Denise looked sad. Her eyes filled with tears and she looked away from me.
“No he wasn’t Ellie. ”
“How do you know that?”
She lowered her head and I could see the tears falling from her eyes. Oh holy hell.
“I know because he was fucking me in the backseat of his car last night. ”
I just stood there…. stunned. I couldn’t believe it. No, this was not happening to me. I thought he was different!
Oh my god……I felt like I was going to be sick.
“Why are you telling me this?”
“I didn’t want to tell you but I really like you and you are so innocent and that fucker does not deserve to have you on his arm like some trophy while he is going behind your back and fucking everything with a pussy. I’m sorry Ellie. I didn’t mean to hurt you. I hope that you can forgive me some day. ”
I shook my head to clear my thoughts. I looked her right in the eyes and I could see how embarrassed and disgraced she was.
“Thank you Denise for telling me, I really do appreciate it. ”
I tried to get composed before I turned and walked out of the bathroom. As I walked back up the table where Bryce was sitting he had the nerve to smile and wink at me. He must have seen Denise come out of the bathroom behind me because his face fell for a second.
I walked right up to him and gave him my best smile.
“Hey Ellie, is something, um wrong?”
“Nope…. just realized something though Bryce. ”
He looked around as if he was looking for Denise…. or maybe he was looking for a way out.
“Ahhh, what’s that Ells?”
I reached down and picked up a piece of pizza and took a bite of it and then looked at his nice white t-shirt and smiled.
“I realized that you are nothing but a cheating bastard!” I slammed the pizza right into his chest and then picked up his root beer and dumped it over his head.
As I walked away from Bryce I made a mental note to have Jefferson kick his ass.
I was never going to date again!
CHAPTER ONE
Ellie………
Two Years later………
Two days before I was set to graduate and here I stood against my locker in a state of shock. People were walking by and going to class, not knowing the hell I was going through or at least not caring.
Memories of what my mother said to me when I was seven had to come back to me right at that moment.
My whole body started to shake.
Why? I wanted to just scream out as loud as I could WHY?
Maybe my mother was right; no man would ever want me or would ever truly love me. I needed to just give up on them for good.
I just wanted Jefferson, when would he get here? I had to tell him what happened or he will know something is wrong the moment he sees my teary red eyes. Jefferson will know what to do to take away this pain before I have to go home and face my mother. I can never let her know what happened. She will never let me forget this just like she always brings up Bryce. God, I was having a problem getting air in my lungs. I just needed Jefferson.