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People have been asking me about Alex. Don't worry. She'll come soon…

Goodbye – Chapter Thirteen

The Start Of Something New

"She's seriously pissing me off!" Maddie said, slamming her lunch tray down on her table, causing the bottle of water to fall down. She just came back from 'talking' with Tiffany.

"What did she say now?" Ghoul asked, bored. He's fed up with Tiffany.

"She said that if I ever go near you-," she pointed at David, "-she's gonna 'ruin my reputation.'"

"What if I was the one who wanted to go near you?" he asked. Maddie blushed.

"Have you guys ever noticed that she's all just talk?" Toby asked.

"What?"

"She's all just talk. She just threatens you and doesn't really do anything."

"You know, Toby, you're actually right. For a bozo, you're pretty smart." Sam said.

"Thank you." Toby said then realized her words. "Hey!"

"Well, whatever. I can bring a stop to those words." Ghoul said, smirking.

"Ghoul. She's a girl." Maddie warned.

"Fine. I'll act like a girl. I'll bitch slap her." He said and the table cracked up.

The bell rang and they all got up, Maddie grabbing her bottled water. They joined the crowd making their way out and bumped into none other than Tiffany Tyler herself.

"Watch it, loser." She spat. To keep herself from saying something, Maddie opened her water bottle and drank from it. She was on her second gulp when Ghoul grabbed the bottle from her hands and before she could do anything, he threw the water at Tiffany. The water hit her and made it look like she had an 'accident'.

"Look, Tiffany had an accident!" Ghoul announced. Everyone turned their heads to Tiffany and started laughing and taking pictures. Tears formed in her eyes and she ran to the bathroom, fast.

"Why are you in a hurry? You already did your business!" someone from the crowd shouted and everyone burst into more laughter. Maddie could see that Tiffany's tears came faster.

"Ghoul! Why'd you do that?!"

"I've had enough of her!"

"That was too much!"

"No it wasn't!"

"Fine, it wasn't, but still." Maddie said before running after Tiffany.

"Where are you going?" she heard her brother yell, but she ignored him. She ran into the bathroom where she heard sobs coming from the last stall. She knocked on the door.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Maddie."

"What the hell do you want? You want to rub it in my face?"

"No. I wanna say sorry."

It was silent on the other side of the door until Maddie heard a click and out came Tiffany, with her mascara running down her cheeks.

"What?" Tiffany asked, surprised.

"I'm sorry for what Ghoul did. He has a short temper. He shouldn't have done that."

"No. He should."

"What?" Now it was Maddie's turn to be surprised.

"I deserved it. I should be the one apologizing to you."

"What?"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being so damn jealous. Not just because of David, but because of everything. I used to be the only one related to someone famous. Then you came along and everyone loved you. You were so kind, you were so pretty, you had the perfect life."

"I don't have the perfect life. You do. You're rich, you're pretty, you're smart—,"

"You're rich, pretty and smart too. I don't have a perfect life. You have a family who loves you. I don't. I have no idea who my father is. Tess and I have different fathers, did you know that? I never met mine. My mother never paid attention to me; she and Tess were barely home. The closest thing I had to a mother's love was when they threw a surprise party for my thirteenth birthday. Even then, only Tess was paying any attention to me. My mother was on the phone for the whole event. Then I found out that Tess only forced her to come. I thought my mother planned the whole thing. Turns out my sister planned it and she had to force my own mother to attend."

Maddie was speechless. She had no idea what to say to that.

"You have Ghoul, Nate, Shane, Jason, Mitchie and Ella. Caitlyn too. You have your mom. I don't. I only have Tess. Sure, she tries to be there for me, unlike my mom, but she has her own life and her own life is really busy. I try not to be a burden to her by not asking her to spend too much time with me. No one's there for me."

"I'm here for you. You know, I can be a great friend."

"It shows. You were the girl I picked on and you were the one that went after me when all my supposed friends were laughing with the others. So, I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry too. Friends?"

For the first time, Maddie saw Tiffany smile at her. A genuine smile.

"What about us?" someone asked. The two girls turned to the voice. It was Sam and Olivia.

"We heard what you said. We didn't know you had it that bad. We're sorry too." Olivia said.

"Yeah, we are. I'm sorry, Tiffany." Sam said.

"Why are you saying sorry to me? It was just your reaction to all those things I did to you. I'm sorry."

"I'm still sorry." Sam said.

"You don't have to say sorry! You did nothing to me. I'm the one who should be apologizing."

"I'm sorry, too." Olivia said.

"No, really—,"

"We're all sorry!" Maddie cut in loudly.

"Us too!" they heard from outside.

"The boys are waiting outside." Sam explained. "I don't think they heard anything though. Except for the last sorry. It was loud."

"Well, anyway, are we all friends now?" Olivia asked and they all turned to Tiffany.

"Yeah. We are."

"Yay! Let's go out and celebrate!"

"Wait! We can't. First off, we're in school and we're supposed to be in class now. Second, I refuse to go out looking like this!" Tiffany said, motioning to her mascara stained cheeks and wet pants.

"I got it! Take the pants off and give it to me." Sam said. Tiffany looked confused, but she did it anyway. Maddie giggled as Sam walked over to the hand dryer and put the pants under it, while turning it on.

-x-

Maddie came home smiling while Ghoul just looked at her like she was crazy.

"Your smile is starting to creep me out." He said.

"Shut up. I'm just happy all this Tiffany drama is over. And I made a new friend!" she beamed.

"I made a new friend too and you don't see me creeping people out with a smile."

Maddie just rolled her eyes.

"Maddie! Ghoul! Phone!" Ella yelled from the kitchen.

"Who is it?" Ghoul asked as they walked in.

"Dunno. Someone named Mrs. McDonald." She shrugged and handed the phone to Ghoul. They knew Mrs. McDonald. She was the one who would come and clean their house once a week. Ghoul pressed the phone to his ear and Maddie pressed her ear to the phone, so that she could hear.

"Hello? Mrs. McDonald? It's Ghoul speaking."

"Oh, hello, well I have something urgent and important to tell you."

"What is it?"

"Well, she asked me not to say anything, but your mother's been in an accident. She's in the hospital right now."

Told ya Alex was coming.

I got tired of Tiffany being mean and I wanted to make her nice already.

This story is almost ending…

*sob*

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