Chapter 3: Proud Crowd
Lunch...
No one's P.O.V.
The brawlers all sat at one table for lunch, the girls on one side and the boys on the other. Alice walked into the cafeteria followed by Runo. "Hey Alice, come sit here!" "No, Alice sits here!" "Alice! Over here!" "ALICE!" Alice just sighed and kept walking to the lunch line. Once she got her lunch, she began walking to the table where the brawlers sat, but someone blocked her way. She looked up to see who it was; it was Gretchen and her possy. Gretchen looked like she was going to a red carpet event. She had chunks of mascara on and thick foundation. Her lips were so glossy; you could see your reflection in them. "Umm...excuse me" Alice tried, but they would move. "Alice, i know you're really tired of hearing all these losers try and be with you, why don't you come sit with us for a change?" Gretchen asked nicely. She shot Alice one of her award winning smiles, but it looked like she did that to everyone to get what she wanted. Alice, not wanting to argue, agreed to sit with Gretchen and her friends a.k.a. The Proud Crowd. Alice along with Gretchen and her minions sauntered past the brawlers, who were all staring at Alice. Alice just turned her head slightly and smiled, they all look worried.
With The Proud Crowd...
Alice P.O.V.
"So Alice, do you know why you're ranked #10?" Gretchen asked innocently. "Actually, no. I don't know why" "Well, because you're like, super pretty! Duh? You need at least a little taste of popularity in high school, or else you're slumped." "Oh, oh okay. What's so different between being popular and not being popular?" The whole table stared at me "Ummm...I'm guessing a big difference?" A couple of Gretchen's friends gasped, the witch herself just smirked "Sweetie, the difference is huge. By the end of the week, you'll see. You'll never want to be un-popular again." "Okay, sure. So, what do we do first?" "Well, duh! We need to have a party! A celebration! But first, I'll introduce you to everyone at this table if you haven't already met them before" She said as she turned her back to me. "This is Nikki" She said pointing to a brunette. Nikki gave me a small smile. I can see she hasn't fully accepted me yet "Cheryl" I looked at Cheryl; she had long blonde hair in big ringlets. I had to admit, she was beautiful. She waved, and i waved back. "Elisa, and her boyfriend Will" Elisa had short black hair, excuse me, short SUPER SHINY black hair. And Will looked very strong, he had messy brown hair. "And this..." Gretchen began, pointing to the redhead just like me, but even redder with straight hair"...Is Katie, call her Kat if you want. Right? Kat?" Gretchen shot Katie a hard glare. She just nodded; I swear i heard Katie gulp. I gave her a big smile. Why is she in this crowd? She doesn't look like the type. Well, i don't either so why am i talking? I continued to stare at Katie 'Kat'. She looked so fragile, like if you poked her she would fall to the ground shatter into a million little pieces. "So, now that you met everyone, why don't you introduce yourself?" Katie's head slowly came up, staring at me with her emerald green eyes "okay, Ummm...my names Alice. But you know that. Ummm...i like to read?" "No, no, no! Something interesting!" Gretchen whined "oh sorry, i like too..." I can't embarrass myself so...i have to sound like one of them! What does Julie like to do? Oh Julie loves to do her nails...and read magazines, and SHOP! "Oh, i love to do my nails, read magazines, and shop!" I smiled at myself "GREAT! That's what i was looking for; let's go to the mall after school mm-kay?" I nodded and looked over at Katie. She had one eyebrow up; i can tell she knew i wasn't telling the truth. I shrugged at her and she giggled.
Ring! Ring!
After school...
I avoided the brawlers the whole day of school; i didn't feel like explaining myself to them about lunch. Especially Runo, she wouldn't stop staring at me, it was freaky. After school, i quickly ran out into the parking lot. Gretchen and her friends were already there, waiting for me "Hey, where's Elisa?" I asked looking around "Oh, she'd got a date with Will, she won't be coming. C'mon, hop in!" She signalled me to join them in her red convertible. Thank god it wasn't pink. As if on cue, Gretchen mentioned she had a pink car in her garage at home, but decided to drive her red car to look cooler. Today was going to be a long day...