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Heathertail POV
Here we go. My chance to get Lionblaze back.
And I will get him back.
I slammed my locker shut and strutted down the hallway in my designer sunglasses, cute polka dot sundress and high-heel wedges.
"Hey, Cind!" I called. Cinderheart. Sweet, popular, and my mortal enemy.
Not that she'd know.
"Hey, Heathertail," she said to me. She looked slightly uncomfortable. Yes, I was known for being a diva. Was that really a bad thing?
"I have a question for you."
"Fire away," she said.
"How do you feel about Lionblaze?"
She stopped dead in her tracks. I smirked. Right where I wanted her. 'You can't tell anyone."
"Cross my heart," I said, my voice caked in a fatal amount of sugar. Just as sweet, but just as deadly.
"I… I really like him," she whispered. "He's so nice, and-"
"Oh!" I said dramatically.
"What?" she asked cautiously.
I smirked. "It's just… well, I probably shouldn't tell you."
"No. You can tell me." She pursed her lips nervously and started fiddling her thumbs.
I put a fake pout on my lips. "It's just… he doesn't really like you."
She looked as if she had been socked in the stomach. 'How do you know?" she asked, her voice scared.
"Well," I started, "we were talking the other day about you. I was telling him how nice you are, and he said that you seemed… fake. And that you were totally rude and ugly, and how he wishes that you would just be dead already."
She sniffled once, but that sadness quickly turned to anger. "Oh. Thank you so much, Heathertail, for opening my eyes to what a jerk he is." The bell rang, and she flipped her hair and walked away. Now that I had broken her trust, the whole thing would come crashing down. And Lionblaze
Would
Be
Mine.
I walked down the hallway to Breezepelt. "Hey, Breezy," I said. Breezepelt was my best friend from middle school. None of the other kids hung out with me, except for Breezepelt. He basically skyrocketed my popularity from zero to one hundred.
"Hey Heather," he said with a nod.
"I told you not to call me that," I said through gritted teeth.
He rolled his eyes. "Right."
I plopped my books down next to him. "Did you get my homework."
"No," he scoffed. "You can do your own homework."
I gritted my teeth. "Look Breeze. Remember how I did a favor for you? A good word with-"
"Shut up!" he hissed. "I know what you did," he stated quietly. "But legit, this was an easy homework assignment. You could have done it."
I flicked my hair. "Fine." I wasn't about to let this mouse-brain of a friend ruin my day. I had gotten basically everything I wanted, and nothing was bringing me down.
Cinderheart POV
I strutted down the hallway. At that moment, i didn't care if anyone thought that I was a diva. I had a purpose. I was angry.
Stupid, I thought to myself. Stupid for believing everything that Lionblaze. Stupid for thinking that he liked me.
"Hey Cind," he said.
I gritted my teeth and flipped around. 'Hey, Blaze," I answered back.
"I have a question to ask you," he started. Did he look… nervous? No. I pushed the thought out of my head. Instead I focused in on my anger.
"Is it why I'm so ugly?" I asked.
"What?" he said, confused. 'Why would you think-"
"Or perhaps if I'm really a spoiled brat?" i countered.
By then a small crowd had gathered. "Cind, I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Oh, don't play dumb with me, Blaze," I spat. "I heard all about your little chat with Heathertail about me. You honestly don't think she'd tell me that you called me…." I racked my brain. "Totally rude, ugly, fake, and that you wished I was dead. Real low, Blaze. Real low."
He laughed. "Cind, did you seriously think that I said all those things about you?"
I wasn't going to let him go that easy, but I softened up a bit. "No," I started, "but-"
"Heathertail was lying." He gritted his teeth.
Suddenly, it all clicked. "Of course! She still likes you, and just wanted to break us up-"
"What?" Lionblaze asked.
A collective gasp rose. "There was a them to break up!?" a girl whispered to her friend.
I gasped. I had basically just revealed that I like Lionblaze. I tried to hold back the tears as I ran down the stairway. "Cinderheart!" he called. But I couldn't deal with him right then. "Stupid, stupid, stupid," I muttered to myself.
I exited Thunder and paused to catch my breath. "Wow, you run fast."
I turned around. "Lionblaze!" I gasped. My face turned bright red. I pushed a lock of wavy black hair behind my ear. 'Um, what's up?"
He stared at me with a certain intensity. 'What you said back there," he started. I blushed a deeper shade of red. "Did you… mean it, I guess?" He shrugged playfully.
"I don't know," I answered. I played with my charm bracelet. "Do you want me to mean it?"
"Yes!" He said, eagerly. "I mean… it's cool, whatever." I laughed, and he smiled. "I've liked you since we were apprentices," he said quietly.
"Really?" I said. "I started liking you once we got to high school. I mean, you were always just Hollyleaf's annoying brother. But now, You're Hollyleaf's annoying and cute brother." He laughed, as did I. Sometimes, two people liking each other ruins a friendship. But I think that in the case of me and Blaze, it just made the friendship that much stronger.
"So, what do we do now?" I asked him.
He sat on the bench next to me and put his hand over my shoulder. My heart skipped a beat. "Well, how about Friday? We can go to the mall, do a little bit of window-shopping."
I faced him. "Sounds perfect. And the time after that, we get to do something that you want to do."
He laughed. "Deal."
We sat there awkwardly. "I'm gonna head in," he said. "Coming?"
"I'll come in soon," I answered. He shrugged and walked towards the building.
I watched the sunset behind Thunder building. My heart raced as fast as I think it had ever gone, but the only thing I felt was absolute happiness.
And a pair of eyes, in the back of my head.
Uh-oh! Sounds like Heathertail is ticked!
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