The Rumors

I can't believe this. I failed to serve my boyfriend. Now he hates me so much. I just wish I had just a little bit more control with my loose lips. This would have never happened if my bf and I were so close. This would have never happened if he didn't do what he did. This would have never happened if he didn't trust me so much. It all began the day of the fun fair...

It was an early Saturday morning and my boyfriend, Thomas, and I had been invited to our High School fun fair that was hosted every year. Of course we had to go because we would never miss out on the chance, but I wish that day we hadn't, then my life wouldn't be shattered into pieces. On that day, we met up with our school friends and some of our siblings. Truthfully, I had hoped Mum wouldn't force me to bring Seb, my younger brother, along with me. He was just too irritating to bring along. But...he still came with me.

All of us had so much fun that afternoon until, Thomas and his Year 9 friend group excused themselves to the bathrooms. I knew that them going off by themselves, without any of their girlfriends, meant trouble. BIG trouble. As I knew that if no one went to look after them, something bad would end up happening so of course, I followed them. Fortunately, they didn't head inside the male bathroom, instead, they curved past them and headed towards an alleyway.

I had my eyes on them until they disappeared down the street and all I could see was pitch black, darkness. Luckily for me, they didn't walk all the way down the street, instead, they ended up standing in the dark, just a few metre away from me ( Well I'm pretty sure they were that far down ). All I could hear was the faint voices of Thomas and another guy speaking. My gut feeling told me to walk in closer. My mind told me that that would be an extremely bad idea. I'd always been taught to listen to my gut feeling. To my instincts.

I walked towards them slowly, trying not to make any sound. Their voices grew larger and larger, until I could hear their whole conversation.

"I can't believe we just did that!" One guy exclaimed.

"I know, but we can't tell anyone, understood?" Thomas ordered.

"Not even our girlfriends?" A voice asked.

"...depends if they're trustworthy or not, if you can swear they won't tell any other soul, then you can tell them, if not, then don't." Thomas answered.

"Are you gonna tell Bella?" Another voice asked in a romantic voice.

Immediately I felt my cheeks blush. I was wondering if Thomas was going to tell me what they did when he spoke up and said "Maybe".

My eyes widened in surprise, Thomas had never told me anything that he and the boys did. I shook away my thoughts and focused on their conversation.

"Hey, James, are you going to tell Jemma?" Someone asked.

"Nah, I can't trust her at all!" The guy, James responded.

Then there was a moment of silence and I heard footsteps approaching me. I didn't take another second to think and sprinted back to the fair. Soon after I was back at the fair, Thomas and the boys came too. They whispered something amongst themselves and straight after, Thomas beelined towards me. He walked up to me slowly and in a split second, his hands were brushing my cheekbones and our lips conjoined. We were a perfect match. He leaned back for a split second and it caught my attention. I never realised how young he looked. How handsome he seemed to be. I had never seen him like this, and before I could think anymore, my lips were on his again. We stayed like this for a long moment until he pulled back and whispered to me "I have something to tell you." In my mind all my thoughts were racing, what did he want to tell me? Was it about the conversation I overheard?

Before I could respond to his words, he pulled me to a secret corner in the fair. He leaned over me and spilled all his secrets.

"We drugged someone, me and the boys I mean," Thomas said cautiously, picking his words carefully, "Please don't tell anyone."

I thought about my response for a moment and replied with, "My lips are sealed."

Then the next part seemed to be a blur. All I remember is me going over to the girl group and starting to spread the rumours. After that, I ended up like this. All alone and everyone hating me.

If I had one wish. I would wish for my life to go back to normal. I would wish to rewind time and not spread the rumours. I would wish for Thomas to still love me. But I know, none of my hopes will be fulfilled. This was my destiny. To be alone with hatred coating me in layers.