You betrayed me

The rain has slowed down by the time we got to school. We walked quickly, Terrance guiding me around puddles. When we got inside school, I got Terrance to sit down a bench and dried his hair.

When I finished, I sighed. "I can't believe you forgot your umbrella. What would you have done without me?"

I tried to sound annoyed, but, really, I am very happy when Terrance relies on me. We didn't have much time, but I combed his hair as well.

Terrance opened his mouth to say something, but then quickly closed it again. "What? Did it hurt?"

Did I finally find Terrance this weakness? I smiled while thinking that. Luckily, he is looking away and doesn't notice it.

"No, it's not that."

Terrance looked a little uncomfortable. Had something bad happened at home? We haven't talked about that for a while.

"How about be skip-" Before I could finish, Terrance interrupted me.

"I'll tell you later." Terrance got up and started walking towards the classroom.

"Ha? Wait!" I said running after him. This guy is really a hand-full.

***

I waited a little before going into the classroom after Terrance. I didn't want people to know that we came in together. When I walked in, though, I saw Eleanor reach over and say something to Terrance.

I'm not so surprised. She did seem right, the sneaky kind of girl, trying to get Terrance to spy on me behind my back. But it isn't going to work. Terrence never talks to anyone except me.

At least that's what I had thought until that very moment when Terrence turned and replied to her.

Since I was still at the front of the class, I couldn't tell what they were talking about. But when he saw me looking at him, he quickly turned away from Eleanor and continued working. Or at least he is pretending to work; His pen isn't moving.

This isn't real, right? This is some kind of nightmare.

"Sophie?"

For a moment, I was stunned. How long did I stand there thinking? The teacher's voice broke me out of it.

I walked over and took my seat. My eyes and heart, hollow and grey. Terrance had betrayed me.

***

"Sophie, please listen to me. I-"

"I don't want to hear it." I said, cutting him off sharply. Terrance, you can't imagine how much my heart is hurting right now. "You're a liar. You betrayed me."

"Sophie…" He looked at me with watery eyes as he said this. It tugged at my heart.

My eyes had also started to fill with water and my sight is getting blurry. I turned away from him. I didn't want to see me crying. "Stay away from me."

I tried to walk away, but Terrance grabbed my hand. I yanked it away from him. "Don't touch me, you… you foreigner!"

I didn't mean to say that. The moment towards left my mouth, I knew it was a mistake. That's not the way I felt at all. I was just angry.

"Terrance, I-"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have touched you." Terrence didn't look at me when he said that. But I could hear from his voice that he was hurt. My head kept saying sorry over and over again, but my mouth wouldn't move. "I will go now."

Terrance began to walk away. I reached out my hand to grab his shirt. But I stopped it just before I touched him. We both needed time to think about this.

I watched him walk away until he was out of sight. And then, I cried so hard that it hurt. Whenever it is about Terrance, it always hurts so much.