Chapter 4

Chapter 4 

Cheryl’s point of view 

It was past eight already by the time I arrived at the party. I ran late because I wanted to attend this party with Sara who practically disappeared after school. 

She wouldn’t reply my texts or pick any of my calls. It’s like we got into a fight and I’m been tuned out.

I had to come down here alone and without a date. Told myself there’s a reasonable reason to why she vanished and she’ll tell me all about it tomorrow at school. 

Goosebumps creeped into my skin as I walked through the bodies gathered around the house’s porch. Scattered around and chattering the night away with a cup probably an alcoholic beverage caught in their hands. 

My head was peaked and peeping around in glimpse of Noel. My all smart counter plan to humiliate him tonight was to dump a drink on him and accuse him of infecting me with a sexually transmitted disease, preferably chlamydia. 

I was still moving my head around without any straight focus on my surroundings when someone bumped into me or I did rather. 

“Sorry!” I apologized and walked past the body without thinking twice to carry on with my search. 

My search led me to the kitchen where I thought to pour myself a drink before I continue searching for this jerk face. 

I already served myself some sprite and was gulping it down when I noticed that people were looking at their phones and at me. 

Maybe I’m just paranoid. 

I left the kitchen and I swear it’s not paranoia. They were all looking at me, in a judgy little way. What’s going on? 

My gaze trailed from one face to face, trying to figure out what was happening through their expression. 

Everyone’s phone suddenly started to buzz, beep, and ping to announce a notification. 

I reached into my pocket to grab out my phone so I could find out for myself the reason to the sudden shift into tension. 

“What?!” I gasped out when my hand met an empty pocket. Panic grew into my system as I searched through all my pockets and couldn’t find my phone. 

Who stole my phone? How? I had it with me just now. 

I was still looking around trying to understand where I could’ve lost my phone when a student came up to me. I recognize her because we’ve had classes together. 

“You’re so pathetic and desperate. Yuck!” She remarked before cup came at me to empty the cold content inside. “Can’t believe I adored you!” She rolled her eyes as she walked away. 

My panic morphed into anger. I understand it now. Whatever is going on right now is Jerkface’s handiwork. It’s him. Everything has Noel written all over it. 

And when I find that son of a- 

“Get out of my party!” Jenna’s voice came up loud behind me. 

I glanced up and around to see everyone’s focus on me. I’ve managed to become the center of attention for their late night amusement. 

I turned around to face Jenna, escorted by her mini crew and none of this was helping me keep my calm. 

“Are you deaf? Or you’ve suddenly gone dumb.” She came to halt once she was in front of me. “Desperate bitches like you aren’t welcomed here, get out or-“

“Or what?” I cut into her statement daringly. I’m sure she’s in on this with Noel. 

“Or this!” She threw her drink at me before I could get a chance to react. 

“Hold her girls!” She instructed and her mini bitches charged at me. 

I pushed at the first girl that stretched to grab my arm, and sent a smack to the other girl that sent her rolling a few steps back. I went straight for Jenna once she’s out and open for my attack. 

I grabbed her shirt and roughly pulled her close. “What’s going on? Tell me now!” I screamed into her face. 

She knows. I’m sure she does. 

“Eww eww eww!” She cried out in disgust as she fought to keep off my grip on her. “Get your filthy hands off me!” She slapped me hard. 

So hard my hands dropped off her shirt and things got blurry for a second or more. I hadn’t fully recovered when her girls took me each by my arm and forced me to my knees. 

“Let me go,” I demanded, glancing up at the one holding me down by my right arm. 

“Don’t even try to. I calmly requested her to get out and she dared me to do my worst. Since you haven’t humiliated yourself enough to the whole school, I’m going to help you out.” Jenna stated, like she wasn’t just addressing me but also the audience whose interest was very much peaked at us. 

“Guys.” She threw out her hands as she glanced around the room, “What do you suggest we do to her? Or have we seriously forgiven what she did to us? What do you all say we do the same thing to her?!” An evil grin cracked across her face.  

I watched as she brought out a marker, and I could see it wasn’t the temporary inked one I used on their faces when I was playing my prank. She brought out a permanent inked marker! 

“We already know she’s a desperate slut. A bitch. But I need more cause we’re gonna paint her face black!” She shove the marker in my face as if she wanted to poke me with it. 

I need to get out here. No! Noel won’t win this. 

“Let me go,” I whispered out to the two holding me down, warningly this time around. 

“You’re not going anywhere. This is your reckoning bitch!” Jenna said as she lowered the marker down on my forehead. 

I gathered every ounce of my strength, every bits and pieces of it and fueled it into jerking my arms out of their grip as I pulled us all to the floor. 

Jenna fell back when she saw we were about to crash into her. I instantly stood up, separated from them at last. 

I walked up to Jenna. “This isn’t over!” I said to her, staring her down with a vicious gaze. “I promise you, I’m gonna get you back and hard for this.” I snatched the marker out of her hands. 

I turned around so I could leave the room when my gaze fell on the jerk face that’s behind my hellish night so far. 

I halted, paled out on spot. It wasn’t his smug smirk that’s getting to me, rather the arms wrapped around his and the familiar figure stuck to his side.   

Once she saw me too she separated from him and instantly took off. 

Am I dreaming or was that Sara? And it doesn’t help my denial when she decided to run off. 

“What’s up freak? Leaving the party so early?” Noel said as he began to approach me. 

I couldn’t even bring myself to attack him. I just want to know what he’s done. 

“What did you do?” My eyes snapped closed briefly as I rasped out the question. 

“What did I do?” He asked back, humorously. “It’s more of what did you do than what I did to be honest. And why don’t you find out for yourself exactly what you did that’s helped my night become so memorable.” He proceeded to retrieve the phone that went missing few minutes after my arrival at this party. 

“I found this pretty princess of yours out in the back. No idea what it was doing out there but I’m a good person and I thought to come give it to you.” His smirk wasn’t just uncanny, it was full blown eerie. 

“Whatever we have going on was always suppose to be between us. Between the both of us only. You didn’t have to make my best friend betray me,” I said to him before I left the scene. 

I was out of the house before I opened my phone to check what the buzz has been out. 

Oh God!  

Oh no! 

No no no! 

I posted it. No I did not, but it was posted on my account on the school’s web. And as if that wasn’t defaming enough, the school blog already shared the post. 

As well as a video. 

A video of Sara and Noel. Looks like a confession video until I played it. 

I’ll never forgive Sara for this! Never!