little lies (an e.d. fanfiction)

✭ chapter 52

song for chapter: love me again by katelyn tarver + play on repeat!!

claire's pov

"i'll be right back," i say to jade before crawling out of my bed.

"where are you going?" she asks, looking a bit concerned.

i swallow and halt in place, "my mom texted me," i turn back around to see her sitting up, "she said we need to talk."

"oh god," she whispers to herself, knowing that this was definitely about the one hundred dollars that i had just spent on the two dresses.

"i know," i say sounding a bit stressed.

my mom had given me her debit card when i told her that jade and i were going shopping with the girls today. typically she doesn't care how much i spend on it unless it's ridiculously high.

she doesn't care about the one hundred dollars that we spent, she cares what it was spent on. my mother always checks her bank statement to see which store i had bought from and i know she had to have done it this time as well.

she probably saw the name of the dress shop and was confused as to why we spent a hundred dollars at the store and then look like we came home empty handed.

i told my mom nothing about prom yet or that we only went shopping for the sole purpose of jade and i finding the perfect dresses.

jade and i are supposed to pick up the dresses this friday after school and return them monday afternoon.

since my mom wasn't aware of any of this information i can imagine she's confused as to why there's one hundred dollars put to her name when it looks like we had bought nothing.

i shrug, "it'll be fine. just wait here," i say before she nods. i creak open my bedroom door to go downstairs and i find my mom sitting on the living room sofa.

she hears my footsteps coming from the stairs and i watch as she pauses the tv show and turns to glare at me.

"would you like to tell me why you spent one hundred dollars at a dress shop?" she says while narrowing her eyebrows, "what are you girls buying dresses for? oh, and better yet- where are the dresses?"

i look away from her and sit at the opposite end of the couch that she was on, "i just," i intake a sharp breath, "i just need to explain to you some things."

i lift my head to look at her and she appears blank, making her look unreadable.

she nods as if she was in slow motion and i have to force myself to gather up the courage to speak, automatically spitting out the first thought that came into my mind, "i have a boyfriend."

she raises her eyebrows and scoffs, "since when?"

my heart was thumping so hard it was starting to hurt, "about a week," i continue to talk in hopes to avoid her questions which i knew were to come, "i'm going to prom with him and jade's going with his brother."

she shakes her head and tries to hide the humorous laugh that was destined to leave her mouth, "so he's a senior?" she says, emphasizing the last word as she completely disregards the part about jade.

"look, i know it sounds bad," i say to her directly and straight forward in hopes of trying to hide the fear in my voice, "and i know what you're thinking, and no, it's not like that."

"oh, really?" she says in a harsh tone and looking at me as if i'm stupid, "and how do you know that?"

i feel myself becoming angry the more my mom doubts me without a care in the world, "because," my mind goes blank and i pause.