At lunch, my center table was abuzz with gossip about Julian and Koh's upcoming date.
"I can't believe that skank stole him from me!" my cheerleader friend cried.
"He wasn't yours in the first place," I reminded her in my "sweet-as-honey" voice, to make it seem like it wasn't an insult when it actually was. Mia snickered.
"Isn't she, like, a criminal? I heard she made a girl on the dance team become bald," a prep girl remarked.
"You know what's actually criminal?" I butted in. I pointed my head towards Autumn, who had just entered the cafeteria. "That bargain bin dress Ratty Sneakers is wearing."
My friends erupted into laughter and exchanged high-fives. Autumn looked over at us and her eyes narrowed.
"Ew, she's coming over here!" a glee girl squealed.
"Pretend like you're deaf," I directed my friends.
Autumn came right up to my table.
"Where's Payton?" she asked me.
No one responded.
"Listen, I don't have time to play your silly games. Where the heck is Payton?" she asked again.
Still, no one responded to her.
Mia then pulled up Facebook on her phone and showed me the picture of Koh and Julian throwing pieces of popcorn at each other at the movies.
"Look, aren't they the cutest couple ever?" she asked me with a devious glint in her eye.
"I know, right?" I smirked. "I've got to say, Julian definitely upgraded."
"Yeah," a cheerleader girl agreed. "His ex had, like, the fashion sense of a drunken clown."
We all snickered.
Autumn's face became red and her brown eyes narrowed in anger.
"Fine! You guys won't help me, I guess I'll have to help myself!" She stormed off as my table exploded in laughter.
