It had been a whole week since the dance, Lil had kept a low-key profile at school, and she hated the looks of sympathy she got from everyone.
Tommy and Kimi was officially an item, a cute one at that. All she ever heard Kimi's friends talk about was the things Kimi had blabbered about her and Tommy's affectionate times.
She hadn't seen much of Tommy, the only class they had together was English and because she wasn't ready to face him yet, she would skip with her quick bud Jason. She knew that Jason wanted more then friendship, that, that was the only reason he was being all friendly to her, but she couldn't really find herself to care, she needed a friend that paid all their attention to her, and he did that for her.
She knew that Tommy had tried to call her a couple of times, but she ignored it, as well as all the messages he had left for her on her cell.
She felt anger toward him; it wasn't supposed to be like that! 'How could he kiss her at the dance, and then tell her it was a mistake? Did he not feel the sparks, how could he not? The way he had looked at her, the way he had pulled her close?
Lil felt her tears bundle up in her eyes again. She wiped them away furiously; she was not going to cry over him again!
Lil put her blanket over her head, 'she had to get over this, and she would, she was going to English class tomorrow, she isn't going to let him wreck her education!
The next morning she picked out the new pink halter-top Jason had bought for her and a sparkly blue skirt. She put her hair up in a loose bun and quickly ran to get her ride from Chuckie.
Now that Tommy picked Kimi up in his car.
When Lil got to school she met Jason at her locker. "Hey cutie," he greeted. Lil smiled at him and punched him playfully on the shoulder. To any onlooker she would seem to be very happy, but none knew how much pain she was caring around with her.
The day dragged on slowly and eventually it was English. Jason came to her locker like usual, but this time she turned him down, "I'm going to go to English today," she told him.
He seemed somewhat disappointed, but he didn't say much as he nodded and said, "Well then, I guess I'll blaze with a couple of friends today,"
She shook her head in disapproval as he walked her to her class. She got to the doorway and she saw that Kimi and Tommy were feeding each other mushy lines before class started, so she waited at the doorway with Jason and chatted with him. She saw Tommy look over at her when the bell rang, so she gave Jason a quick hug before they departed.
Then she casually walked over to her desk making sure not to look at Kimi or Tommy.
Tommy stared as Lil gave Jason a hug, and something inside him burned. He admired how beautiful she looked and regret filled him. He knew that he must've done something wrong because at how angry she was at him; she didn't return his calls or his messages, he was going crazy!
She went and sat at her seat without even a glance at him. How did he manage to screw up there friendship?
'Why did it hurt him so much that she didn't talk to him? That she didn't seem to acknowledge him? That she hung out with Jason? That… she wasn't with him anymore?
It surprised him that he didn't really feel happy dating Kimi; it was as if all those night of dreaming of her, those years of admiring her…didn't happen?
He didn't hear the English teacher as she blabbered on with the lesson, he just couldn't keep his eyes off Lil, he hadn't seen her since last week, and it hurt so much!
He heard Kimi whispering his name, but he pretended not to have heard, and tried to ignore the expression on her face.
Then something happened! Lil glanced at him just slightly, but it was enough to make his heart leap! That was enough; it was enough to tell him that he had some damn real feelings for Lil!
But Lil… what if she didn't return the feelings and…- holy shit, maybe she's mad because he kissed her! Then how would she feel if he told her he loves her! –What wait… he loves her?
The bell rang and something inside of him didn't let him turn to Kimi, instead he ran and caught up to Lil before she left the classroom.
"Lil wait," he called as he got close enough to gently pull her back by the arm. She swirled around and looked him evenly in the eye, "What is it?"
Tommy was a bit shocked by her actions. But he had to talk to her, "Lil I'm sorry about the whole thing, I never meant to hurt you, could you please just tell me what's wrong"
"Everything's wrong," she muttered cynically, "how could you do that? Not only did you use me like crap to get Kimi, but that kiss at the dance, I know it wasn't part of the act, I know that that was real, how dare you tell me that it was wrong! How could you just leave? Go straight to Kimi …after all that!"
Tommy was taken aback, "Lil I'm sorry, I never meant it to be like that-…"
He was interrupted as Kimi stepped in-between them and pressed her lips on his. When Tommy was finally able to get over the shock and pull away, he saw Lil's teary eyes.
"You never mean a lot of things do you Tommy," she whispered bitterly, as she turned to leave.
NO! Tommy quickly grabbed her by the arm; he would do anything to stop her from leaving. She turned to him, "Screw you, Tommy." she spat as she snatched her arm back in pure hatred.
Tommy wanted to say something to make this better. But she was gone… He sighed.
Tommy turned around to see the angry eyes of Kimi, she stood for a moment and when he couldn't think of anything to say… she turned and walked away. Tommy wanted to go after her, but he knew that there was nothing he could do to make things better.
Kimi knew what was going on, she knew the second she saw them kiss. But somehow that didn't stop her from wanting to be with him. That didn't stop her from being his girlfriend.
She knew then too, that Tommy was ignoring her when she called out to him, but she still didn't do anything about it. Or when she saw the hurt on Tommy's face when Lil hugged Jason. The later too, when Tommy ran after Lil, and the way he looked at her.
The last test was the kiss. That stated everything clearly. When she went and kissed him, the way he didn't respond, the way the sparks didn't fly, the way he pushed her away.
There was nothing there for him!
Kimi felt the squeeze in her heart, if she just hadn't of waited on him, if she just hadn't been so selfish for that stupid crown –which she didn't even get!
Tommy would've never discovered feeling for Lil, and right now they would be so happy!
She didn't know what she was going to do –do the right thing and let Tommy go, or what her heart was telling her to do, hold on to Tommy and fight the devil himself for him.
Kimi shook her head as the tears gathered in her eyes.
A/N sorry if you think I took too long to write the next chapter, I've just been really busy, so yea… but I think this chapter should make up for it :D:D now please review! And I swear you'll get the next chapter sooner!