Jayden was lying on the couch watching TV when his cousin came over to him. "Hey don't you think you should be getting ready for school?"
Jayden closed his eyes. "I'm not going back there Decker."
Decker sat on the floor in front of him, facing the TV. "Look I know that you're upset but you can't let this keep you from going to school."
"Why not, everyone hates me now." Jayden said "All the people that I considered friend have abanded me because of the bet, Mike won't talk to me, my parents hate me. My life is over."
"Antonio called last night asking about you. He said he went by your folk's house and found out they kicked you out. He's worried about you." Decker turned to him. "This might be pretty hard on him too because he told me that Emily found out that he knew so she wants nothing to do with him. You two are best friends so if no one is there for you maybe you can be there for each other." He got up "Don't give up on this Jayden or you'll regret it for the rest of your life." He walked off.
Jayden laid there for s minute then got up and got dressed for school. Saying goodbye to his cousin he headed out the door. When he got to the school parking lot it was full of students and they all seemed to notice him coming up because they all stopped what they were doing and looked at him. He got out of his car and walked into the school, ignoring all the looks he got. He stopped at his locker and began to get his books out.
"Hey Jayden." A voice said.
Jayden got the rest of his books and closed his locker. "Hey"
Antonio leaned against one of the lockers. "I'm sorry about Mike and your parents."
Jayden sighed and leaned next to him. "I'm sorry about Emily; I know how much you liked her."
Antonio sighed "I can't believe that Kevin would do that to you. I mean why would he do that to you?"
"I don't know." Jayden said "But I know if I do see him I'm going to beat the hell out of him."
Antonio smiled "Don't do that Jay then you'll get in trouble and I don't think that he's worth it anyway but look on the bright side."
Jayden looked down "Oh yeah and what's that?"
"You still got me, your best friend." Antonio said smiling.
Jayden smiled and looked over at him. "Yeah I guess I do." He reached over and hugged Antonio. "Thanks."
Antonio smiled "No problem." He pulled back. "We better get to class."
Jayden nodded and walked off.
Mike walked through the school with his head down. He heard people whispering and giggling behind his back but he didn't respond. Suddenly someone grabbed his right arm and someone grabbed his left arm. He looked up to see Emily and Mia. "Hey guys."
Mia held on his arm tight. "I'm so sorry Mike that was a real shitty thing that he did to you."
Mike sighed and looked over at Emily. "Are you okay?"
Emily nodded "Yeah I mean he lied right to my face but I guess I'm not worried about me. I'm worried about you and how you feel."
"I knew I shouldn't have started anything with him." Mike said looking down "I'm so stupid."
Mia let go of his arm and grabbed his hand. "You're not stupid Mike; you just really cared about someone who turned out to be a real jerk."
Mike stopped when he saw Jayden and Antonio leaning against a row of lockers. Mia and Emily followed his gaze.
Jayden looked up and saw the three, so did Antonio.
They didn't say anything they simply just stared at each other. Mike finally got enough and pulled his arms free. He walked the opposite way down the hall.
Jayden followed him. "Mike wait." He grabbed his arm.
Mike pulled his arm away. "Leave me alone Jayden."
"Stop" Jayden said "Look Mike I know I screwed up okay, I'm sorry."
"You used me and lied to me." Mike said drawing others to look at them. "I was just a bet to you. Some guy you were trying to sleep with. I told you everything about how I wanted a guy that I could trust and never thought that you would to this to me."
"Mike I love you." Jayden blurted out.
Mike stood there with tears in his eyes.
"Listen." Jayden took Mike's hands in his own. "It started out as a simple bet. I bet that I would get you to sleep with me but then I started to have the feeling for you. As time went on they got deeper and deeper. Then you told me all that stuff about how you were afraid of getting hurt after having sex for the first time. That day you came over I was going to tell you everything but you trusted me and wanted me to be your first."
"But the video camera?" Mike said.
"I don't know anything about that." Jayden said. "It started out as a bet but it's not anymore. It's real Mike and I love you."
"If you had nothing to do with it how did the camera get in your room?" Mike asked. Jayden looked down "That's what I thought." He stepped away from Jayden. "You've already ruined my life enough so why don't you just stay out of my life from now on okay." He walked off.
Jayden stood there and Mia and Emily ran pass him after Mike. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Antonio with a red face. "What happened to your face?"
Antonio rubbed the side of his face. "She slapped me."
Jayden turned back to Mike and the other. "Come on lets go."
When Jayden turned around he came face to face with the guy that ruined his life. "What the hell do you want?"
Kevin cleared his throat. "I'm sorry for everything and I just wanted to give you this." He showed Jayden a tape.
Jayden took the tape. "You're the one that planted the tape?"
Kevin nodded "Yeah but I didn't-"
Jayden drew back his fist and hit Kevin across the face. "You ruined my life!" He yelled.
Antonio grabbed him by the arm. "Jayden calm down." He got in front of him and pushed him back. "Just leave us alone Kevin alright." He pushed Jayden away and around the corner.
Kevin cradled the side of his face and got up. He looked around and saw people staring at him with disgusted looks. He quickly walked away from them.
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