The wall they were planning to destroy was revealed by brunch. The school paper had the latest hit on June again. And it was a photo of her and Diego Sanchez eating and talking at the splat-burgers and another of June and Max making out in gym class. It was the biggest gossip to ever hit ANY high school in the history of all boring high schools that ACTUALLY find double dating worth making the news! Everyone'd bought a copy. The school oracle was selling for $5 per copy which was $3 more than the original price but they sold out before brunch was over. even the teachers were in on the gossip. Mrs Lester, the arts and crafts teacher spent the entire lesson talking about it! June walked around with a large hoodie cause everyone was calling her names and throwing burgers at her. Dawn, Carlizza and Shayna walked around like ghosts, refusing to even look me in the eye. Goodness I felt so terrible about everything that I just hid behind a bathroom stall after class, contemplating between choking myself to death on a hamburger or soaking my head in a faucet till I'm dead. My life is LITERALLY a WALKING BREATHING DISASTER right now! I can't even DREAM of looking June in the eye right now. When I tried to talk to her after TAB( Which means take-a-break for 15 minutes before class), She shoved me so hard that I bumped into five hefty jocks all in a row and walked to class double-visioned so that left me pretty shaken up to meet her but I'm going to try, that one's for sure... Right after I get a large shove-proof helmet and a full proof body armor.
The door creaked open and someone shuffled in, crying hysterically. I peeped from under the stall and it was June. She looked even worse than before and reeked of burger and cheese. Tears filled my eyes. Her life was ruined. Forever and all because of me. I buried my head in my palm, ashamed and mad at myself. Why was all this happening to me and my friends? Why?
June sobs grew even more hysterical and I knew I just had to console her, to tell her everything was going to be alright even if that act alone was going to earn me a week in an ER. I slouched out of my stall and tiptoed up to her as quiet as a mouse. She didn't even notice that I was there and sat beside her, hoping she'd think I was her imaginary fairy god-mother and she did. As soon as I began to stroke her back, she sniffed and said in a croaky voice.
" Max just broke up with me. He called me a slut!" She sobbed even harder and the tears overwhelmed me that I began to cry too " Everyone thinks I'm The worst cause I supposedly 'dated' Diego behind Max's back and there's a picture to prove it" She sniffed while I just sat there quietly, digesting it all " I mean, it was just Summer and me there with Diego and no one else knew about our plan" I gasped. I knew where this was going and it didn't sit well with me thinking about it. " I want to think that Summer might have posted that picture but it's just not her. She could be crazy and overboard sometimes but she can't hurt me like that. She just can't." I smiled, feeling good. Till: " But she's the reason why all of this has happened. She'd gotten Max and I together no doubt but what if it all had an ulterior motive? What if she only wants max to herself?"
" What?!" I screeched, sitting up. June sat up, startled. Her shock grew to rage when she saw it was me.
" What are you doing here?" She growled. I glared at her.
" Listening to you talk about your best friend like she's the devil!"
" Well aren't you?" She snapped. I heaved and took in a deep breath. Fighting wasn't going to get us anywhere.
" I admit June that this is all my fault but why would you think that? Why would I want to take Max from you?"
"I...I don't know ok" She spluttered, sobbing " I...I deserve to have a benefit of doubt ok?"
" Oh June" I said, holding her while she cried into the shoulder of my $250 Versace jacket and filled it with snot. I glared at it, knowing that she'd probably done it on purpose cause she knows that I'm all testy about my outfits but I kept my calm. It was all for a good cause after all.
I stroked her hair and squeezed her shoulder softly " I'm so sorry June. I really am. I didn't mean for any of this to happen, believe me"
" Max broke up with me" She muttered in between sobs. " It ok June. It's gonna be alright..."
" No! No it's not ok" She shot up to her feet with the speed of lightning, glowering at me " It not going to be alright! Max broke up with me because of you. My social life is a ruin because of you!! Everyone thinks I ditched Max for Diego to get free burgers summer, free burgers!!! I don't even LIKE burgers!!!! Everywhere I go people throw burgers at me and call me burg-love! My life is a mess!! Everyone hates me and you say it going to be alright?" She shook her head " No. No it's NOT going to be alright. It never will" I hung my head low and then the tears came coursing down my cheek in torrents.
" June I..."
" Don't June me! I don't ever want to see you again. In my life or anywhere near. Besides, that's not gonna be hard to keep cause I'm changing schools next week" I shot out of my seat and stared at her in shock.
" What?"
" Yeah you heard me right. I can't stand this school. I can't stand the insults, the mockery and most of all I can't stand you"
" June please don't do this" I moaned, reaching out for her hand "Please. You have friends here. And we care about you a lot. Please don't go" Tears filled her eyes once more and she looked away.
" Maybe I don't" She said and walked away, stomping on my heart and soul this time. I sobbed quietly against the wall, ruining my make-up and totally having my emo-breakdown moment when an eerie chuckle filled my ears. It was Cathy, the evil lying snake in platforms and minis. I wiped my eyes dry and glared at her.
" What do you want?" Cathy ran her catty eyes through me like I was a glob of something nasty straight from a rabies infested dog and whipped out an entire make-up kit with the price tag in front and where I could see it. $3500, Mckain styles. It was the latest Dolce and Gabbana collection. I rolled my eyes. Big deal.
" Did you spread all those nasty rumors?" Cathy's chortle filled the room as she rubbed on like 9 layers of Camilla red lip gloss.
" Oh dear you wish. You're so lame that you wouldn't trend on Weibo if you were Beyonce's daughter. Starting rumors about you would TOTALLY ruin my social life!" I heaved and rolled my eyes, grabbing my bag to leave.
" But I have fantastic news" She said, making me scoff. Irony much?
Cathy grinned and flounced her hair back " Maybe the Principal'd like to break that himself"
" What?" I muttered. Cathy took in on deep breath like she trying to teach a renowned dummy calculus and integration and spun round to face me with a smirk.
" That shouldn't be hard to figure out should it?" With that she sashayed off, leaving me confused.
Principal Wilbur wants to see me? Now that's bad, bad news.