Can't Say NoChapter 12I wobbled back to my house. I slid through the window and took off my huge heels. I looked in the mirror. Was I still the old me? Or had I really changed? I stared myself down. I sighed and walked out of the bathroom and waited for my mom to yell at me for leaving the house. She was sleeping on the living room chair, and she hadn't even noticed. I went upstairs to my room and didn't bother changing. I fell asleep the second my head hit the pillow. Saturday morning I got a text from Jill.'Hey, mall today? We can buy you some new clothes!' 'Sure.' 'Okay, pick you up in 40 minutes!:D' I went downstairs and made toast. After I finished the toast I brushed my teeth and got dressed into my old new clothes. I waited for Jill. Once she came, I quietly stepped down the stairs and opened the door."And just where do you think your going?" My mom appeared. Busted."Mall with Jill, her mom needs help picking out a baby present for their niece." Liar. I told myself."No going back to Jill's, and give me your phone and your allowance. You're not to buy anything for yourself at the mall." She said strictly."Can I go now?" I asked after giving over my money and phone."Bye." She said, turning around."Seee ya!" I said with attitude. I walked out and after buying a whole lot of clothes I asked Jill if she could hide it at her house and I would come over when I needed to wear it."Of course...." She said, kind of confused. "Why...?" I glanced my eyes over to her mom to give the signal I couldn't say it in front of her, and Jill wiggled her phone to give the signal to text her. "Phone's taken away. Sorry..." "Oh." She sounded more interested than upset.I got out of the car and said thankyou, then waked into my house. I got a text from Jill. 'Meet me and some other people at the park?''Sure, but I can't stay too long.' I texted back. How to do this...."I think i'm gonna go take a really long bubble bath..." I said casually to my mom."Have fun." She said back."Okay well i'm gonna bring my iPod into the bathroom with me, so if you knock I won't hear you." "Alright...." She said, not caring."Alright." I said.I got a fresh towel and some bubbles and my iPod because my mom was watching, then I locked the door to the bathroom and left the water running for a little while. Then I hopped over the bathtub so I wouldn't get my feet wet. Then I realized I was wearing nurse sneakers and sweats so I went back upstairs into my room and got a way better outfit, some makeup, and hairspray and hid it inside of a towel. My mom surprised me outside of my room. "Didn't you just get a towel?" She asked."Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh......" I stalled."But I wanted a second one to wrap my hair in because I heard its healthier then using the same one that you used to dry your skin...." I said, lying again, as usual."Okay whatever." I walked down the stairs and went into the bathroom. I got changed into my better outfit, put on heavy makeup, and did my hair. I put grabbed my heels and stepped over the tub and slipped through the window. This was getting easier. After I got out of the house I put on my heels and walked to the park."Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyy." I said as I approached them.They all said hi and got into a deep conversation. "Soo...." I said, breaking into their convo."Whatcha talking about...?""Weeeelllllllll...................." Brooke said, (the girl from Jill's party)"I'm not really supposed to tell people...."I was about to say okay when she cut me off."But I will anyways.""Brooke maybe you shouldn't....." Jill said.I probably looked really hurt, because I was. How could Jill exclude me?"Why the public have a right to know." Brooke said. I thought that was a little drammatic, but it worked for Jill."Okay, promise on all of your money that you won't tell anyone?" "Promise...." I said, everyone seemed to think I was rich these days."Some rich girl in our school isn't actually rich. She's faking. Now I have my guess on who it is, but you guess first." She said.Ohmygod.....Was this about me?"Um...I really don't know..." I giggled just to seem nice."Okay that's fine well I think it's Demi." You could hear people in our big circle gasp when she said that."Think about it girls, Demi has never had us over her house, yet she always says how huge it is. And one time, when we were at my house about to leave to go to the mall, she suddenly got a stomach ache and had to go home. Now I think that she didn't actually have a stomach ache, and she actually didn't have enough money to go to the mall and that's why she left.""Oh my gosh yeah!" "How do you guys know that someone's faking?" I asked, I felt obvious it was me so I said"You know, false information can come from any source and like... if it is false, you don't want to be held responsible for starting rumors Brookie." She nodded her head, sounding convinced. I was even convinced."Jilly you didn't make this up, right?" Brooke asked, turning to Jill.I just stared at her.. How could she do this to me? "No.......it's..true." She said, staring back at me."Well there you go." Brooke said to me."Good, Jill who told you that someone's faking?" I asked, purposely putting her on the spot."Uhm..well...it was.." She didn't know what to say."Well someone did tell you right? I mean you didn't just think of it yourself.." I said."Jill....?" Brooke said. Everyone was staring at Jill."She said I can't say who she is. She doesn't want people thinking she's starting rumors. She just has her ways and she knows that someone is being a total fake." Jill said, staring at me the whole time."Well whoever told you isn't really a great friend." I said.Everyone turned to me."Oh really and why?" Jill asked, knowing I meant her."Well if they were really this person's friend, why would they sell them out like that? I mean of course being fake isn't the best thing in the world, but maybe the girl has reasons. If I ever had the heartbreak of being poor, I would sure wanna pretend I wasn't. Why go around showing off to the world that you don't have money when you can just have a normal life at school?" I asked, and everyone smiled at me."Oh my gosh SO RIGHT Lauren!" Brooke said, and about 30 other girls copied her."Yeah. Jill, whoever told you, I think maybe you shouldn't be friends with her anymore. Who knows what other secrets she'll tell, maybe some of yours." I said, hinting to Jill that we're over. "Well girls I have to get home, see you in school. Mwaaah!" I said, blowing kisses."Seeeee yaaaaaaaaaaaa." Brooke said.I climbed through the window and put my heel straight into the filled tub. "Urrggghhh!" I groaned. The suede on my heels would be ruined. I was so tired, I went upstairs, got on pajamas, and went to bed.