♥Accidentally in Love♥ ~Chapter 9~

You wanted to cry. Not only did Ben have a girlfriend, but she hated you and didn't want you around him anymore. You knew you couldn't cry, though, because you had to get to your first class. You did not like crying in front of other people, you thought it made you seem weak, and you had always been a tomboy. You also were NOT going to cry in front of Ben; you had your first class with him. As you walked in the classroom you noticed that Marissa also had her first class with him, and it pretty much tore you apart seeing them sitting next to each other. You tried to sit far away, but most of the seats were already taken, so you had to sitclose to Ben either way.You sat two seats down from him, leaving only one empty seat between the two of you. Marissa shot you an evil glare as you sat down, like she wanted you to sit further away, but then noticed that you were sitting as far away as you could. She seemed unsatisfied, but turned back around. Class started, and you were not paying attention at all. You really needed to start paying attention, you hadn't been for the past couple of days and you were not going to let your grades start dropping. All you could think about was Ben, though. You hated it, you wished so much that you didn't like him in the way that you did, but you knew that you couldn't help it. You tried not to look at Ben, not only because you didn't want to seem suspicious, or because you didn't want Marissa to get mad at you, but because it tore you apart to see the two of them together. About halfway through class you noticed that Marissa and Ben were passing notes. Well, Marissa was passing notes, and Ben was passing them back, but he almostseemed a little annoyed. You wondered why, but then Marissa gave you another evil glare and you realized that you had been looking in their direction too long again. You turned back around and tried to pay attention, but of course, you couldn't. That must have been the LONGEST class you had had all year... You never even realized Marissa was in that class, but of course you never had any reason to before...still, you thought you would have recognized her... The next class you had with Ben, Marissa did not have, but you still tried to sit away from Ben. The morning went by slow, and you were glad when lunch came. Then,you were not so glad anymore when you realized that Marissa was sitting with you all.That made lunch pretty quiet; everyone seemed to be deciding if they liked her or not.She tried to be really friendly, and you knew that she hadn't gone up to the rest of them and threatened them like she had you, but everyone else still seemed not to like her for some reason... You didn't know why Ben even liked Marissa,but then again you just didn't like her because she threatened you. You were sure that she had been nothing but nice to Ben so far. You thought about telling Ben about what she hadsaid, but you figured he would either not believe you, not take it seriously, or maybe not even care. Youonly wanted him to be happy, anyway, and you knew that he wouldn't be happy with just you, so you didn't want to ruin his relationship with Marissa. And at this point you didn't even think you wanted to talk to Ben, it would be too...awkward for you.
You left lunch early andjust went to the bathroom and cried. You never thought that would happen...you,shut up in a bathroom, crying...because of Ben. Wow...that really sucked. Youhave fallen for your best friend, and he hasn't fallen for you. He broke your heart without him even knowing it... You knew you couldn't stay in the bathroom too long, because you had your next class. When you came out of the bathroom you discovered that your mascara was not waterproof, and you wiped it off as best you could from underneath your eyes. You walked out of your bathroom, and to your surprise Ben was right there. "We need to talk," he said