Can't Touch This: Chapter 5

Alexia raced through the halls trying to get to the safety of her biology class before she had to face Katrina. But her prayers were not heard at all. Katrina, Hallie, and Rayna stood angrily in front of her. "Hey Kat. Look you guys, it was just because when they interviewed people, they really sucked, so while I was getting help for math this morning, Mr. Sanders asked me to be co-anchor." Alexia spluttered. Just then, Mr. Sanders came to talk to Alexia. "Great job on your interview yesterday, Alexia. You did great this morning." Mr. Sanders walked off to the teacher's lounge while Alexia cringed and turned crimson.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Proof! So, you decided, to skip the meeting didn't you? Too bad I already RSVP'd for you for the party, or you would be the new STR." Katrina said. She shared a sly smile with Rayna and Hallie. "But, that doesn't mean we won't make your life miserable, you ALW. Consider this YOUR last meeting of the CTT." With that, Katrina stomped off with Rayna and Hallie smirking at Alexia. "ALW?" Alexia said in disbelief. She couldn't believe Katrina had just called her an ah-nnoying loser wannabee.

"Screw Mr. Sanders. He just HAD to come congratulate me then." Alexia moaned. During lunch, she kept sneaking peeks at the CTT's legendary table, table 10. It was in the middle of the huge café/lunch room, and every girl outside of the CTT's dream was to one day be invited to sit at that table. Alexia sighed and joined Celine, her other anchor at their table. Alexia dejectedly sipped her fizz-less Perrier and picked at her California rolls. Her head instinctively turned to the CTT's table when she heard a burst of laughter. 'They must have so many schemes and plots to destroy my social life.' Alexia thought, depressed.

By French, everyone was whispering and looking at Alexia pointedly. Alexia overheard Brittany murmuring to her friend Diane. "I heard that Alexia peed her pants the first 7 weeks she slept over at Katrina's house and she named her teddy bear Justin Biebear and practiced kissing him in 4th grade." Brittany giggled. Color immediately flushed into Alexia's perfect evenly tanned cheeks, turning them blood red. "Ehmagod. This is cruel!" Alexia gasped.

When Katrina, Rayna, and Hallie walked into the room, everyone burst out in fits of laughter and pointed at Alexia. Katrina, Rayna, and Hallie wore taunting smirks on their perfect faces. Hot tears pricked the back of Alexia's eyes, and she fought the urge to bawl like a baby. It didn't work, tears streamed down Alexia's now pale cheeks and smeared her mascara. She ran tearfully to the nearest bathroom and stayed there for the whole period. When the bell rang, she washed her face and dashed to tennis class. She had been embarrassed enough.

Katrina smirked proudly. "Ha, she finally got what she deserved." Rayna giggled. "Just wait, she'll hate herself for ever getting in my way after we're through with her." Katrina said. "What are you going to do?" Hallie asked. "Oh, you'll see. And so will the rest of the student body." Katrina smiled cruelly. "Wait and see."