Chapter Fifteen

The beginning of the end

Today was the day.

It was the day that Riley and I had been working ourselves into the ground for just for a glimmer of hope that we could even dream about wining. Well I was doing it more for Riley than myself but he didn’t have to know that, he already had enough leverage over me now with the fact that I was his official Girlfriend.

Oh how Dilly and I jumped up and down in joy screaming ourselves silly for over an hour about the whole thing.

The only thing that was niggling at me about the whole thing was that the stick girl had not shone herself at all. She had neither voiced her onions on my relationship with Riley nor attempted to get rid of me in anyway. The girl was planning something and my gut instinct was telling me that what ever she had planned was going to happen soon, really soon.

“Oh this is so exciting” Dilly voiced from behind me putting her finishing touches to my girly look that she had insisted on doing, which I was very much grateful for because lets face it I would make a totally mess out of it.

“For you maybe” I grumbled arms around me “I feel like I’m going to throw up at any second.”

“That’s just the nerves” My mother breezily commented stepping into the room her camera at the ready to document the while day from beginning to end. Was it normal to feel dizzy when ever you stood up as well? I wondered. “So is Riley coming here?”

“No we agreed to meet there” My mother pouted a little at the idea. It was more my idea than his. I didn’t think he’d want to be bombarded by my mum and her paparazzi style of taking pictures. Then there would be my dad when ever he eventually got here questioning him once again.

“I’m going to go get some air” I said quickly rising out of the chair almost ending up back in it just as fast at the sudden dizziness that attacked me. At least neither of them had notice anything, to busy talking to each other about how I should be more girly more often.

Maybe I could see Riley real quick, just to calm my nerves a little. He’d understand how I’m feeling right now. So taking a few calming breaths I step out into the fresh air and let me feet take me to Riley on auto pilot mind wondering off.

“Oh Riley” were the breathless words that awoken me from my daydreams outside of Riley’s home, eyes going wide, feet rotted to the spot.

The twig was currently hugging my boyfriend and not in a friend kind of hug, no it was an “I want you so bad kiss me now” hug, that fucking bitch that is my boyfriend!

“Excuse me! Would you be so kind as to release my boyfriend!” I growled at her mostly out of anger and the fact that I now had a pounding headache with the dizziness I had been feeling since I woke up that morning.

“Kayla!” she faked gasped slowly removing her offending limbs off of Riley.

“Why exactly are you here twig?” I bit out eyes locked coldly with hers.

“She only came to wish me good luck” Riley butted in.

“I didn’t ask you, I asked her” I snapped at him gaining a glare in return.

Why couldn’t he see it? She obviously wanted him, made moves on him yet I was always in the wrong whenever it was between us on whose side he should take.

“Its just as he said Kayla” she shrugged malicious smile on her face “What kind of friend would I be if I didn’t wish him good luck”

That was it. Why did I have to be her victim of all her cutting remarks? I’d done nothing but get parried up with Riley which was no fault of mine. Heck we even hated one another in the beginning. All she had to do was tell Riley how she felt about him which from the local gossip Dilly had told me she had never done. I did I provoke so much hate from her?

“Why do you hate me so much? I murmured vaguely wondering if the black spots in my vision were something to worry about.

“Just look at you” she replied moving to step in front of me taking me in from head to toe, “You come in not having a care in the world about how you look or any sort of self loathing. Do you know how much I wish I could love myself the way you do?” She cried.

“But…..but.. I thought you liked Riley?” I stammered.

“Ha! I was jealous of you, and everyone could tell that there was something between you even if you too were too blind to see it at the time. I just wanted you to feel at least a fraction of what I feel.” She looked so lonely and full of so much self hatred that I could understand a little of why she had done it.

“You still shouldn’t have done it” I answered her, trying to remain standing with all my will power.

“Perhaps” she conceded.

“Kayla, you okay?” Riley asked worry laced in his voice finally interrupting mine and the twigs conversation of revelations.

“I’m fine was” my automatic response though I know deep down that I was far from being fine at all before I felt myself tumbling down towards the ground.

“No your not” gritted Riley out as he caught me “your not at all” he mumbled lovingly brushed away the hair that had fallen onto my pale face.

“I’ll be okay really” I replied trying uselessly to pull myself up and out of his grip in my weak state “We’ve got a dance competition to win, if we go now we can still make it” I pleaded to him.

“I’ll be fine” I burst out managing to get out of his grip on me and on to my feet but another wave of dizziness and sickness hit me once again and before I knew it the world around me had gone black.

A/n: Yes i know this chapter is most likely really bad but in all honesty i just want to get this story finished and move on to something new.