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— And what the hell is this?! — Lily shrieked, her voice echoing through the empty school hallway. The bell had already sent everyone to class, and the last student had just disappeared. She stood across from Jason, her eyes blazing like she'd just been betrayed in the most humiliating and unexpected way. Her long hair bounced slightly as she spun toward him, her whole body tense. The pearl necklace trembled on her neck, and the cuffs of her grey blazer cracked with strain — that's how tightly her fists were clenched.
— You... — she swallowed her anger, trying not to give in to teenage emotions, trying to act like an adult, like the person she was supposed to be — but it was pointless now. — Are you serious? You told that guy I’ve got a crush on Craig?! In front of everyone?! Do you even get what it's gonna be like for me in the cafeteria now, with those gossiping bitches like Rachel and Tina, they're gonna...
Lily suddenly cut herself off, froze — like she'd scared herself with the words that just flew out of her mouth.
Jason, smirking slightly, furrowed his brows and looked at Lily with that big-brother expression, the one that said she was taking life way too seriously.
— I didn’t say “crush.” I just said you liked Craig. Isn’t that true? — he replied quietly, and finished with a wide grin, looking down at her — And you could’ve denied it if you wanted to, but nah, you just turned red, bugged out and looked like you swallowed your tongue.
Something clenched inside Lily, like all her emotions had been crammed into a tight little knot, pushed so deep it was impossible not to feel it. She stayed silent, lips pressed together, and Jason, noticing it, tilted his head slightly, like he was studying a rare bug under a magnifying glass.
— What’s wrong, Li? It was just a joke — he said more gently, but that tone still had that annoying hint of condescension. — Or do you actually like him that much… huh?
— Stop it! — Lily gasped out, and the sound held everything: shame, frustration, helplessness. She stepped back, like every inch closer to Jason made her more exposed. — You don’t understand. You can’t... understand what it’s like!
He raised an eyebrow a little.
— Understand what it’s like? Ha — he smirked, then added: — And can you understand what it’s like — watching your dad turn into a whiny schoolgirl, crying over rumors about some guy?
Lily flinched. Not from the words — from the way he said them. There was something too cruel in his tone, not like a stepbrother talking, but like... a father who was supposed to stick by his son, and instead started arguing with him like he really believed he was Lily, too caught up in the role to remember he wasn’t her at all.
— Shhh... you... — she...(full story (15 000 characters, 6 parts) is open to subscribers)