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A/N: On my LiveJournal, I have pictures of what Hailey, and a lot of outfits and her car are supposed to look like, so I'll post the links on my profile ASAP!
Not For Him
Later, when Hailey was returning to her dorm room, she noticed two outlines waiting by her room. As she got closer, she realized that Sarah and Kate were the two outlines by her door.
"Hey Kate, Sarah," Hailey said, as she was unlocking her dorm room.
"Hey," Kate and Sarah replied, walking into Hailey's dorm once she opened the dorm. "So, what's up?" Hailey asked, trying to make conversation.
"Oh, not much, just another party at The Dells tonight. Wanna come?" Kate said. "Oh, I'm not sure, you know I arrived a few days ago, and I'd just like to catch up with my mom and a few other people some more." Hailey replied, not really wanting to see Reid right now.
"Uhhh, no, you're going, Hailey! Come on, you could say hi to all of your old friends! I mean even Reid will be there! I'm sure you will have a great time. Please?" Kate retorted. Hearing Reid was going to be there, Hailey stiffened, and was going to decline readily, if not for Sarah joining in on Kate's conquer to get Hailey to come. Too bad for Hailey.
Reid, stepping out of the steam that came from his shower, went over to his clothes that included a hoodie, pants, a t-shirt, fingerless gloves, and a wife-beater. Taking his time, he started thinking. Wondering if Hailey was going to come to the party at The Dells.
Having his fingerless gloves on, he went to wait for Tyler to come and pick him up, though they would probably still be late, as usual.
'As usual, I'm going to be late…' Reid thought, watching as Tyler's Hummer pulled up to pick Reid up, three minutes before the party at The Dells started.
"Sorry, I overslept." Tyler said sheepishly, as he and Reid drove to The Dells, party having already started.
"How did I get forced into this," Hailey asked, walking with Kate and Sarah to the party. "Because, you're a pushover and in reality, you really wanted to go," Sarah replied, reading Hailey like a book.
"Still, I resent coming here. Didn't really planning on coming here, I planned on staying in my dorm, not wearing some midriff, with Daisy Duke shorts! I look like a fucking hooker, and if I had high stilettos, I could probably stand on a corner!" Hailey retorted, pulling and tweaking with the midriff she had on.
"Oh, please, stop complaining, the midriff isn't that bad! And you had the choice between Soffees and a Christian skirt! Those are not Daisy Dukes, okay." Kate butted in, receiving a glare from Hailey. "They're here," Sarah and Kate said, pointing to the four shadows, coming closer to the fire and party. Hailey, eyes widening, realized who it was right away, and muttered, "Damn," before trying to sneak away.
Unfortunately, Sarah had good peripheral vision, and saw she was trying to sneak away. "Hailey, where are you going," Sarah asked. "Uh, no where, just going to get something to drink, want anything?" Hailey replied. Good thing she's able to lie on the spot.
"Hey, Caleb, Tyler, Reid, Pogue," Sarah and Kate greeted, Hailey have gone to get a few drinks.
Hailey, coming back with two drinks, again, felt eyes on her. 'Relax; he's just trying to get me disgruntled, nothing more. Remember, he hurt me, I can't give into him, I promised myself I wouldn't.'She thought. "Hi, Tyler, Caleb, Pogue… Reid." Hailey greeted, and handed Sarah one of the two drinks she had in her hands.
As Kate, Sarah, and Hailey were conversing with Pogue, Caleb, and Tyler, not necessarily in that order, Kira came over, bumping Hailey and Sarah out of the way.
"Reid, how was your week," Kira said, batting her fake eyelashes at Reid. Hailey, pissed off even more, moved up, pushing Kira out of the way, also spilling her drink onto Kira's fake fur coat, and said, "Oops, my bad, shouldn't push people out of the way." Kira, realizing that Hailey's drink had been spilled onto her coat, she screeched, "You bitch this is myfur coat!" Hailey, feeling a challenge, retorted, "Well, it's not like it's real."
As Kira and Hailey started bickering back and forth, Aaron and his goons came over. "Well, at least I know how to hang onto a man," Kira screeched. Hailey, knowing what she meant, retorted, "Well, if I ever hate a boyfriend of mine, I know whom to go to lose them! I'm sure you remember the last time. I didn't even have to ask you, you did it just to spite me," and wound back her fist, ready to punch the living daylights out of Kira. "Geez Reid, you really know how to get girls fighting over you, don't you," Aaron said, stepping in front of Kira. "Leave me alone, and take your little slut with you, she could probably go for twenty bucks right now," Reid retorted, stepping closer to Aaron, his stance threatening. "Oh, you sure you're not talking about yourself, Reid. Remember two years ago, looked like you wanted it pretty badly back then. I mean sure you were cheating on Hailey, but at least you got a lay, since she was saving herself." Kira said, finally turning to Reid, moving behind Aaron, putting her arm around his shoulders.
Hearing that last sentence, Sarah, Kate, Pogue, and Tyler gasped, while Hailey and Reid just paled, remembering that night, wait, scratch that, that day. Hailey, knowing everyone knew, looked to the ground, not wanting to meet anyone's eyes.
(Flashback)
"I just don't want you hanging around her, Reid!" I yelled, knowing Kira was up to something.
"Why not, we're just friends, like I'd really be into her! Is that you're only problem?" Reid retorted.
"Yes, I'm sure she only has friends on her mind, I mean can't you see the way her eyes devour you every time you guys "hang out"?If not you're more of a blonde than I thought, because I've had every person I know come up to me and ask about her and you!" Hailey yelled, getting fed up with Reid's "playing" dumb routine.
Finally giving up on trying to convince Reid of not hanging out with Kira, Hailey walked out, not even saying good-bye.
Later onto the night, Hailey realized how much of an overprotective jealous girlfriend she was being. Hailey thought, 'I mean if he says they're just friends, then maybe that's all they are, and maybe I'm just imagining it.'
Walking up to Reid's room, she knocked onto the bedroom. Hearing some noise she knocked again, a little harder, but he still didn't answer the door.
Finally, getting fed up, she picked the lock, opening the door the site before her.
I used to think that the cup was half full, believing love could in fact happen. I'd even believed I'd found that love, in the Adonis by the name of Reid Garwin. Many people had told me not to fall for him, he'd just break my heart, but I'd just shoo them away, thinking that if he really fell for me, that wouldn't happen.
I then found out they'd been right, with what I thought to be lies, were right, and true. Standing in the middle of his doorway, tears trickling down my face, with a shocked expression, I watched my boyfriend thrust erratically into who I'd thought to be my best friend. Her name was Kira, and though I had many warnings of her being a bitch, I'd never thought it to be true, until now of course.
What caught their attention was me making a little whimper, and sniffing a little, like when you have a stuffy nose, Kira, I noticed, was smirking at me, and I knew she'd planned this from the beginning. Reid then looked up next, eyes widening, knowing he'd been caught.
"Hailey, it's not what it looks like, she came
onto me!" he looked like a deer caught with headlights.
Bitterly, I replied, "Really, then maybe you should've been
reminded of the girlfriend you used to have!" Angrily, I moved
out of the doorway, knowing tears were freefalling into the carpet by
now. I didn't even notice I'd left the door to his room open, I just
concentrated on running away from the scene that had unfolded onto my
eyes, my what used to be my innocent eyes, now clouded with bitter
hate. If you could look closely, you could probably see little shards
of the remains of my heart though my eyes.
By
the time I was at my car, putting the keys into the ignition, here
came Reid, running down the stairs, looking flushed, with as what
people call, "bed hair". I was ju8st closing the driver's
door to my car, when he grabbed onto the car door, making me stop in
my pursuit of trying to get away. "What, breaking my heart
wasn't enough, now you've got to come and rub it into my face about
how good of a lay Kira
was! What, the fact that I wanted to save myself for marriage mean
anything into that small part you call a brain? Get the fuck out of
my face, I hope you're happy." and with that, I slammed the door
shut, narrowly hitting Reid's fingers. I'd sped down the Garwin's
driveway, knowing I'd need to slow down if I didn't want to be caught
without my mother in the car with me.
After that, I skipped school, instead staying in my room, packing the remains of my stuff, including my guitar, my clothes, my collection of stuffed monkeys. I'd taken all of the pictures I had of Reid and myself and burned them in the fireplace. I'd considered throwing the stuffed monkeys he'd gotten me into the fireplace, but my mom said that just throwing the pictures in the fireplace was mature, and throwing the monkeys wouldn't be mature, it'd be like a little kid in Wal - Mart throwing a fit for not getting his or her favorite candy. I was packing because my mom told me that maybe it'd be best if I went to live with my biological father. She said that with my heart, maybe chocolate wouldn't mend my entire heart, almost as if she knew what I went through. Maybe she also went through what I was going through. Looking into my hand, I looked at the flight from Ipswich, Massachusetts, to Columbus, Ohio.
On the plane to the rest of my life, I looked out the window as we flew over Ipswich, and noticed Spencer Academy standing the highest, with little dots, but I knew they were the students. I thought, 'Here comes Hailey Mitchell, good-bye Reid, you'll never hear from me again.' and with that thought, a silent tear rolled down my eyes, though you'd think my eyes wouldn't have any tears left from them after I'd cried so much over the three days since the incident.
(Flashback)
Blinking out of the flashback that made my heart disappear, Hailey noticed a weird glint in Reid's eyes. Almost, black, like the night sky. Curious, Hailey wanted to ask, but never got the chance, as Aaron slipped, landed into Kira, and fell onto the ground. They narrowly missed Hailey, as she'd stepped back after Kira let slip why Hailey left two years ago.
Hailey never got the chance to ask Reid about how his eyes changed to black, as the DJ came on and announced that the pigs were on their way. As they were walking to their cars, Caleb and Pogue asked if they needed rides. 'Oh, yeah, they need rides, they walked all the way here' Hailey thought sarcastically. As we kept walking, Hailey realized that Tyler parked his hummer near my Acura RSX. Hailey thought, 'Big shocker there, Tyler doesn't have the balls to say no to Reid. Damn, I knew I should've just let Kate or Sarah drive here…'
Making his way back to his dorm, Reid was pissed off. As they were driving away from The Dells, Caleb gave Reid an earful, telling him how using in public, blah, blah, blah. Reid thought, 'Damn, he's so annoying when it comes to that! I make sure no one can tell, and Aaron's such an idiot, he'd never be able to tell! God, Hailey was hot tonight, I wanted to take her then and there. Damn that Kira, how dare she rat, it's in the past, and so is Kira. She needs to get over that.'
As he walked into his dorm, he noticed Tyler already there, looking pretty pissed, also, glaring at him. Tyler asked in a deadly voice, "Is what Kira said true?" Astonished, the sad creaking of the door closing, Reid looked into Tyler's eyes, and just nodded. Reid thought, 'Wow, Baby Boy grew balls. I'm so proud of you. 'Course, he decides to grow some balls and stop being a pussy now of all times? Damn that Kira!'
"Are you insane! Hailey was the best thing to have ever happened to you! And what, you threw it all away just because she wanted to wait for marriage?" Tyler vented. Tyler thought, 'How dare you, Reid! Hailey was like a sister to all of us, and you broke her heart, just for a lay! Because of you, she ran away, all the way to Ohio, dumb ass!'
Reid retorted, just as vehemently, "Maybe I am! I don't know what I was thinking, alright! I was fifteen and a half, we make mistakes!"
"Really," Tyler said, "well this one was the biggest mistake of your life. You know what they say, what goes around comes around. You're getting what you deserve." And with that, Tyler turned over in his bed, and fell asleep, completely ignoring Reid.
