Reputation
Part Twenty-Four
On Monday morning, i took a deep breath and walked into my school. I cautiously walked into the busy hallway and started to made my way to my locker. While I was walking, I thought about Mandy.
That morning, when I knocked on her door, she didn't answer. I tried to open the door, but it was locked. I spent 15 minutes calling her name but eventually gave up to get ready for school. I picked out my cutest outfit and had driven the entire way to school going over what happened at the football field.
I don't know why I kept feeling guilty. My guilt never lasted this long. Maybe it's because Mandy feels guilty, and it's just rubbing off on me. I don't like it.
When I reached my locker, ACL was standing by it. Angie, Cassie, and Lacie, i remember. WTF? How the hell do I remember their names now, when I never did before? Whatever. Wait, why are they even by my locker?
"Heyyyyy Areeeee!!!!!" Angie says.
"Long time no see, girlieee!!" Cassie squeals as she hugs me."
"Uhm, yeah!"Lacie says. She was the one who macked on Bryan behind my back. She looked really uncomfortable.
"Uh, hey guys. What gives?" they kept looking at me, so I tried again. "Why are y'all over here, talking to me? Y'all ditched me, remember?"
"Ohh, but that was sooo long ago!!" Cassie said.
I just looked at her. "It was 3 months ago."
"Exactly!!" Angie says. "And besides, you didn't ACTUALLY think we were ditching you, did you?!"
"Well," I said. "Kind of. Because you did."
"Nooo, you don't understand!!" Cassie told me.
Angie pitched in, "Yeah!"
"You see," Cassie began. "We just had to come up with a plan to get your reputation back. That's all!" Ah, my rep, again. That's what started this whole thing.
"Yeah!" Angie said. "And to do that, we had to stay popular! You know, so we could pull you back up to your rightful place as the school alpha!" This made no sense.
"Uh, ok. Whatever. I got to get to class." I started walking away, but Lacie grabbed my arm. She hadn't said anything.
"Look, Aree. I'm really sorry. I just had always like Bryan, and I never wanted to hurt you, I just--"
"Seriously, it's no big deal. I honestly couldn't care less. K?"
"Really?" She asked me. Her face relaxed when I nodded. "Oh, um, ok then."
I started walking away again, but she walked with me. "So," she started again. "What's with you and the new guy? Where is he, anyway?"
At the sudden mention of Kyle, my eyes filled with tears. WTF?! Tears?!
"Uh, nothing. I don't know. Hey, I'm just gonna go to the bathroom." I told her, shielding my face so she couldn't see I was crying.
"You sure? K, I'll come with." She started to come with me.
"No, it's fine, you'll be late to class."
"Oh, ok." She hesitated. "But we're cool, right?"
I probably should have been more mad. And I was, at one point. After all, she had went behind my back, when I had trusted her. A couple months ago, I had wanted to ruin her. But that was before I didn't care. Before I didn't want to. Before I met Kyle.
"Yeah, we're cool."
She smiled. "Cool."
I ran to the bathroom, and just made it through the door before the tears came. The flowed out and I sunk down onto the floor. I sat there for a second, before I heard a voice in the bathroom.
"You came here too, huh?"
No way. "Mandy?"
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