Chapter Three: Last Chance

I ran into my room and slammed the door, sliding down it, and sat there in tears. Even though Portia was screaming through the door to let me in, to let her and me have one last chance at fun, but I told her to go away. I just wanted to be alone for a bit.

After about 10 minutes of Portia's screaming I think she finally got it that I wanted to be by myself. I heard the door slam next to me and I slowly got up and sat by my bed. I looked around at my room, my home. This was the last time I'd be in this room, and it wasn't a great way to end it.

I was sitting at the foot of my bed, my posture slumped over, thinking about all the things I had lost, when Reed walked in. she looked tired, sad. She deserved to feel pain, she didn't know what Billings meant to me, to my family.

I flicked my eyes up at her. "Come to gloat?" I asked

"No," she said automatically.

I stood up, exasperated at the fact I had to deal with this now. "Why not? Isn't this what you wanted? Isn't this what you've been working for all year?"

She looked at me puzzlingly, "Working for? You were the one who was trying to get people thrown out. I was just defending them."

I shook my head; I can't believe I was wasting my last night in Billings dealing with REED BRENNAN!

"Oh, please." I snapped, "We both know this is all your fault! Don't insult me by pretending otherwise."

She took a few steps towards me. "My fault? What are you on?"

I took a step towards her too. "I know you're the one who tipped Cromwell off about initiation. How else would he have known to conduct his ridiculous raid tonight?"

She looked at me. "I tipped him off? Why would I tip him off?"

Could this girl be any stupider! "Obviously you found out that I had no intention of initiating you little posse of losers, so you decided to ruin the whole thing," I blurted.

"Okay, first of all, Ms. Selective Memory, I had no idea you were planning on ostracizing them. do you not remember how shocked I was?"

She had a small point there, but she could have just been acting. Everyone knows how easy it is to act all innocent; just ask Ariana or Sabine.

"So you're a good actress. Bully for you," I retorted.

She shook her head, "Bully for me? Where do you get this stuff?"

I blew out a short breath, frustrated with Reed. "All I know is, a true Billings Girl would never have gone against her sisters like this. This is an elite house, Reed. But you don't get that, do you?" I started walking towards her again, "You don't get that our lives are different from yours. That they will always be different. That our bonds are formed on something much deeper than you could ever hope to understand."

Like trust, honor, and tradition.

"On what? On money? On privilege? On Daddy's credit card? Oh yeah. That's deep." She retorted sarcastically.

I looked at her and rolled my eyes, getting even closer to her face with each step.

"See? You've just proved it. You don't belong in our world. You have no idea what it takes to be in Billings."

I crossed my arms over my chest and smirked. There's nothing else she can say. She knows it herself that Noelle was only friends with her because Ariana wanted to torture her. She can not deny it any longer. Time to accept it and move on.

She grinded her teeth and glared at me. "I think you're the one who has no idea what it takes…"

All that was going through my mind was, just tell her how you feel. You'll never see her again after tonight. Tell her what this girl needs to hear!

I took a deep breath and got right in her face, using as much venom I could gather with every single word.

"I hate you," I spat. "I wish you'd never come to this school. You don't belong here. You're nothing but a backwater hick, and that's all you'll ever be." I shook my head, glaring down at her.

She narrowed her eyes. "That may be true, Cheyenne, but tomorrow I'll still be an Easton Academy student. What will you be?"

That was all it took. I was never one for swearing, it was so vile, but sometimes people just like to push other people to the edge. And this BITCH loved to torture everyone! Hot, angry tears started to fall down my cheeks and I felt my face burn in rage and embarrassment. It should have been her being expelled. It should have been her that was going to have to live with knowing that she was kicked out of the most important school to her family during the last bit of her senior. Year. It should not have been me. I was a good girl.

This was the last night I'd ever see Reed Brennan, the last chance to say everything I'd ever wanted to say to her. It took every last once of strength in me but I did it. I took that chance.

"Get out," I said at her through my teeth.

"Cheyenne-" she said pleading, but I didn't want to hear it.

I screamed at her, "Get out!"

I grabbed her, spinning her around and shoved her out of my room. I slammed the door, sliding back and shrieking out tears of embarrassment, rage, and sadness. The last thing I heard before I went back to packing was Mrs. Naylor's voice yelling at Reed to go to bed.

Maybe now I could finally get a little peace to cry myself to sleep.