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Not a Fairy Tale
Second week of senior year. I should be exited right? Best year of my life, just starting and all that. Well if you'd guessed right, then you'd be wrong. Here's the reason.
It's horrible to be known as the freak of the school. The girl who once had everything going for her. The girl whose world crashed down and she was left to pick up the fragmented, crushed pieces. Whenever I walk down the hallways and I hear the whispers,
"It's her."
"She's the girl who's parents…?"
"Yeah."
"You want to avoid her, she's crazy."
"All of her friends…?"
"Gone."
"Wonder what happened."
"Poor thing."
"I hear you got the crazy girl as your student this year."
They think I can't hear them, but I can. They think that turning away, that whispering behind their hands will work. It doesn't. Why can't they say this stuff to my face? Why can't they just get it over with? And why, why, do they still whisper about me when I walk down the halls? It's been four years already!
As I walk up to the school, I'm ready to be the center of attention again. Walk down the halls with my head down and hear the whispers that accuse me of being crazy.
I haven't really done anything crazy, since my world crashed, since my parents died, since my friends transferred to another school to avoid me, the craziest thing I've done is scream and punch the walls.
But as I enter the school, the whispers don't immediately pick up. There's a hush. I wonder why, but ignore it. The quiet is much better than the whispers. I already hear enough whispers when I'm at home. When it's all quiet and I can here them.
I turn the corner and stop by my locker. It's still quiet, even though I've made through that part of the hallway. I can tell everyone's still staring at me, so why? Why aren't they whispering? I'm being paranoid. I need to stop, they are whispering, just not about me. I should be relieved.
I grab my book for my first class and look up. Immediately I know why no one has been whispering about me. There at the end of the hall. It's where they stand. And instantly I'm frozen.
"Sakura! We've missed you!"
"Sakura! Where are you going? Wait for me!"
"Sakura! Why'd you hit me?"
I can do nothing but stare at them. I don't think they notice me, but soon they will. I need to go before that happens. But I can't seem to move. My book falls from my hands.
"Sakura. What the hell are you doing here?
"Sakura. Why don't you just leave?"
"Sakura. You're not wanted anymore."
They turn around slowly, I still can't process things. Why are they here? They left. They left to get away from me. Their eyes. Oh gosh, their eyes! I can tell they'd been happy until they turned around. Their eyes are hard, filled with hatred.
And his. His are the worst of all.
Suddenly I get my bearings back. There will be more whispers, about this. But I won't run. I won't let them see how weak I am. I won't let them.
As I turn around to walk away, I see her.
The other girl.
The one who has so obviously taken my place.
"Sakura?"
I'm not going to cry anymore.
Hey! I've finally updated!
If you guys have read the version that I didn't like, I also updated the prologue, so make sure to reread that.
I couldn't do it when she was older because I needed a confined place where they'd all have to meet each other.
I hope you like this one better than the one I had on before. I'll have trouble updating because of school, but I'll try every weekend to get the next chapter up.
Let me know which one you liked better.
This one or the last!