Girl Meets Jealousy
Chapter 1
It was just another normal day for Riley and Maya. Maya had climbed through Riley's window not just 2 hours before and they had walked to school together, just the two of them, just like always. The day was perfect; life was perfect. But a lot can happen in two hours; just as a small conflict can turn into a war. They'd learned this before though, they'd been through more than most 8th graders, and they felt very confident that they could handle just about anything. The problem was, some things don't present themselves as conflicts, just like that Trojan horse they had learned about that seemed so long ago. And although they felt they knew enough to handle anything; they were after all still in eighth grade, still trying to figure out each other, still trying to figure out themselves…
With linked arms, Riley and Maya made their way into history, who knows, maybe today was the day that they could actually learn about what happened in Belgium in 1831. They found their seat, the same as always, but just as they were about to sit down; Mr. Matthews walked in. Riley and Maya could care less about the entrance of their "dad" but everyone else seemed to be interested in something about this particular entrance.
"Maya and Riley can you please come here for a second?" Mr. Matthews called out as he walked to his desk.
After a shared eye roll Riley and Maya made their way up to the front and it soon became evident why everyone around them had been whispering.
"Girls, this is Kylie, she just moved here from a small town in Maine and she'll be joining us for our last semester at John Quincy Adams Middle School."
"And by 'our last semester', I hope you don't mean yourself." Maya replied sarcastically "I don't know how you'd follow us to high school but I've learned never to underestimate you."
"Nice to meet you! I'm Riley! I'm so glad you're here! What do you like to do? What's Maine like? What are you like?"
"Whoa there Riles, give her some time to breath, she just got here after all." Maya said as she grabbed Riley on the shoulder.
Riley smiled the smile only she could pull off, "This is Maya, and she is my best friend."
Maya stuck out her hand, "I'm her to keep this one alive."
"You can come sit by me if you want to." Riley said as she motioned to the empty seat next to her's. "I'm actually not sure who sat there to begin with."
"Actually Kiley, before you sit down, do you mind telling us a little about yourself?" Corey asked
"Sure Mr. Matthews" Kylie replied as Maya did a double take. She could have sworn she had just seen the "Riley smile", but this time, not on Riley.
"Of course not" she thought, "No one can smile the way Riley does and even if they did, it wouldn't matter" Riley is the most original person she knew; she was her "strange little goofball."
"I'm Kylie, I just moved here from a small town in Maine… um… I enjoy bright colors, flowers, and I help raise baby bunnies."
"BUNNIES" Riley said as she stood up "Bunnies, I love bunnies, you know I love bunnies Maya."
"Yes honey, I know you love bunnies. Now sit down and let her finish." Maya said as she pulled Riley back down into her seat.
"No actually, that's about all." Kylie said as she made her way towards her new seat.
Maya couldn't help notice the way Riley was looking at her though. It was her "Christmas morning face". Riley was always smiling but this was a different kind of smile. This was the rare smile that only came on very, veryspecial occasions. Maya couldn't even recall her ever being the cause of that face for Riley.
"How could 1 minute with this girl bring out 'super smiley Riley'? It took days, even months to plan something for Riley that exceeded even her belief of the highest amount of happy. One minute, one minute did not seem right. One minute did not make sense at all."