You belong with me
Part 2
My heart was pounding. Why in the world did I say that?! I looked at my feet. I just couldn’t look at him; I wouldn’t look at him. It would kill me if I did.
He didn’t say anything; he just sat there staring at nothing. I couldn’t take it. I got up.
“Julianne..” He spoke loud and clear. I turned around. “I..”
“What?” I looked at him. I could feel my eyes tearing up and I knew that I had to get away. Usually he was the one to comfort me when I was sad, but I wouldn’t let him do it this time; not when he was the one I was crying over.
“I have to go,” I said as I turned around and ran to my house. When I got inside I closed the door and leaned against it. I slowly slid down and finally sat on the floor. Immediately the tears started to run down my cheeks.
I reached up to lock the door and dragged myself off of the floor, slowly up the stairs and into my room. I let my body fall onto the bed and cried myself to sleep.
I woke up when someone knocked on the door. “Julianne, get up! School starts in an hour!” The voice belonged to my mom.
I groaned; I did not want to go to school today but knowing my mum I had to. The only times I was allowed to ‘skip school’ was if I was really sick and close to dying.
Pulling the covers of my body, I realized that I was still wearing the hoodie and comfy pants from earlier. My heart sank as what happened came back into my mind. I guess I wasn’t going to go to school with Tom like I used to.
I got out of my clothes, just leaving it on the floor and went to the bathroom across the hallway. I showered, dried my body and hair, brushed my teeth and then went back to my room. When I got back I found today’s outfit; a pair of denim shorts, a green top and my black Converse.
When I was ready I went downstairs and sat at the kitchen table.
“Good morning darling,” my dad said, folding the newspaper neatly and putting in on the table.
“’Morning dad,” I answered and poured a glass of orange juice. My mum placed a plate in front of me. I ate my breakfast; toast and fruit and then grabbed my school bag and left the house.
I put on my sunglasses and made my way to school. This day sucked already. I was not talking to my best friend and now I was on my way to school - all alone. I could hear someone run behind me and soon a little boy and girl were running past me. It was like a miniature of what Tom and I used to be like; especially when we were younger. The boy and girl were holding hands and had their school bags with them. They looked so cute and happy, like nothing could tear them apart.
A tear rolled down my cheek - I already missed Tom so much. Why did I tell him? I knew that it wasn’t going to turn out the way I wanted. He was too good for me, and I knew it.
“Julianne!” I heard a voice call behind me. I turned around and took off my sunglasses, placing them in my hair.
“Hi girls..” I smiled at the two coming towards me; Marissa and Annie. They were my best friends besides Tom.
“What’s wrong?” Marissa asked. She knew me too well; I’d only said ‘hello’ to them and she already sensed something was up.
“Nothing..” I shrugged. She sent me one of those ‘I-know-you’re-lying-so-tell-me’-looks and I sighed. “I told Tom..”
“You did not!?” Annie asked shocked. I nodded as we made our way inside the school. This day was going to be hell, mostly because I had almost all my classes with Tom.
I explained everything to the girls as we went to our first class. As we entered the class room I quickly scanned the room to see where Tom was - He was no where to be seen. It was a bit weird not having Tom around in school; he usually came to all classes and was never late, but today he’d not showed up at all. I missed him. I really did. And I knew why he hadn’t been to school that day - it was my entire fault.
The hours dragged by and I kept looking at my watch every 10 minutes, checking what time it was. This day couldn’t go any slower. I just wanted to go home and eat a lot of chocolate to make me feel better.
“Sweetie, if you don’t stop looking at you watch, I am going to take it away from you!” Marissa warned me when we were sat in the canteen eating our lunch.
“I’m sorry, I’ll try to stop.” I said and took a sip of my water. “So tell me, what’s going on with you girls?”
“Well, I have a date with a certain someone..” Annie smiled happily.
“And who is that someone?” I asked as I smiled a bit. It was the first time that had happened since the episode with Tom last night. Twelve hours without smiling is a long time for me, especially when I’m usually someone who smiled twenty-four seven.
“Harry Judd..” Annie grinned, and both Marissa and I squealed. We both knew how crazy Annie had been about Harry. He’s all she ever talks about when she gets the chance.
“That’s great, hun!” I smiled at her. “What about you Marissa?” I asked and turned to her.
“Nothing really, it’s the same ol’ thing going on with Danny,” She smiled happily. They’d been dating for a few months now and were still very much in love.
“That’s good, because we all know that’s you two are made for each other and if you break up..” I said looking at her. She eyed me and then looked behind me. Something was up. I turned around and found Tom standing there.
“Hi Julianne..” He said. I just turned back around, I didn’t know what to say or do. Marissa started to gather up her things and I knew what was going on. They were going to leave me alone with him. I eyed her, telling that they should stay.
“I need to find.. uhm.. Danny.” Marissa said, “Are you coming Annie?”
“Yeah, just give me a sec.” Annie said and quickly got her stuff in her bag. I just sat there looking at the two of them leaving me here with Tom. What was I going to do?