Mag-log inCHAPTER 91: FAKE BOYFRIEND CHARLOTTE’S POV “This has to be some kind of AI video,” I muttered, gripping Maya’s phone so tightly my knuckles went pale. My throat was burning, but I forced everything down.“Babe, I'm sure it's nothing,” Maya said, though her voice wasn’t exactly confident. “We can barely see anything.”“Exactly,” I snapped. “We can barely see anything, but we see enough. That’s Max and that’s Sophie together. In his stupid brown jacket” My chest tightened. “Let’s just let’s go home.”“We still have one more class.”“Screw that.” I grabbed my bag and stood up so fast my chair made that embarrassing screech. “Let’s go.”She didn’t argue. She just got up and followed.Walking out of the building felt like pushing through thick, invisible smoke. Everything was surreal. I kept replaying it. Why didn’t I see it?Why did I believe all his sweet words?Why did I trust Sophie with anything?The anniversary he planned was fake, probably so he doesn't feel guilty The apology
CHAPTER 90: WOW WOW SOPHIE’S POV PRESENT DAY– BRIDGEHALL HIGHMax had already pulled up in his beat up old sedan, the one with the slightly crooked bumper and exhaust I slid into the passenger seat, slinging my bag onto the floor.“I thought we agreed we’d act like we don’t know each other,” he said angrily without even looking at me.Like dude, don't you realize I was crying! Or did my tears dry up so quickly. “Yes, but—”“But what?”“I don't know” I mumbled, fiddling with my sleeves. My hands felt too warm, too shaky.“Hope you know I’m dating somebody, and I really love her.”“I’m also dating somebody, and I love her and I'm not trying to get in the way of anything. In fact we're just friends and that's all,” I said, blurting it out like a defense mechanism.“So what do you want?” he asked, leaning back in the seat, eyes watching me carefully.I didn’t have an answer. Not with the flood of everything I’d been holding in. The first thing that came to my mind when I was crying is
CHAPTER 89: FLASH BACK SOPHIE’S POV TWO YEARS AGO AT ALKWOOD HIGHAlkwood High felt like a completely different world. The hallways smelled of floor polish and stale cafeteria pizza, lockers slammed constantly, and laughter bounced off the walls like it was chasing me. I walked slower than everyone else hoping nobody noticed me.Everybody knew me as the girl whose dad was in prison for drug dealing, some even believed I was in on the business. I remember that day clearly. My backpack straps dug into my shoulders, my lunch tray balanced precariously in my hands, and my stomach was twisting in knots before I even reached the cafeteria.“Watch it, loser!” someone shouted, and my tray wobbled. Pizza slices threatened to slide off onto the floor. My face burned red, my hands shaking. I caught it somehow.I remember the look on their faces. That mix of surprise and mild annoyance because I didn’t crumble like everyone expected.Days felt like weeks, weeks felt like months, months felt l
CHAPTER 88: HATE YOU SOPHIE'S POV“Please sit” she gestured to me to take a seat next to her. “I know you're going through a lot at home and –”“Wait what are you talking about” how could she have possibly known. Does that mean everybody knows. No wonder Nia was nice to me at first. They probably think I'm being neglected at home and all of that shit “Ma I can assure you , I'm doing just great and–”“sophie, we understand” what the hell is she talking about and why is she pluralizing “your mum called the school few days ago and told us about everything and asked if we could write a letter to enable you switch school”“What” I couldn't even believe it. First she lies to me for weeks and now she's changing my school without letting me know. “I'm sorry but my problem doesn't concern you. Thanks for your effort” I stood up quickly before she could even say a word. Part of me felt so angry but the other part of me wanted to sit with her and tell her how I really feel. I've never been
CHAPTER 87 : LIFE STINKS SOPHIE’S POV I couldn't stop replaying the words in my head“I’m tired, baby,”, “And I don’t want you to grow up tired too.”, “I already signed it.”.I could hear the echo growing loud and loud in my head. Why did she have to fuck my life at every chance she gets.Why?I was barely focusing on the road and almost got hit by a motorcycle delivering vegetables.____I was at cheer practice and I was getting ready in the locker room when Nia walked to me smiling. Can this day get any worse “hii Sophie, I'm so sorry about the little misunderstanding that happened the previous day and I love us to be friends” Was I in an alternative universe where good people were bad and bad people were good or is this some kind of post traumatic symptoms. “Um sure it's nothing. I'm sure it was a mistake”“Okay I'll see you around friend” and then she pulled me in for a hug ,waved and bounced out with her minions.Today is so strange. I took a deep breath, shut my locker and we
CHAPTER 86: HI BITCH SOPHIE’S POV I finally had the courage to attend cheer practice after weeks of staying home, scrolling through tiktok and wishing I never accepted the offer.I don't even know how I got in the cheer team because honestly, I didn't apply. “I might as well suck it up and go for practice today” murmuring to myself in the cracked mirror.In the last two weeks I received so many messages from coach asking when I'm coming back? How I've been? That whenever I'm ready I should come for practice, that everybody misses me .I knew the last message was a lie but I'll rather believe it's not for my own sanity.I picked up my gym bag from the floor and headed downstairs.Not like I expected to see freshly made pancakes or waffles or a mum asking how was practice? If I was okay?I've gotten used to the silence, in fact I would consider it very weird for my mum to ask how school was or any other question normal parents asked their kid.“Good morning Sophie” speak of the devi
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
Chapter 11 : Homecoming Charlotte's POV “Maya Maya!!!!” I ran after Maya with my pink purse in my arm while reapplying my lipgloss for the hundredth time this morning.It was a girls day out and my mum decided that me and Maya go to cilantro, a fancy restaurant downtown . Not like a girls day ou
CHAPTER 10 : in sync CHARLOTTE'S POVMy head was clouded with so many thoughts as I walked down the stairs leading to the exit.I wasn't supposed to feel guilt for kissing Max, I was supposed to enjoy every last minute of it because he's my boyfriend. But why did I feel like I was cheating?He lau
Charlotte's Pov The game finished by exactly 11 and the whole school was shocked. We did expect to beat the other team but the scores were so astonishing 5-1.After the game Max walked up behind me and hugged me tightly with his sweating arms. I hugged him excitedly, not minding the sweat on his







