(Amy's POV)

Never in my life had I been this embarrassed before. I felt like breaking down in tears. I hated her.. I hated THEM. I have no idea what I did to these girls that made them hate me so much. It was like I was cursed. I sat down at our usual table in the cafeteria. There would normally be three of us; Taylor, Alice and Me. Alice was in the other class which made it hard for us to talk. Right on cue she, plops herself down on one of the chairs and starts munching on some carrots. She is always on some new diet every few weeks. "Amy (crunch) didya see Taylor any where?"

"Nope not since S.S," I say. Grabbing my sandwich, I chew slowly looking around the cafeteria scanning for Taylor. Finally my eyes rest on Allie's table. There I spot Taylor sitting down with a huge smile on her face. Oh no! She wouldn't dare sit with those girls! Is she losing her mind?! I ask myself taking the last bit of my turkey sandwich. "Hey uh Alice..you might want to see this."

"Holy! They changed the menu from meatloaf to pizza! Aww I should have waited!`` Says Alice.

`Ugh No I mean Taylor!`` I say pointing over to their table.

``I was just teasing but yea I`m confused by that too, I guess now you know who you`re real friends are,`` Alice says giving me a sad tired smile.

Could she be right was I so blind that I never noticed Taylor decieving me this whole entire time. It seems pretty silly. I sigh and close up my lunchbox waiting for the bell to ring so I could escape this Hell.

After Noon time was over; I grabbed my books from my locker and headed to English next. Luckly Taylor left so I wouldn`t feel as depressed as I was before. Surprisingly Taylor`s absence left a strange yet uplifting feeling in me. I felt like I could finally relax. Setting my books down on the desk I glance at the front board.

S.S.R

New Work

My English teacher is always neat and organized which meant she expects us to be too. I grab one my books from my binder and begin reading. My teacher (Mrs. Scott)

liked to call it Sustained Silent reading. Apparently it sounded more ``formal``. After a few minutes Mrs. Scott tells us to close our novels and pay close attention. I sigh just as I was getting into the book I have to stop. ``Good afternoon class, I hope you had a terrific morning today I know mine was great!``

That makes one of us, thanks for rubbing it in! I just got dumped by my best friend for a bunch of Anorexic girls.

"Well today I have decided that I will pair you up into teams to come up with a debate that later in the week you will share with the class," she says. In my mind I'm begging to be with someone who won't tell me to do ALL the work. Usually that always happens to me. As she goes through all the kids in my class I'm silently praying I get a good topic. Finally she says my name. "Let's see...ah Amy your topic is Beauty Pagents and your partner is...Cole," she says with a soft smile. I on the other hand think I just skipped a heartbeat; or two.

Okay Amy this is a once in a lifetime chance don't blow it! I say thinking.

"Okay everyone now is the time to get paired up with your partner, I'll give you the last 10 minutes of class," Mrs. Scotts says with a twinkle in her eye. Slowly I grab my books and research then head over to his desk. This is one of those times where I wish I was a bubbly flirty person. Sadly these qualites do not fit me.

"Here goes nothing," I mumble. If only I knew otherwise. Glancing over at the clock I had exactly 9 minutes left of class. Perfect! I sat awkwardly beside him then I flipped through my book finding a fresh empty sheet of paper.

"Hey Amy you don't mind if we're on the negitive side do you? I don't really enjoy Beauty Pagents myself," he says with a small smile.

"N-Not at all I was..hoping we could," I say flashing the best smile I could possibly give.

"Great then let's get started."

So far so good. I passed him the info we needed and we both took turns reading and writing each important fact. As the minutes passed I soon began to relax a little as my heart decreased it's speed. We shared a few laughs and so forth. After a little bit the bell rung. Mrs. Scott dismissed us and Cole said one thing to me before everyone left.

"See you tomorrow, Amy" To you that may seem like nothing but to me it was like getting everything I'd ever wanted in life. Everyone around me walked out the door but I practically floated. That was...amazing!