A.N. Hey guys! So sorry I haven't updated recently, I had a huge case of writers block and I've also had so much school work. Between midterms and benchmarks it's been really hectic. I just wanted to give a shoutout to Bethany Tucker for helping me so much with this chapter. She had this idea and thank you so much. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, xoxo.
Missy knew it was her job to make Riley's life a living hell. She wasn't going to let Riley have Lucas, that was the only thing she would never let Riley have the satisfaction of having.
As Missy walked into the gym after Riley and Lucas, she saw them with Maya and Farkle, not having a care in the world. This made Missy even more mad, she thought they were all pathetic, except for Lucas, but the most of all, she couldn't understand how they put up with Riley. They couldn't actually like her she thought to herself.
They were all in a little circle, stretching a little but mostly talking.
As Missy walked over to them, Riley saw and she went white. She looked as if she just saw a ghost. Riley didn't want to admit it but she was intimidated by Missy, wherever Missy was, Riley's blood ran cold.
Without even thinking Riley blurted, "I'll be right back," then got up and ran away from the storm that was about to come.
Missy walked over like she was on cloud nine, watching Riley run away like that, she knew, she finally got to her.
"Look how pathetic, how do you put up with that piece of trash?," Missy started.
"Missy, Riley may be quirky, awkward, and shy, but that is what makes her unique," Farkle said.
"Yeah, she's a goofball, but that's my favorite part about her," Maya stepped in.
"She's our goofball. She is a goofball, a shy, quirky, awkward girl. She's weird, a strange little bird some might call her, she's unique, but aren't we all in our own way. But most importantly she's a princess, my princess," Lucas finished.
Missy turned red with anger and stalked off.
Little did they all know, Riley was listening, but she only heard when Lucas said, "She is a goofball, a shy, quirky, awkward girl. She's weird, a strange little bird some might call her, she's unique…," but nothing else, she couldn't bare to listen anymore, running away. Riley was more hurt than anything. I guess everything was a lie she thought to herself, he always thought of her that way and he didn't think of her anyway else.
Riley didn't come back for the whole period and Maya, Farkle, and Lucas were worried about her. She wasn't one to skip class, even if she was upset.
They had no clue where she was but Riley wanted to be alone. Who knew this was going to turn out to be one of the worst days of her life?
She found out Lucas thought of her as an immature baby, her friends didn't tell Lucas to stop, and Missy was trying to find out ways to ruin her life.
Just then she got 2 texts. The first one was from Lucas, hey, where r u? We r all worried. She didn't bother asking. Why does he even care? The second one was from Missy, Looks like I already got one of your friends on my side, now let's see about the two others. It won't be that hard to convince them, they r only pretending u know.
Well that just made Riley feel worse, if that was even possible. The bell rang for the next class and it was history. If Riley skipped that class, her friends would know something was up, if they didn't already.
She picked up her bookbag and headed out. Walking to her father's classroom alone…getting ready to face everyone that had tried to tear her down.
She walked in, alone, her father gave her a suspicious look causing Riley to look down and sit at her seat. Lucas, Maya, and Farkle came in not too long after Riley. They immediately ran over to Riley asking her if she was okay.
"Guys, I'm fine," she replied still looking down.
"I want to know who did this to you and I want to know now. I will jack them up," Maya told Riley.
"Maya, I'm fine. Don't worry."
Maya was about to reply but Cory started talking to the class, "Okay class, take your seats. It's time to start lesson 2 of our bullying unit. We are going to focus more on cyberbullying in this lesson. Now who could tell me why people cyberbully?"
A lot of the class raised their hands but Riley didn't. Cory noticed she had a faraway look on her face so he decided to try to find out what was going on, "Riley, please tell us why people cyberbully."
"To ruin the victim's life," she replied. Some of the class snickered but she wasn't in the mood to deal with that today.
"Okay, but why are they more comfortable to do it over a text message or social media rather than in person?"
"Because when they are behind a screen they feel as if they can't get in trouble for it even though they can get in more trouble that way rather than any other," Lucas answered for her.
Cory found this odd that Riley was really quiet, she, along with Maya, Lucas, and Farkle, was always one of the loudest in the class.
"Thank you Mr. Friar. Riley, would you like to share something with me after class?," Cory asked.
Riley couldn't take it anymore, she got up and ran out of the classroom. She couldn't stand being in that room anymore. She felt as if every eye in there was burning holes through her body and she couldn't shake off that feeling.
Riley knew this was going to be tough but she didn't know it was going to be a living hell, but most of all she didn't know this was Missy's goal all along. Make Riley's life a living hell: almost complete.
