Chapter 11: Running Into Hunter

Sink your teeth into another chapter. Thanks to my boring English class for motivating me to put my ideas together. Don't the books you read in English sometimes suck? Why are they called classics and hailed by critics if teenage kids find themselves falling asleep while reading (I have done it before)? Yes, I really have almost no appreciation for classics. Yawn. Anyway, onto another chapter. Be sure to review, and thanks for all the ones I've gotten already! Warning- this chapter is short, but I'm planning on making the next one longer. R&R!

                                                                                                                           JadeMoon**

~Morgan's POV~

            When I got home from stalking Bree on Wednesday, I was feeling wrung out and sad. I'm pretty sure I knew the truth. Bree and Hunter had been cheating on Robbie and myself. The thought of that filled me with white – hot rage. I thought Bree was my best friend. She promised me that she wasn't interested in Hunter. I should have known better. Instead I dismissed her kissing Hunter on the cheek. Now I knew that I was right to overreact. Damn.

            I flopped onto my bed, turned on my side, and cried into my pillow. I needed to talk to Bree at school tomorrow. We couldn't be friends anymore. I didn't trust her anymore, and I could just never see her with Hunter. What about Kithic? I would have to leave. I could never see Hunter again, that I knew. It would be difficult enough seeing Bree in English and Latin.

            "Hey, Morgan!" I heard Mary K. call from downstairs. "I just called Mom. She wants us to do the grocery shopping. Let's go."

            " Alright, Mary K. One minute," I called back. I washed my face, put on my shoes, and headed downstairs.

            "Are you okay?" Mary K. asked me. "You were awfully quiet a few minutes ago."

            "Yeah," I assured her. "I was just thinking. But of course you interrupted me. You and Mom." She laughed, and I had to smile. "Come on, let's go."

            We climbed into the car and headed over to the nearest supermarket. Mary K. grabbed two baskets, handed one to me, and ripped the list in half. "We'll get this done faster is we split up," she told me. She grimaced. "Great, I get the heavy stuff." We laughed and headed down separate aisles. I went to look at the different boxes of rice when I felt a familiar presence to my left. I turned my head casually and saw Hunter walking down the aisle. Oh God, no. I can't face him. I looked away hurriedly, but he saw me.

            Deciding to be polite, he nodded and said, "Hello Morgan."

I was about to say hello back when something took hold of my mind. "How's your relationship with Bree?"

Hunter looked startled and at a loss for words. I raised an eyebrow as he stuttered. "W-what are you talking about?" His eyes were wide with surprise and fear. We broke up. Was he really scared of me finding out? Apparently he was.

"Don't play games, Hunter. I saw you and Bree. I know you two are together. So don't lie to me."

Hunter's eyes instantly narrowed. We were back to the days when we hated each other. Before I left home this morning, I still had intense feelings for Hunter. I told him that I probably wouldn't take him back, but it was a lie. I wanted him, needed him desperately. When I returned home after spying, I realized that I didn't want him anymore, didn't need him. I felt stronger. "Were you spying on me?" he asked. "Was that your presence that I felt yesterday in the park? I should have known. You've sunk so low, Morgan. Now you're spying on Bree and me? Just leave us alone."

I was breathing hard, almost insane with anger. "Believe me, I want nothing more than to never see you or Bree again. You're a no good bastard who was a complete waste of my time. I can't believe I thought you were my soul mate. I'm glad I didn't give up my virginity to such an undeserving son of a bitch."

Hunter stepped back like he had been slapped. I could feel his surprise over the strength of my fury. I knew he was thinking about how he had under estimated me. Hunter nodded. "I see." I smiled inwardly. He was speechless. I decided that I had nothing else to say to him, and walked off. I didn't hear him whisper to the empty aisle, "But I still love you."