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Josh Matthews sighed as he stood in the Journalism room. It was Sunday morning and he had to finish the paper layout by two o'clock, so the paper would be printed for school the next day. He sighed as he stared at his layout. This edition of the paper was missing something, but he couldn't put his finger on it. A knock on the door brought him out of his thoughts. He looked up and was surprised to see AJ Lee and Michelle McCool standing in the doorway.
"Hey Josh," AJ said, walking in.
"Uh hey AJ," Josh said. "Kind of surprised to see you and Michelle here on a Sunday." He really was. When it came to the weekends, no one was ever in the school. He knew for a fact he was the only when who came into school on the weekends.
"Yeah," Michelle said. "But we were wondering if we could submit an article to the paper." Josh sighed and rubbed his forehead with his right hand.
"Look guys," Josh said. "Submissions for the paper were due by Thursday. Maybe if you two actually cared about the paper, you would have known that."
"Look can you please just look at it?" AJ pleaded. Josh sighed before nodding. AJ pulled her laptop out of her backpack and placed it on the table. She pulled up a document and let Josh read it. He was quiet for a long time. Then, he finally spoke.
"Wow," Josh said. "This is big."
"Yeah we know," Michelle said. "I know it's really obnoxious of us to ask, but do you think it can go in the paper?"
"Anywhere in the paper would work for us," AJ said. Josh smirked as he looked at the two girls.
"This kind of article can't just go anywhere," Josh said. "This is front page material."
"Really?" AJ asked. She looked at Michelle, shock etched on both girls faces.
"I'd be crazy not to put it there," Josh said, smiling He looked at his layout. "But to do so, I'm going to need your help."
"Sure," Michelle said, smiling. Josh nodded as they all got to work, putting the paper together.
Kelly walked into school with Layla the next morning. Michelle hadn't been at her house when they had gone to pick her up. They had assumed that Ted had picked her up so they could spend some time together. As they walked through senior hallway, they could hear people whispering. They also noticed them staring.
"What?" Kelly asked, glaring at a group of students who were staring at her.
"Nothing Queen Bee," One of them said sarcastically.
"What did you call me?" Kelly asked. The students chuckled before tossing Kelly the school paper. They then walked away. On the front page was a picture of Kelly shouting.
The Queen Bee; Why Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Lord Acton was right when he once said "Absolute power corrupts absolutely". No one should ever be exposed to so much power that they feel like can run anyone's lives. However, some people don't understand this fact. Our resident Queen Bee is a perfect example of this.
Before this year, the current Queen Bee was not the power hungry dictator she is now. In fact, she was once a simple student like the rest of us. However, she was picked to be the cheerleading captain. We cannot blame the previous captain for her choice, as the current Queen Bee is the best cheerleader in her grade and can choreograph a routine very well. But the power went to her head and she abused it.
As the captain of the cheerleading squad, the Queen Bee is supposed to help run try-outs, but does not have the final say on who should be on the team. That is the coach's job. But Miss Bee decided to run her own try-outs, assuring the coach that "she could handle picking the right girls". However, she had something else planned. The try-outs were a fraud as the Queen Bee had decided that one student had to be one the squad, merely because her size was perfect for the open position of a flyer. And even though the other girls at the phony try-out clearly had the experience to be on the team, the captain picked the fresh-faced tiny student with no cheerleading, gymnastics, or dance background.
But just putting the new girl on the squad wasn't enough. The Queen Bee had to have followers just like her, and she would do so at all costs. Whether it involved lying to other students about falsified conversations or lying to her own friends to make sure that cheerleaders only dated football players.
And then there's the paint incident. You were all there on Friday when one student was doused in paint. This was all planned by the Queen Bee, who wanted to make sure that the squad was just like her and that they had no friends outside of the group.
We feel the need to end the Queen Bee's power hungry rule. She cannot get away with these horrible actions anymore. It is time for the reign to come to an end.
Kelly stared in shock at the paper. Layla looked at her, seeing Kelly's face grow red with anger.
"Who dared to write this?" Kelly asked. She looked at the name under the article. The article was by AJ Lee and Michelle McCool. "How dare they?" Kelly threw the paper to the ground.
"Kel?" Layla asked.
"Those two bitches are going down," Kelly said darkly. She stormed off and Layla quickly walked after her.
Sorry this chapter was a tad bit shorter. Anyways, review! There might be a cyber cookie in it for you. XD
