"Here we go again."
Aaron whispered to himself as they all walked in the school.
Soon after Jasmine made the fake email, all of them got their schedules, got everything else ready, and were now at the school. With so many new kids in one grade, that defiantly got people talking. 66 new kids on a random Monday in the middle of the year? No, that's not weird at all.
Some of them turned out to be the cool kids, and others… well let's just hope they survive.
With Jasmine's words of wisdom a couple days earlier, they pretended that they all used to be homeless and Jennifer and Ryan picked them up off the street. But after a while, that story wasn't such a good idea…
"I still wonder why Jennifer and Ryan picked you up off the streets. They should've put you in a trash can, roll you down the street, and run you over with their Ford or whatever the hell they have." Some kid said to Aaron and quickly pushed him into the locker, and him and his friends walked away laughing.
"Are you okay?" Katie asked, running over to him. She wasn't too far from the event.
"Yea," Aaron said, and started picking up his books. Katie knelt down and helped him.
"Here you go," she said, handing him his books.
"Thanks," Aaron replied.
"So how's middle school treating you so far?" Katie asked.
"Okay," Aaron said, but Katie just had that feeling that he was lying. They can tell if the other one is lying, even if no one else can. That's just how connected they are.
Katie stopped walking and stood in front of him. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure," he said, "I'm fine."
"Okay, so middle school is har-"
"Hey Katie."
Two girls with expensive clothes and purses walked up to her, smiling.
"Oh, hey Ashley and Kimberly," Katie replied.
"We were wondering if you would want to hang out at the park this afternoon with us," Ashley said.
"Oh, you see, I have a lo-"
"Just skip it," Ashley said, "Or do it later. Copy it off someone else's, whatever. Homework's not that important anyways."
"Then why the other day, you started freaking out because you forgot to do your math homework?" Kimberly asked. Ashley just elbowed her in the arm "Not helping," she whispered.
"Alright," Katie said, clearly happy that she has new friends.
"Alright, we'll see you then." They started to walk off then turning back around to them. "Who's that?" She asked, motioning her head towards Aaron.
"Oh, this is Aaron," Katie said, putting her arm around him.
"Please don't tell me you're dating him," Ashley said, with a disgusted voice.
"No, we're just friends."
"Oh thank god. I was gonna say, you could so much better. I mean, with a person as ugly as him… I'm sorry, but how have you not try to attempt killing yourself yet?"
The girls started laughing.
"Well anyways, we'll see you later," They started to walk off.
"You're too embarrassed by me to tell them that I'm your boyfriend?" Aaron asked Katie, once they were out of earshot.
"No," Katie replied.
"They why didn't you say yes?" Aaron asked.
"Because I forgot," Katie said slowly.
"Really?" Aaron questioned her.
"No," She said guiltily. "I'm sorry-"
"Katie!"
Katie turns around to see two boys in football jerseys walking down the hall.
"Hey guys!" She said, giving them a high-five as they walked by.
"Katie!" A girl walked up to her. "Are you gonna be at the park this afternoon?"
"Yes I am," Katie replied.
"Great, I'll see you there." The girl walked off.
Next, a group of girls ran up to her. "OMG, guess what just happened," one of the girls excitedly asked Katie.
"What?" Katie asked.
"Josh asked me out on a date!" All the girls started jumping up and down and screaming, including Katie.
"That's great!" Katie said.
"I know right?" The girl said. "Well, I've got to go, see you later Katie!"
"Bye!" Katie replied.
Once all of her friends were gone, which took so long considering she has so many friends now, Aaron said, "Oh yea, middle school must be so hard for you." He started to walk off. She followed him.
"Okay, so maybe when I was in middle school, I was always in the popular crowd-"
"And clearly you are still,"
"Well, sort of. I'm not as bad as I was back then though. But you see, I know exactly what you're going through. When we met in high school, you brought me down to the bottom of the social pyramid with you."
They both stopped walking.
"So basically," Aaron began, "you're saying that I was the one that brought you down, and not the fact that we were at a new school like you've been telling me all along?"
"Wrong thing to say, huh?" Katie said. Aaron shook his head. They started to walk again. "Okay, let's start the whole conversation over again. So, how has middle school been treating you so far?"
"Fantastic," Aaron said, sounding frustrated. Katie was sick of him lying like that, so she stood in front of him again.
"You know," she said, "Can't you tell me the truth for once? I hate the fact that whenever I ask you, 'Oh, how was your day?' you say, 'Great.' 'Fantastic.' 'Good.' 'Excellent.' and I can tell you're lying."
"You really want to know what I'm thinking?" Aaron asked, still mad.
"Yes!" Katie said.
"Well, I'm thinking that I should leave before I embarrass you in front of your friends again." Aaron said, motioning his head toward the girls that were walking to her, as he was walking off.
"Aaron…" Katie said, but didn't have the energy to go after him.