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chap. 1 ; pt. 2
As soon as I entered the school, I was welcomed by my best, and for now, my only, friend, Scarlett. She was looking gorgeous, as usual. Her long chocolate brown hair was curled, her Latino skin was tanned, and her makeup was perfection. Like I said, she was beautiful. We headed to the second floor to reach our lockers, and the path there passed directly by the mob of what used to be my group of friends. Scarlett waved to them, but turned down the offer to join their conversation.
As we turned into the hallway that held our neighboring lockers, I could see a blurry figure of, probably the most well known and most loved boy in our school, Drew Brighton, leaning on my locker. It wasn’t anything abnormal considering he was my boyfriend. His nearly black hair had grown slightly over the break, and since I’d last seen him his right ear was pierced with a small silver sphere. He wore khaki pants, and a navy blue sweater with a yellow tie that matched the yellow collar poking out from the neck hole of his sweater. He was stunning, but was I ecstatic to see him? Maybe before he and his sister had the whole school turn on me I would have been.
“Hey beautiful. How was your break? Happy we got those two extra weeks off?” Drew’s alluring voice asked me once I reached him. I’m guessing this caused Scarlett to feel uncomfortable, for she quickly dialed her combination, grabbed her homeroom supplies, and scrambled away.
To my fullest ability, I attempted to ignore what happened the last time I’d seen him and keep it cool. “I needed the extra two weeks,” I replied. “I knew, after what happened on the last day I never wanted to come back here. Oh, and my break was pretty awesome.” I grinned. “My cousins and I went on a shopping spree at FAO Schwartz and got a Barbie Foosball table for my grandma’s studio! It wasn’t anything compared to sunny California, but it was fabulous.”
“Hey, by the way, I’m really sorry. This is all entirely my fault. I shouldn’t have overreacted. We’ve only been dating for three months. I completely understand why you couldn’t come with me.” Drew placed a comforting hand on my shoulder.
The whole reason I was frustrated with Drew, as well as the reason I had minimal friends, was because only one day prior to the break, he offered to fly me out to California with him. I turned him down, and apparently that is a huge mistake since he’s the bad boy heartthrob of the sophomore class here at York. I told him it was because my mom wouldn’t let me, and although he was aware that I was lying, I stayed persistent and stuck to my story. Drew told his sister, and the forceful duo spread multiple rumors around the school to trick each and every clique into hating me. The best part is it all happened in one day. That’s the power of popularity.
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