ACCIDENTAL APOLOGIES
"You have social environment for 3rd period, biology for 4th, then lunch, then 6th period physics, 7th period meditation and 8th Gym. And I have none of those classes with you" Talia said as she handed my schedule over to me.
"Soooo, see you at lunch" I told her
"Yea, okay" she said as she walked away to her next class while I still had to get my things from my locker.
"Ahhh" I screamed as I shut my locker "You startled me"
It was my dear old partner – Jack Dantes AKA my early death
"What's your plate number?" he asked me looking all calm and cool – like the calm before a storm
"Um, AJ-127. Why?" Thank goodness I didn't stutter because that would have been horrible
"You parked in my space"
Dum-Dum-Dum
"I'm very sorry. I promise not to next time" I apologized and would you guess what that jerk did. He freaking walked away without even acknowledging my apology
Rude!
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The rest of my before lunch classes went by swiftly and luckily I didn't have any classes with jack Jerk. So Yay
I entered the cafeteria to meet up with Talia and her friends – the Clive twins
"Hi, I'm Mystiana but people call me Tiana" a blonde girl introduced "and that's my twin brother Mystico, people call him idiot" she said with a smile
"They do not" Tico whined. He was good looking but in a cute-ish kind of way. Just picture a younger Justin Bieber and you've got his face.
"Don't mind my sister, she's been jealous of me since birth" he said making Tiana to make a face like! WHAT! "You're Kayla right?"
"Yep"
"Cool. So what type of boys you into?" he said wiggling his eyebrows and I tried to resist the urge to burst out laughing
"Tico" yelled his sister while I could see Talia holding back her laugh too before all three of us started laughing so hard tears started to form
"Hey, what's so funny? Stop laughing. Ughhh"
"Tico I'm sorry but you're just not my type" I said politely
"Or any girl's type at all" Talia stated which made both her and Tiana burst out laughing
"Well you wouldn't be saying that when I get a girlfriend and I'll show all of you" he sulked which made them laugh harder.
"I'm going to go get a drink" I said as all this laughing was making me very thirsty.
"Just don't buy the apple juice we're pretty sure it's dog urine. Irk" Talia said and shuddered
"Oh please get me a mango smoothie. I would go but I really want to keep making fun of my brother's love life" Tiana asked me and Tico just scoffed.
"Sure"
After I ordered the drinks- making sure to stay clear of the dog urine, I mean apple juice- I tried carrying the drinks back but believe me mango smoothies were heavy.
"Hey, my shirt" someone yelled as I almost tripped and spilled all the drinks on a certain someone
Holy Crap
Cue dramatic musicI am so, so sorry" I said as I tried to use some napkins to clean his shirt. As you already guessed it was Jack and he looked like he was going to murder me any minute from now.
"First, you get me detention" he said very slowly, like deathly slowly "then you destroy my favorite shirt. Are you always this clumsy or is it your money that's getting into her head". By now the whole cafeteria was deathly silent.
"Well, I already apologized and I promise to buy you a new one. It's just plain white"
And suddenly the whole cafeteria gasped.
"Dude, you just got burnt" said one of his friends and some of his group members started snickering but one death glare from him and they kept their straight faces.
"Next time watch where you're going or get glasses if you can't see clearly. You surely have the money for that" with that he walked away with the rest of his posy; the two boys laughing silently
Okay people, it's not like I did it on purpose
I walked back to my table without saying a word until I sat down
"Well no mango smoothie for me then" whispered Talia
"But um, Kayla you do know you're going to die. Right?" Tico said giving me the pity eye
"Oh stop" said Tiana "She's only going to lose her hair and be bald forever"
"Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. It helped so much" I said with so much sarcasm dripping out of that sentence.
"You're welcome" they chorused together
I need to start packing
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"Gabe" I groaned out
"Kitchen" he yelled back
"Is daddy back?" I asked as I entered the kitchen and took an apple from the fruit bowl on the island
"No, he's not. He didn't even stay for breakfast this morning" he said knocking the apple out of my hands
"Hey!!!!"
"You're hands before touching anything in my precious kitchen"
"Fine" I grumbled as I made my way over to the sink. Gabe has a strict kitchen hygiene rule; with the way he was acting you'd think he owned the place.
"Go upstairs and take a shower. But before you do; how was school?"
"Well it was great until I met this guy. He's a bad boy" I said taking a bite of my apple
"And does Mr. Bad Boy have a name? Oh and is he cute or handsome. On a scale of 1-10"
"His name is Jack Dante"
"Oh, a fellow brother"
"Yes but he's nothing like you. Anyways he's definitely a 10 out of 10 but his character is zero. This morning I 'accidentally' parked in his space at the lot and during lunch I spilled mango juice on his white t-shirt. And the guy was being a jerk about all the way. Especially the lot incident".
"Do I smell a little romance brewing" he asked as he stirred something into the pot
"Nope, it's your stew" I said as I climbed the stairs to go take a well deserved nap
"Please take a shower first".
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I groaned as the song SAY SO by Doja cat was playing and I immediately recognized it to be my ringtone. I answered the call- not before muttering a string of curses to whoever was on the other line- and an all too familiar voice made me sit up on my bed
"Jack?"
"Yea. I thought you would forget me"
I really wish I could
"How did you get my number?"
"That's not actually hard" again with the cool attitude. Disgusting.
"Um...."
"So about my shirt. When do you intend on buying a new one"
"After school tomorrow, I'll....."
"No" what was with this guy and interrupting me "I want it today. It's very valuable to me. So go buy it right now."
"But it's late"
And it's plain white
"I don't care" and he freaking cut the line on me.
What a douche bag
*Unknown number: Remember, it's not a plain old t-shirt. It has a Beetles sign on the back.
*Unknown number: In case you didn't guess, it's vintage
Yeah, I got that stupid
Realizing that I was talking to myself, I quickly replied
*Me: Yeah. I got it
And the idiot didn't even reply. Such atrocity.
I quickly got up and dressed up not because I was scared; no. But because I really didn't need any more drama in my life. And he came in all types of drama I was going to avoid.
"Hey, Gabe. I'll be back in a bit" I yelled as I left the house and hear a faint "Be back before dinner time" from Gabe.