Golden Boy
chapter seven

Brooklyn 

After school I headed to the journalism room. I loved this room more than anything. On one side of the room was computers and on the side I was currently on had one big round table where we sat during staff meetings. Then there were smaller tables for interviews. I'd be on the staff since I was a freshman. I didn't get to do too much freshman year, I basically just passed out papers and read articles written by the upper classmen. Sophomore year I got to do small articles. Then every year a junior is given their own section and that was me last year. Now as a senior I was the editor-in-chief of our newspaper at our high school. It was a lot of responsibility but I loved to write. Its what I want to major in next year. My jobs were the sports section and front cover. We just had our homecoming and I did the football article and now I had a scheduled interview with the homecoming king and queen. I was never sure why we did this but the front cover after homecoming was the king and queen, but we did, every year. I had the baby sitting up on the table next to me while I was waiting. Suddenly, the door flung open. In walked Selena Curry. She was about five foot six, platinum blonde, head cheerleader and the typical high school mean girl. She thrives on people being afraid of her, but I've never been one of those people so she's always been extra mean to me. She sat down across from me and flipped her hair before she spoke.

"Hello Hamilton." Selena said with sarcastic enthusiasm. 

"Hi Selena." I said meeting her tone.

"Oh the baby project. I heard everyone has a partner, but I bet your a single mother because who'd want to partner with your ugly-" She was cut off when another voice said.

"How's my baby-momma?" Vinny joined us in the room, walking right over to baby Graham.

Did I mention the Golden Boy was the homecoming king? How cliche. But the look on Selena's face was priceless right now.

"Can we get started?" I asked motioning for Vinny to sit down. Vinny turned the baby seat toward him as he sat down next to Selena. Thats when I noticed I didn't have the recorder for the interview. "I forgot something. I'll be right back."As I crossed to the other side of the room and looked around for a recorder, I couldn't help but over hear the conversation going on between Selena and Vinny.

"Are you seriously her partner?" Selena asked him.

"Yeah so what?" He shrugged, rocking the baby seat.

"Well because you're you and she's so you know. Whatever. When can we hangout again? Its been too long?" She placed her hand on Vinny's arm.

"I'm gonna be kind of busy for awhile." He gestured his head to the baby.

"Just dump the baby on her. Who cares not like she does anything."

"I'm not gonna do that. I'm gonna earn my grade on this project."

"Whatever Vinny." Selena glanced at her watch. "Can we do this sometime today Brooklyn? I have practice soon." 

I snatched a recorder up and walked back over to the table. 

"Okay. My first question is for Selena, were you surprised to find out you were in the running for queen?" I asked.

Of course she wasn't but she'll lie to make herself look good.

"I was shocked, but honored my classmates found me worthy to be nominated." She said.

"Okay Vinny, same question."I looked at him.

"Well, I'd kind of be lying if I said I was." He said.

Wow conceited much?

"Selena, how did you feel finding out you won?" I asked. 

"I was so excited. It was truly honored that the school voted for me. Now if that's it I have to go to cheer. Bye Vinny." Selena winked at him. No shock she didn't bother saying bye to me as she left the room.

"Okay Vinny how did you feel finding out you won?" I asked him.

I bet he feels he was entitled to it since he was the Golden Boy.

"Can you just write something like it felt awesome. People wouldn't want to know the truth." He said.

"What do you mean?" 

"Is this off the record?" He asked glancing at the recorder and notebook.

"Sure."I shoved it aside. "Now what did you mean?"

"I didn't want to win. I didn't even want to be nominated. But I got all of that because of how people view me. Because I'm the Golden Boy."

"What could possibly be bad about being you?" I asked.

"Being the Golden Boy doesn't mean you get everything you want." Vinny looked me in the eyes for a split second after saying that.

What could he possible want that he doesn't have? 

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