Forbidden Romance

Forbidden Romance Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight... Secrets

 

Melia had held her word that she wouldn't tell anybody about me and Ben. But every time we were alone, she would hassle me about ending things with him. She even confronted him at school one afternoon, as he was leaving. But when a few other teachers saw her shove him, she earned herself a week of detention.

I had tried to convince Melia I was handling it, that it was my problem and not hers. But she was causing more problems for Ben and I, and I couldn't let her anymore.

But the worst part about a big secret like mine? When someone accidentally lets something slip.

And Melia did.

"I'm so sorry, Lana!" she cried as she sat in my bedroom late one night. "I didn't mean to tell them. I didn't!"

"Well, now they know that I'm most certainly not studying late, or hanging with friends!" I growled. "How could you tell them?"

"I'm sorry," she sobbed.

"You will be!" I hissed. "If anyone finds out, Ben loses his job! And I'll get into trouble, too! And now mom and dad know I'm off having sex every other night! How are they ever gonna trust me again?"

"You're seventeen tomorrow," Melia sniffled. "Hopefully they still trust you. It's not like you exactly tell your parents your screwing a guy. And they don't know who it is yet, so relax!"

"It's only a matter of time before they find out, Mel," I sighed. "It's only a matter of time before everybody finds out..."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"One year. In one year I'm going public. Telling the world we're a couple. I won't be his student, and he won't be my teacher. And I won't be a minor anymore."

"You'll still be a high school student in a year, Lana. You can't."

"No, I won't be. In fact, I won't be a high school student after tomorrow, either."

"Look what he's doing to you, Lana! He's ruining your future!"

"What future? I'm a nuisance!"

"Mom and dad are gonna get suspicious when you quit school, Lana! You can't do it! Ben's fucked up your whole life, and you can't even see it! The next thing you're gonna tell me is that you're pregnant, and engaged!"

"Well..." I began, but hesitated.

"Oh, please don't tell me you're pregnant!"

"No, but I am... kind of engaged..."

"What the hell does that mean?!"

"It means that he asked me if I'd be interested in marrying him someday, and I said yes!"

I stood up from my bed, and Melia grasped my arm, hard.

"Ow! Let me go!" I wailed.

"You're being a moron if you think that that dickhead is marriage material!" she screamed. "He cheated on his wife with you! He got her pregnant! He has three kids to her, and you're still fucking him! There's something wrong with you!"

"It's none of your business!" I shouted. "I'll do whatever the fuck I want, and there isn't a damn thing you can do to stop me!"

"I can ruin your boyfriend's perfect reputation! I can expose your affair! A teacher sleeping with his sixteen year old student?! You'll be all over the headlines! The whole world will know who you are!"