Ex Bestfriend

"Have you seen the new forum?" Anna gushed clapping her hands together excited. I sucked in a deep breath. I couldn't help but think about how my senior year would look like. I have a strange twang in my guts that I wouldn't be as invisible as I was. It was a feeling. My whole life in Summerfield, I'd managed to be the girl no one looks at twice - that's so great.

I never wanted to be the center of attention in a school like Summerfield, it was more like a dream come true. Though my freakish glasses and skirts weren't helping matters. Imagine how I feel knowing this year was gonna change my life -hope it's for the better though.

A snap of the finger dragged me out of my thoughts, I blinked. Anna had a frown on her face - yeah, she was talking about something.

I stared down at the book in front of me and then back to Anna who tilted her head.

"Fine, I heard nothing -What were you saying?" I asked and her lips curved downwards. She does that whenever she's pissed. I just managed to make the only friend I had pissed off. How good is that on a scale of one to ten?

"Reggie is joining us for Senior year" she said simply but a thousand bells went off in my head.

Reggie!

Reg -fucking - gie!

"What?!" the shriek left my lips before I could shut it in. It didn't sound like my voice at all. It sounded like a wounded animal waiting for rescue - thanks for that imagery, mind.

Anna had a satisfied grin on her lips, I sat upright pinning her with my eyes.

"You were kidding right?" I asked, she dipped her hand into the candy jar throwing a candy into her mouth and crushing noisily.

"Unfortunately, no Charlie. It's on the forum and the students are excited Reggie would be coming back" she paused, staring back at me with accusation in her eyes "- don't tell me you haven't gone online" she asked and I rolled my eyes.

"If I had gone online, I wouldn't be this 'surprised' " I said right before burying my face into my hands.

Not Reggie.. Why my heart was drumming so fast I felt like dipping my hands inside my chest and pull it out. Five years. How is one supposed to feel on hearing that your best friend crush who didn't contact you for five years is back? Rage right? Why do i feel different?

"- Uh-huh, you're thinking again. You still love him right?" Anna asked and i shook my head. I couldn't give an answer to that question now. I'd gotten something to bug herself with till Monday when school resumes.

Aargh... I had the feeling.

I peered up at Anna from my glasses, she was munching another candy while she gathered her books. Study period over, I guess.

"Got a date to catch up" she gave a candy filled toothy grin and a pang of loneliness shot through my body.

I managed a smile at Anna.

"Yeah, don't keep Liam waiting" I added and she stared at me with bored eyes.

"Not Liam, Aiden" she said and I nodded. She'd broken up with Liam, a week ago. Guess, that escaped my mind too.

Several seconds after Anna was gone, I still sat in the position I'd been.

Anna was pretty, like very pretty. With brown eyes and that contrasted with her blonde hair. She was the kind of change, guys went for. Let's not talk about her long legs and breasts, she was beautiful but me?

I shook my head and stood up, gathering my books in my hands and taking them to the shelf. I refuse to engage in any self depressing and self deprecating talk.

I'm beautiful, I'm perfect, I'm what the world needs, I..

I closed my eyes, I don't feel like any of it right now. I feel like the hairless cat that everyone looks with pity and disgust.

I walked out of my room shutting the door behind me, I raked a finger through my hair, trying to tame my wild black curls. Mum doesn't like it when I look unkept, in fact, she doesn't like me.

I felt that loneliness seep into my bones, I took a deep breath.

No self deprecating and depressing thoughts, Charlie.

The house was awfully quiet and it meant one thing, Jessica wasn't home. Jessica was my - Uh, junior sister. Well, we don't look alike. Jessica took after my mum, in terms of beauty and all.. And me, I'm just me.. The different child.

Mum wasn't home either.. Everyone goes out without telling me anything. I checked the fridge, I could probably get something to eat. Yeah, like peanut butter and bread classify as food but nonetheless, I took it and returned to my room. Settling on the bed, I brought out my laptop, logged in on facebook. I typed in 'Reggie Whitlock', I took a huge bite of my bread mixed with peanut butter.

Let's see how far you'd grown Reg..

"You can't sit with me" she protested. I gave no reply just sinking next to her. I'd been watching her. She doesn't go to the cafeteria, she's always on her own, sitting by the tree staring at the fence blankly.

She looked like eleven, she'd probably be eleven.

She was uncomfortable, I made her uncomfortable. Instead of leaving, like every good boy will. I was selfish enough to scoot closer to her.

She had green eyes, but it was always shielded by her glasses. It seemed like she was hiding from life.

"What's your name?" I asked her staring at her face, too directly and she flinched moving away from me.

The urge to protect someone had never been stronger, I wanted to gather her in my arms and soothe her.

Funny, coming from me. I was what she should run from.

I decided to do the speaking for both us.

"I'm Reggie, I think I'm a year ahead of you - I don't bite yunno" i said picking pebbles and throwing them at the fence. I could feel her gaze on me but decided not to pay attention.

"I have no friends" i laughed humorlessly "- the people around me wants something from me, it's not easy being the heir of a billion dollar fortune.. They all fucking need something" I laughed again.

"You're using a bad word" was her timid reply. Yeah, she was scolding me. Why in hell does that feel good?

I glanced at her, she was pretty. Not Bianca kind of suffocating pretty, but a nice change for a start.

"Thank you" i said, i didn't miss the surprise that crossed her face for a second. I rarely said 'thank you', seems like my reputation had preceded me... Again.

"Charlotte" she muttered. Her name. That was her name but i pretended not to understand.

"Hmm? " I asked still throwing the pebbles but my eyes were on her face that I didn't miss when she rolled her eyes.

It was... Cute.

"My name, dumbhead" she said, her eyes widened before she clasped a hand over her mouth. My lips twitched and i chuckled.

Dumb head? I'd always been told, I was a smart kid and she called me a dumbhead.. Ha

She stood up, grabbing her bag.

"Sorry, I'm sorry" she apologized, before i had a chance to say anything else.. She was gone.

I watched her go, why do I like her so much?

"How excited are you? On the scale of one to ten?" Aiden asked as I downed my glass of scotch. It burned down my throat, it was reality - yeah, reality.

"Two" I said dryly and Leo scoffed pouring me another glass. They were trying to get me drunk. It was fucking obvious.

"Loser" Aiden grumbled under his breath but i wasn't paying him any attention. I would be going back to SFHS, there was panic brewing in me. I would meet my past after five years. How I confront it would determine how far I'd grown for the last five years.

"- Charlie.." my ears stood on alert. Aiden was saying something to Leo who looked as uninterested as always. The dude never changes.

Trying to sound as uninterested even though, I wanted all information concerning Charlotte. Merely thinking about her name, bile rose in my throat. I should be hating her, I shouldn't be interested.

"Charlie huh?" I asked swirling my drink inside the glass my eyes on it, when in truth I wanted to give Aiden a death glare.

"I meant Anna, a friend of Charlie" he said and Leo shot me a look. He knows everything, behind his cold exterior was a good listener. I'd kept in touch with him for the last five years, he knew every single fucking thing I went through.

I kept mute not giving Aiden the reply he wants so much. I couldn't give myself away.

"Summerfield! Here we come!" he said raising his glass, in form of a toast and downed it.

Leo and I exchanged a look before drinking ours. Of all three of us, we knew Aiden was the one with the most problems, he only managed to conceal it with the ' I don't give a fucking damn attitude' the dude's stepmother was literally hitting on me.

Aiden was cool, he was handsome with his carefree personality, he had girls around him always.

Leo had the most girls around him, seems like girls has a huge turn on for danger, because Leo was literally screaming dangerous. They always want something they could not have. Leo's story isn't mine to tell.

"You're still on with Bianca?" Leo asked and I shook my head. I haven't contacted Bianca just as I haven't contacted - Charlotte.

Bianca was my girlfriend or better still ex - they'd always been on since Middle school, then as friends.

When I was in his Sophomore year, i asked her to be my girlfriend. She was clingy as fuck. I'd been spending much time with Charlotte than i did with her, it angered her. Bianca had a thing for rivalry, she could go to any length to make sure she get what she wants.

And I was the price.

"Party tonight?" Aiden asked looking curiously from me to Leo.

"-No" I said and he grinned.

"Wanna get up early for school then, you're excited about this" he said and I forced a tight smile.

Just tonight, I'd give myself away. After now, I'd unleash my wrath.

***

I drove into the school roughly, sure enough that my Rolls Royce Sweptail had left a trail of dust behind him. Soon enough, he would draw attention to himself and I'd be the hot guy who owns a Rolls Royce.

I closed my eyes.

I need the will Amo, all the strength you could give to me

I stepped out of the car donning my shades and true enough there was already a couple of people staring -at my car. The girls were the first to notice me, they always was. Aiden had said I was trending on the school blog. My comeback was no longer quiet and a surprise because fucking Aiden had done the announcement himself.

"OMG, is that Reggie?"

A girl had asked before the shrieks went off, fucking noise everywhere. I groaned -the attention was no longer new, and i needed something new.

My gaze went to the side of the fence were the tree would had been - yeah, been.

They removed it, the comfort zone of students. Everywhere looked different, not bad different -a good one.

Students gathered around me, some I knew and some -I haven't even seen them in my whole fucking life and they'd pretending to know me.. Ha!

I wouldn't deny my eyes were searching the faces, I couldn't help myself. I spotted a dark curl and a smile threatened to make it's way to my lips but I bit it back.

She still left her curls untamed, and fuck him if i haven't envisioned running his fingers through them countless times in a way much different scenario.

She stood far away from the crowd of bodies swamping him, yeah, she hates crowd.

She still had her glasses and skirts, her eyes were literally glowing -she looked innocent and at that thought, hate slammed into me.

She isn't fucking innocent, she's a wolf in a sheep's clothing.. She's a murderer.