Battle of Hearts

Chapter 14- No pranks

“Okay. Okay just don’t kill me please.” Cameron said and everyone including Ally started laughing.

“But I’m only sitting here because I could take it for a week. You know, I have my limits.” Cameron said referring to his previous fling and everyone started laughing at him again because they all knew the real reason why he was here. Eventually, he had to settle with them because he had no choice since his friends were here with no intention of moving.

Despite the tension in the air the lunch was quite peaceful. Occasionally her eyes would glance at Cameron sitting opposite to her but she would instantly look away hoping he wouldn’t catch her staring. He didn’t make move to talk to her neither did she. Everyone kept joking around but she was quiet the whole time except the mandatory ‘yes’ and ‘no’.

The day ended and she had enough of Cameron’s ignorance.

He even avoided her in class. She thought about it the whole day and she just couldn’t take it anymore. She needed to confront him and reduce the tension between them. She liked it when they were joking around unlike today that felt uncomfortable and strange. She wanted to be forgiven so that he would behave normally with her just like he did before the prank.

When she was home she knew exactly what she had to do. She decided to call Ryan and tell him about how her revenge backfired on her. She realized it would be easier on the phone and hoped he would not be too angry about it.

She called him and told the whole thing and was shocked when he started laughing.

“What? Why are you laughing?”

“Cause I guessed it would be you. And I won. While Luke here thought you would never do such a thing.”  He said and she could hear some more muffled voices.

“Is Luke there too? Where are you guys? Oh shit is Cameron with you too?” she said hurriedly as her mind filled with questions.

“Yes I’m here. I’m so upset. I just lost 10 bucks because of you. And we just finished practice. Don’t worry he’s not here.” she heard Luke’s voice filled with amusement.

“Thank god. But wait, how did Ryan guess?”

“It was pretty obvious. He didn’t tell us straight up but I’m not blind. Never miss the person who is at the sight of the crime.” Ryan said with a hint of confidence in his voice. “You my friend need to stop watching Law & Order so much.” Luke added mocking him.

“But why aren’t you mad at me?” she said interrupting their fight about ‘Law & Order’.

“Why should we? It’s fun to see him get his ass smacked by a girl. And it’s not really your fault.  I mean you didn’t know he had allergy.”  Luke said and she was relieved. At least somebody was on her side.

“I told him that but he didn’t say anything. And I feel really bad.” She sighed at that thought.