Hey everybody :) I feel like this story is rushed, but some it's based on w thing that happened irl, I kinda have to skip the boring days where nothing really happens, thus skipping a lot of time.
Zoey was practically the third wheel of the school. Xephos has Lomadia, Sjin has Minty, Rythian has Kim. She was left with just Tee, who was practically her brother, and a kind of nerdy boy, Nilesy. Nilesy was nice but, eh...
Zoey sighed. The school dance was coming up. She knew no one would ask her. She knew she'd get stuck with Rythian and Kim. She'd already bought her ticket, and didn't want to just not go, but still dreaded it. She set her stuff down next to her bed and pulled out her homework. She started at it for a few seconds. God, why was homework so stressing? She knew fully well that it would take her no more than fifteen minutes to get it done, but she just generally didn't feel like doing it. She set it on the foot if her bed and got out her laptop. The internet was much more friendly. She looked at all of the social networking sites, adding bits here and there, and tried to occupy herself, but that homework still sat at the foot of her bed. Taunting her. She picked it up and started doing it. But she felt sick. Her stomach ached and get head felt unnaturally hot. She sat back, letting the homework fall of the bed, but she still felt sick. She couldn't shake the feeling. It wasn't the normal kind of stomach ache and fever, it was a stressed, twisting knot of a stomach ache, and only her head was hot. She felt like she was going to puke, but knew she wasn't going to.
She sighed and rolled over, looking at her clock. It was early still, 8 pm, and Zoey was not one to fall asleep early. Even if she was tired, out just needed sleep, like she did now, she couldn't get to sleep until at least 10 pm. She watched and let the hours pass, slowly. Then, at least, she fell asleep. Leaving the sick feeling behind.
In the morning, she went through her regular routine. She knew today was the day of school dance. No one had asked her. She was going to be the third wheel. Zoey hated that; having no way of fixing something you weren't in control of in the first place. Nevertheless, she left her home, got on the bus, and suffered through watching her friend with someone she despised.
School was... Well school. Every class she didn't have with Rythian was great. The few she did seemed drag on. Especially science and lunch. Science because she had to work with him, lunch because she had to deal with him and Kim. She loved Kim, she was her best friend, but she just didn't understand what she saw in Rythian. Honestly, .hardly anyone understood. Kim was a good student, good grades, responsible. Rythian not so much, always in trouble, bad grades, much less than responsible.
However, lunch today was different. Zoey noticed Rythian wasn't sitting with them, it was just her, and Kim.
Kim looked gloomy. Very clearly upset, but Zoey didn't dare ask why. She just ate her lunch in silence, as she did most days anyway.
At the end of the day, just before the dance, she got sight of Kim and Rythian. They didn't look happy. Zoey was tempted to just walk away, but seeing as they were the only people she was tagging along with, she walked up to them. The closer she got to them, the more clearly she could hear. They were fighting. Zoey had no idea why, maybe Kim had finally come to her senses. They immediately hushed as Zoey got closer.
"Hey, guys..?" Zoey said, trying to sound like she didn't know what just happened. Kim grabbed her arm, and ran off into the girls' bathroom. Zoey let her drag her along, knowing Kim just needed someone to talk to who want Rythian. Kim sobbed, but nothing she said really registered to Zoey except that she'd broken up with Rythian. Zoey was honestly a bit shocked; sure she didn't see what Kim saw in him, but she knew Kim really liked him.
After ten minutes or so of Kim blubbering, she wiped her eyes and said, "I'm not gonna let him ruin this dance for me, though. C'mon, let's go dance." Once more, Kim grabbed Zoey's arm and rushed her out of the bathroom and into the gym, where the dance was being held.
Loud music blasted away, blowing up everyone's eardrums, but no one cared. Kim danced, obviously trying to look like she was having a good time. Zoey went along with it.
The rest of the dance continued in awkwardness. Zoey left wishing she'd tagged along with Minty and Sjin.
