Chapter 11- Revelations
"I shouldn't be telling you this, and not in the Great Hall. Is there anywhere private we can go?" she asked.
"Err...yeah, hold on." I said and lead her into one of our secret rooms. She sat down in one of the chair and sighed before she started telling me.
"Lily, she's different, you know. She used to be a 'nobody' she says. Do you remember her in first and second year? Probably not. All she would do was study. I was her friend, but her only one. In third year she came back and she wanted to be somebody. She wanted to be known, be popular, and have friends. She tried to please everyone. She just wanted recognition for doing good things; her parents never gave her any. They took everything she did for granted, and Lily is a great girl who has so many talents. Her parents never noticed; she was never really good enough for them. She wanted to be noticed by someone. So she changed. She became really outgoing and was so nice and pleasant. Everyone liked her. Then she couldn't really handle relationships. She is too scared to become really close to anyone, and she doesn't want them to like her too much. When she starts to feel things past wanting to please someone she'll doing something to push them away. They might not know about it but in her mind there is a rift, they're broken. I'm the only person she thinks she can really trust besides herself. She's scared people will be like her parents. She'll give so much and they won't care. So she's like this. I know she's a terrible flirt who cheats on guys and hurts them, but she hates it. She thinks she's a horrible person for acting like that. All she really wants is someone who really loves her. But no one does and everyone else seems to like her how she is, so she stays that way."
"Wow." I said, stunned. I never would have thought Lily was like that. "She doesn't think anyone loves her?"
"Well I do, but nobody else; I'm her best friend, but she doesn't let me in anymore. We used to tell eachother everything. She keeps herself locked up too tight now. She's right pretty much. Her family doesn't love her. She doesn't have anyone she can go to that makes her feel safe and happy."
"No. Her family loves her. Tons of lads love her. People care about her..." I said, trying to convince myself more than her. I didn't really want to make Lily feel bad anymore.
"People don't even know her!" she said sharply. "Trying to pretend people like her won't help. Not when they like the fake her that she hates. No body knows her. Only you and I..."
"Me? How do I know her?" I asked. I didn't know her at all. She never acted like that around me. She was strong, never sad or lonely.
"She told me. You know her better than almost everyone in this school. You know how nice and sweet she is when she's around other people? She was never like that around you. She wasn't totally herself around you, but she didn't feel like she had to please you all the time. That made her go mad sometimes. She would sit their and try to figure out why you were so different from everyone else to her." Chastity explained.
"No. I don't believe you. Is Lily behind this or something? You guys are trying to get me back for that prank. Lily's not like that. No way. She's strong and happy and likes for other people to be upset. Why are you lying about this?"
"Why is it so hard for you to accept?" Chastity asked simply.
Why was it so hard for me to accept? I asked myself. It had to be a joke. Lily wasn't a sad little girl who only liked to please other people but didn't want to be close to them. What did I know though? Sometimes there did seem like what Chastity was talking about but... it couldn't be true. It just couldn't.
"It's too surreal. Are you sure this is the same Lily we're talking about?"
"Look, if you don't want to believe me then don't; I was just trying to explain to you. I thought you were different like Lily said but you don't really care, just like everyone else. I thought maybe...never mind, it isn't worth it now anyway. Bye, James." She said and started to leave.
"Wait. You thought maybe what?" I asked.
"I thought you might help me to get her back to normal; try to get her to be herself and stop trying to impress everyone else. She seemed so normal that day she got kicked out of those classes because of your bet. You make her more herself. It doesn't matter though, you obviously don't ca-"
"I care about Lily!" I yelled. She turned and stared at me. I didn't really mean to say that out loud...
"James, that wasn't what I was going to say." She said with a smirk. What is going on with me?
"Err, me neither." Great line, just great. That one will fool her, it will.
"Liar, tell me the truth." The truth? What is the truth but our perception of reality? What did I perceive though? That I care about Lily, or I at least had.
"Err yea, I guess I do."
"Truly you do? Will you help me then?" she asked. Her eyes seemed to beg me. She must really care about her friend.
"Did she tell you what happened two nights ago? I don't know if I can be all too nice to her now." I said and she looked thoughtful. "What makes you think I can help her?"
"Call it a friend thing." She said mysteriously and smiled.
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