All's Fair in Love and War

Stacy Johnson stared forward, her eyes were directed at her best friend. Her face was pale and her green eyes were wide. It was her best friend, Maria Simon...with her boyfriend, Jake. Kissing him...why? She couldn't breathe. Why would he do this to her? She thought he loved her. "Jake," she whispered his name even though it was the hardest thing for her to do at the moment and she was trying her hardest no to cry. It felt as if knives were cutting apart her heart and soul piece by piece. For a month she had known he was cheating on her...information given to her by her friends, but she refused to believe it at first. She didn't know it was with her best friend though. Sorrow changed into anger. Stacy was one of the nicest people you would ever meet, but she managed to drive anger up from her once peaceful soul. She wiped the tears from her eyes and fixed her black Roxy shirt, then her skirt. She was making herself seem so very calm, when she was the exact opposite. She moved from behind the bush and began to walk towards Jake and her ex best friend. At first they hadn't noticed her so Maria kept playing with Jake's blond hair as they kissed and Jake kept feeling on Maria's ass. Maria giggled every time they kissed and it made Stacy despise her even more. She wanted to be the one in Jake's arms, feeling happy and secure. Though she was angry, mortified and sad she walked over with a bright smile on her face. Jake pushed Maria away as soon as he saw Stacy approaching.1

"Get off me you whore! Never touch me again! I only love Stacy," Jake turned to Stacy looking guilty and began to speak to her. "She kissed me first, Hun. I swear. She grabbed my hair and-" 2

Stacy had lifted her right hand up, stopping Jake's clearly fake apology and kissed him on the lips passionately. No, she hadn't forgiven him for his betrayal. She wanted to kiss him one last time. One last time before he took Maria as his lead girl and forgot all about her. "I love you," She stopped kissing him and smacked him across the face leaving a red mark. He was supposed to be her first, take her to the Senior prom in a week, have kids together, do EVERYTHING together. She pushed him back when he tried to comfort her. Tears shined in her eyes. She slapped him again, this time the smack made an echo. maria had been staring with her blue eyes wide. She was still on the floor.3

"I hate you!" Stacy had begun to cry and didn't care about composure. "I hate you so much! How could you do this to me?! And with my best friend!" She began punching Jake's chest. How she wished she could feel his arms around her. "I did everything for you! Everything! " she looked at Maria with a look of pure hate. "I was friends with you despite everyone calling you a whore," there was a lump in her throat and she gulped hard to finish the last part, "You betrayed me...went with my boyfriend...I thought...I thought I could trust you..." She ran off, praying to God this was just a nightmare...but if it was...why was the pain so real?4