan. Why him, I don't know. I guess I felt more comfortable asking him than some random guy because you guys knew me that I wasn't necessarily a social person at the time. I wanted to know if it was possible to feel anything with a guy.
"I asked Dylan if he would sleep with me. Of course he flipped and rejected it saying he was loyal to Max and that I was in a relationship with his best friend myself. So I blackmailed him. That shut him up and well you know…"
"So, I assume results came to no avail?" I asked. She answered with a sheepish smile and a sullenly shook her head.
"I was afraid to tell anyone when I realized I was… different. I guess I tried lying to myself by becoming a whore. When I finally had enough, I came out of the closet. I can assure you it was hell. It was truly awful. All the bullying, name calling, terrorizing, my own parents brought me here and ditched me! I'm currently living with Dylan's family because my own no longer wanted me!" She said with a wavering voice.
At the moment, Brigid looked so weak and defenseless. A complete contrast to whom she had become a while back. Brigid, my once best friend and the closest to sister I used to have had this one burning secret that once she let out, ruined everything. I don't understand how people can be so cruel about someone being themselves. Sure, that one person is different but aren't we all in some levels and sorts?
People get made fun of and picked on for not having the right clothes, looking different, not having the same likes as most. Maybe they have pink hair and that automatically makes someone an attention seeker. I don't understand how humans can be so evil.
"You sound like you're ashamed of being who you are" I pointed out.
"I'm not ashamed, Max. I've actually never felt better, you know being me. I feel like a weight has been lift off my shoulders whenever I tell someone who I really am. I'm more afraid how they're going to treat me than what they think of me." Brigid admitted.
I understood where she was coming from. She loved being able to be herself but if she was going to be constantly terrorized and put down because of it, being yourself doesn't sound as appealing anymore.
"I honestly don't know what to say, Brigid. I'm glad you told me. You meant somewhat well in your own twisted way. Though it was all benefit for yourself. You ended up hurting many in the process. I guess it all worked out somewhat in the end. You seem more at ease now, I've never been happier, Iggs here has his own romantic interest now, and I hope that now that you told me Dylan you're less guilt filled." I said.
"Ditto" Iggy whispered as he was still attempting to process this new found information that has been thrown at us all at once.
"I've missed talking to you, Max. I had forgotten how reasonable of a person you are. You were my best friend, a sister to me, and I never directly intended of hurting you. When I thought of that awful regretful plan I was putting myself in front of everything and I didn't even think twice on how my actions would affect the people around me. Losing your friendship along with Iggy's was and is possible the worst thing that had come out of it. Gosh, it felt worse losing you two than losing my own parents! Even when my own sister called me "A Disgust to Mankind" didn't even affect me as bad!" She exclaimed.
My chest churned when I heard about her sister calling her that. I knew how close Brigid and her older sister were. It must have been awful hearing that from the people you love.
"I've missed you too, Brigid. The old you at least. It's reassuring to know now that the whole time you were still in there. But I'm afraid I can't jump head first into a friendship with you right away. There's too much left over tears and betrayal to do that. But maybe one day."
"Hope is all I need. One day" She said. It pained me to see the tears forming in her eyes, threating to fall any given second. "I'm also sorry, Iggy. I know you really like me. I really cared for you too and I wasn't using you. I guess I just confused between liking someone and liking someone" Iggy remained silent but gave her nod suggesting he understood.
"I'm truly sorry, Max" Dylan once again said. "You too, Iggy. So much for bro's before hoes huh."
Despite himself, Iggy smiled, which made me smile, which made Dylan smile, and this made Brigid smile.
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"Where were you two? Wait, let me guess, you two had some amazing twin adventurous expedition and discovered the lost City of Atlantis, the meaning of Stonehenge, and the lost plane that went missing not long ago. What plane was it again?" Ari said.
"Malaysia?" Ella suggested in which Ari snapped his fingers.
"Yah, that! Let me guess, it was aliens the whole time!"
I rolled my eyes at my cousin's suggestions and took an empty seat beside Fang while Iggy took one beside Ella. We had just gotten back from the chat with Dylan and Brigid and there was probably only five minutes left of lunch/break. I was in no mood for food anyways.
"I swear, you two are always off doing something amazing and coming back with stories! Like seeing teachers making out, throwing each other out windows, or even ripping each other heads off! You two have a cool twin life while Angel and Gazzy here are just boring."
"Hey!"
"Excuse you!"
Angel and Gazzy both remarked. I hadn't even noticed them up to that point.
"It's true! So what amazing life changing tale do you two have to offer today?" Everyone at the table actually seemed interested at what amazing "tale" I had for them. Nudge was cuddling against Jake, Iggy and Ella both obviously holding hands under the table, Gazzy and Angel no longer bickering and facing my way, even Fang was staring at me with excited eyes, not fazed by the fact I had just chatted with my ex whom he had previously punched. It would be a shame for them once I let them down.
"Sorry to burst your bubble, Ari but nothing that deeply concerns you happened. I was just talking to some… people" I shrugged off.
"Well that's gay" Ari huffed it went back to talking how boring his siblings were and how come they weren't the cool type of twins who talked in unison and stuff like Iggy and I. But sadly, I was unstable and emotional now and his remark of bluntly using gay got to me and I did exactly what I hate doing.
I let out a very loud sobbed and before I knew it, I was clutching onto Fang's shirt and full out crying into it. I felt Fang's wrap protectively around me as he whispered calming soothing words into my ear.
Really, Max? Why must I let my defense down now and cry over such small remark? Because I'm Max, that's why! Whelp, thanks for reminding me, what a letdown! Wait, did I just seriously have a discussion with myself?
Yup, it's official. I've gone mad!
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How many times can I say I'm sorry? I'm soooooo sorry for disappearing on you guys for a whole month!
This past month has been hectic! With finals and non-stop tests, it's been awful! Tuesday was the first day that I was finally free! But I didn't get a chance to write since today. It's currently one o'clock in the flippin morning actually!
But guess what? SCHOOL'S OUT! For me at least! Yes! The pool actually opens tomorrow and man do I plan to enjoy it! I promoted Monday so my three month vacation had begun!
I'll be able to write more now.
I'm actually not happy at all with this chapter. You have no idea how many times I deleted and rewrote so many paragraphs yet I'm not happy with the outcome. Welp, I'm too tired to correct anything. I have yet to even proof read it, let alone edit and correct it!
Is anyone still reading this far, please comment the following word, potato.
So… if you were a booger, I'd pick you first! Ehh? No? Blah, I didn't want you anyways! C'mon Bobb, let's go! Bobb is not imaginary, how dare you! *flips hair and sashays away with a very real Bobb*.
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Last but not least let's do something really quick if anyone is still reading this! Let's play a game. The object of the game is to not think about the game and when you do think about the game you have to say out loud you lost the game, therefore reminding others that are participating in the game to lose along with you. You have 30 minutes to forget about the game before you start again. Sounds cool right? So at the moment you have currently lost the game since you are most likely thinking about it. I have lost as well. You have 30 minutes starting now!
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Question of the Chapter: Did you expect that from Brigid?
Me response: Well, I'm kind of the writer and I had this planned out since the very beginning (jk. I probably had this planned out like by chapter 10.)
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Teaser (Cuz I wanna torcher you guys that way): The Winter Formal is here! But some unexpected events occur to some of our beloved friends.
