Chapter 6
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"Did you hear?" my mother says to me at dinner.
"Hear what?" I ask her as I place the napkin back down on the tray.
Things have still been edgy between my parents and me since the little stunt I pulled. I don't blame them; my actions were reckless when I decided to curse in front of a crowd. But I still did not regret it; Bryan had it coming for a long time. What he did to me is nothing compared to the little outburst that I had. I don't understand why everyone is so angry and disappointed with me when they are clearly the ones who did me wrong. My world always worked in the opposite way that it should. Everyone should be against Bryan and Aria, yet it had so many people that stood on their side.
"There is this party being hosted by Bryan tonight. His parents decided to invite you. I know that we don't usually allow you to attend these things, but I think that this time it would be good for you. You've been having a rough week, and it would be good for you to improve your relationship with Bryan and Aria."
I drop the fork onto my plate and gape at my father. Did I hear him correctly? My dad has been strict on these parties all of my life, so severe that I've never even thought of asking him once to attend one of these things. So then why would he force me to participate in a party the one time I was happy I couldn't go to those things? Just when I think that things couldn't get worst, my parents open their mouths and prove me wrong.
"You know that I don't want anything to do with those two, father, " I say in the calmest way possible at this time. I didn't want to sound rude towards my father, it would only cause me to get into more trouble, and I couldn't afford that to happen right now. I knew what it meant to get on the wrong side of my parents; I didn't want to sink myself into a deeper hole but still, how could I just sit here and listen to them talking crazy?
"Amiera, please, " my mother pleads with me. "You and your siblings are going to be the future rulers of our kingdom. You have to learn from now that it's important that you get along with the neighboring kingdoms and their leaders. You must put aside your differences and work together with Bryan and Aria. You can't keep holding a grudge against them; it is not healthy for you nor the kingdom. I know that it may seem like your father and I are trying to make life harder for you, but believe me, one day, you would understand why we have been trying so hard to make you forgive them."
I sigh and set the plate away from me.
"Mother, I think that it would be best for me to sit this one out. If you ask Bryan and Aria, I think that they would agree with me. They wouldn't want to see me there, it would only spoil their celebration, and we don't want that now, do we? Since everyone loves them so much and wants what's best for them, we should do whatever is best for them. And that is for me to be nowhere around the two of them; I'm giving them what they wanted along, I'm letting them be together and not getting in the way of their relationship."
I can tell that my parents are displeased by my sarcastic tone, but I couldn't help myself this time. If everyone wanted them to be happy, why must I be involved in their lives? Let them be happy on their own without me anywhere around them.
"Your mother and I spoke to both Bryan and Aria a few minutes ago. They would be thrilled if you could attend. They also think that everyone should put everything behind them and work things out to benefit the kingdoms."
Of course, they would say something like that; they weren't the ones whose closest friends had betrayed them. I can't believe the nerve of those two. After everything they put me through, they still were trying their hardest to make my life miserable. At this point, I didn't even think they were doing this just to be together; they were doing this to spite me!
I don't want to attend this party, but I also don't want Bryan and Aria to think that I'm intimidated by them.
I was so done with all of the lies and pretense. I could feel the anger flowing through my veins, and I knew that it was only a matter of time before I snapped. Those two still pretended to everyone on the outside, trying their bests to seem like the victim. I could already imagine what they would feed to the public.
'Oh, we have always been in love with each other and never meant to hurt Amiera; we love her and only wish that she could accept us and forgive us for what we've done.'
The crazy thing is that people out there would fall for their crap and see me as the bad guy.
"We are finished here, " my father says. He is letting me know that I don't have a say on this matter, like many other times in my life.
I walk to my room after dinner and stare at the pictures of Bryan and me on the wall. I didn't have the strength to take them down on the day it happened, but now I feel as though it's time that I should. A part of me would always care for him; however, all I felt were hatred and resentment.
I grab the pictures off the wall and tear them into a million pieces. As I stare at his face on the floor, I feel the tears roll down my cheeks. I didn't think that this was how things would end for us.
I understood that people had needs and sometimes strayed, but that's the moment where your love is tested. There were many times where I caught myself thinking about Adam but never once would I have ever acted on those feelings when I was in love with Bryan. I respected him enough not to break his trust, but he clearly can't say the same in return.
If I was to attend that party tonight, I was not about to waste the opportunity to show Bryan what he'd just lost. I often wore clothes that hid my body because I felt insecure about it.
Not anymore.
Tonight I was going to love myself and prove to both Bryan and everyone at that party that I was beautiful, no matter what they thought about me.
I push open the door to my walk-in closet and walk over to the section that I've never touched. They are all dresses my sister has begged me to wear in the past, all gifts from her.
A pretty short white dress catches my attention. I grab it and hold it up against my body while I stare into the mirror. Something about the color brings out both my red hair and green eyes.
The look in my eyes surprises even me; there is a determination there that I have not seen before. Tonight was about to be a very memorable one; I would make sure of it. No one would be able to recognize me, and that's exactly what I wanted; I will make sure that Bryan regrets everything he did to me.
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