Chapter 26

As I walked over to Sara I noticed that the people she was talking to had left and now she was talking to Kris. No. Kris wouldn't. Then I saw the look on Saras face. Kris would. Before I even got to them Sara looked at me with a face I never wanted to see her make. She was crying. So stormed off right past me and out the gym doors. I looked at Kris. Her face was blank and emotionless.

"What the hell did you just do?" I asked low and threateningly.

"I told her the truth." She said, still with no emotion. I couldn't believe Kris would do this. We were supposed to be friends. Best friends. I turned around and ran right past Ollie after Sara.

"Sara please wait." I called. When we were out the school doors she stopped. And turned around to face me. The tears were flowing freely down her face. It killed me. Before she even said anything I was getting choked up.

"You know, I knew what I was getting into when we started. I knew." She said tapping her forehead. "But I thought, you know its just for fun, not big deal. But then it wasn't just fun, it was more. And I thought maybe on some level you felt it too. But I was wrong. It's my own damn fault." She wasn't screaming or yelling. She was talking calmly. I was crying now too.

"Sara I..."

"No Avery stop. I don't want to hear what you have to say, because I know I'll forgive you even though I shouldn't. So don't say anything." With that she walked to her car, got in and drove away.

I stood there crying. I didn't move, I didn't breathe. I just stood there. I heard the doors behind me open but I didn't turn. I just stood. It was Ollie. He came in front of me and didn't say anything. He just hugged me, so I hugged him back and cried. How could this have happened.

"I'll be right back." Ollie said to me after I gathered myself a little bit. I sat outside on the steps waiting for him. I was freezing because it was cold outside and my clothes were drenched in sweat and I didn't have mu jacket. Ollie came back a few minutes later with my backpack.

"You left it in the gym when you went after her." He opened the zipper and pulled out my jacket.

"Here put this on." So I did. "I told my mom that we were gonna go eat, so I'm driving with you."

"Okay." Was all I said. I text my mom what we were doing so she wouldn't worry. After we got in my car and headed to the nearest fast food place.

"How could she do that to me?" I asked as we sat across from each other in the booth.

"I have no idea." he said. "What happened exactly?"

"Kris told Sara what happened before I could even get a chance too. And knowing Kris she probably made it sound worse than it was. We only kissed. And I couldn't even do that with her for very long. I started thinking about Sara and I just had to get out of there." I put my head in my hands that were resting the table.

"I'm sorry Avery." At that moment Ollies food came. I didn't order anything. I couldn't eat, I was too upset. As ollie ate I thought about Sara and Kris. Then I remembered Mack.

"Shit." I whispered.

"What?" Ollie said with a mouth full of burger.

"Mack."

"Oh shit." He said. "Do you think she knows?" He asked

"As soon as she does I'm sure I'll know." About 10 minutes later I got a text from Mack. I knew it was her because i hadn't deleted the text from last week about me being a psycho. The text said

I told you to stay the hell away from my girlfriend.

I showed Ollie the text.

"How the hell did she even find out?" He asked

"Either Kris or Ana. Either way I'm sure she thinks I made the first move and that I'm the one who started it. Everything's a mess right now Ollie. Sara is never going to talk to me again, my best friend is a back stabbing bitch, and now her girlfriend is going to hit me with her car or something."

"Well first things first." He said looking me in the eyes with is green eyes. "Sara."

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After he finished eating I took him home. Ollie actually lived a couple streets over from mine. Who knew? After I dropped him off I went straight home, I didn't drive around, I just went home. I pulled into the drive way about the same time as mom and Lucas. Since he was on Jv, he played the late game, so they were just getting home too. I tried to pretend like everything was great. I tried to pretend like playing a great game was the only thing on my mind. My mom saw right through me, but she didn't push. Lucas was oblivious as always, he just kept going on about all these great plays he had. I listened and nodded where I was supposed to. Every once in a while I would throw in a "Dude that's awesome."

When we finished discussing all of the events of the night, or most of them at least, I went to my room. I looked at my phone. I had a couple texts. One from Ollie asking if I got home safe. Another from Mack, it was some threat I didn't bother to read. And the last was from Kris. All it said was

I'm sorry

Despite all she had done, and it was a lot, I still didn't hate her. Yes I was angry but I know she's been going through hell. I hated this about myself. I always understood the reason why Kris did things. Yes I wanted to never speak to her again but a part of me will always care for her. No matter what she does. I text her back,

We'll talk about it later. Just leave me alone for now.

With that I put my phone on do not disturb and went to take a shower. After my shower I checked my phone. I had a couple more texts from Ollie but that was it. I wanted to call Sara. Try to explain, but I knew it was no use. She was hurt an angry, I had to give her time. I stared up at the ceiling and felt the tears make their way down my cheeks. Every thing just seemed to hurt, physically and mentally. Every breath hurt and it felt like there was a weight on my. Making it hard to breathe.

That night I kept dreaming about a basketball game. It was the same dream over and over. It would restart every time I woke up. I would be on the court. In front of me was Mack and Kris. Behind them under the basket was Sara. She didn't move, she just stood there under the basket. No matter how many combinations I tried I couldn't get past them. I couldn't get to the basket. I couldn't get to Sara. I would try combo after combo but it was no use. Then Sara would walk out of the gym. I would try to go after her but Kris and Mack would push me to the ground and thats when I would wake up. It kept going over and over all night.

The next morning I couldn't find any motivation to get out of bed. I was hurting physically and mentally. At 7:45 my mom came into my room.

"What're you doing? Why aren't you ready for school?" She asked with her hands crossed over her chest. It wasn't an irritated gesture but more of a concerned one.

"I'm sick. I'm not going to school." I lied. My mom came over to my bed and checked my forehead.

"We'll you don't have a fever, but you can stay home." I just nodded and stared at the ceiling. I was thinking about everything and nothing at the same time.

An hour later I heard my phone buzz. It was Ollie.

Hey where are you? You okay?

I debated on whether or not to even text him back. But I ended up texting him.

I'm too depressed to go to school and pretend everything is great.

I'm sorry :( You'll figure this out

I hadn't talked to Sara since last night. I know I had to give her time but at the same time I wanted to tell her how much I liked her and how much it hurt to know I had hurt her. I laid in bed for the rest of the day.