I'm cold… Outside its cold, inside its cold, in my school its cold!
Riley's POV
I woke up groggily to my alarm blaring. It was Monday. Our acting assignment was tomorrow. I honestly didn't know how that would work. Or how today would turn out. I got dressed in my usual skinny jeans and t-shirt with a necklace and flip-flops. I definitely was not looking forward to today.
I got to my locker first, which was kind of surprising since I usually come later to things, though I came around the same time as I usually do. I opened my locker which had a soccer ball painted on it, and grabbed my books I need for class. Then I had a feeling that somebody was watching me. I spun around, and saw Jade, glaring, then walking past me to her locker. I stared; I thought for sure she would do something to me.
I stood there, unsure whether to say something or not. I decided not to, I wasn't about to say something that might make her really mad. I walked to my class, dreading it. Beck was already there, and I went to my seat next to Tori, avoiding eye contact.
"Hey." she greeted. "Hi." I replied. I was too anxious to talk. Thankfully, Cat came over and the two were chatting away. Suddenly, Tori turned to me about to ask me something when she stopped. I looked at her, then looked to where everybody was staring. I turned around just in time to see Jade giving Beck the death-glare and then going over to the seat farthest away from him.
"I wonder if they had a fight again…" Tori murmured. "Maybe." I answered, focusing my gaze on the wall ahead of me. Sikowitz chose this moment to walk through the door-the first time I've seen him do that since I came here. "Alright classe, remember, today is your last day to practice your scenes. Get to work!"
I got up slowly from my seat and reluctantly walked over to Beck. I looked down, not meeting his eyes. "Um, I really don't know how this is gonna work out…" I said, still looking down. "Yeah." he muttered. I sighed. This wasn't going well at all. "Well, I'm just gonna go, you know, so yeah." This was awkward and I don't think I helped. I left him and went back to my seat and stared off into space.
"Riley?" Sikowitz's voice broke into my thoughts. I looked up at him. "Are you ready for tomorrow?" he asked, sipping his straw in his coconut. "Um, yeah." I answered. "Good, just checking." Sikowitz walked away. Sometimes, this school can be really weird.
Just when I thought I couldn't take it any longer, the bell rang. I hurried out the door, grateful to go to my next class. It was English, and Jade was in it. I wasn't that excited, but Beck wasn't in it so I hoped it might be okay. Besides, I didn't sit anywhere near her, being that the class was in alphabetical order. And we were watching a video about Edgar Allan Poe. It would be fine.
Surprisingly, I made it through my morning classes. It was lunch now, and I was sitting with Tori, Andre, Cat, and Robbie. Jade and Beck were nowhere to be seen. "Do you know what happened with Beck and Jade?" Cat asked me, worriedly. "Uh, no, sorry." I said. I really had a problem with stammering. "Oh, okay." Cat said disappointedly.
"Well, you were practicing with Beck right? I saw you sitting in your seat, not doing anything." Tori asked. I tried not to cringe, because then, someone would know I'm hiding something. "Yeah, but I didn't notice anything wrong." I lied. I hated lying. I was horrible at it. "Beck's good at hiding his emotions, so that's probably why you didn't see anything bothering him." Andre spoke up. Oh, really? Obviously not around me! Unless he really didn't expect anything to happen that night…
"Yeah." I muttered, wanting to end the conversation there. Thankfully, they did and starting talking about other things. "Is something wrong?" Tori asked. She asks a lot of questions. "No." I said. "Oh, well you don't really seem yourself." she responded. "I'm just tired I guess." I replied, actually telling the truth. "Okay…" Tori sounded doubtful but didn't say anything else. Lunch was over finally and I walked to my next class, eager for school to be over.
The afternoon seemed to go by quick. In no time, I was in the parking lot at school. "Hey!" I looked back, my heart sinking. Jade was walking to me and I could tell this wasn't going to be good.
This would be the time to try to say something. I looked around. There was no one. "Look, I-" I was cut off. "You ruined my life! Everything was just fine until you showed up and stole Beck from me!" Jade stomped away leaving me staring in stunned silence. I definitely did not expect that. Especially since nothing happened in English. Whatever. I shouldn't worry about her right now. Actually, I shouldn't worry about anything. I just need to relax.
The next day, still Riley's POV
I was sitting in my chair watching Tori and Andre doing their scene. I was barely paying attention, my heart pounding in my chest, knowing I was next. A few minutes later, they were done. "Riley, Beck, you're up!" Sikowitz said. I swallowed and stood up. As I made my way to the stage, I wasn't sure what to do.
I'm letting you guys decide! Should Riley do it or should she back down? It's your vote! So tell me in a review!
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