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Hillside Definite School
Mr. Lin's Classroom
Thursday, December 7
1:15pm
The bell had just rang for sixth period and Tori hurried to Social Studies. This was the one class that she had with Ryan and she always wanted to make it count.
She usually liked to have that class fourth period since that was the period she had it for an hour but sixth period was OK too.
Christina came into the room laughing with one of the other boys who Tori recognized as Andy from her Health Class. Christina sat next to him so they talked a lot but Tori knew she didn't like him more than a friend.
She wondered who Ryan would come in talking to today, every day it was a different girl and Tori admitted it yes, he definitely was a womanizer.
The bell rang and Ryan came running in, he was smiling and laughing the laugh Tori loved to hear.
"OK class settle down" Mr. Lin said.
Christina took her seat and smiled at Tori who smiled back.
"You told your mom about tomorrow right?" Christina asked.
"Of course!" Tori said.
"Christina, Tori do you need a detention?" Mr. Lin asked.
"No sir" Tori replied.
"No" Christina said.
"Alright…now we're going to be doing a handout, I'm going to hand out a reading so you can fill in the questions. This is about the Accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation. Now you may work in groups or with partners but if it gets out hand you're working by yourselves…clear?" Mr. Lin asked.
"Yes Mr. Lin" everyone answered.
Tori looked at Ryan…half expecting him to ask her to work with him since that was what he always did but her face fell when she saw him going to work with a girl named Morgyn who was in the second most popular clique (Bubbilicious were wannabees).
She then turned to Christina but was disappointed to see that she was working with Andy and the two of them joined Ryan and Morgyn.
Now any normal girl would've just walked over but Tori was too shy…that was just her.
Instead she watched as Christina and Morgyn laughed at Ryan's jokes and didn't work. She tried to concentrate on her paper but she couldn't help feeling jealous and hurt even…Ryan almost always worked with her why not this time to?
She turned around and stared at them…rejection and hurt began to well up inside her and she felt as if her heart had been stomped on…she knew Christina would always be chosen over her.
"Tori!" she heard her name called and she whirled around. "Come work with us" Ryan said.
"See" she told herself. She found it amazing how just one thing with Ryan could brighten up her mood.
"What's up?" she said coming over.
"Sit down" Ryan said.
"Alright" Tori said.
"Tori" Christina laughed…it was a constant joke with the two of them.
The group started talking about things and eventually the conversation switched to miscarriages.
"My mom had one of those a couple of years ago" Ryan said.
"Really?" Tori asked.
"Yeah…like two years ago I think. I was supposed to get a little brother but I got home the day after she went to the doctor and she was crying and my dad told me what happened." Ryan looked like he was going to start crying.
"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to" Tori said softly.
"No it's OK" Ryan said.
"Let's get back to work" Andy said.
"OK" the others said.
"Hey Tori…can you do my current events for me?" Ryan asked.
Tori rolled her eyes "OK" she said.
"Here's how you spell my name" Ryan said and he wrote on her paper R-Y-A-N S-T-E-L-L-A.
Tori looked to the window and the sun was in her eyes.
"Your eyes change color in the sun" Morgyn said.
"Let me see" Ryan said.
Tori just stared at him (which for her wasn't hard).
"Not to come on or anything but you have really sexy eyes." Ryan said.
"Um…thanks" Tori said.
"No I'm serious" Ryan said.
"Thanks" Tori said.
The bell rang and Mr. Lin said "alright class we'll work on this more tomorrow" Tori ran out of the room…feeling like she was on cloud 9.
Seashell Nail and Spa
Friday, December 8
4:30pm
"Ehmagawd it was AHmazing yesterday" Christina said.
"Well do tell Tori" Kat said.
"He called my eyes sexy" Tori muttered.
"What!" Ellie said excitedly.
"Yeah…" Tori said.
"Ehmagawd Tori he AHbviously likes you" Natalie said.
"You think so?" Tori asked "I think he's just playing me."
"Girl…he called your eyes sexy!" Kat squealed.
Tori didn't bother mentioning the part that before he asked her to do his current events for him but that was probably because he thought she was smart…right?
Christina wondered if it made her a bad friend for being jealous of Tori I mean…not to offend her friend but this was TORI they were talking about. Guys called her sexy all the time but she couldn't help but feel like Tori had won that round.
Jack never called anything about her sexy…why couldn't it be her? She did feel happy for her friend however.
She thought to herself though…Ryan Stella could have any girl in the school he wanted…including Christina. Why would he like Tori?
Yes of course her friend was pretty but not as pretty as her…and Ryan was definitely gorgeous. She didn't want to say it out loud but she didn't think Ryan and Tori looked very good together however, she did think that she and Ryan would look good together.
"Bad Christina, Bad!" Christina thought to herself because it was bad…thinking that way about her friend AND her friend's crush.
"OK…what color should I pick?" Kat asked holding up two bottles of nail polish, one of baby blue and one of turquoise.
"The baby blue is pretty" Ellie said.
"Yeah def. baby blue…turquoise you should do in spring!" Christina said.
"Yeah good idea" Kat said.
"Alright girls…you ready?" the nail salon worker said coming.
"Of course Jada" Christina smiled.
"Shall I bring you the usual Teen Vogue?" Jada asked.
"You got it" Christina winked.
The girls all sat down in the spa chairs that is except for Tori and Ellie.
"Come on girls!" Christina said.
"No thanks" Ellie said.
"You guys will never know the importance of nail care" Natalie said dramatically.
"Sorry to disappoint you Nat" Tori said.
Natalie shook her head and Tori and Ellie just laughed.
The Harrington Home
Natalie's bedroom
Sunday, December 10
9:01pm
Natalie sat at her computer once again debating whether she should chat Seth on Facebook. He was online and she wanted to say hi but didn't want to be rejected.
Natalie chatted Christina who she usually went to for advice.
Natalie: he's online again
Christina: so go 4 it!
Natalie: what if he don't answer
Christina: look Nat, u only regret the decisions you don't make not the ones you do…just go 4 it!
Natalie: wish me luck
Christina: :)
Natalie hesitated for a second but typed hi in the chat bar, closed her eyes and hit "enter."
A check came up next to it and "seen at 9:01pm" was next to it and Natalie felt like she was waiting for a verdict on a trial. Suddenly she saw the typing signal on and her heart beat faster.
Seth: hey
Natalie: wazzup
Seth: nm celebratin Hanukkah :)
Natalie: nice :p
Seth: yea
Natalie: u get any presents?
Seth: nah my parents don't believe in Hanukkah presents
Natalie: :(
Seth: yea
Natalie: yeahso did u do the LA hw?
Seth: shit no lol
Natalie: me neither
Seth: yeah so whatcha doin over break?
Natalie: not much
She waited…two minutes…five minutes…ten minutes then she "Seth Hubble is offline" came up on the chat bar and her heart sank.
"He could've not answered" she thought to herself but still…did this mean he didn't like her? She thought he did she swore he did but now I guess not.
Sometimes she just wished that love and crushes would end…but then again maybe that was why it was called a crush…because they crushed your heart.
Hillside Definite School
The Cafeteria
Wednesday, December 13
12:30pm
Ellie was confused…her friends seemed to be ignoring her for the past couple of days and she didn't know why.
Yes, they spoke to her but not as much…she wondered what she had done.
Once again it was probably just drama…a major thing in the PC: 2. Christina was probably in one of her bad moods again and when she was her main target in the group usually was Ellie.
She was sick of it though…sick of being the one who was the last on the list…the backup.
"Ellie what are you doing?" Christina had snapped that morning.
"I dunno?" Ellie asked.
"Stop being so depressing" Christina said.
"Sorry?" Ellie asked.
On Tuesday Kat was walking out of Science and just as they passed Ellie's locker she slung her arm around Tyler's shoulder. Ellie almost laughed at how Tyler uncomfortably shrugged away.
Ellie glanced at Tyler who was sitting with the boys. He was laughing at something and Ellie almost wanted to smile at the sight. Her friends were talking about something and weren't including Ellie.
She knew it was one of those rare days that they were being exclusive of her…one of the dreaded days.
Sometimes she wondered if Christina found pleasure seeing her so…isolated it was almost like that was what she wanted. But Ellie knew Christina was alpha so she didn't understand the point.
As she was getting lost in her thoughts she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Hey" she said.
"What's the craic?" Tyler asked.
"Nothing" Ellie said looking down.
"Being bitches?" Tyler muttered.
"Somewhat" Ellie said.
"Why are girls like that?" Tyler asked.
"I dunno…it sucks though" Ellie said.
"Holly tells me bout that shite all the time." Tyler said.
"Did you hang out with any girls in Ireland?" Ellie asked.
"A couple…but mostly boys who lived near me road" Tyler said.
"How are they…your friends?" Ellie asked.
"The ones from ooVoo?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah" Ellie said.
"They're alright…Jamie reckons that people would be calling me potato by now."
Ellie laughed "stereotypes" she muttered.
"Fuckin suck" Tyler said.
"Don't have to tell me" Ellie said.
"HEY TYLER, GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!" Ian shouted from the table.
"Well I got to go…see you around" Tyler said.
"OK" Ellie said as she watched him walk back to his table.
Hillside Definite School
Thursday, December 14
12:20pm
"Come awn Kat hurry up! We're going to be late for lunch!" Christina said.
This was part of the before – lunch routine…Christina, Natalie, Kat, Tori, and Ellie stopped at the bathroom before going to the cafeteria.
"Um…OK 1 sec" Kat called from inside the stall but she wasn't exactly sure if 1 second was exactly accurate to say.
Before she left the house that morning she had gotten her period so she put a few pads in her bag. Well now…she saw that it had leaked through her True Religion jeans so if anyone checked her out it would be obvious.
"Kat…you OK?" Christina asked.
"Um…yeah... Girl issues" Kat said.
Christina let out a dramatic sigh "well hurry up woman!" she said.
"You know how you always keep a change of clothes in your locker?" Kat asked.
"Yeah?" Christina asked.
"Can I borrow a pair of jeans?" Kat asked.
"Of course!" Christina said and she ran to her locker.
Kat felt her face turning bright red…why her of all people? She threw her panties into the bin in the stall since she had an extra pair for herself in her purse. Christina slipped the jeans under the stall.
"Thanks a million…I owe you for life" Kat said.
"Seriously girl…it's not a problem" Christina said.
Kat washed her hands and fixed her hair before coming out of the bathroom with Christina.
"What happened?" Natalie asked.
"I'll tell you guys later at the sleepover" Kat said and she mouthed "girl issues" her friends nodded understandingly.
Christina, Natalie, Tori, nor Ellie had gotten it yet so they didn't understand how Kat felt at the moment. That was one thing Kat hated about having been the first one to get it.
She assumed Natalie or Christina would be next sometime so she'd have at least 1 other person in her boat.
Walking to the cafeteria Kat saw how truly lucky she was to have the PC: 2 as friends and she realized that whatever happened she would stand by them because she really saw that her friends would stand by her too.
Despite everything they had all dealt with in the past couple of weeks she was glad that they could finally but it behind them and move forward. She hoped that like their mothers they would all stay friends until they were old…ugh old she shuddered at the thought.
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