Day by day, my hatred towards coming to school is growing. I enjoy the life of being the popular loner, a.k.a the cool girl, but the people of the student council are really driving me insane!
“Psst, Hailey.” Sandy leaned over to me as we were walking in the hallway. I got used to her popping out of nowhere that I wasn’t that surprised anymore nor did I bother to ask her to go away. It was pointless.
“What?” I said through gritted teeth. I was supposed to be the friendless popular kid, but now I look like the loyal guard of the student council. By the sound of her voice, I already know what was coming.
At the corner of my eyes, I saw her pointing around a corner where the Janitor’s closet was. “I saw a couple of guys dragging a kid in there.”
I sat on my chair and placed my bag on my desk. I was preparing myself to sleep while the professor was still out when I noticed a shadow casting over my desk.“I heard from Xander that the project was your idea.” I almost rolled my eyes as I heard Romeo talking.I looked at him with a frown. “You guys were supposed to carry me for this project. Why am I the one giving out ideas!? I am not the nerd in the group.”“Err…” Romeo hesitated. “I don’t think that you should outright admit that you don’t plan on helping out with the project.” He says while masking an awkward look on his face.“What’s the difference? I already expressed my opinion from the start.” I crossed my arms ov
Monday morning, a few days since Leo told me they would leave me in charge of the school. I have never looked forward to school since today! It has been a while since cool girl Hailey Mae Collins rule the school again.No more forced lunch dates and meetings with them. And especially, no one would be telling me what to do.For a week that is.I yawned loudly and took a sip of my hot coffee while I was waiting on set. My first day of being in charge of Waynard High and I am already up so early because of the change of schedule for my photoshoot. I don’t even know if it is karma for being this happy of being away from the student councils or not.“Ha - I mean - Felisha!” Kaila hissed at me while glowering at my slump form on the folding chair. &ldqu
The bell signaling the first period ended, and now I have at least half an hour’s rest before heading for my next class. I was planning on staying in the room until I remembered that I had to meet up with Stella and brief her on some things to take note of.I groaned and pulled my butt off my seat before heading to the school cafeteria where we were supposed to meet.As I was walking, I noticed that my phone my buzzing inside of my phone. When I checked the screen, I saw a message from the science project group chat. It was from Romeo. He was informing us that he couldn’t make it to school today.Great, two of my groupmates are going to be a no-show for our physics class. Perfect. At least I will have an excuse not to do anything during that time.As so
We finally reached the rooftop, and just as the kid opened the door for us, I saw one larger kid holding the other by his collar and lifting him up by the air.Nice. We were just in time for the drama. I thought as I observed the scene with excitement. I sure do hope that Stella’s watching me do nothing.“Dein, Conor, that’s enough! I brought miss Hailey with me. If you guys don’t want to get in trouble with the student council, then you guys better stop it right now.” I glared at the kid who brought us here. This little brat!And I was just starting to enjoy the show!“Miss Hailey is the peacekeeper, so I suggest that you boys cease your fighting,” Stella added
“Hailey, if you want to skip work today, just say the words.” My friend, Kayla, said to me after I told her of the horrific events that afternoon. “You had a bad day today. I am sure that the director will understand if you can’t make it to the photoshoot.” I was in my trailer truck, where I headed the moment the afternoon classes were canceled because of the incident earlier. Normally, I would have gone home, but whenever I am alone, my mind will automatically fly to the scenario on the roof. My brain would start to fantasize all about the scene. It kept showing me what would have happened if I screwed up at some point and ended up dropping the kid. I shivered and started rubbing my arms out of fear. “I’m fine. Don’t worry about me, Kayla.” I forced a smile when I looked at her. “I can still do the photoshoot. And besides, isn’t today a very special day? We have a guest arriving soon. I don’t think that it would be nice to ditch work.” Kayla stared at me. She was obviously worrie
Maybe I should just drop out of class. Yes, that would be a very wise decision. If only my parents would agree with me on that request. After my shoot with Ethan, I did not respond to him and hastily made my way home. I did not even bother to give him a response to his question about whether I am Hailey or not - what’s the point? If I argue that I am not, that would just make me seem more guilty. I barely got any sleep during the weekend because of that, thus making me feel so exhausted while making my way to school. I was anxious that I would see Romeo today. My head kept on darting from left to right to keep a watchful eye on my surroundings for any sign of that weirdo new kid named Romeo. “Good morning, Hailey!” If I did not remind myself that I am in school and pretty much in a public place, I would have screamed and body slammed Sandy right there. “Sandy? What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be on…tour?” I whispered. I may be stupid at times, but there is no way that I wo
I have this habit that I always do when I find myself in a troublesome situation. And that is ignoring the problem in front of me. I turn on my heels and pretend not to see Xander while I head for the opposite direction. “Where do you think you’re going?” Xander pulls the back collar of my uniform and make me face him. As soon as I see his face, I can already see the frown starting to form on his forehead. “You dragged me out here and you’re just going to leave?” “Every student for themselves.” I say it like it is supposed to be common knowledge. It only irritated Xander more. “Seriously, what is wrong with you?” He drapes a hand over his face like he’s trying to collect himself before breathing out a heavy sigh. “Never mind. Everything is wrong with you.” He grumbles before fishing his phone out of his pocket like he is calling for someone. “Are you saying that I am a weirdo?” I eye him carefully and wait for him to respond, but he’s too busy talking on the phone to even acknow
Going along with Xander is probably the worst thing that I have ever done in my entire life. We headed back to his house where we had to dress as Felisha and Gabrielle. I promise you, I did not do it willingly, but considering that most of this is my fault, I decided that it was not worth arguing about. While we were in his van, Xander kept on asking me why I was running away from Romeo, but I just did not find enough courage to tell him the whole story. I’m just not ready to share that information because it would just feel like I'm admitting that it did happen and I'm not ready to accept the fact that someone once again figured out my secret. It just adds to my anxiety, and I am just not ready for that yet. Thankfully, Xander notices my discomfort and doesn’t seem like he was going to push me to share my troubles. When we reached the venue of the event, that’s when I realized that it was actually a charity event for kids in hospitals. Don’t get me wrong. I like the idea of charit