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"Hello, my name is Nate Gray," he began. "These two are Alex and Mitchie. We just wanna say that we are very honored to have you guys as classmates and that we would be looking forward to form new bonds of friendship with all you."
He finished the introduction with a smirk on his face, and the whole class suddenly started to clap. Ugh… I could spot so many things wrong with that 'small speech', like, why on earth would he be honored to have us as classmates when he doesn't even know us? The whole thing sounds like something his manager would come up with.
Amongst the whole cheering classmates I was the only one looking totally pissed. I guess that's why the three people had their eyes on me. Hmm, weird, I was pretty sure Nate would be throwing me furious glares by now. Has he not realized who I am?
I looked at the two girls from head to toe. I've heard of them. I think they're from Disney as well, must be someone who's never worked with Hannah.
The first girl Alex looks perfect. Well, I wouldn't put very much compliment on her body but her face is just the cutest little thing! I swear I have never seen someone as cute as her in their teenage years. And her hair is gorgeous like it's so full. And her smile is nice, nothing special about her smile. One thing she needs to improve is her body, like she needs to gain weight. People say I'm skinny, they just haven't seen her. Seriously, she's got no boob or ass.
The second girl looks slightly less attractive but I l-o-v-e her smile. It seems really genuine and her body is way better than the first one. Okay, she might still be in the category skinny-r-us but at least she has some curves. But she's wearing like all black. She seems like a very happy Goth. And I don't even think Goths are supposed to be happy.
Finally I looked at Nate Gray. He definitely grew up, the last time I saw him was around 2 or 3 years ago. He's much taller, he's more muscular, he seems healthy in and out and yea, I've got to admit, he looks way hotter. He looks much happier too, must be nice to finally get rid of me. And the two girls are probably my replacement, so much for being BFFs.
"Okay, why don't we all take turns and introduce ourselves to our new friends?" Mr. Corelli instructed. What? It's starting to feel like primary school again.
Everyone started to stand up and say they're names. Well, the girls were all star struck and that made them look very—stupid. Lilly stood up and just stared at him, and then followed by her infamous 'Eeep!' which made Nate raise his eyebrows, I'm sure he meant to say, "Is she okay?"
It was my turn so I stood up and hesitated to say my name out loud. What if he just forgot my face but still recognize my name? I opened my mouth, "Miley Stewart," I finally said, my chin up trying to cover the fear which was growing inside me.
Nate and the two girls gave me a smile and I forcefully tried to return it as I sat back on my seat. Maybe Nate was just trying to maintain his fake image and yell at me after class. I mean, there's no way he'd ruin his Disney image just because of me although that would give him another reason to hate me.
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I was just getting ready to storm out of the class when The Three just happened to stop me. Oh great, what now? Maybe my prediction came true. He was going to start yelling at me after class. Surprisingly they just wanted help like every new kid does.
"Hey, it's Miley, right?" Nate asked me, I just nodded. "Could you help us with the directions, we didn't have the chance to get a tour of the whole school." He continued. Well duh, nobody gets a personal school tour.
I sighed, "Sure. Do you need help with anything else?"
"We would love it if you could help us with the schedule. You know, inside scoops, and other stuff." The girl with the gorgeous smile added. Man, I think I might actually like her.
"Okay. Can I see your schedules?" I asked. Shoving my hand forward to collect their schedules and I started to study their schedules. I told them real inside scoops like how the pretty girl should find a seat at the back at Biology because the teacher is so gross and the smiling girl should stay away from this one boy in Economy because he farts a lot. And finally I looked at Nate's schedule which caused me to laugh nervously, "You have the exact same schedule as me."
Like is that even possible? I looked over at Nate's expression and he had none but confusion probably on why I looked so terrified of him. He probably could tell the difference between star struck and fear. Well, since he was going to act dumb I might as well pretend nothing happened between us until he finally admits it. So I decided to go back to being the real, sometimes sarcastic, Miley Stewart. I smirked, "You are very lucky that you get to spend each and every lesson with yours truly."
I was expecting a disgusted face which he gave to me the last time I saw him, not the Hannah Montana one but way before that. Instead he laughed at my comment and joined by Alex and Mitchie. I didn't bother to join in the moment. I wondered how long Nate will be able to keep up his 'Oscar-winning' performance.
"So are you going to help us with the directions or what?" Nate asked. I sighed and nodded. Wow, I'm being cold.
I showed them each of the rooms in our little school, until I finally got tired and stopped. I turned around and smiled at them, "I believe you guys wouldn't have any trouble finding your lockers."
Mitchie nodded quickly as if she was afraid of me. I guess she's not very comfortable with the common High School air. I smirked, "Excellent."
As I turned around and ready to get away from them, they called me one more time, "Hey, Miley!" I looked over my back to see the person shouting my voice. Excuse me for not being able to differentiate Nate's voice with the other girls' voice. Turns out it was Nate who called, "Why don't you sit with us a lunch?"
"You mean with the Gray Brothers? And you two?" I pointed at the two girls.
They nodded together in unison. Alex opened her cute mouth, and said, "You're not going to refuse our offer are you?"
I hesitated as I opened my mouth, looking for the right excuse, "I—I—I have to sit with my friends. I mean, we sit together at lunch time like all the time." I started to laugh nervously. Mitchie looked as if she doesn't care, "Well, they can sit with us."
The two girls looked over at Nate as if he was the one to approve, which I thought was stupid, and Nate nodded, approving my friends and I to sit at their table.
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Oliver and Lilly waved at me. I hurriedly ran over to them and told them the current situation.
"We get to sit with Connect 3?!" Lilly practically yelled.
I quickly closed her mouth as I looked around, hoping that no one heard. I told Lilly to keep it down and she did. Her face was beaming with happiness.
Connect 3 and the girls entered the room accompanied by the massive cheers from the students. Apparently they were already prepared a table by the students, and I mean the table. Well, for almost 2 years I've tried to climb the social ladder in high-school (I'm a sophomore now) and I'm probably still in the midst of the A-list and B-list. Now, Connect 3 came in and they're having the biggest table in our cafeteria?! The table for 20 people is now reserved for 5 people?! And I'd understand if the 5 people were obese or something, no offence to the obese, but those 5 people were like sticks!
Nate waved at us, signing it was time to join them at the 'magical table where only he and only he shall be able to determine who should be able to sit at'. Lilly shrieked and Oliver played cool as we walked over to their table with every eye in the cafeteria looking at us like we weren't supposed to be with them.
Lilly and Oliver sat down and I was about to sit when Shane suddenly said my name, "Miley?"
I flinched as I heard Shane say my name. Nate, who didn't know me when he saw me, looked confused at Shane's reaction. He asked, "You guys know each other?"
Shane, who was still looking at me curiously even though he clearly remembered me, realized that his little brother didn't know who I was—yet. So he made up some lame excuse about meeting me, "Yea, we met at free period."
I made a face at that excuse. I mean even I could make up a better one. Nate didn't seem to buy it either, "But you're a junior, we're all sophomores."
True. We're all sophomores, except Shane's a junior and Jason's a senior. It amuses me that Shane and Jason hadn't found anyone cool enough in their grade to invite at lunch. I mean, hanging out with a bunch of sophomores while Jason's a senior must be lame. Even though nothing The Gray Brothers (A.K.A Connect 3) do would ever be considered lame.
"We met in the hallways when he was having free period and we were having study hall, Nate." I explained the lie to Nate. Nate looked at me for a moment, not sure. Fortunately they don't understand the scheduling system at our school yet, so I might as well lie about it. Of course Lilly and Oliver would question me but they wouldn't do it out here in front of everyone.
Mitchie on the other hand looked happy, as always, "You guys had study hall today?! Aw, I'm so jealous. When am I having study hall?"
"You might wanna check the schedule, Mitchie." Alex told her. We then started talking and actually had some fun even though there was clearly tension between Shane and me, since he actually remembered who I am.
Suddenly someone's cell phone rang and the ringtone was from Hannah Montana. The group made a disgusted face. Alex looked the most annoyed, "Ugh, someone still actually listens to her?"
I suddenly felt so small. I've never actually heard someone hate Hannah right in front of my face. Yea, there are the things people said on message boards but those never managed to get to me. Oliver saw me looking timid and defended the other side of me, "Hey, I think she rocks."
"You guys don't like Hannah?" Lilly asked.
"Nobody likes her anymore," Alex whispered.
"Why?" Lilly asked.
"Well, remember the 'feud' a couple of months ago? Apparently some people still despise her for it." Mitchie explained.
"What feud?" I tried to remember.
"She and her backup dancer made a parody of our youtube vlog," Alex pointed her fingers at Mitchie and herself.
My heart beat faster when I remembered the 'feud' that made a million girls have more reasons to despise Hannah, before the 'feud' it was just because she hangs out with Connect 3. My big mouth suddenly decided to defend myself, "Well, parody is the biggest form of flattery."
"Weird, that's what Hannah said too," Alex squinched her eyes as she looked at me suspiciously. "Whatever, she's a whore anyways."
My body shivered at the thought of the accusation, of course, how could I forget the pictures I took. Normal pictures any 15 year-old would take, and stupidly I took them as the world's biggest role model. The paps went wild, so did the parents. And that gave fame whores like Alex, who by the way is still a big nobody in my book, an opportunity to shine as Disney's newest angel.
I scoffed as I realized.
Alex is now officially the definition of a Disney perfection. The definition I used to fill…