Of Loves and Lies

Rumours Starting

Whispers in the hallway. Furtive glances as she opens her locker. Downright nastiness when she trips and falls.Books lying all over the floor and one confused girl.

What's going on?

"Yeowch!"

I jerked my hand away as someone's foot landed on it, cursing the "flipping asshole!" as they walked casually away. I heard that jerk, whoever it was, actually laugh when they heard me shout. They laughed at me! Laughed!

Honestly, though, all I could do was look around a tiny bit surprised as Igathered up my books. Everyone was avting so weird. I wonder why?

I tried to be casual as I entered my English class and noticed that my favourite seat was taken. I ended up having to sit in the "Cold Seat." The Cold Seat was by a window that is stuck open.Wind always blows in through it and directly to where whoever's in the Cold Seat is sitting. Usually, a seat in the very middle is saved special, for me, because I'm popular, but today...

People begin talking under their breaths as soon as I'm seated. They all look at me every now and then and I see a few of them shake their heads in what looks like disgust.

I'm only a tiny bit scared.

Oh, God, what happened?

Sora better not be dumping me!

The class is too long. Too, too long, because each glance of dislike that's shot my way makes it seem even longer.

My next class isn't as bad. Yuna is in that class and she at least smiles at me when I enter, though my usual seat is taken in this room as well. So I sat in the back instead, raising my eyebrows and mouthing, "What...?" wen Yuna turns around and looks at me. She shrugged in response and opened her mouth as if she was about to answer but then she shakes her head. I saw the words, "tell you later," on her lips before she turned and ignored me again.

When the bell finally rang and I was caught up in a throng of students in the hallway, I ended up getting shoved down. People stepped all over my things, showing absolutely no reaction when I said, 'excuse me'! Well. Except for this one guy who actually hit me in the back with his knee.

But I'm not particularly happy about that!

When I finally managed to struggle to my feet, people seemed a bit disappointed. I noticed because two people had been standing at their lockers nearby watching as I was trampled. The flipping jerks!

I stumbled to my locker and shoved my books in, looking around wildly for Yuna. Some girls on the squad walked past and even though I am their Captain they gave me the bitchiest possible looks they could.

At that moment, I felt a cold splash on my back. I jumped and screeched.

I realized that a boy behind me had poured his ice-water on me.

Everyone in the hallway began laughing at me, and suddenly all the nasty and sarcastic comments I could make were gone from my head. Why were they being so mean? What had I ever done to them?

I felt my eyes filling with tears. I shook my head, and they all continued to stare, some still laughing. I couldn't quite bring myself to say anything until finally I got out a quiet, shaky, and tear-wrenched question.

"Why are you all being so nasty?"

There were several scoffs and a lot of shouting until finally Lenne, the tallest and most popular- aside from Yuna and I- girl on the cheerleading squad stepped forward and everyone else silenced.

"We're not in the habit of being nice to bitches," she said snottily.

Hoots and shouts met her comment.

"What are you talking about?" I demanded and the hall fell silent once more.

"Kairi, please why should anyone buy that? You know what we're talking about!"

"No, I don't!"

The corridor filled with groans and a snappy, "what a whore!" followed by a mutter of, "fucking right."

"You're all being jerks!" I snap before finally bursting into tears.

Lenne shook her head and what she said next made my tears come harder, as the crowds cleared up and everyone fell to ignoring a very, very confused me.

"Kairi, stop your blubbering. Why should we feel any sympathy for you if you're cheating on Sora?"