by Scot McAtee
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Class goes by fast, strangely, and I go back to Devin’s locker to wait for her since she gets a ride from me. Like always she takes her sweet time, so I decide to look down the hall to see who was there. I saw Chad but it seemed like he did the same thing Dakota did and pretended he didn’t see me. I frowned and looked back at Devin who was now finished.
“Does everyone not like me today?” I groan to Devin who shrug once more and we began to walk towards where my car was.
“Did you hear the rumor?” Devin questions when I pull out of the parking space.
“What rumor?” I put the car into drive and began to head to my house.
“So you know how Dakota had the party last weekend, but we couldn’t go because of the concert?” She didn’t look at me when she talked; she looked down at her phone. Devin not giving me eye contact worries me more.
“Yeah…” I trail as worry bubbles in my system as she slowly tells her story about the rumor.
“Well, I guess a lot of people were at the party, including Chad and all of his… friends. Then I guess someone brought alcohol to the party. Then that’s when things got crazy. Like people called parents and parents came and everything-”
“Devin,” I get her attention, because now she is rambling and trying to avoid the point.
“Fine, okay so Chad I guess drank some and one thing lead to another. Supposedly he and Dakota slept together,” Devin said fast to get it all out.
I slammed on the breaks and turned off to the side of the road.
“That can’t be true. She knows how much I like him. I bet someone made up that stupid rumor for fun. People are idiots,” I rambled on and on. I pulled back on the road after apologizing for my actions.
I can’t get the stupid rumor out of my head as I’m driving. I don’t believe that Dakota would do that. She was such a nice person and she knows I have been talking to him and that I like him. The drive was silent all the way home, which did not help me with my thoughts.
“I’m trying, Olivia,” Devin mumbled. She was probably getting irritated about how I was being impatient.
“I’m sorry,” I mumbled back to her, sadly.
She sighed and apologized too, while turning the computer towards me.
I take a breath as I press play. Noises came from the computer, which were music and a bunch of yelling. The video portrayed Chad having his arm around Dakota. I gasp as I see her snuggling into him. He pushed back her hair back behind her ear and took a drink out of his cup. Dakota kissed his cheek and I stopped the video.
I looked at Devin who had the face of sympathy to me. Tears fell and I wiped them away quickly and smiled. Devin put her arms around me and whispered so many kind things into my ear. I hugged her back as I sobbed into her shoulder. I am glad I had a friend like Devin. I couldn’t believe this.
