Bad Blood To Bad Romance

CHAPTER FOUR

"Oh look! There she is!"

I whip my head to where she is looking. It took me a few seconds to comprehend who I was seeing at the moment. And when it did register in my head, my brain and emotions became a complete mess. The person I am seeing right now is none other than Aria.

Aria stares back at me in complete unmoving shock. She doesn't know how to react to seeing me. But, every pain I felt since yesterday returns to me. Neither Aria nor I move. But, the girl who's sitting beside me stands up and walks towards Aria.

"Hi, Bae! What took you so long?" she says as she hugs Aria.

When she pulls away from the hug, the girl looks at Aria with sweetness in her gaze. Then on a sudden movement, she leans towards Aria, eyes close. I felt the air get stuck in my throat like a lump as I witnessed the scene unfold. She leans in and kisses her nose.

I couldn't breathe. I can't take it anymore. I stand up, turn away, and run away. Yet, I could not run fast. My legs feel like jelly. My energy is almost used up. I try to walk away fast but to no avail. I know I have failed to run away when a hand grabs my arm from behind.

"Justin, wait... let me explain," Aria says from behind.

I close my eyes as I try to stop the tears. When I had my tears at bay, I turned to her with rage making her drop her hand that had grabbed my arm.

"E-e-explain? W-what's more to explain? Didn't what I just see explained everything?" I say to her with evident anger.

Aria takes a step back from my outburst. This was the first time she saw me angry because I never showed that side of me to anyone. When she recovers from her initial shock, she puts on her brave face and begins talking.

"I'm sorry. I want to tell you a long time ago bu-"

"So you had been doing this for a long time now? Wow, Aria. You're good at hiding, you know that?" I cut her off in the most sarcastic way possible.

Aria doesn't know how to respond to what I said. She didn't know how to explain her own slip-up.

"For how long, Aria? How long had you been cheating on me?" I ask with a threatening tone.

Aria pauses thinking very carefully. She seems like trying to find the right words that will not make me any angrier than I already am.

I look at her with intense eyes getting impatient with her. Aria lets out a sigh of defeat.

"Five months..." she says.

I couldn't speak after hearing how many months I was being an oblivious fool. It was indeed a long time ago. I remember being so happy in those last five months. I thought our relationship was working well and getting stronger. But as I said, I am indeed an oblivious fool.

When I did not utter anything, Aria took the liberty of explaining why she cheated on me. As if her explanations would justify her wrongdoings...

My ears are too numb to hear what she's saying. My mind is also too clouded with trains of thought to comprehend her words. All I understand is that they were classmates. She asked her out, she rejected at first, and she, eventually, gave in.

She went on and on about not meaning to do it. She says she wanted to tell me sooner but she didn't know how to tell me. When she mentions that, I snap out of my numbness. I place my hands on her shoulder.

I was taller than her for about eight inches so I had to bend down to meet her eye to eye. What I did startled her. She stops talking and looks at me with wide eyes. I gave her a broken smile before telling her...