As I made an attempt to slip out of the cafeteria during this chaos that the teachers were trying to control, somebody grabbed my arm. I gasped, thinking he had somehow made his way through the crowd and was trying to stop me from leaving, trying to reason with me like he had been trying to do ever since it ended. I whirled around and screamed, “Let go of me you little…” I trailed off realizing that it was just my gym teacher, who had been keeping everyone in the cafeteria, guarding the doors.
“Now where do you think you’re going young lady?” she yelled over the noise of the cafeteria. I opened my mouth to protest, but she cut me off before I could speak. “Right back to your seat is where you’re going.” She was one of those people that finished all of your sentences. Talk about annoying. To make sure I didn’t try to run she escorted me back to my seat. I wildly looked around, searching for an escape, tears glistening at the corner of my eyes when I noticed that I was the only student standing. The teachers had gained control of the students. I looked down, ashamed of my unshed tears as the entire student body watched Mrs. Blake escort me back to my seat.
“Well that was…interesting,” the principal started after a moment, seeming to be still shocked by my sudden escape attempt. “Now I would like you all to direct your attention back to our guest speaker.” Thankfully everyone turned to in the direction of the stage at Aaron instead of staring at me. “Would you like to begin, Mr. Cage?”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwDUQY2ylK
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“We love you Aaron Cage!” a couple of fanatics yelled. That set me off again. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5ed20z0LQ
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“No, you don’t! You only like him because he’s famous! You don’t know what he’s like!”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNuzOJXYoV
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“Oh, and you do?” they mocked.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeV3jTMXaY
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“I know that he may play the sweet, innocent card. He may say he’s never done anything bad. But it’s just that a card.” This was met with pure silence. I turned and began speaking directly to Aaron while making sure the whole auditorium could hear me. “You think you’re Mr. Perfect with all your fans who think you are the best thing to happen to this world. The truth is you’re a lying, cheating, no good dirty little man. I can’t believe I ever loved you.”
Nobody was sure where to look. It was either me glaring at Aaron angry tears ready to start pouring out of my eyes at any moment, or Aaron staring at me with like I had just slapped him. In a way, I had. Those are the exact words I said to him before storming out of his mansion just a few months ago.
Finally, everyone’s eyes stopped on me, thinking my outburst was stranger than the fact that Aaron Cage was in our school. Before this year, I had been the biggest Aaron Cage fan possible. My walls and locker were covered in posters of him, and I went to as many of his concerts as possible. I even owned every one of his songs and movies. Not anymore. This year I threw away the movies, deleted the songs, and tore down the posters and no one knew why. They just assumed it was a phase.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnxjzgTqal
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Finally, Aaron broke the silence. “Come on Elena, you know it’s not like that.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfMfR6PFOB
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“Not like that? You’re saying I didn’t see what I saw? You’re saying that your thing with her wasn’t a thing?” While saying this I found myself walking towards the stage, which also happened to be the only unguarded exit.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKJxhLoKLR
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“I’m not saying it never happened, I’m just asking if we can forgive and forget.” By now he looked like he was ready to get on his knees and beg for my forgiveness.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZadJQ4hFt
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“You’re saying you want me to forget a whole summer? The best summer of my life? FINE!!! I’ll forget, but I can never forgive what you did.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZKdMetkpH
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“Come on Elena, please?” he asked in a voice I had spent the past months trying to forget. Then he did something I never thought he’d do. Aaron Cage, the most popular (and the hottest) singer/actor of the century got down on his knees. “Elena, I-I love you,” he pleaded, his voice cracking. Looking into those chocolate brown eyes my heart melted. But then I remembered the final events of the summer. I bit my lip, letting the tears start to roll down my face.
“It’s too late,” I whispered, shaking my head. Before he could stop me, I whipped around and began to run towards the door. Right as I reached the exit two rough, familiar hands grabbed my arm and spun me around. I came face to face with Aaron. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MNrzNO3Lz
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“Let go of me!” I cried, tears streaming down my face.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHl5zE1lZI
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“Not until you let me explain!” he whispered, trying to calm me down by lowering his voice. It had always worked in the past, but not this time.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH9kac8eVx
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I wanted the world to know how he broke my heart. Maybe then they would understand my hatred for him. “You kissed her! I saw you! And it was on everything that you were dating! What is there to explain?”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qXF4G0TBH
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“Everything! It was a publicity stunt! Do you think I would actually go out with her! I was dating…” Aaron trailed off, suddenly realizing we had the whole school watching us with open mouths, and that someone was probably recording this. “Someone else,” he finished lamely. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCV4LPHAiz
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Using my free hand, I slapped him as hard as I could, than angrily said, “The world may fall for your tricks, but not me.” Then I wrenched my other hand out of his grasp and began to run.
