Love Me

Chapter 2

Taking a deep breath, I walked to the front door and went inside. The hallway was packed with kids, and I weaved my way in and out of them until I made it to my new locker assignment. Number 54, and it was right next to my first class, chemistry. I put my combination in and started to unpack my stuffed backpack.


“Hey Kristin!” I heard a voice say from behind me. My heart skipped a beat. Megan? I twirled around and found myself face to face with another senior girl. She had strawberry blond hair and bright green eyes, the same color of mine. This girl was small and thin, and surrounded by a group of others I didn't know. But she wasn't Megan.

“Sophie?” I sighed. Sophie had made my life miserable since I was a freshman. “What do you want?”

“I just wanted to drop by and say hello to my friend. Is there anything wrong with that?” Her smile was sickly sweet.

“You are not my friend,” I spat at her. I turned back to my books and continued to unpack them.

“Well. Then I guess I'll just be going. Come on, girls,” she said, addressing the group. “And Kristin, have a good first day.” With that she turned around, but not before she slammed my locker shut.

“What a loser,” I heard one of the girls saying.

“Just ignore them, Kristin,” I told myself, but the words still hurt. Opening my locker once again, I grabbed my chemistry books and quickly walked next door. The bell rang a few seconds later, and I sat down at the first open seat I saw. Standing in the front of the room was a tall man. He had brown hair and with a buzz cut. He was a bit on the chubbier side with a big belly, and he also had the lightest blue eyes I had ever seen.


“Good morning class,” he started off. He had a really gruff voice.

“Good morning,” half the class mumbled.

“My name is Mr. Pierski. Before we begin, I'm going to need to take attendance. When I call your name please say here.” He started to read of a list of names.

“Lucy Albert?”

“Present!”

“Jack Barrens?”

“Here.”

It went on like this for a while, until he came to my name.

“Kristin Mckay?”

“Here,” I said. I felt eyes on me, and put my head down. I hated being the center of attention, even if it was just for a second.

“Megan Quinn?” I heard him call. My head shot up. Megan was in this class?

"Here!” I heard Megan shout. I turned my head towards her voice and saw her sitting in the back row. She didn't even notice me, she was too busy chatting with two other girls. Had she really replaced me? I focused my attention back to Mr. Pierski, but that thought still hung in the back of my mind.

When the bell rang, I walked straight towards Megan to try and get an explanation.

“Hey, Megan,” I began.

“Oh, hey Kristin.” Kristin? What happened to Krissie?

“So, umm, how have you been?” I asked, hoping the real Megan would start to show.

“Good,” she said. I could tell she was distracted, she kept looking over my shoulder at who knows what.

“Uh, Kristin, I have to go. See you later?” She still wasn't making eye contact.

“Um, yeah. See you later.” By now I was sure she had replaced me. I watched her run around me and jump into her other friend's arms. Choking back tears, I went back to my locker and got my books for my next class, calculus. Had my best friend really abandoned me? I felt a tear slide down my cheek as I walked into the classroom.

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