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Conrad Declan’s POV“Because you’re Conrad! All you ever do is lie to me!”Jenna’s words kept replaying in my head as I sat alone in the cafeteria. I was angry that she saw me as nothing but a liar. How could she accuse me of uploading that video? I had no idea someone was in that room when we kissed. Her words hurt me and it made me realize how low she thought of me. How could she be so sure that I did it?As I stared down at my tuna casserole, Toralei joined me at my table. She was smiling as usual, it’s funny how she thought she could win me over with that smile.“Hey, Conrad,” she said.I got forced a smile, “Hey.”She started with the flirty hair tucks before she spoke, “Do you know how we, when we were still together, made plans to run for prom king and queen?”“Yes, but we aren’t together anymore,” I replied bluntly. My mood was already ruined and talking about going to prom with my ex, wasn’t going to help my situation.“Let’s run for prom king and queen…as friends.” She final
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Jenna Brooks’s POV“Who’s this handsome cutie?” Jeanette exclaimed as she raised her head to stare at Stig. He ignored her and crouched to his knees, “I’ll be your date to prom,” Stig said again, this time with more certainty in his tone.I furrowed my eyebrows at him, why would he want to help me? All we’ve done since he arrived at this school was argue, he didn’t like me and I didn’t like him so why was he doing this?“Why?”“Because, I’ll probably not be able to find a date. I’m a dork.” He said and sat down next to me.“What do you mean?” Jeanette asked, cocking her eyebrows.“It's kind of embarrassing, but in my high school back home, there's all these super good-looking,super popular, tall guys, you know? I'm not one of them.” Stig said.Jeanette mouth was wide open and it was as if she was trying ti process what Stig just said. “I'm sorry, what you're telling me is that in your home country, this, all this...This is ugly?”“Oh, yeah, of course.” He replied.“No, that can'
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Jenna Brooks’s POV“The first step in becoming a queen is acting like a queen!” Jeanette exclaimed as she stumped her foot on the ground twice.It was recess and Stig, Jeanette and I were in the auditorium. She had called Stig and me earlier to give us lessons on how to be ‘royal.’ I felt like she was taking this whole prom thing more seriously than I did. Stig and I were seated on plastic chairs while she stood in front of us and demonstrated with a specter in her hand. “Okay, seriously, what’s the specter for?!” I asked.“Don’t ruin this moment for me, Jenna.” Jeanette walked to the center of the room and then, her expression suddenly grew serious. “My point is, if you wanna win prom king and queen, you'd have to be willing to go all the way. I don't think you're willing. Think you're ready to go all the way?” she said, her tone going down a little between creepy and fun.“I don't know what you're talking about.”“Then you just answered your question.”“Fine!”Jeanette let out a
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Conrad Declan’s POVMy hands trailed up to Jenna’s head and I stroked her hair. “I like the new haircut,” She wrinkled her nose and pushed me a little backward, “Don’t touch my hair, Conrad or I’m gonna bite you.” she said in a feisty way and tucked her hair behind her ear.I smiled at how cute she looked when she said it and how her curls fell in messy waves on her face. I loved the curls, it made her eyes pop.“You’re gonna bite me, huh?” I teased and even though her face was all red with anger, she still looked pretty.“Let go of me, Conrad,” she said, stepped away from the wall and made for the door.“Toralei told me you’re going to prom with a guy she has a crush on,”Jenna suddenly turned to face me, her eyebrows furrowing, “Toralei has a crush on Stig?”“Wait you’re going to prom with Stig? The good-looking exchange student with pretty eyes? You barely know him!” I exclaimed.“You’re also going to prom with Toralei. You don’t see me asking you about it.”I took her hands in mi
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Jenna Brooks’s POVI stayed in the restroom and locked myself in one of the stalls for about two hours. I didn’t want to step out, I was too embarrassed to. Why did I even dress up in the first place?I heard someone walk into the restroom and knock on the stall I was in. I had already locked it from the inside.“Jenna? Are you in there?” that voice called. It was Jeanette’s.“I’m reading.” I lied, looking down at my palms.“No, You’re hiding!” Jeanette replied at the other side.“I don’t wanna run into Toralei,” I admitted.“She spilled black coffee on you, Jenna. So what?”“Easy for you to say. Okay, nothing rattles you.” I replied.“Plenty of stuff rattles me, I just roll with it,” Jeanette replied, frustrated.“Well, this is how I roll.”“Seriously, Jenna. We’ve come this far, I don’t think…” she stopped when she heard me pull down the flush button on the toilet.” You’re not seriously flushing the toilet to avoid this conversation.”I heard her sigh before her footsteps faded and
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Jenna Brooks’s POVJeanette looked calm, nothing ever rattled her.“We have four hours before the nomination process is over. We still have time,” she said and she slowly brought out her phone. “So, I have this makeup tutorial page with ten thousand subscribers.”“And?” I asked. Stig was staring at her like he didn’t understand what she was saying.Jeanette smiled as she said, “What if I ask my subscribers to nominate you guys?”I thought the idea was crazy because, for all I knew, only the students of Fox Lane High were allowed to nominate their fellow students.“I don’t think that’s possible,” I said.“Well, I’ll upload the link to the nomination poll and ask my subscribers to nominate you guys. I don’t think it’s against the rules, it’s just that no one has ever tried it. It’s our only option.”Stig looked like he was about to pee in excitement, his bright eyes screamed, ‘Let’s do this.’“Do you think it’ll work?” I asked Jeanette.“We can only hope.” she brought out her phone and
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Conrad Declan’s POVA week later…“It’s been over a week and he hasn’t left her side. Anytime I see her, they’re together. They eat lunch together, they go to PE together, and they take walks together, every day. I don’t know how much more I can take.” I said in frustration as I stared at Jenna and Stig across the cafeteria.After Jenna and Stig were nominated as prom king and queen, they hadn’t left each other’s side. They were probably hanging out all the time so they could be able to campaign for final votes but I still don’t like it. It hurts.“Sounds like it’s mostly just eating and strolling. It could be a lot worse.” Carter said, nudging me so I could quit staring at Jenna and Stig across the room. “Dude, you’re making it too obvious that you’re jealous. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing between them. It’s mostly fan service.”I averted my gaze back to the plate of untouched hot chowder on my table and I scrunched my lips. “I feel like this school doesn’t put a lot of effort into
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Jenna Brooks’s POVI couldn’t help myself, my jaws dropped to the floor and my eyebrows showed up to the ceiling. What was she suddenly talking about?“What do you mean?” I asked her and she sniffed loudly.“I was in the restroom that night that you guys kissed and I made the video. I went to Toralei and showed her the video because I wanted to be on her good side. But she uploaded the video and made me lie to you that Conrad did it.”My cheeks got red and my eyebrows got narrowed. My blood suddenly ran cold at the realization that I was fooled by Toralei. That she made me see why she wanted me to see. That I failed to take Conrad’s word for it. I felt guilty for not believing him.“I’m sorry, Jenna. I shouldn’t have recorded the video in the first place.” The junior said again.“It’s fine, I’m happy you told me the truth.” She nodded and took one last look at me before walking away. I couldn’t hold back my anger. My bright red face was telling everything. How could Toralei stoop so
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