I spoke too soon.
This boy is rude. All he do is playing his phone while my mom and her mom are having a interesting conversation from a celebrity to how to make a delicious muffin. Don't ask me how their conversation could drift that far.
"Val, I'm going to teach Miranda to make a muffin. Feel free to get to know each other." mom smiled sweetly to me and walked to the kitchen before I have the chance to respond. I looked at her back in disbelief.
What? Is my mom for real?
I took a glanced at the new neighbor (that I forgot his name) and saw he's still engrossed playing his phone. Now I regret leaving my phone at home. I looked around trying to find something to waste time but it's not working.
I cleared my throat to catch his attention, he glances at me and got back to his phone "So... Where are you from?"
Silence.
"Do you like the neighborhood?"
Silence again.
"I take you're not much of a talker." I chuckled awkwardly. "Do you mind showing me the bathroom?" And again silence, mom told us to get to know each other while he just sitting there and ignoring me. He's seriously getting on my nerves.
I cleared my throat. "Do you like the house?"
And once again silence.
What’s wrong with this boy? Did he glue his mouth or something that makes him can’t talk? or is he deaf? That’s why he can’t hear me?
"Look, I know that you don't want to be here but at least try to respond to someone who is talking to you." I said annoyed by his attitude. I stood up and head to the door. "You don't want to make your mother angry by leaving the new neighbors alone, do you?" I stop in my track and turned around only to find he's smirking.
I fly my hands up dramatically. "He talks!" I exclaimed. He rolls his eyes. "For the record, I rather face my mother wrath compare being here, beside I feel like my presence isn't needed here, cause I see you already have something that keep you company." I pointed to his phone and walked back to the door.
"Nice meeting you, new neighbors." I force a smiled at him and walked out from his house.
Such annoying person he is! I hope I won't see him again. And hopefully he won't go to my school.
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Humming to myself as I reached my locker, I took my book out that I need for first period.
"What song are you humming?" Julia appears at my side "Try hard" she shakes her head and smile "5 sos?"
"Yup" I said popping the 'p'. "I just can't get enough of them especially calum hood. He is so handsome" I looked up dreamily and Julia waved her hand in front of my face "hey you have Liam, speaking of Liam where is he?" Julia looks around then looked back at me.
"He said coach wanted to talk to him." I shrugged and closed my locker.
"Or maybe he doesn't want to see you." I turned around to find a smirking Bianca with her little minions.
"What do you want Bianca?"
Today she was wearing a white tube top with a pink checkered crop blazer and a match tight skirt that was too short, and a high socks that went below her knees and a pink strap heels. Same goes to her two friend all pink. So ironic considering today is Wednesday, as the mean girls quote 'On wednesday we wear pink'.
"You know what I want" she sneers "Oh do I?" I said pretending to be confused "Julia, do you know what she wants?" She shakes her head "Nope, not a clue."
She glares at us then smirked "I feel bad for Liam to have a stupid girl to be his girlfriend, he's better off with me don't you think?"
"Who the hell you think you can called me stupid!, if someone should be called stupid is you!" by now we've starting to attract a crowd.
"Me stupid! Who do you think you are?!" she steps forward and so do I, we both glaring at each other and ready to attack any minute.
"Okay, that's enough." Carmen came in the middle of the scene and stop us for having a fight.
"We're not over yet Hernandez." she glares at me hard "I think we are, boyfriend stealer!" I yelled at her. She stomped her heels and walked away with her minions trailing behind her.
I turned to my two best friend who already looking at me "What?"
"Boyfriend stealer? Really?" Julia cross her arms over her chest "What's wrong with that? She really is a boyfriend stealer. Remember last year?"
"She took your phone while you were changing and text Liam that you wanted to break up with him?" I shook my head "No, before that," she thinks for awhile and snap her finger.
"Oh... That." I nodded.
So last year, after 5 months being Liam Girlfriend, bianca and her little helper decided to give me a warning. By exchange my perfume with a stink fart spray. I know the prank is harmless but it was embarrassing. It happened after physic, I was in a hurry so I took the perfume out from my bag and just spray it all over my clothes.
And yeah, all the students and even the teacher avoided me. For one week, they teased and mock me about using a fart spray as a perfume. She thinks by swapping my perfume, Liam will feel ashamed having a stinky girlfriend like me and eventually break up with me.
"I'm still wondering how can you not smell the spray on your clothes?" Carmen asked, I shrugged "I thought it wasn't me." Carmen shakes her head.
"I gotta go, class starting in 3 minutes. See you at lunch." I waved them goodbye and walked to homeroom.
I just hope Mr. Clinton won't give us a Q&A like yesterday.
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Valerie Hernandez"Tyler! Liam! Stop!" I screamed their name hoping for the fight to stop but it is no use. My voice drowned with the shouting and cheering from the students who gather at the parking lot to witness a fight."Both of you stop!" I tried once again but it is no use. None of them could hear me over the roar of the crowd. The cheers and shouts are getting louder. But amidst the chaos, I could only watch in horror as the fight escalated, my heart pounding in my chest. As the fight grew more serious, panic gripped me like a vice. I watched helplessly as Tyler and Liam continued to exchange blows, each one landing with sickening thuds. Tears pricked at the corners of my eyes as I pleaded for them to stop, but my words fell on deaf ears.Just as I feared the worst, a teacher emerged from the school building, shouting for them to stop. The fight came to an abrupt halt as Tyler and Liam were pulled apart, their faces bruised and bloodied."You two, to the principal's office, now
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