I know. I'm sorry I haven't updated this story in 3 weeks. It's been hectic for me because there was so much work, but now, it's winter break, so hallelujah!

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Disclaimer: all Selection rights belong to Kiera Cass

"Maxon Schreave. How do you even manage to stay awake at 7:30 in the morning?" I asked.

It was the start of another school week and I was exhausted. School shouldn't start at 7:45. If they really wanted students to learn and pay attention, they should let us sleep more.

"It's because I'm superman," he joked.

"You're so lame," Carter said.

We were walking down the main hall when we saw Celeste sashay towards us. I braced myself for the worst, and I was right to, because she 'accidentally' knocked my coffee out of my hands. The warm liquid ran down the front of my favourite shirt. I looked down and gaped in disbelief. I heard people all around us gasp. Honestly, what is wrong with her?

"Whoops! Sorry," she said with a meaningful tone, her face anything but. And then she walked away.

I just rolled my eyes at her. I was used to all this by now. My favourite shirts were always ruined by her.

"Oh my god, America," Marlee said, while dabbing my shirt with tissues she pulled out of her jacket. "She's such a bitch. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I told her. I honestly didn't want to talk about Celeste, especially on a gloomy Monday morning.

"I'll go get her. I'll give her a piece of me," she said with rage in her eyes. It was kind of funny, because these are the things I would expect to happen in movies, not real life.

"Marlee, just stay with America. I'll go talk to her," Carter said.

"I'll go, too," Maxon suggested. In no time, he and Carter walked in Celeste's direction.

I turned to Marlee. "You guys honestly don't have to do all this for me. I'm fine," I said.

"Stop lying, America. That girl's been a bitch to you ever since...forever. I think it's just better if we confront her now. If she keeps up with her devious schemes, who knows what else could happen? I mean, she could even take Maxon away from you," she said. Is she serious?

I laughed nervously.

"Okay, hun, slow down. We're not together. End of story," I told her.

"Not yet," she muttered. I ignored her and rolled my eyes. "Anyway, I could run home and get you a new shirt," she proposed.

Marlee's house is a two minute run from here, but I knew she had to finish her chem homework, because she was Marlee.

"Nah, I'll just wear my sweater as a cover up," I said.

She debated this for a minute, before yawning and saying, "Yeah, okay. I need to finish my chem anyway." See? She barely finishes her homework over the weekend. "Well, I'm gonna go now. If you need anything, just text me."

"Okay. Bye," I said.

"Bye," she replied before heading off to class.

I quickly threw on the sweater I had in my bag and walked down the hall, aimlessly wandering. I just wanted to relax my mind. But how could I, when images of Celeste being cruel to me flashed before my eyes? The scenes played. First day of high school, she tripped me to make it look like an accident. Everyone was laughing. Last day of school in sophomore year, she sent a horrid picture of me to everyone in the school. I don't know how I put up with all this, but I still do. And I don't know why I don't do anything about it. Maybe it's because I don't want to get hurt even more. But the underlying question was, 'Why has she been doing this to me?'. She truly was a demon wearing an angel's costume.

"America!"

I turned around and saw Maxon and Carter walking to me.

"Hey," I said.

Maxon wore a confident, skeptical smile, so I asked, "What did you guys do to her?"

Maxon put his hands in his pockets, looked up to the ceiling, and whistled, still happy. I smiled because that was such an obvious giveaway.

He stopped whistling and said, "Nothing…" he said, still sporting his mischievous grin. The two boys shared a look, no doubt hiding a secret from me.

"Let's just say...we settled everything," Carter said.

I just rolled my eyes.

One day, I would figure out what they did. But for now, I would just enjoy the little bubble of peace I seldom get.

Ya, I didn't really know how to end it.

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