Chapter 85: Heartless

Victoria's POV

Many attended Tim's funeral, and most were our classmates, and I could also see our teachers. His teammates, and their beloved coach, were sitting on the next pews after Tim's family, who was in the front seats; the football players were all wearing football jerseys. Who could have thought that their quarterback would die saving my best friend?

Oliver was holding my hand while I was searching the church from left to right, looking for Lana, and she told me she would do her best to come; the ceremony was about to begin, but she was not still around. And I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket, and I smiled when I saw my message notification, and it was Lana.

"I am outside the church," She said in her text.

"I will go outside, I need to get Lana," I whispered in Oliver's ear, and he nodded his head and squeezed my palm before he let go of my hand. I got out hastily, and I wondered where she was, and I suddenly felt nervous when I found Tim's sister, Ria, surrounded by her friends talking with my best friend.

We are one year ahead of Ria, and she is one of the hot cheerleaders in the Academy. And I am aware she hated my existence since I didn't give her brother a chance to date me, and she was close to Tim, and no wonder she was so furious with Lana, and I ran towards them as fast as I could.

"How dare you come here and attend my brother's funeral when you were the cause of his death?" Ria hissed while I could see the tears on my best friend's face while she was shaking her head.

"I didn't kill your brother, Ria," Lana said in more than a whisper.

"He got killed saving you. Are you even happy that you lived while my brother's cold body was there lying on a coffin? He is dead, and I will never see him again. My mom almost had a heart attack when she found out what happened to my brother; you better leave now, Lana." She responded angrily, while Lana bowed down her head and she was looking at her shoes.

"You are a murderer!" Ria yelled at my best friend, and Lana's body trembled.

"Ria, stop that; it wasn't Lana's fault," I said as I stepped closer to Lana, and I held her hand.

"Wow! So the perfect girl in our school came to the rescue? The most popular and the richest kid in Zenith, the one who thought the world revolved around her, no wonder you were best friends because you belong together." Ria growled while Lana continued to sob.

"You don't know me, Ria, and you have no right to judge me." I calmly said while looking at her eyes which were looking daggers at me.

"I am sorry for your loss; Tim is our friend; that is why we came here to attend his funeral service and say our goodbyes," I added, and she half laughed.

"Do you even know what you are talking about, Victory? Both of you are not welcome here, Lana murdered my brother, and you broke my brother's heart so many times, and you are a user; you only agreed to have a date with him to make Oliver jealous. You are a heartless bitch, Victoria." She said, and my mouth hung open, and I felt so hurt.

"You know that is not true, I enjoyed Tim's company, and he knew the score between us," I responded, and it made her angrier.

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"You lead him own, Victoria. That is why I hated you so much," She said, and she strode towards me and raised her hand to slap me, but someone held her wrist before her palm could hit my face, and I felt so glad Oliver came.

"I think you need to get inside the church and attend the funeral service of your brother, Ria," Oliver said softly. When she looked at Oliver's face, her facial expression suddenly changed, and she had been looking at my boyfriend for a long time. I saw how her face blushed while her friends giggled as they looked at my boyfriend's face, and there is no denying Ria was affected by Oliver's presence, and for the first time, she became speechless. Oliver put down Ria's arm on her side.

"You better get inside now and bring your friends, and I am sure your family was waiting for you, especially your mom," Oliver added, and Ria nodded her head. She was still blushing, turned her heels, and started walking away from us.

We didn't get inside the church, and Oliver convinced Lana and me not to leave and listen to the service. Lana didn't want to go to the cemetery since she was afraid that Tim's family would look for her, and I felt so thankful my boyfriend could convince her.

We went to the cemetery, and he parked his car as far away from everyone during the burial to make Lana comfortable. And we stayed in Oliver's car, and I wanted to say my last goodbye to Tim together with our classmates. But after what Ria had said to me, I realized all the students in the Academy hated my existence.

How foolish I am for thinking they adore me, and only Keisha and her friends loath me, and it makes me understand they don't like me at all. They hate my popularity, my father's wealth, and everything about me.

"We can come closer to Tim's grave and say our last goodbye to him after everyone left the cemetery." My boyfriend said, and I know Oliver has a point. Lana was quiet, and I know she was thinking about her conversation with Ria, and I allowed her to be silent, and I plan to talk with her later at her house, and I need to convince her that Ria is out of bounce.

But I couldn't deny Ria's words pierced my heart too, and I never realized I hurt Tim that much. And I felt so guilty. Maybe if I had given him a chance to date me, I made him happy, but I rejected Tim because I didn't feel anything towards him. And I thought that was the safest thing to do than playing with his heart. Tim is a good person, and I could say Ria is way different from him, and I couldn't believe she would call me a heartless bitch.

"I think it is now safe for us to go," Oliver stated as he looked around, and when I raised my head, I realized everyone had gone. I was wearing a white dress, and Oliver looked so handsome with his navy blue suit, while Lana was wearing a black dress with black high heels. Oliver opened the car doors for us, and he took my right hand while I held Lana's hand with my left hand.

"Tim, how could you do a stupid thing like that? You saved me from dying, but it feels like I am dying with you. Your sister told me; I am a murderer. How can I live knowing I am responsible for your death?" Lana asked while she was crying in front of Tim's grave, I wanted to appease her, but I wanted her to release all the pain she felt inside.

"I know you were at the library that time because you wanted to talk with me about Victoria and how I wish you were still alive so you could tell them that the wolf who attacked you is not an ordinary one, but a werewolf. I know no one will believe me if I will tell them about it, even my best friend thought I was losing my mind, but I know Victoria will never say it to my face because she cares about me, and she is my best friend." She added.

I felt so guilty, and I realized maybe I couldn't hide my expression when she told me about it, and I felt Oliver squeeze my palm while I listened to her whimpers.

"How I wish I confessed to you that I love you. Yeah, I am in love with you, Tim, but I know you can't love me back because you only have eyes for Victoria; you never see me as I am, and you are crazy in love with my best friend, and there are moments I wanted you to transfer your feelings to me because I am the right one for you. And now, how can we be together when you are six feet below the ground?" Lana continued, and I felt glad she poured her raw emotions as she looked at his epitaph.

"How, can you hear me now? And I am sorry if you die because of me." Lana muttered, and she was crying hard now; I let go of Oliver's hold, and I walked towards her, and I sat beside her on the grass while still holding a long stem red rose in my hand. Lana is still sobbing, but she stops talking while hugging the bouquet she had bought for Tim. And it was my cue to speak with Tim.

"Hello, Timothy! It's me, the heartless bitch, and I am so sorry for hurting you. I didn't allow you to date me because I know it will never do us good. I consider you as one of my closest friends, Tim. I am forever grateful that in this lifetime, I met someone like you; you are selfless, Tim, and a hero, and thank you so much for making my best friend live. You didn't only save Lana, but you save me too from deep sorrow." I declared.

"Thank you, Tim, for loving me unconditionally even if the entire population in our school hated me, I thought I am that popular, and I am the school queen, but today I realized your sister was right, I am heartless, and they all hated my existence," I said.. And I could no longer stop myself from crying so hard, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Lana scooted closer to me, and then my best friend put her arms around me as we cried together over Tim's death.

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