The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

~SCARLETT~

Ignoring Carter was not working out well for me. He’s tried speaking to me multiple times during the day, but each time, I ignored him. Thankfully, each of these times, Clara was nowhere to be found.

Today, she’s barely been around. I had no idea what she was up to. I was just glad she wasn’t here to see me ignore Carter.

“I can’t believe he’s been trying to talk to you so much today,” Jenna tells me in disbelief.

I was just as surprised as she was. I was even more astonished that I could ignore him for this long.

“I don’t know, Scarlett; I think Clara’s plan might work.” She tells me as she takes a bite of her sandwich.

“What do you mean?” I ask her.

She couldn’t be talking about Clara’s revenge plan.

“What other plan but the one to make Carter fall in love with you?” She answers my question with one of her own. “I’ve never seen Carter try so hard to get someone to speak to him. Girls are usually running after him, not the other way around. Even with Clara, he never did anything like this.”

I sigh, “You’re wrong, Jenna. He’s only trying to mess with me. If Carter were falling for me, he wouldn’t have kissed anyone last night.”

“Last night was part of a tradition.” She reminds me. “He has to do that. He’s the star player. If it were anyone else, they would do the same. And if I’m being honest, I haven’t seen Carter going after any other girl since you started showing interest in him.”

I didn’t want to be hopeful that what she told me could be true. I didn’t want to hope for something I could never have.

“Why are you telling me this?” I ask her. “Weren’t you the one that told me I had to regain control of myself before Clara got hurt? I can’t do that if you’re trying to point out that there’s a possibility that Carter may be falling for me also.”

Her eyes widen, “You’re right. I’m sorry, Scarlett. I wasn’t thinking. I was just curious and a little bit excited by Carter’s behavior. I truly have never seen him act that way for anyone else.”

“Where is Clara anyway?” I ask her. “I haven’t seen her around for most of the day.”

“Alaric Prince is here with his wife today for official business with our principal.” She informs me. “Since Clara is so popular, she was asked to show them around the academy. It’s possible she also volunteered. It was a bit weird since I’m sure Alaric already knows this academy well. After all, he did attend it also. I’m not sure why they need a tour guide.”

Why didn’t I know this? I was so caught up with Carter that I didn’t even know what was happening in my sister’s life.

“We have incoming,” Jenna whispers to me.

Before I can look behind me, I see two hands on the table before me. I could feel Carter’s chest leaning lightly against my back.

“You’re not getting away this time.” He growls.

I could feel my heart racing from having him this close to me again. When I finally found the strength to stay away, he did something like this to mess with my heart again!

“Why are you avoiding me, Scarlett?” He demands.

“I’ll go see what Clara’s up to,” Jenna says uncomfortably. My eyes widen as I watch her leave.

Why on earth would she leave me alone with him? She was such a damn traitor, as usual!

“What are you doing?” I hiss. “Everyone is looking at us!”

“Let them f*****g look, I don’t care about them, I care about you.” He growls.

I want to scream in frustration when my heart immediately responds to his words.

“Why are you ignoring me, Scarlett?” He demands. “I haven’t been able to focus on anything because you keep blowing me off. f**k, I even failed at practice for the first time in my life. Do us both a favor and tell me what this is about.”

I angrily spun around in my chair to look at his face. I had to see him when I told him what was bothering me.

“Do you just k**s anyone for your pleasure?” I ask him angrily.

“What?”

“You f**k girls, you k**s them, you jam them up against your belongings. You treat them like they’re your property. Nothing is special with you; everything you do with me, you do with every girl as long as they’re willing.”

“Scarlett, I don’t know what the f**k you’re trying to tell me here.”

I angrily poke a finger at his chest, “You kissed me in your truck. You did so many things that no other man has ever gotten the chance to do, and you acted like it was nothing at all. You acted like it wasn’t special. Instead, you kissed another girl before me at your game for everyone to see! I don’t want to have anything to do with someone like that!”

I don’t wait for him to say anything as I push him away. He doesn’t follow me as I walk away from him.

I didn’t want him to follow me. I couldn’t take it anymore. Carter and I could never have anything special.