The Betrayal

After Jason was called in separately, I stayed behind to listen to them question him and everything was going well, until they asked

"Who kissed first?" There was a long silence and I could hear voices urging him to give a response and just when I was filled with confidence that he would tell the truth, since I wasn't asked the same questions. In his own words, his response was " She insisted on leaving the hall and she took me to the field, and that was where she had her way with me". Right there, I couldn't breathe properly, it felt like I was suffocating and loosing air, the response came as a shock to me! How could the boy I thought would be my prince charming, sell me off like that! Or was the disney stereotype changed!

I immediately left the place and ran to my hostel, I got on my bunk and since I couldn't cry out loudly, hot tears that could burn a paper came down running from my eyes and that's when I knew, the RIDE I was excited to be on, would be HELL for me! The penalty for this would be facing the panel, being restricted from activities and worse, being sent home and used as an example to the other kids. And so, I wondered, why should I suffer for something I was involved in, but not at fault for starting? Surely there must be a way out, I thought to myself.

Suddenly, I felt a light bulb lit on my head, and I remembered, siju was right there when everything happened, and I was the only one who saw him, but how do I convince him to stand in for me? This shattered my heart, but I gathered enough courage to go meet him. And right there in my sorry state, as if he knew how everything was gonna turn out, he prepared for my coming . I couldn't even wait for him to speak, I went straight on my knees and began to plead for help, I was crying out my being and the first thing that came out of him was, " Do you think Im stupid? Do you think you could drag my name in the mud? I wanted to test you, but you failed and you expect me to act like everything's okay?" He continued, " I'm not hurt because of this, but I am way more handsome, manly, and hotter than Jason".

I wiped my tears and I asked, " if you weren't hurt as you claim to be, why then did you tell everyone? He didn't respond and then I got up from where I was kneeling, and I laughed for a while and I said,

"You incompetent bastard, you liked me and didn't have the guts to come for me, I wasn't a beast, neither was I some mythical creature, yet you would sneak up on me, oh yeah! And when we would be seen together, you'd act like I was some spilled milk, that irritated you. You care so much about your stupid reputation, but you know what, I'm not a dummy. I picked up a stick that had a sharp edge and moved close to him and I dragged the back of his neck and positioned the stick right on his throat, as I continued, " I will slit your stupid throat, if you don't tell everyone the real truth! I will make sure you die and not anyone would be able to tell what killed you, I will stab you seven times, after slitting you throat, and you would die like some chicken that got affected by the flu, I promise you! And so I dragged him to the room where the counsellors stayed hoping to justify myself. We arrived at the place, and I totally forgot, I still had the sharp stick with me . Just as he saw Jason's mother, he yelled for help and it all dawned on me that I would be seen as a killer, I immediately threw the stick, but she had already seen it. She grabbed hold of me and said " Now you've done it!", I knew I was definitely going home.

After going back and forth on the issue, they decided I was a bad influence on the kids and It wouldn't be conducive enough for them, if I hanged around. My parents were called and i felt like just dying because, what words could I use to spell out my innocence? So, there I was, getting my stuff ready to leave the camp premises, Jason walked in and he hugged me from the back, I felt like it was a dream, because his only words were, " sorry and forgive me", I waited so long to hear those, but what meaning was it, now that I was sent out completely, never to return. I stood there like a lifeless body. I didn't pay any attention to him as i packed my bags and walked out the door. My parents waiting for me with their car at the front of the hostel, they had furious expressions and all I could imagine was the punishments and groundings I was about to receive from them. WHAT HAD SIJU GOTTEN ME INTO?????????????

Just as I walked out, all the kids gathered and although I wasn't close to them, I could hear all the whispering "she's a slut, she's a killer, did she slit his throat? I bet she begged him for another kiss, she's probably that desperate, it's best she doesn't return, how dare she kiss Jason?" Those were the exact words! Tears rolled down my cheeks and I entered the car, shut the door, I looked around and my friends were no where to be found, but the two guys who got me into trouble had their eyes fixed on the door I shut. I couldn't hold it in anymore because my social life had been ruined and I'm probably gonna end up in rehab. I screamed loudly as pushed the door, ran out dramatically and pounced on Siju, I punched his face until he bled out profusely, before my parents could get to me, I had already broken his nose.

Hancuffs were placed on me, I felt like a criminal!