CHAPTER 11 (WORST DAY EVER)

I backed away from her, my fists clenched.

So it's this huh? I knew something like this would happen. But I thought that I could trust her. I really did.

She was still smiling sweetly at me, as if we had been discussing about a tea party. I realized that Nate was actually watching us. Of course she wouldn't want any trouble.

She grinned as she patted my shoulder. "Don't forget what I said. See you Norah."

I could only stand, my expression unchanging.

I hate her.

"That… Kelley… Thinks… She… Can… Do… Anything… She… Wants… Well… How's… This?!?!" I huffed as I looked out the window.

"I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I huffed once more. I felt out of breath. All the anger has drained my energy, only to be replaced with fiery rage.

Who the heck does she think she is?! Calling me a tramp!! Excuse me!!!

Leche!!

I sighed. Calm down Norah. Do not deal with this the violent way. You are a nice girl, and she's… she's…

She's a cow!!

Aarrrggh! How am I supposed to calm down now?

I looked around. Thank God I was all alone. I could let my anger out now. My friends Shannon and Kirstie were wondering why I was left all alone here. Well, I had some 'stuff' to do. Which was to vent my anger.

I walked around the classroom. I scowled as I saw Kelley's desk.

Pfft. And she had to be in my class too! Oh motherbullpoppycrayola. I super hate her. REALLY.

I began to strangle an imaginary neck in thin air.

If only I could do THAT to her.

All of a sudden, something caught my eye. It was a picture that was taped to her desk. I craned my neck and got a closer look.

It was her with Nate, her hand wrapped around his neck like a snake. And she's wearing stupid sunglasses paired with stupid clothes and topped off with stupid shoes. And of course, they're all worn by a stupid person.

I bit my lip as an idea crossed my mind.

Norah… Resist temptation.

Before I could stop myself, I started pulling a pen from my pocket. I popped off the cap.

Norah… Think rationally.

But I didn't care anymore. I was freaking mad.

I began drawing a moustache on her face.

Ooohh.. Add some horns.

And this tail…

And black out her eyes…

And place some hair over here…

And…

Voila!

I grinned as I looked at my work. Kelley looked beyond recognition as her face was blotted with horns, her eyes completely black and hair was all over her.

I smiled.

Mission accomplished.

Suddenly, my tummy grumbled. I patted my hand on it.

Hm… I must be really hungry now. My stomach has never grumbled like this before.

Ah. I should be off to get myself some recess.

I walked towards the door. I pushed it open and…

BANG!

A cry of pain followed after that. I gasped.

Oh my gosh!!! Who the heck did I hit this time??????

I rushed outside and was about to apologize when I saw who was on the floor.

She was gingerly touching her nose, which seemed to be bleeding. Droplets of blood dropped on her expensive-looking shirt and she was glaring at me. People around her were laughing. She must've looked really funny when she fell to the floor. I wish I would've seen that moment.

"You idiot!! What did you do??" she yelled at me as she staggered to get up.

I shrugged, and thank the gods I managed to suppress my smile. I would've made things worse. "Oops. Sorry."

"Aw… Little Kelley's shirt got stained. Tell me Kelley, how much did that Dolce and Gabbana shirt cost?" my friend Shannon sneered and everyone laughed.

Wow. Everyone seems to hate her.

"Kelley!" a voice pierced through the crowd.

Oh no… Please not him.

To my horror, Nate was approaching Kelley and he helped her stand up. Everyone fell silent.

"Nate… They were being mean to me!" Kelley pouted to him.

Shannon rolled her eyes. I cannot believe this girl. She was the one going and out and bullying others!

"You're all jerks. And Norah, I expected better of you. I didn't know you'd pick on a newcomer. Come on Kelley," Nate said as he dragged off Kelley.

Kelley, although having a nose broken, had a triumphant grin on her face. She made an L sign with her hand before she walked off.

Everyone knows what that means.

As if I couldn't get any angrier, Kelley suddenly pulled Nate's neck and kissed him.

We all stood there watching… gaping.

WTH???????!!!!!!!!!

She smirked while Nate still looked shocked. They decided to continue walking while Kelley sneered at me.

I stood there, feeling horrible. Great. Now Nate hates me…

AND THAT TRAMP KISSED HIM!!!!

I felt like crying. This was so wrong. It's as if I did something bad. I wished Nate had listened to my side. And that tramp!!!

Kirstie patted my shoulder. "Hey, cheer up Norah. It's Kelley's fault. I swear she is so annoying. Why'd she have to kiss Nate? Jeez!"

Shannon snorted. "And she kept on showing off that shirt of hers. Hah. Thanks for ruining it Norah, really. A minute more about that blasted shirt and I would've gouged my eyes out. Cheer up."

I smiled a bit.

Yeah. I should.

But why do I feel like crying?

I began packing my things into my bag.

Ah. Thank God the day's over.

And Kelley was weird. Why did she suddenly chat to me about shoes? I thought we weren't on speaking terms. Jeez. She seriously has a problem with the mind.

I was fixing my bag when I heard a scream.

"My wallet's missing!!!"

All heads turned to look for the source. We realized that it was Kelley since she was violently rummaging through her bag, and no one would be able to scream like that.

"My wallet! My wallet!" she continued to screech.

Shannon rolled her eyes. "Stupid. Who could lose a wallet here? Jeez."

Kirstie shrugged and began to sing. "I don't wanna be a stupid girl."

I grinned. Hah. She deserved it.

"Nobody leaves this room!" Kelley screamed.

We all stared at her.

"Who do you think you are, eh?" our classmate Matt retorted.

"No. One. Moves. I think someone took it!" Kelley answered.

What?? Now she's saying we're thieves?? This girl is unbelievable!

"What? You nuts?" Sky replied as he glared at her. As far as I knew, Sky had hockey practice every afternoon, and he hated being late.

Kelley had her hands on her hips, as if challenging him. "Well, you have nothing to be scared of if you didn't take it. If anyone leaves, I'll report them to the principal as my suspicion. You wouldn't like that, would you?"

Everyone grew silent. For the first time, she said something logical. It was a major breakthrough on her part, since it seemed like a deed that was deemed impossible.

"Fine. We'll go through with it," I said, challenging her.

She turned to face me. "Oh? Fine Norah. Why don't we start with you?"

I sneered. "Fine."

I placed my bag on my desk and folded my arms. "I didn't do it. Really."

"We'll see."

She walked towards me and unzipped my bag. I stood rooted to my spot.

I had nothing to fear. I didn't do it, and she's just messed up.

She's just stupid and she misplaced…

"Norah! How could you?" she gasped.

I swivelled around to face her. What now??

To my horror, she pulled out a pink wallet from my bag. Everyone was staring at me.

No… No… I didn't do it…

I felt cold. So cold. Was this even real now? Please tell me that all of this is a dream… A horrible, twisted nightmare…

"Hey! I swear I didn't know that it was there!" I protested, but the looks of the people around me told me that I didn't look convincing. After all, there was evidence before them. And that evidence was pinpointing to me.

"Thief! And… You really are despicable…" she said as she pulled out something.

I gasped in horror.

The picture that I doodled on a while ago… with the tails and horns and everything.

"Tell me, did you do this?" Kelley asked, a deadly tone to her voice.

I was at a loss for words for a few seconds.

What am I supposed to do?

"Did you?" Kelley asked again.

I gulped. "I did… But I didn't take your wallet. Really."

"'I didn't take your wallet. Really'. Oh please. That's an old excuse," she mocked me. She walked towards me.

Oh gosh. Why is this happening? I didn't take it!

I gasped as I realized something.

No wonder she was talking to me. She slipped those in when nobody was looking.

I was about to defend myself when she slapped my face.

I could only freeze, and my face stung.

"Hey!!" I heard Shannon yell.

Kelley pursed her lips. "Hmph. No wonder Nate doesn't like you. You're pathetic. You just don't want me close to him. Well here's a thing Norah, he's never liked you, he doesn't like you now, and he'll never ever like you. No matter what you do."

"That's… Not… It…" I said, feeling tears form in my eyes.

"Hah. Tell me Norah, do you like him?"

I was silent. I gingerly touched my face. It hurt. Her words hurt.

"Pathetic. You can't be honest, can you? Knew it. Coward."

Suddenly, I was drenched in water. My hair was wet and I realized that Kelley had opened a bottle of water and spilled its contents over me.

"You deserved that," Kelley sneered.

"You jerk!!" Shannon yelled and tried to hit Kelley but my classmates stopped her.

"A cowardly thief who can't be honest and who needs others to stand up for her. Simply… Lame," Kelley said, making a loser sign with her hand.

To my horror, I was crying and I started to run towards the door. I grabbed my bag along the way.

I need to get out of here.

I ran past people, bumping a few along the way. I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't care.

I needed to get out of here. Away from my classmates. Away from Kelley. Away from Nate.

'Why is this happening?' I thought as I furiously blinked my tears away.

I sighed and took a deep breath as I sat on the stone bench in the school gardens.

I buried my face in my hands.

I cannot believe Kelley. She has officially made this day the worst day ever. I could still feel the pain from the stares of my classmates.

I didn't do it… I didn't do it…

I was about to cry again when I stopped myself. My parents might endlessly pester me about what happened if I keep this up.

"Norah," a familiar voice said.

I looked up and saw that it was Shane.

He was grinning at me. "Heya."

I smiled a bit, the first time since I cried. I was kind of grateful that he was here. Even if he had to see me in such a disastrous state.

"Hi. What're you doing here?" I asked him.

"Nothing. I felt like it," he smiled.

Felt like it. That is so Shane.

Anyway, I needed to go.

I stood up. "I need to go Shane. Bye."

All of a sudden, he held my hand. I stopped.

"Can I come with you?" he asked me.

I shrugged. "Sure Shane."

He grinned. I noticed that he still wouldn't let go of my hand. I let him though. It kind of felt nice.

We were silent as we walked around. Shane was looking around the school. I could only smile since he looked so goofy.

"Wait! Stop here!" he said and I halted.

"What now?" I asked, laughing.

"I need to find a four-leaf clover. Come on," he said as he approached one patch and began looking for one.

I could only laugh. I nearly forgot that Shane had this weird habit of always finding a four-leaf clover. It felt nice to have someone who wouldn't judge me. It felt nice to be stuck with a funny idiot like him.

As I continued to laugh, tears were beginning to pour down my cheeks anymore.

I missed Shane. I wish that I could tell him what happened.

I began to sniff.

"Norah?"

I began to cry once more, this time not letting the tears stop. "I've had an awful day Shane… Really… I feel so sad…"

The hurt began to blossom in my chest once more, and I felt like suffocating.

Hands wrapped themselves around me. Shane patted my head.

"I'm so sorry Norah…" he said.

I only cried.

We were silent for a few moments.

"Want to go somewhere?" Shane asked.