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(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Chapter Twelve:
"Double Trouble"
It was Friday afternoon, and I was sitting in the canteen alone, pushing chips around my plate.
I know, if I'm not eating you know there's a serious problem.
I didn't really know how it had happened, but Mina had taken over my entire life. Including my friends.
I should probably explain.
Everything had been going so well up until Wednesday. Wednesday fucking wrecked it all.
It was simple. I got up, ate my breakfast, and skilfully avoided my mum's probably nude boyfriend before bolting out the front door to meet the gang faster than you can say 'Caramac.'
This carefully planned regime was interrupted Wednesday morning. I was in the middle of breakfast, in my underwear, when I heard a knock on the kitchen window. I spun round in shock only to see the top of a black head of hair.
Reaching over the sink, I opened the window.
"Hi, Rae!" Mina cried.
"Hi?" It was more of a question than a statement.
"I just thought I'd come and walk you to school!" She tucked her hair behind her ear, rummaging through her bag.
"I like your undies!" She said, eyes still trained on her bag.
I looked down at myself. Oh god, not my most flattering pair.
A thought crossed my mind as I gazed around cautiously. "Mina?" I asked.
"Yes?" She said, still rummaging.
"…How do you know where I live?"
She stopped abruptly and eyed me warily. "I followed you home."
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Tiny little alarm bells went off in my brain, but me being me, I turned them off.
"Why?"
"Because I realised I didn't know where you lived." She stated, turning her attention back to her bag again and smiling gleefully when she spotted what she wanted.
Pulling out the shiny wrapper, she held up a Caramac.
"Been looking for this all the way here!" She said, and bit into it, chewing happily.
"Oh! Here!" She said, pulling out another and handing it to me.
Fuck me, why is she eating Caramac's? Since when did she like Caramac's?
"Err, thanks." I smiled.
Shut up, Rae. It's a free country- anyone can eat a Caramac- the sensible part of my brain stated.
The other half of my brain was saying something else entirely.
"Alright." I said, still looking around awkwardly to see if anyone else had been viewing what had just happened.
"I'll meet you out the front." I gestured for her to move away from the window, and she started walking round to the front door.
Lord, help me now.
Walking down the road, my backpack hanging off my shoulder- I felt as if Mina was gawking at me, as if scrutinizing my every move.
Mina had been sweet. For the first two days. Now, well, she was just annoying.
I had to get away from her.
The gang were all in their usual spots. I tried with all my might not to stare at Finn smoking his morning fag.
"Well, Hello Ra-"
"Keep walking." I pushed Archie forward as he walked towards us.
"Wha-" he protested, my hands still on his back.
"Tell you later." I muttered, low enough for the stalker not to hear.
Finn and Chop stopped their male banter when they caught sight of Mina.
"Hi, Mina." Izzy smiled, and looped her arm through hers.
"Hi." She barely smiled back, gazing over at me.
I continued hurriedly walking, head down.
"Hi to you too, Rae." Finn said jokily, hand in the air in a wave.
I whipped my head round, giving him a sarcastic smile- my feet never ceasing to move.
"Oi, wait up!" he jogged next to me to catch up. "You alright?"
"Yeah, I'm brilliant!" I lied, "I just really, really want to get to College."
"…why?"
I dare not look behind me. Instead, I decided a subject change was in order. Our pace had slowed to more of a leisurely stroll- but I was still wary enough to take bigger strides.
"Where's Chloe?"
"Where'd ya think?" He chuckled, inhaling the smoke.
"Christ." I mumbled. She certainly moved on quickly.
"Yeah."
I suddenly remembered the Caramac in my blazer pocket. I fished it out and began to unwrap it happily. After taking the first bite- I gazed up to see an amused looking Finn.
"What?" I smiled- mouth full.
He chuckled slightly, shaking his head.
"Nothin'."
As we reached the College gates, Finn grabbed my arm.
"Oi, before I forget- I'm taking bets. Fiver says she chucks him by lunch."
Laughing, I said, "Oh yeah? And why's it matter to you so much?"
"It doesn't." he replied. "I'm just fucking skint."
Finn was right, Chloe had chucked Ben well before lunch.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid!"
"We really need to stop meeting like this!" I said, as I walked down the corridor.
Ben was standing, head leant against his locker- obviously scolding himself over the recent demise of his and Chloe's 'relationship'.
"Hi, Rae."
"You look happy." I gestured to him.
He frowned.
"Oi," I rose my eyebrows, "I was being sarcastic."
"Right."
"What's up with you? Chloe not give you enough last night?" I joked.
"Chloe won't give me anything anymore." He turned away from me sombrely. "She dumped me last night."
"But you've only been going out for a day!"
He banged his head against his locker again. "I know."
Gazing around the corridor, I walked closely towards Ben, and leant against the locker right next to his face. "I'm sorry." I sighed.
"She does have a habit of doing that."
After a moments silence he looked up towards me hopefully.
"Can you help me get her back?"
"No." I said instantly.
"Why?" he whined in response.
"Because I'm finished scheming. Done my fair share of it all summer holiday and I'm telling you now- it's over with." I crossed my arms tightly against my chest to add a finality to the statement.
He put he head in his hands.
I inhaled. "Chloe's a good person, Ben. But sometimes, she's just not a nice one."
He moaned into his hands.
I gazed around desperately for help. Sighing, for the last time, I said, "I suppose I could talk to her. But don't go expecting anything!"
Quick as a flash, he jumped up, excited.
"I adore you!" He proclaimed, grasping my head and kissing me on the forehead.
"Alright, alright- keep ya wig on." I wiped my forehead with a small smile.
"Come on!" He said, holding out his arm. "I am buying you lunch."
Well, who am I to turn down a free lunch?
As we entered the lunch hall, my stomach sunk.
There was Mina. Sitting in my seat, with my friends.
And they were letting her.
I couldn't see Chloe, then I remembered she had football club.
As I walked over, she said something that had Chop almost fall off his chair.
"Rae!" He chortled, "Where the hell did you find this girl? She's fucking mint!" He started laughing again with Izzy and Archie.
Jesus, even Finn was laughing.
I faked a smile.
"Hah." I said- without much humour.
Ben had blended into the group supremely, considering he was head over heels for Chloe.
"What we chatting about?"
"Rae." Finn grinned.
"What about me?" I said- alarmed, sitting down.
"You in your pink undies this morning." Chop guffawed.
I flushed.
"You told them that?" I looked at Mina.
She smiled. "I didn't think you'd mind."
For some reason, I was fuming. She was trying to be funny. She was trying to be funny, by taking the piss out of me.
I suddenly stood up.
"Nah. Why would I care?" I said, humourlessly, and walked away silently.
I could hear the table fall silent, and then start up with fits of giggles.
Well, all but two.
"He's just too immature for me. I need a man." Chloe said, in the toilets as she applied some lip gloss.
I leant against the cubicle. "Don't you think that's a little bit harsh?"
"He'll get over it Rae!"
"I guess so."
"So, enough about him. What about you and Finn?" She said, putting away her lipgloss and turning around- leaning against the sink.
Oh god. "What about us?"
"Oh, don't play dim. What's going on with you two?"
"Nothing!"
"Liar."
"I'm being deadly serious. We're just friends!"
"Yeah. That won't last long." She said, turning around, fixing a stray hair.
"And why's that?" I rolled my eyes.
She stopped in her tracks. "Are you really that blind, Rae?"
I just stared.
"Have you seen the way he used to look at you?"
"Yeah, used."
"How he still looks at you, ya twat."
"Bullshit."
"You're so thick for turning him down Rae. Why did you do that?"
"I realized I wasn't ready. Not really."
"Yeah, well- you better be ready, because we're back at college now- and I've seen at least ten odd girls a day look Finn up and down. He's gonna get snapped up like that." She clicked her fingers. "And honestly, I don't know why you're lying to yourself."
"Lying?"
"Telling yourself you don't like him as anything more than a friend! It's bullshit, Rae! And everyone knows it!"
I exhaled deeply. "Look, Chlo can we just not talk about this now?" I practically begged.
She sighed in defeat. "For now. But we will Rae. You'll have to face it sometime."
"Yeah, yeah." I replied nonchantly.
In all honesty, not that I'd ever admit it out loud- I knew she was right.
The week dragged out until Friday, and I had decided against sitting with the gang.
Yesterday had been a nightmare- all it had been was Mina making stupid jokes about anything. I think she had learnt her lesson when it had come to making jokes about me- but still, fucking hell she was annoying.
I felt like a child, sitting on my own in the canteen- whilst the others pandered to Mina.
Suddenly, I felt a chair scrape across from me.
It was Chloe.
"Are you alright?" she asked worriedly.
"Yup."
"Why aren't you sitting with us?"
I gazed over to the gang to which I found they were all staring at me, Finn looked as if he were about to get up too- until Archie gestured for him not to.
"Just- fancied a change of scenery that's all."
I knew I was behaving like a spoilt brat. It was my fault Mina was there. It was my fault I didn't seize the opportunity with Finn, Jesus- it was probably my fault Archie was gay.
Everything was my fault.
But I couldn't stop being angry.
"Rae." Chloe rubbed my arm. "Please don't be upset."
I was silent for a moment, "I'm not upset Chlo," I said trying to sound a little more upbeat. "I'm just probably due on my period or something! It's getting me down I bet!" I smiled as best I could.
"Eurgh." She laughed.
I laughed too.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the gang stop staring, and go back to their conversation.
"Cheer up, Rae. Party tomorrow! You'll still coming round mine, right?" Chloe smiled.
I nodded. "Course."
I inclined my head subtly towards a laughing Mina, hysterically throwing her head back in response to one of Chops jokes.
Chuffing Nora.
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