THE SUMMER WE MET AGAIN

SHADOW'S BETRAYAL

Coral Miller
"Coral, please wait, I can explain," Kai Turner said, Chasing after me.

"There's nothing to explain, it's quite obvious what you really want" I said loudly, walking straight ahead on the alley.

"So stop following me and just stay away from me" I shouted out in frustration.

I felt his hand wrapped around my wrist tightly, stopping me from walking any further. I turned to face him, my gaze meeting him.

"What?!" I screamed out loudly, my voice laced with frustration and anger.

"You've got it all wrong coral, I can explain!" Kai said, testing to defend himself.

"Really? My best friend?" I said, scrunching my eyebrows, my voice laced with sadness and anger altogether. Tears clouded in my eyes threatening to fall.

"Let me explain!" He said, his hands stretched forward a silent signal telling me to calm down.

"Okay, go on. Say whatever goddamn thing you have to say Kai," I began, the tears streaming down my eyes.

"Because I'm sick and tired of all your bullshit" I declared, my arms outstretched in exasperation.

"Coral, you've got to understand, with me okay?" He said, holding my arms, looking into my eyes.

I stood motionless, my arms crossed over my chest, as silent tears streamed down my face.

Kai and I had been in a relationship for over two years. He was my first love, first kiss, first sex, unfortunately for me he was my first everything. I'm seventeen now and I must I've been a fool to think that this teenage so-called love would amount to anything. Can I call it love or just teenage infatuations?

Recently whenever we hang out, his phone keeps buzzing all the time. I've told myself countless times that I wasn't ever going to check my boyfriend's phone no matter the situation and I stood by my word. I trusted him and believed every word he said.

Lately I was beginning to not believe in my belief anymore, I did not want to believe him anymore or anything else he had to say. I always had the urge every now and then to check his phone, I always wanted to know where he went and wherever he was, I literally became like an overprotective hawk watching over its chick. For some reason I felt he was cheating on me, but I didn't know who he was cheating on me with.

I would leave his place, come back home and cry over the phone with my best friend all night long not knowing that she was a conniving snake behind my back.

All I wanted to do was to just crush her underneath my grip, I could imagine her in between my hands.....

"Are you even listening to me coral?" Kai asked, bringing me out of my thoughts.

"What?!" I asked, confused, wiping the tears off my face.

"Were you even listening to me at all?" He asked again, searching my face for an answer.

"Kai, it's late. I have to go home now" I said, walking away from him.

"I'm sorry, coral," he shouted from behind me.

I ran as fast as my legs could carry, My vision blurred with unshed tears as I fled the arena, my heart pounding a chaotic rhythm against my ribs. Each footfall was a desperate attempt to escape the confines of that suffocating arena, the weight of betrayal pressing down on me like physical force. The familiar walkway seemed to stretch on endlessly, the sterile brick walls mocking my anguish.

A sharp intake of breath halted my frantic escape as a car horn blared, its insistent sound piercing through the fog of my despair. A silver sedan, its headlights blinding in the twilight, careened towards me with a terrifying speed. Time seemed to slow down as I registered the impending doom. My body reacted instinctively, propelling me into the grassy verge just as the whizzed car passed, a mere inches from my outstretched hand.