-Petulas point of view-
It had been exactly one month since Jai and Jenny had seen Kyle hit me. Nobody else knew. I was still with Kyle. Things had gotten worse. I caught him cheating on me twice. I didn’t say anything. If I tried questioning him he just hit me. I couldn’t leave him. I didn’t know what to do. I spent less time with Luke. I didn’t want him finding out. Whenever they were recording I would say I had homework or was meeting Kyle. Jenny and me had got a lot closer. Usually when I was downI called her. She was there for me when I found out Kyle cheated on me. She kept telling me to break up with him. I can’t.
I had finally decided to meet up with everyone to record another video. My house is on the way to the bus stop so all said they would meet and come mine before to get me. I woke up late so I was in a bit of a rush. I raced downstairs put on some old vans, I didn’t know what the video was and I wasn’t risking a new pair, and went out to them. The bus stop was about a 5minute walk from mine. On the way over everyone was telling me the new video idea. They had all dared each other to do random stuff around the central. This was going to be fun.
When we got there we decided we should get some food before they recorded. We all sat down together when everyone turned to a boy and a girl kissing. I didn’t get what was so special about them. Then I saw who it was. Kyle.
‘Omg, Petula, go over there and bitch slap them both.’ Beau joked.
I froze. Jenny came over to me and hugged me. I stood up and walked over to Kyle.
‘What the fuck Kyle? I thought you had homework?’ I shouted causing a scene.
‘Yeah well I finished it. Looks like you’re too busy anyway’ He smirked.
‘So you just got on any old slut!?’
‘You can talk I bet you have been sleeping with Luke this whole time.’
‘NO! I love you why would I do that?’ I began to cry.
Kyle didn’t say anything back, he just hit me again.
‘You’re a faggot you know that. Leave her alone, you man whore.’ Jenny shouted to him as she went to hit him before comforting me as I had fallen to the ground.
Everyone was in shock. All the boys walked up to Kyle and told him to get out of here. Then Luke smacked him round the face causing him to bleed, a lot.
‘Are you ok Petula?’ They all asked.
‘I’m fine, it’s my fault. I’m just going to go home’ I mumbled as I walked off.
Luke ran after me. He said he wasn’t letting me go on my own and he’d take me home and look after me. We didn’t talk on the way home. When we got back Luke got me some ice and sat with me on my bed.
‘Has he hit you before?’ Luke questioned me. I just looked down in shame. ‘I’m going to kill him.’
‘No Luke, it’s my fault I deserve it.’
‘No girl ever deserves to be hit by a guy for any reason. Has he cheated before?’
‘This is the third time I know of in the last month.’
Luke looked shocked. ‘Break up with him?’
‘I can’t. I don’t want to be alone’
‘You won’t be. I’m always here for you no matter what.’
‘It’s not the same, you’re my best friend not my boyfriend.’
‘I could be.’
I giggled. ‘Yeah and we’ll live happily ever after’ I joked.
‘Why not?’ He looked serious.
‘Why would a guy like you want to be with me? I’m a mess. I’ve always loved you Luke.’ I didn’t realised what I said. ‘shit’
‘Really?’ I just nodded to him. ‘I’ve always loved you too’
‘No you haven’t what about the girl you always talk about?’
‘You haven’t realised that’s you. Everyone but you knows how much I love you.’
Then Luke Brooks, the boy I have been in love with for years, kissed me.
