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"Fuck! We are in some big shit," Rain said, as we got out of the English class.
"What are you talking about, Rain?" I asked him as we walked into the corridor.
"It's better if you don't know, Luffy," he replied as he got his phone out from his pocket. He typed something before he put the phone near his ear, "Cloud, they are here. Call me as soon as you got this message."
"What's happening?" I asked Rain.
"Nothing," he replied.
"It doesn't seem like nothing to me," I said and Rain sighed.
"Luffy, stop asking questions, you don't want the answers," Rain told me.
"But I want to know the answers," I said.
"No, you don't," he said and I gave up. I wasn't getting any answers from him.
We both turned around the corner and came face to face to a group of people who were all grouped around two persons who was fighting. As we came closer, I saw that it was indeed Emma and Nicolas who was fighting.
"What's happening?" I asked as I quickly walked towards them. I made my way to the group of people, stumbling in some people by the way, but I finally succeeded into arriving in front of Emma and Nicolas. I tried to go to them but someone took my hand to stop me.
"Don't, Luffy," Rain told me.
"But they are my friends," I said and he shook his head.
"Let them be," he said and I looked back at Emma and Nicolas who were still fighting.
"Nicolas, don't do this," Emma pleaded as the tears fell down her cheeks.
"How many times must I tell you that? We are over, Emma," Nicolas said in exasperation and Emma cried harder.
"But I love you," she said and Nicolas shook his head.
"No, if you loved me, you wouldn't have cheated on me," Nicolas said as he tried to walk away but Emma stopped him.
"It's not what you think. Please let me explain," she pleaded and made Nicolas more angry.
"We're over, Emma. Get over it," Nicolas shouted at her and then he walked away. Emma continued to cry as the people around started to take theirs phones out to take pictures of her. As I walked to her, Ken and the others arrived.
"Emma, what happened?" Jennifer asked her friend as Ken and Gina told the people around to stop taking pictures.
"Nicolas, broke up with me," she replied while crying and I heard Rain sighed in exasperation behind me as I arrived in front of Emma.
"Stop crying, little girl. I'm sure that you will get a new boyfriend very soon," Rain said out loud and Emma and the others looked at us. Emma's eyes fell on me and Rain and her face immediately decomposed.
"What do you want, Luffy?" She asked me harshly and I was a bit taken back by her tone of voice.
"Why are you angry with me?" I asked her and she looked at me in disbelief.
"I have every reasons in the world to be angry with you. It's because of you that Nicolas broke up with me," she shouted at me and it was my turn to look at her in disbelief.
"Calm down your voice, little crybaby," Rain warned Emma as he stepped in front of me and Emma laughed.
"Luffy, you are really a slut," Emma told me, "First, it was Cloud and now it's his brother."
"What are you talking about, Emma?" Jennifer asked her.
"Oh, you don't know," Emma said before giving me a hateful glare, "Luffy kissed Cloud."
I didn't think that I have been so shock in my entire life and everyone was in the same state that I was in. Ken's eyes nearly got out of theirs orbit while a gasp escaped Jennifer and Gina. I was completely lost.
"I didn't kiss Cloud," I said, unable to keep the disbelief out of my voice.
"Yes, you did. You kissed him in front of me," she said and I shook my head.
"When exactly did you see that?" Ken asked her.
"Friday night, at the party," Emma replied and I became more confused than I was before.
"I didn't go to this party," I said.
"Luffy now, you are lying. I saw you at the party," Ken said and I shook my head.
"I didn't go to the party, I just stayed in the car, I didn't enter the house," I said but it looked like nobody believed me.
"You're a liar. You were at the party and I saw you kissing Cloud. Don't deny it," Emma told me before adding, "Rain, tell him. I'm sure that Cloud told you what happened."
I looked at Rain, silently praying that he said that it was not true and that I never kissed Cloud but when I looked at his face, I knew that it was true.
But how?
How could it be?
I didn't remember kissing anyone. I didn't even remember leaving the car. If I had kiss him, I should remember, shouldn't I? It was pretty damn important.
"I don't remember kissing him," I said finally and Emma snapped.
"Stop lying," Emma shouted at me, "You kissed him. You even let him insult me. It's because of both of you that Nicolas broke up with me, you little piece of shit."
To say that I was hurt by her words, would not be enough. How could she say that it was my fault? I didn't remember doing anything and I surely didn't remember kissing Cloud. Emma didn't seem to be sorry with her words, which made me wonder.
Maybe she was telling the truth and I really did kiss Cloud. But if it was true, this meant that Frederick lied to me when he said that when he got back to the car, I was still asleep. It also explained why he was avoiding me. Maybe he didn't want me to know the truth? But again, it didn't make sense.
I opened my mouth to say something, anything but I couldn't find the words to say. What could I say to her anyway? Even if I said that I didn't remember, she wouldn't believe me, as well as the others. Ken, Jennifer and Gina were trying to put on a good face but I knew what was going on in theirs heads. They were asking themselves, how could I do that to Emma? How could I kiss Cloud?
"That's enough," Rain said finally and I looked at him with teary eyes, "Apologize immediately."
"What? I'm not going to apologize," Emma said and Rain stepped towards her. Ken and Gina came to stand beside Emma and Jennifer.
"Apologize, immediately," Rain ordered again but Emma only glared at him.
"Rain, let it be," I said finally but he didn't listen to me.
"Emma, I won't tell you that twice," Rain said, "If you don't apologize immediately, I'm going to make your life a living hell and trust me when I say that I'm worst than Cloud."
"I won't. I don't have to, he is not my friend after all," Emma said and now I felt really hurt. I looked at Emma and the others, expecting someone to say that it wasn't true, that I was still their friends but nothing. So I didn't stand here any longer and walked away.
Now, I lost all of my friends because I did something that I didn't even remember doing. Of course, if Emma won't talk to me anymore, the others also won't. I could say goodbye to the few friends, I had here.
I arrived in front of the man toilet and I entered. Fortunately, there was no one inside, I didn't want to deal with anyone right now. I went in front of the mirror and looked at my face.
Have could I have no memory of Friday night? As more as I tried to remember, I felt like I was going more far away from the truth. I heard the door of the toilet opened and then Rain came in. He gave me a small smile.
"Are you alright?" he asked me as he came to stand beside me.
"I think I will survive," I replied.
"Don't mind what Emma said to you. She is a bitch," Rain said with a smile and it stayed silent for some seconds.
"Rain, did I really kiss Cloud?" I asked him, hesitantly and he sighed.
"It's Cloud who kissed you. You just kissed him back," Rain replied.
"But I don't remember anything," I told him, "How could it be?"
"Don't worry about it, Luffy. Cloud and you kissed, that's all. Emma has nothing to say about it, so you don't have to worry about her," Rain told me and I nodded slowly.
"I just don't understand why she is so angry. I knew that she hates Cloud but not at this point," I said.
"Emma is not who you think she is," Rain told me, "She is manipulated bitch. She loves to talk bad about people but it's clear that she has never looked at herself in the mirror. It's not your fault that Nicolas broke up with her, she is the one who cheated her boyfriend with someone else. She is just trying to put on all the blame on you."
I smiled at Rain and he smiled back at me. He was trying to make me feel better and I must say that it was working. I felt more comfortable with Rain now. At first, I didn't really feel good in his presence, but having pass a few hours with him made me feel better.
Another weird thing.
"Alright, lets go have lunch, I'm starving," Rain said finally, "You can come and sit with me and my friends, Luffy."
I gave Rain a thankful smile and we both went out of the toilet and started to work towards the lunch room. We talked and laughed on the way. Rain was really funny but I knew that a part of him was dark, just like Cloud.
Everything has been weird since this day had started.
I was missing something. Something really important.
And I was going to find out what.
But first, I needed to talk to Cloud.
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