Chapter 3: The Blowback From the Rumour

A few days must have passed by, I was getting closer and closer to Denise and I didn’t really see Matt or Jane in the halls or anywhere else. So I sort of started forgetting about the story.

One night Denise organised a little movie night at her place with her and some friends. She wasn’t leaving that far away so I just walked to her place. When I got there I was the first one. So we just called for some pizza and got chatting on the couch.

Denise: “So how are you feeling since that thing that happened?”

Me: “Pretty good actually, haven’t thought about it for a while and no one’s brought it up so I guess it’s forgotten”

Denise: “That’s nice, you didn’t deserve that”

As we’re chatting a few girls start coming in and we’re sort of having a good time. The last ones through the door are two girls and one of them is Jane. As she walks in the room and sees me:

Jane: “What is the slut doing here?”

Denise: “Hey drop it. That story was clearly false and we just want to have some fun tonight.”

Jane didn’t drop it right away and we sort of battled it out for a few mins until, and I don’t even remember how we agreed for peace. The pizza just arrived and we sat around the TV watching The Irishman. As we’re watching and eating pizza Jane and her friend just kept swiping and typing on their phones and giggling. Once the movie was over, everyone left and I helped Denise cleaning up a bit.

Denise: “Hey sorry about Jane, I invited her friend didn’t think she’d bring her”

Me: “That’s ok I can take it haha” but inside I was a mix of sad and mad.

I got home and in bed. Check my social media and notice that I have a lot of notifications and comments. Mostly from some fake accounts probably calling me a slut and making fun of me. That’s probably what Jane was doing and giggling about during the movie. And this is when I decided that I can’t just let it happen and I need to respond.

I started following Jane around in school, wanted to know what she was about, what she usually does, I need more info about her. The first thing I found out is every time Matt is nearby she transforms into a completely cringy flirty girl. At the very least that explains what happened. She really likes Matt or even loves him. And then here I am coming and apparently sucking her man. I continued paying close attention to what was going on with Matt and Jane and at some point I saw them kissing so things moved forward between those two. At some point they were kissing in the hall after classes and I was watching from around the corner. As I hid around the corner to make sure they don’t see me, I peek my head around the corner again and suddenly they’re gone. I don’t see them anymore. I run towards where they were and look around in the rooms but there’s no one there and I hear that Jane giggle sort of muffled. I open the door to the women’s bathroom and it’s not coming from here. Then I open the men’s bathroom and yes they were here.

I get inside slowly trying not to make a sound and get in the stall next to them to listen. They were still kissing and then they stopped: