Riley was always a perfect little ball of sunshine. Innocent, pure, still as 13 as she could've been. Riley knew about a lot in the world, she knew about the birds and the bees, she knew about how world peace did not exist, she knew about stories that were on the news. She wasn't completely innocent but she tried to be.

No one was able to make this girl changed but that was before Missy's antics got more serious. Missy was mad, mad at Riley for stealing Lucas (even though they still weren't together), mad at Riley for making Lucas turn her down, mad at Riley for how childish she was, but most importantly, mad at her for not caring how childish she really was. Missy was jealous that Riley didn't even try and everyone still liked her, while she had to try her hardest to make sure people liked her.

Even though Missy was jealous, she would never admit it. When people would ask 'Why are you so mean to Riley' she would say back 'Revenge for stealing Lucas.' She'd never admit that she was jealous of her, it'd ruin her reputation.

Sure, Riley was insecure but that was more of a looks thing and she didn't think she was cool like Maya, but her actual personality never bothered her. Until then.

Now, eighth grade is hard year. You have to worry about high school admission tests, high school auditions, applications, if your friends were going to the same school, or if you would have to start over. That's also one of the years when you go through puberty and your hormones are high. You also have to deal with loss of self esteem and confidence. Now, whether that's from you and your thoughts or if it's from someone else and their thoughts, it's different.

Riley woke up that morning and was the perfect ball of sunshine she always was. Even though it was cloudy outside and the snow was coming down hard, she still was as happy as ever. It was the last school day before winter break, who wouldn't be excited?

She got ready, putting on her leggings, her long, burgundy sweater, and her black ankle boots. She looked great. Putting her hair in a braid to the side, she was ready to take on the world.

When Riley got downstairs it was already 6:50, her friends should've been there at any moment. The clock just turned to say 7:00, and her friends rang the buzzer.

Riley got up from her seat and buzzed them in, "Come on up." As Maya, Farkle, and Lucas came up, she was sitting down at the table for breakfast.

Lucas was the first person to notice how adorable Riley looked, he always liked Riley and the way she was all dressed in her cute outfit didn't change that.

He took a seat next to her, Maya on the other side of her, and Farkle next to Maya. It's how they usually sat, and nothing about that was ever going to change. After finishing there oatmeal, the four friends headed out to take on the world. Grabbing their phones, book bags, jackets, and hats, they were ready for school.

Once at school, they headed to their lockers to put down the stuff they didn't need for first period. They arrived at school 30 minutes before they had to be there, as always. It was their routine, Lucas, Maya, and Farkle would go to Riley's house, eat breakfast, head to school, get there early, check their social media on their phones, and then learn. Today was a little different.

Riley looked at her instagram, she just uploaded a new selfie last night and a lot of her followers liked it, some of them (including Lucas) put the emoji with the heart eyes in the comments with "Perfection." But she had a direct message from someone. She opened her dm's and saw one from Missy, weird right? Missy doesn't like Riley so it was out of the ordinary that she would dm her.

It was a screenshot of the selfie Riley took last night and in the caption she wrote "Ummm, can you say ewwww! Riley why do you even try, all of those likes and comments you get how you look great are fake. No one enjoys seeing your ugly face on their screen and I definitely don't appreciate you showing your ugly face. Why do you think you're pretty Riley, you're nothing but worthless and ugly. You should be insecure about the way you are. I don't even know how Farkle, Maya, and especially Lucas put up with you. YOU ARE WORTHLESS!"

Riley got upset about it but she kind of brushed it off. I wasn't like what Missy said was important, she was just trying to get to Riley.

"Ummm, Riley, what's that?," Lucas asked. She hadn't realized he had been looking over her shoulder, but he was already there and she couldn't hide it from him now.

"Nothing," she blurted out turning off her phone right away.

"Riley, if Missy was being mean to you again then you know I'm here for you."

"Yeah, it's fine. Just Missy being Missy," she told him.

"Look, I read what it said. You're not worthless, you're everything to me, and nothing to be insecure about, you're perfect," he finished. Riley had a wide smile and blushed, looking straight down at the floor. Lucas chuckled at her actions and placed his arm around her shoulder, walking with her to class. This caused her to blush harder.