LOGINCHAPTER 97 : WRONG TIMINGCHARLOTTE’S POV There are moments where your life doesn’t just feel bad.It feels staged, like someone somewhere is sitting with a remote control laughing while pressing pause, rewind, and let’s ruin her emotional stability again in random order.That’s exactly how my morning started, after several days of mourning my diary.I woke up already tired, which should honestly be illegal. My phone was face down on my bedside table like it was ashamed of something. I already knew there would be messages. There’s always messages.I flipped it over anyway.Three notifications.Sophie: Hey are you home?Sophie: Can we talk please? And one from Instagram suggesting and yes I ignored it My brain wasn't just connecting, why was Sophie trying to talk to me isn't the damage she has caused, not enough.I stared at the last message again. Can we talk please?That sentence didn’t even feel real. It felt like a glitch in my life. Like someone typed it wrong and the universe
CHAPTER 96: MY DIARY?CHARLOTTE'S POV By the time I got home, I was convinced the universe was personally writing fanfiction about ruining my life.I dumped my bag on my bed, kicked off my shoes, and flopped backward like my mattress was supposed to magically absorb all my problems.It didn’t.My brain was too loud.Everyone was posting about me and Max again, people were whispering in the hallways and my group project turned into an emotional WWE match.Not to mention that I can't find my diary in my bag, how perfect. Thank you mother nature for all you do. I rubbed my face aggressively.Ugh, why was everything so complicated?What if it was somewhere in my room and maybe I didn't take it to school, I reached for my pillow and I couldn't feel anything.I tore my pillow off the bed.Not there.I threw the blanket.Not there.I crouched beside the bed and checked the floor.Nothing but dust bunnies and the sweatshirt Maya kept stealing and returning like it was a custody battle.Panic
CHAPTER 95 : SURPRISE BITCH SOPHIE’S POV Today was a shitty day like, impressively shitty.Award winning levels of shitty.I somehow managed to ruin my life, Charlotte’s life, and Max’s life all in the span of one biology class.Talented queen?Or just cursed?Honestly, I was starting to suspect the second one.I pushed the front door open and didn’t even bother taking my shoes off before heading straight to the kitchen. I needed sugar or sedation or both.The fridge light flicked on, blinding me like it was judging my existence. But there they were two chilled bottles of sugar iced tea.A blessing.A tiny, cold blessing.I grabbed one, hopped up on the marble counter, and took a long, dramatic sip.“Everybody hates me,” I muttered. “Everybody hates me.”The iced tea did nothing to fix my mood, but at least it distracted me from replaying Charlotte’s face when I tried to apologize and Max and the entire class staring and nope. Not going there.“At least I’ll be leaving Bridge Hall
CHAPTER 94 : WRONG PARTNERCHARLOTTE’S POV By Monday morning, the entire school had officially turned my life into a trending topic.Again.I didn’t even need to open my phone to know. You could feel it in the air that weird buzzing energy people get when they’re all pretending not to stare at the same thing.Whispers followed me down the hallway.Not subtle ones either.“Is that her?”“That’s Max’s girlfriend, right?”“I heard they broke up like three times already.”“She’s the one from the Sophie thing.”I tightened my grip on my bag and kept walking like I couldn’t hear anything.Maya leaned into me. “You good?”“I’m fine.”“You said that yesterday and then almost fought a vending machine.”“That vending machine started it.”She snorted. “Sure.”We turned the corner toward class and that’s when I saw it.The social media page.Someone had projected it onto the hallway screen again .@BridgehallGossip: BREAKING NEWS Max & Charlotte not as perfect as they look? “multiple sightings
CHAPTER 93 : DUMP ASSHOLES CHARLOTTE'S POVBy Thursday, the school population had collectively decided that Sophie Wilson was the hottest commodity since free pizza day.And honestly? I blame TikTok.One stupid slow motion hallway video of her flipping her hair, and suddenly she was everyone’s dream girl, the cafeteria’s unofficial mascot, and the entire junior class’s screensaver.Nobody even remembered her kissing my boyfriend just two weeks ago, and everybody liked her because she kissed Max.People were acting like she invented oxygen.It was ridiculous.I watched her glide into school that morning, wearing a pink skirt and carrying a black shoulder bag.I hated that she was so happy after all of this.“Don’t look at her,” Maya whispered, linking her arm through mine. “You’re already stressed. I can literally feel your soul twitching.”“I’m not stressed,” I lied.“You’re grinding your teeth, Charlotte.”I unclenched my jaw. “I'm totally fine.”But I wasn’t.Because all week Soph
CHAPTER 92 : I'M OKAY CHARLOTTE'S POV A few weeks after sobbing and crying my eyes out, I have officially concluded one thing: caramel and banana ice-cream is the worst flavor combination on planet Earth. Whoever invented it was clearly going through their own emotional crisis and decided to drag the rest of us down with them.Because what was I thinking?Eating that in the name of healing?That's not healing that’s self-sabotage.“Hiii girl,” Maya said, kicking my bedroom door open like she paid rent here. She visited me every single day that week. Sometimes she brought snacks; sometimes zucchini. I still don’t know why zucchini.“Hiii,” I said, sitting up straighter and kicking the ice cream bucket under the bed. My eyes felt puffy and raw. I tossed another tissue to the already mountainous pile beside me.“Are you good?” Maya asked.“I guess so,” I shrugged. “I cried my eyes out all of last week. I think I may have officially run out of tears.”“That’s impossible,” she said, tip
Chapter 15 : I hate you Charlotte's Pov I woke up with my face squashed into my pillow, drool on the corner of my mouth, and my phone buzzing nonstop.Honestly, the only thing I wanted to fight this morning was my alarm clock. I groaned and reached for my phone, blinking through my half sleep haz
Chapter 14: Bad Decision Max's Pov I honestly wonder what goes on in girls’ little minds. One minute they’re quiet, the next minute they’re giving you that look like you committed a crime you don’t even remember being present for.I slung my bag onto my left shoulder and headed toward Chemistry
CHAPTER 13 : Strange Girlfriend Sophie's Pov I sat on the wooden floor in my house, humming beauty and the beast theme song, my eyes swollen, plump and red.I cried myself to sleep the previous night because I was so sad. I couldn't even sleep properly. I kept waking up every two hours with the s
Chapter 12: Maya Charlotte's Pov “Charl?”“Yeah?”Her voice lowered.“Whatever happens with Max, whatever happens at homecoming, I’m not leaving you. Okay? Even if Jayden Ortiz kidnaps me and forces me on ten coffee dates.”I burst out laughing again.“Okay,” I said, squeezing her hand. “Deal.”W







