The Unwilling Mate

Chapter 10

Addison's POV

Getting ready for school I kept thinking of all the things that happened yesterday. I cannot believe that Liz is hiding anything. We have been friends for so long that it seems improbable. I head down the stairs and walk to the kitchen when the phone starts to ring. I head over to the machine and pick it up when I see that it was my moms name pop up.

" Hey mom whats up?" I ask casually into the receiver as I lean my arms against the counter.

" All is fine, honey. Although I might be coming home soon."  She says expectantly. I stare at the wall and start to chew on the inside of my cheek. I force myself to stop and smile as my eyes water .

" I cannot wait to see you." I say with with fake enthusiasm." You need to make sure you call me to let me know when you will  be coming in." 

" No problem, sweetheart. Well I am gonna go; get to school safely. I love you." She says sweetly.

I take a deep breath, close my eyes and say, " I love you too. Bye." I click the phone off and put the phone down. I feel my eyes watering and my breath getting ragged. I run to the bathroom as the first tear starts to slip down my cheek. I turn on the cold water as soon as I can and splash my face to try and prevent anymore tears from coming.

Normally any one would be excited to have their mother return home. However knowing that she does not return home unless they make her is not the same. I understand that my mother was insanely in love with my dad, but I did not think she would then neglect the only family she had left. I no longer feel happiness with her just sadness. 

I get pulled from my thoughts when I hear a car horn honk outside. I push my feelings aside and finish cleaning my face real quick. I grab my things that are by the door and walk out.

I run to Liz's car and hop in the front. "Hey girl. Whats up?" I say as I put my seat belt on. When I look at her after no response I see that she is looking at me with a big wide awkward smile. " I am good." She says sounding a little choked. She then turns her head back to the street again quickly.

We make it outside of Robs house and she still has not spoken to me at all. She does not normally behave like this. The Liz that I knew would be making jokes and trying to tease me. This was just weird behavior for her.

 I hear her take in a deep breath. I look over at her and notice she is looking at me strangely. " I will not be able to pick you up for a while." She blurts out and then looks away out the driver window.

" Why not?" I ask curiously. As long as I have known Liz she has never shut me out of her life in any way. The fact that she is now concerns me a little.

" I do not want to talk about it if that is okay?" She exclaims worriedly.

I look to her to tell her that everything was fine and she did not have to talk about it if she did not want to, when suddenly the back door opened and Rob comes in.I quickly climb out of the front and get in the back seat. I shut the door once I am in- Liz starts driving-and give him a bear hug. He laughs a little as I knock him back a little. " I missed you too, girl." He says sweetly as he hugs me back. " I have news for you, Rob." I say faking sadness.

 He widens his eyes in alarm as I start to cry dramatically. " What happened?" He says nervously while wrapping an arm around me to comfort me.

I continue to let out fake sobs as I look up at me friends through my lashes and notice that they are concerned. " Well Rob I cannot lie. Liz won't be able to take us to school anymore." I say quickly bracing my self for a reaction.

Liz throws me a look of disbelief and rolls her eyes. Rob however decides to play along. " What! How could she do this to us!" He says accusingly.

" I know and she does not even have a reason." I exclaim dramatically throwing my head on Robs shoulder in despair.

He lets out a gasp of shock. " You guys are so stupid." Liz says slightly amused by our antics.

We laugh at her reaction. The car starts to settle in silence when Rob says, " My parents are okay with me being gay." 

I look at him and say," That is good. Isn't it."

He looks at me and says," Well yeah. Except they are acting a little weird." He says in confusion.

I look at him perplexed "What do you mean. How are they being weird?" I ask curiously.

He raises his brows while inhaling deeply. " Well my mom keeps talking to me more as a girlfriend instead of her son. Meanwhile my dad is being a little awkward around me." He explains with a look of hurt on his face.

I look down and grab his hand. We look into each others eyes. His of surprise and me of empathy. " It is only temporary. They are probably still trying to understand how to act around you." I say to him in comfort.

" Okay we are here." Liz suddenly says. As we get out of the car I spot Henry. I could not help but think back to our date. Thinking of the hurtful words that I said to him I felt like I should apologize. Especially since he did nothing wrong. I was just being sensitive that night about the topic that he kept wanting to talk about. It also made me realize that I never apologized for almost stabbing him.

I look to my friends and tell them I will see them later. Right before I leave I go over to Rob and tell him that we will talk more later. He agrees with a small smile. I could not help, but smile back before I leave.

I head straight towards Henry. When I get right behind him I realize he is talking up some girl. My heart hurt a little at seeing that, trying to push the feeling aside I grip by bag a little tighter as I shyly say, " Henry may we talk please?"

He turns his head slightly to eye me up and down as if assessing if I am worth his time. " Sure." He says curtly. I could not help feeling my cheeks heat up at his tone. I grab my bag even tighter until the buckle is digging in my hand.

" Thanks. I just wanted to apologize about last night. I never meant to be rude and call you names. I also wanted to apologize for what I did that night at my house as well." I say nervously looking around to make sure no one heard what I said. I look back at him in the eyes to show my sincerity and smile slightly.

My smile slips as he says dismissively," Okay. Thanks. Uh me too." He walks off heading to his class as the bell rings.

I felt a little hurt that he would treat me like that. As I went off to my class I felt my eyes burn and my stomach sink. I felt so disrespected and humiliated, I felt like a complete i***t trying to talk to him when he obviously did not care. As the day went on and he continued to ignore my presence I grew angry.

When lunch time came around and I could not stand feeling angry and not doing anything about it I go over to Henry. I see him sitting by himself like he was when I first sat down with him. " May we talk in private please?" I ask him hotly.

He looks at me with surprise and just stands up. I lead us out to the yard under a tree that was secluded from the other students. It had bushes lined up against the school building and a bench right by the sidewalk.

"What is wrong with you today." I spit out angrily.

He just looks back at me with a look of longing and sadness. I could not help, but feel like something bad happened.

" What is wrong?" I ask him with concern.

He continues to look at me with the same expression and says softly, " I am sorry. I cannot tell you yet. I promise you though that one day you will understand."

I look back at him confusion and frustration. Suddenly he hugs me and I hug him back loosely. I felt as if we were okay again at least.

" Don't worry I won't lose you my mate."He whispers in my ear.