Blue by Jesilyn Holdridge Page A

there by her side during everything.
    “Meganlynn,” said Britney, pulling her over to where Justin and Blue were standing. Britney stood in between Meganlynn and Blue, but Meganlynn and Justin were standing right across from each other.
    “Yes?” Meganlynn asked Justin.
    “Why did you get mad at me like that?” he asked, giving her his puppy-dog look.
    “I don’t know, Justin. Maybe because I am going through such an emotional time that I just may be so crazy I go all wrong all of the sudden like I did.”
    “Really?”
    “No, I have a brain.”
    “Then, why did Britney come over and start yelling at me?”
    “That was her own decision, not mine.”
    “Yeah, right! You had a part in it!”
    “No, I didn’t, I had nothing to do with that.”
    “Justin,” started Britney, putting her hand on his back. “She really didn’t have anything to do with me yelling at you.”
    “Oh, well, why didn’t you tell me that before?”
    “You wouldn’t let me, and whenever she would try to tell you, you wouldn’t listen to her.”
    “Okay, sorry.” He rolled his eyes.
    “I’m not the one that you should be apologizing to,” Brittany snapped back.
    “Why not? I didn’t believe you.”
    “No, you didn’t believe Meganlynn over there. You believed me.”
    “So what’s so wrong with what I’m saying? Am I that much of a liar? Have I ever actually told you a lie about me or what I have done in the past?” asked Meganlynn with her eyes huge and her voice crackling. A tear ran down her cheek.
    “There’s nothing wrong with what you are saying. You aren’t that much of a liar; I was just being a jerk because I thought that you were trying to break us up. No, you have actually never told me a lie about you or what you have done in the past.
    “Look, Meganlynn, I am so sorry,” Justin pleaded with her with his hands in a prayer position. He tried to hug her, but she could not handle it and pulled away.
    “What are you sorry for?” Her eyes were now big, and you could see the deep blue that was in them. The pain, sadness, and hurt was also all shown in her eyes as she looked at him, asking him this question.
    “Honestly, Meganlynn, I have absolutely no idea what you are so mad at me for!” He was shouting at her again.
    “Then you can watch me walk away.” She turned to walk away, crying again.
    “No, don’t walk away from me.” He grabbed her arm. “Can I have a few seconds with you?”
    “Sure.” She walked forward a little to walk away.
    “Meganlynn?” Britney asked Meganlynn.
    “I can go on alone,” Meganlynn assured her.
    “Okay.” Then Britney watched as Meganlynn, Blue, and Justin all went over to the corner of the hallway.
    “What?” Meganlynn spat out when they were finally around the corner to where no one else could see.
    “Why are you so mad at me?”
    “If you can’t figure it out, then maybe you don’t need to know.”
    “Yes, I do need to know, Meganlynn. I need to know because I want to know why you are so mad at me.”
    “You want to know what I am so mad at you about, then you need to take a look at who and what you just started hanging around recently.”
    “Blue?”
    “Yeah, there, now you know what’s been bugging me the whole live-long day.” Then she turned to walk away. She was about two steps away from the corner when she felt a hand on her shoulder trying to make her stay back with them.
    “Blue,” she started removing his hand from her shoulder, and turning to face him. “Get your hands off of me.”
    “Why should I?”
    “Just because you are harassing me, doesn’t mean that you can treat me however you freaking want to.”
    “Yes, it does.”
    “No, it doesn’t.”
    “Yes it does.” Then Blue struck her again. She sat on the ground in pain as the stinging in her face would not go away from where he had struck her this time. There was probably going to be a large bruise across her face from where his hand hit her face.
    Meganlynn walked right