I sighed. "Please don't tell me your boyfriend is Abeo Oluwa."
"Everyone knows they are dating!" Pari shouted, her eyes watering from anger. "And you did too! But you still went after her boyfriend."
"I did no such thing." I said calmly. "I didn't know he was your boyfriend. He came to me last night. I didn't throw myself at him."
"What do you have against Boonsri, huh?" Pari asked, totally ignoring what I just said. "You keep coming at her. First the test and now this! Even after we tried to put it behind us and gave you a chance at friendship, you went and did this."
"Funny how you decide to come and yell at me when I wasn't the one who cheated," I said. "Where's Abeo? Why aren't you yelling at him?"
"He's here!" Someone said excitedly from a corner and pointed at Abeo who was just about to exit the doors.
We turned and saw him mutter something under his breath before throwing a glare at the person who called attention to him.
"Abeo!" Boonsri called sternly. "Come over here right now."
Abeo walked gingerly towards us, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. "Hey, Boonsi. What's up?"
"Again? You slept with another girl again? What's your excuse this time?"
He winced, not looking at either of the girls on her sides but I could feel their burning gaze on him and it wasn't even directed at me, at least not yet.
"Listen, Boonsi. I think we need to talk," he said quietly. "Can we talk?" He extended a hand to her.
"No, whatever it is say it right here. She isn't going anywhere with you," Pari said sternly.
"I appreciate your need to be protective of her, Pari but the thing is she can decide that for herself," Abeo snapped.
"No, she's right. Say what you want. Right here, right now." Boonsri said, her eyes glassy and I rolled my eyes. I wasn't in the mood for a live soap opera.
"I don't think you'd want to hear it with all of these people present."
"I don't care. Just explain yourself. Why did you do this to me again?" Boonsri said stubbornly.
Abeo exhaled sharply. "Fine, if that's what you want. For the hundredth time, I want to break up with you. And this time it's final. You can't get me back no matter what you decide to do. When we started dating, I liked you but now I don't and I really didn't want to cheat on you all those times but you just kept trying to get me back, it's like you never left me alone. I really don't like you anymore, Boonsi. I'm sorry but this has to stop. We're not good for each other. Find someone who can be faithful to you." Then he looked at me. "And Julia really didn't know I was your boyfriend. She didn't even know me until last night. Stop blaming her. She's done nothing wrong. If you want to yell or curse at someone about this, you just have to find me."
"Wow, great performance both of you," I said and clapped. "But did you really think I couldn't see through your little plan here, Boonsri? It was you who asked him to go after me last night, didn't you?"
Abeo's eyes widened. "Julia, I told you it wasn't her. It was no one. I was just messing with you. No one put me up to this."
"How stupid do you think I am?" I asked with narrowed eyes and scoffed. "Wow, you little manipulative asshole."
"What are you on about?" Boonsri asked. She didn't look like she was paying much attention to what I was saying as she continued looking at Abeo.
Nia grabbed her arm. "Are you okay?"
She sniffled. "Abeo, I really like you. I'm sorry if I did something wrong. I can't let you do this to us. We can get through this together."
Abeo sighed. "Can you please just stop this?! I've cheated on you countless times. Why the fuck are you begging me to take you back." He grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "Boonsi, you're the smartest girl I've ever met. Why are you being stupid right now?! Where's your pride? See, this is what I talking about. It's like you only think you're worth something if you're with me."
"Alright, how about you take your drama elsewhere and let me eat?" I interrupted before Boonsri could say anything.
Nia and Pari glared at me. Abeo's lip twitched in amusement but he took Boonsri's hand and led her away.
"Do I have to specifically tell you to get out of my face?" I asked Pari and Nia who still hadn't made a move to leave.
"Julia, I really thought we could be friends but seeing how much you hurt my friend, no matter if it was intentionally or not doesn't sit well with me. If you try and hurt any of us again, there'd be hell to pay," Nia said calmly and out of the corner of my eye I saw Frida shiver. "Come on, Pari. Let's go," she said and Pari nodded.
Once Nia left, Pari smirked. "Nia might be giving you another chance but not me, honey. See you in PE," she said before grabbing a fry off my tray and winking at me.
I huffed, gripping the edges of my tray tightly. "I'm so angry–" I began.
"Angry? Wrong reaction. You should be terrified!" Frida said, sounding every bit of that.
"–that she ate my fucking fry," I completed.
"I would be too," Eli said and placed a fry from his tray into mine. "Normally I wouldn't share but you're special."
"Thanks," I muttered.
I heard people whispering again after things died down.
"What a slut." Someone said, not even bothering to be quiet about it.
"Since when did she become so shameless? Going after someone else's boyfriend," another tsked.
"Didn't know she was so desperate for attention."
I ignored them, not even the least bit affected. I had been faced worse things. Unsurprisingly I didn't hear anyone rebuke Abeo. According to them, it was my fault he cheated on her. No wonder they weren't known as the smartest people in this school.
"Are you okay?" Eli asked.
"I'm fine, Eli. This is nothing honestly," I assured him, glad to have him and Frida still by my side.
Just as I closed my locker after taking books for the entire class after lunch, I saw Abeo leaning against the one next to mine with his arms folded over his chest.
"Hi," he said sheepishly.
I ignored him and started walking in the opposite direction.
"Hey, I know you're angry with me and I'm sorry." He caught up to me and grabbed my arm, causing me to stop and regard him. "Last night was incredible. You were incredible. I felt this connection between us that I haven't felt for anyone else, not even Boonsi. It was the reason I finally told myself to break up with her. I couldn't continue harming both of us by being together. I'm sorry you were involved."
"Apology not accepted," I said. If anything what he said just made me feel worse.
"Come on, I'm really sorry." He took my books from me even though he already had his to hold onto. "Look, Boonsi and I were never right for each other but I couldn't bear to break her heart before today. She never wanted to let go of me."
"You cheated on her with me, Abeo. It's certainly not right to remain in a toxic relationship but cheating on her wasn't the right way out of it. Not only is she the one who's affected by this but I am too. I was part of the reason that someone got cheated on."
Suddenly hooking up with Kaan seemed a better option than Abeo.
I helped someone cheat. Vince cheated on me. What difference did it make between us. It made me feel sick.
"I don't want to see you right now." I said and snatched my books back from him. "Actually I don't ever want to to see your face."
Abeo called after me but I didn't respond.
"I'm going to make it up to you, I promise!" He said before hurrying over to his class.
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