A Game of Love

Chapter 9

ANIKA

"So?" of course, my friends would like to know what happened between me and the she-devil. And yes, she's a devil. Did she know how I felt when she left after that naughty and hot whatever we did inside their office.

I didn't know what happened, I just moaned and then poof, gone, nada! She even used a lame excuse for her to stop whatever she was doing. Freaking class? As if she cares about it.

How could she do that to me?

"She 'Britney-ed' me." I deadpanned.

I gave them a glare when they laughed after I said that. Nothing's funny. And I'm not their laughingstock.

"Ohhhhh!"

"Oops, she did it again." Jonas said while giggling.

"I don't get her. We were doing fine or should I say, amazing. Then, she left me again. Doesn't she know how painful it is?" I whined. Good thing that we're in the furthest corner of this classroom.

"Oh, I know the feeling, Anika. Remember that pizza delivery boy I was telling you guys about? We're in the middle of sexing, and then he left me because he still needs to deliver the pizza that my neighbor ordered." Stacey uttered.

"The one you just dragged when you saw him standing on your neighbor's front door?" Carlie asked.

She heaved a dejected sigh before nodding.

"Yeah. That's the one. I was just really lucky that the toys that I bought from and adult site were delivered that day. So I just used that 7 inches dil--"

"Okay, let's talk about something else." I said interrupting her with whatever she was about to say. I don't want to hear about that things right now. I'm still in pain and I wouldn't want to think that I might try to do what Stacey did just to, ugh, nevermind. I really hate Monique right now.

Like what happened this morning, she didn't even look at me when I walk past her. I mean, hello, we're just making out a while ago and now you're acting that nothing happened? I really can't read her. One minute, she's kissing me, and the next minute, she's avoiding me.

"No. I'd like to know if our theory a while ago that you only feel that certain 'horniness' towards Monique." I looked around after Stacey said that. s**t, what if someone else also heard what she just said? I was relieved because all are other classmates are engaged with each other's conversations.

"Stace, careful with the names! Someone might hear us." I whispered.

"Oh, so we're going to use an alias for her? Let me think of a name that will suit her well."

"We can use M." Jonas suggested.

"Yeah, so she and her friends will know that we're talking about her. Seriously, M, Jonas?" Carlie commented. I totally agree with her.

"Bitchy bitchy boo?" we all looked at Stacey incredulously. What?

She chuckled.

"What? It's cute. And she's a total b***h, so yeah." Stacey explained.

"Stace, we won't call her Bitchy-boo boo or whatever. Or better yet, let's just not talk about her and stop this nonsense." I suggested.

"And miss all the fun? Nah. Never gonna happen, Niks." I grimaced at her. Was she even serious about that?

"Fun, Stace? There's nothing fun in what's happening with me and that--" ugh! What's the best description for her?

"Britney. Let's just go with Britney." Carlie suggested. "Or do you have something else in your mind?" she looked at Stacey. "Not you, Stacey. I was asking Jonas and Anika." Stacey frowned. I think, she was about to say something 'crude' again.

I shrugged. Better than what the other two suggested.

"Attention all faculty, please proceed to the principal's office right now. We will be having an urgent meeting. Attention all faculty, please proceed to the principal's office right now. We will be having an urgent meeting. Thank you." at first, it was really a complete silence, but then, a student shouted.

"YAY! WE'RE FREE! NO CLASSES BABY!" and just like that, it was a total chaos inside our classroom. Well, since we aren't allowed to leave the classroom, they do all their 'fun' activities inside. Bullies are bullying the nerds and geeks, girls gossiping about some guys that they dated and their bitchy friends, and some couples are--uhm, nevermind. I really hate PDAs.

"So, we have 2 hrs to talk about what happened inside the council office between you and M-Britney. Now spill." Stacey excitedly said.

I shook my head.

"No. Not here. I don't want someone else hearing about what happened between her and I. It might ruin her, and she might ruin me." I said.

Jonas raised his right eyebrow.

"She'll ruin you because it might affect her social status? That's bull. It's not that important. I don't even care if I'm at the bottom." I can't help but giggle. I don't know, I just did. I thought of something uh pervy when he said that.

"Jonas, you love being the 'bottom', duh!" that's when all of us giggled. See? Stacey thought about it too.

"Whatever, Stace! I'm serious here." Jonas said with an irritated tone.

"He has a point. Whatever's going on between you and Britney, it has to stop. Maybe she's just curious or just playing with you." am I really getting played at?

"There's nothing going on between us." I said. It's true. I don't even know what's really happening between us. If it just lust, or something else that we both don't know yet. I hope it's the former. It'll be easily controlled.

"Look." I shouldn't have looked at it. I know that's it's normal for us to see couples who are making out in the classroom, but seeing Monique and Mike kissing 'again' after what happened with us a while, it's just too much for me to handle. But I couldn't let them know what I'm feeling right now, so I smiled and shrugged.

"What's new? They always do that." I said trying to sound casual.

Carlie sighed.

"What I was trying to say is, she'll never choose you or whatever's going on between you two over her boyfriend. For people like Britney, their social status is the most important thing in school. And a Justine Timberlake will help her with that. And a Katy Perry like you, might ruin it for her." I furrowed my eyebrow.

"Katy Perry?" I asked. Why am I being a Katy Perry?

"I kissed a girl and I liked it, DUH!" I sighed. But it was just one girl. And look what it has done to me.

"And not just once, thrice!" Stacey teased. "I wonder if how far will they--"

"Stace. Stop. Not happening. It was just a mistake." I said.

"It's considered as a mistake if you did it once, but 3 times? I don't think it was a mistake, Anika." I looked again at Monique and I was surprised when I saw her looking at me too.

I saw something in her eyes, but it automatically changed to annoyance.

"What are you looking at, you freak?!" oh there's 'that' b***h again.

I shook my head, I don't want to make a scene again.

"Oh, she's just telling us about your PUNISHMENT, Monique." s**t! No, no, no, Carlie, stop.

"What was your punishment, Sis? I thought you're going to tell me?" Kitty asked Monique.

"Do you want us to tell you what your friend did to my friend, Kitty?" I gave Carlie a pleading look. No, please. No one needs to know about that.

Monique was looking at me as if asking if I my friends knew what's going on between us, and I just avoided her gaze.

"You told them?" I can sense the tension in her voice.

The whole class got quiet and looked at us.

I looked at her sheepishly.

"I-I, yeah. I told them that you let me kneel and beg for-for your forgiveness. And I-I did what you told me to do because I'm afraid that you might get mad even more if-if I didn't." I lied. I had to tell it because her friends are waiting for my answer.

I saw Kitty frowned.

"That's it? You forgave her that easy?" she asked her friend sounding disappointed.

Monique was relieved when she heard her friend. Good, they bought it.

She shrugged.

"I wasn't in the mood when I saw her. And she begged for forgiveness so it's fine. After all, she's just some nerd so why waste my energy." she said with a blank expression. "At least now she knows where she stands." she added.

I nodded.

"Yeah." I said while looking at her directly. "I know where I stand. And again, I apologize."