A/N: I rewrote the ending. It was a few minor changes so I could go onto the next chapter. Bye. Sorry it took do long.
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Chapter 6: Tear-stained
Liz just stared in shock and the bewildered face of her boyfriend. * I was right * Tears flowed freely from her eyes and down her face. Her body went numb. The books in Liz's arms dropped to the floor, making a sound as they hit the tiles. In an instant, Liz turned away and fled. She wanted to run away, away from him and away from the heartbreak.
Anthony quickly escaped Claire's embrace. He turned to run after Liz, but said to Claire "Why can't you get it through puny, little brain that I'm never going to like you. Is that so hard for you to understand?"
Claire was about to protest, but Anthony cut her off, "No, don't answer that. Thanks for ruining everything." Anthony ran after Liz. *Man, everything is so screwed up*
He kept running after Liz, but in his head he knew that it wouldn't matter if he caught her. She probably wouldn't even want to talk to him. He didn't his hopes down, * I have to tell her what really happened. It doesn't matter that she probably won't believe me. *
Meanwhile, Liz had noticed that Anthony was following her and was looking for a place to hide from him. *I should have known he was too good to be true * she thought as tears continued to flow down her face and splash quietly on the floor. * I can't believe he did this. Especially after he told me he wouldn't do anything with her. And after he told me he loved me. *
Anthony caught up with her. "Liz," he called ad she reached out and grabbed her hand. She reluctantly tuned around. A red line appeared on both her cheeks. The lines acted as the course for the tears that continued to run. It broke Anthony's heart to know that he had caused this, and that she looked so miserable because of him. He stared at Liz's face with a look that said, "I'm so sorry". However, Liz didn't fall for it and took her hand out of his.
"Please give me a chance to explain," Anthony said in a hurt voice. "Please."
With all her hurt and rage, Liz spat, " Why should I?"
Anthony was taken aback by the comment, but he knew she had every right to say what she had. So instead of responding, he looked at the ground and said nothing as Liz hurried off once again. This time, Anthony didn't follow her. It wouldn't have done any good. She didn't even want to look at him, much less talk to him. Anthony just slumped down against the lockers and put his head in his hands. "How am I ever going to fix this?" he murmured to himself as he sighed depressedly.
A few feet away lay a silver bracelet. Tangled and harshly thrown on the floor, but it remained intact. It still had the same glimmer and was just as strong. The only thing wrong was where it lay.
Liz's heart was broken into thousands of little pieces. It didn't matter that they had only known each other for such a short time; her feelings were still aching in pain. She kept looking for a place to hide, a place where she could collapse down and cry. After looking around she settled for a secluded corner of the school library. She sat down, curled up her knees close to her body and buried her head in her hands.
*I can't believe I was such a fool to fall for him. I'm such an idiot, I never should have put my heart out on the line. It's not worth it, love just brings you pain. *
At the school parking lot, two girls waited for their friend inside Miranda's car. Worried for her friend that was taking so long, Miranda said, "I'm gonna go and check on Liz. She's taken an awful long time."
"I'll go with you," replied Steph who didn't want to be left alone waiting.
The two girls walked in the brick building as they chatted about random subjects. When they reached Liz's locker, the blonde wasn't there.
"I wonder where she went," said Steph.
"Yeah, me too," added Miranda as she looked around.
"So," came a voice from behind them. "Looking for your friend?"
"What do you want, Claire?" asked Steph with hate in her voice, as she turned to face Claire.
"Me, nothing you can give me. You want to known where McGuire is. She took off crying after she saw me with Anthony. Too bad she had to interrupt, I almost had him."
"You slut!" exclaimed Miranda.
"Oh, that hurt," replied Claire sarcastically. "Run along, you've wasted enough of my time."
Miranda took off running, she knew where Liz was. Liz always hid at the same spot when she was down. Steph chased after her as she yelled for the brunette to slow down. Miranda kept going, and didn't notice the blonde guy that sat against the row of lockers. Steph did, and she stopped as she reached him.
"Why are you so sad? You're the one that cheated on her."
Bewildered, Anthony looked up and said, "You don't know what happened."
"I don't need to hear your lies," she said angrily. Steph kneeled and grabbed the bracelet that was on the floor. "Here," she said as she threw it at him. "Give it to your new girlfriend." With that, Steph walked up the stairs and towards the library. When she got there, Liz was already finishing up with her story as she told it to Miranda.
"Lizzie," said Miranda since she was the only one that was still allowed to call her that. "Don't worry about it. We'll go to your house and figure out what to do. Ok?
Liz smiled, "Thanks." She got up and wiped the tears off her face. The three best friends headed towards the exit.
Liz walked to her car, with Steph and Miranda trailing behind her. Liz just wanted to forget what had happened and to try escaping the pain and the heart break. She just wanted to get away. Each of the three girls got into her individual car, on their way to Liz's house. The two brunettes weren't about o let Liz go through this alone.
When they reached the large, two story house, they all stepped out and followed the depressed blonde into her room. Liz had flopped herself onto her bed and her two best friends could here the muffled sobs started again. Miranda caught Steph's eyes and looked at her sadly, telepathically saying, "This is a huge mess."
After a few minutes, Liz sat up lie a little light bulb in her head had turned on. She wiped away at her salty tears and spoke up, "You know what? I'm not going to waste my time-and my tears, crying over him. He doesn't deserve it. He's a piece of shit that I never should have loved."
Steph and Miranda stared at her bewilderedly. "Really?" they asked unanimously.
"Totally," she replied determinately. "And I'm definitely not falling for any of the crap that he's gonna try to give me to cover up what he did."
"Good girl!" Steph exclaimed.
"And," Liz continued, "I'm not even going to talk to him."
Miranda wasn't sure how this was going to work. It'd b e pretty awkward for her. Liz would expect her and Ethan to not talk to Anthony either, and that wouldn't be fair. However, she didn't mention any of her apprehensions to Liz.
Liz, empowered by her new resolution, eyed a magazine happily with Steph, failing to notice Miranda's quietness.
