HOPE

Chapter 02

"What?" 

My voice gets all squeaky and loud. I can't believe this.

"Oh... Acting innocent, aren't you? So easy right?"

What is he talking about?

"Stop pretending to not know anything when you've already got what you've wanted!"

He is screaming now. He looks so mad at me. Like so angry. 

I really can't believe what I'm hearing. I stare at him trying to figure out what's going on.

"Veron, What are you talking about?" I ask in a low voice cause I can see people around us staring now. If he goes on shouting, my jobs in jeopardy.

"Oh you little-" He starts. 

"Can we please go outside and talk?" My voice sounds urgent. I can't afford to lose my job.

After looking at me with anger and disgust, he stood up and went outside without a single word.

 I would have thought he left but I can see him outside pacing back and forth impatiently. Keeping the menu on the table, I went outside to face him.

"What's your plan Hope?" He asks as soon as I went through the door. "What do you want from me? Huh?" He glares at me. I can see angry boiling inside him.

"I really don't know what you are talking about." I shake my head. My heart beats fast.

"Why in the fucking world would you say that you're pregnant?"

WHAT?

I stare at him just unable to believe what's even happening. I shake my head rapidly from side to side trying to understand what the hell is going on. 

"Why?" He shouts right at my face. He is standing so close to me. 

I move a step back away from him and look up at him. 

"I'm not- oh my god! I'm not pregnant!" I run a hand through my hair and tug at it. "Who even said that? Why?"  

I'm really surprised and annoyed. I mean, who would even do that? No one knows me anymore and no one even cares. So what's the point of making a rumor from a girl that isn't even going to their college?

"Everyone, Hope. Everyone says that! It's a huge deal in college now." He's starring right at me. He looks a little confused.

Then much slowly he asks,  "You aren't pregnant?" I can hear the confusion in his voice. 

"No, I'm not. Who even knows about me in your college?"

"I know." He said that in a whisper that I'm not even sure if I heard him right. He look at the ground a little nervous without saying anything else.

I raise an eyebrow at what he just said but I don't ask more about it.

Anyways, why does he care if I'm pregnant? I ask him that that his nervousness broke and he became angry again.

"Because they're saying it's mine!"

It's like he slapped me across the face.

"Everyone's going aground saying I've had sex with a waitress named Hope and now she is pregnant." I'm still staring at him with wide eyes and an open mouth. He continues. "Those who know you goes around saying more about you. You have no idea how annoying it is when everyone is disgusted at you" he stomps his feet on the ground angrily.

Actually, I do have a very good idea how that feels like.

I honestly feel sorry for him but I have to find more about this. It's my name as much as his evem though most people don't know about me.