Revenge

Note: This is not finished

The night is dark and the wind causes goosebumps to rise on my flesh. A smile twitched at the corners of my mouth as a memory danced behind my eyes.

“Why do we get goosebumps?” Ty asked, curious about everything.

A smirk spread across my face. “We have tiny geese living under our skin and when we get cold, they think it’s winter so they try to break past our skin to fly south.”

Panic spread in his eyes, “Really?!”

Nodding, I watched to see if I’d taken it too far.

Ty smiled his big toothy smile before shouting, “Cool!” Then he ran off to tell his brother Griffon, who came to ask if it’s true.

For two weeks they believed it until their mother forced me to tell them it wasn’t true. I think they still believe it though...

Snapping out of my thoughts, I wear a friendly smile and walk to the door of my best friend’s house. Without knocking I walk in and find Mrs. Lynn and Mr. Taylor sitting on the couch. “Sup y’all, where’s your son?”

Mrs. Lynn smiled and replied, “Caleb is in his room.”

Without another word I raced to his room and ran into his room. And there on his bed, was a girl. Not just any girl, but my girl.

Caleb was sitting with her, kissing her. Too lost in the moment to realize I had come in.

Betrayal hit me like a line drive to the gut. My girl, my sweet Lilian was in my best friend’s room and they were kissing. He knew how I felt about her. He knew everything about my feelings and this is what I find?

“I don’t want to interrupt your heart felt moment but...”

The pair jumped and I saw terror fill Lillian’s eyes and