Chapter 23

AMBER'S POV
The restroom was empty as I ran into one of the stalls and I was so glad no one was around to hear me bawl my eyes out. My life was the perfect definition of "You don't always get what you want", I have never gotten what I wanted. Not even worse in my entire life, oh, that's just been overly pessimistic. I had gotten what I wanted, just once, Cheer captain and from there I would have gotten more, so much more if Melissa Hughes hadn't ditched me at the party she had dragged me to.
The whole scene in the gym kept on replaying in my head over and over again and I wanted to die so much, it was all I could think about. It felt like 10 years ago all over again but this time around, it hurt way more.
*****Flashback*****
"You have beautiful eyes, Amber. I never really noticed" Jay Harley drunkenly complimented me and I blushed profusely, he had never noticed me before but now he wasn't just laying next to me, he was complimenting me too and I stumbled with words,
"You have beautiful eyes too, Jay" I slowly said, this was the first time I was calling him by his name and I felt like I was floating. I didn't even know what exactly to say and i didn't have to, I didn't care also, he was here with me and it was enough for me but he had other things in mind.
"I want to kiss you, Amber" he whispered after staring at me for minutes. I would never had tagged Jay Harley as the kind of guy that would take permission but he was asking for my permission to kiss me and I was floating. It could have been because of the alcohol I had taken earlier but I didn't care, I didn't want the moment to end.
Now 10 years later, I wished the moment never happened. How could a night that seemed perfect turn my whole existence into a nightmare. I involuntarily recalled what Eve and Pauline had said in the gym and a new batch of tears welled up in my eyes.
They were bullies and evil minded but they didn't lie about my life, it sucked greatly and I hated it. 10 years ago after a stupid moment that could have been avoided if I had just saw at my house, my whole world turned upside down. I thought I had had a moment that was going to live with me and result in a huge change but the next day, he had acted the same way he usually did, like I didn't exist.
"Did you hear what Eve said about Amber?" One of the two girls that had walked into the restroom was talking as the other one reapplied her makeup. I was about to leave the toilet but decided against it, it would be wise to stay longer, till they leave at least.
"She has three kids without a husband? Do we even know if they all have the same father?" The second girl laughed and I shrank deeper into the floor. My worse fear was coming to pass all thanks to Eve and Pauline.
I had cried till I felt numb and had moved from feeling like I wanted to die to actually feeling like dying, so I made up my mind, I was going to put an end to my misery.
JAY'S POV
I was still trying to wrap my head around what Eve had just said as I saw Amber dash out of the gym with tears streaming down her face. I couldn't believe what she had said but I also couldn't run after Amber, not yet, I had to get the complete information and Eve was eager to give it.
"Amber Swift got pregnant, I think around the time of prom and her family disowned and threw her out" Pauline had a satisfied smile on her face and I felt sick to the stomach. Eve wasn't done as she went on with the tale,
"She kinda vanished after that time and came back after three years with triplets with the same blue eyes as yours, you'd wonder if they were yours" She laughed as she looked at me but I felt shaky. Amber Swift had triplets? How exactly did it happen?
The Amber Swift I remembered from highschool was a very quiet and reserved girl, the most activity I saw her engage in back then was cheerleading and she did it with Melissa Hughes by her side. I knew Eve wouldn't blatantly lie but it was also very hard to believe.
"I'm not saying the kids are yours though" Eve responded, misinterpreting my expression but I didn't care. How did all these happen and I never got to hear about it?
I frowned slightly and I saw the smile on Eve's face dissolve slowly, "It wasn't your place to talk about her affairs in public like that" I said but Eve wasn't feeling the little bit of remorse as she argued,
"I saw the way you smiled when you saw her sitting there and I wanted to let you know she wasn't the same Amber Swift you liked back in highschool. She is a different person now and not even a good one at that" I was about to scold her when someone answered behind me,
"That's enough, Eve. You've said enough and you've done enough also" My eyes met Peter's as he approached us from the back.
"All you've done since Amber got back 7 years ago was to taunt her. Aren't you tired of being a stuck up bitch?" Peter added and if I was surprised, I made sure to not show it. I knew Peter had a thing for Amber back in the days but it had been too long and his sister was all for ruining Amber's life, it made no sense that Peter would be defending her.