Hidden Motives

Time to Party

As soon as the lecture ended I stormed out of the hall. Dylan followed and I could hear him screaming "Wait up Zara!" 

I turned to face him and said "What!"

His face softened and he looked sad, "Why are you mad? Does Scarlett bother you? Or Max?"

"It's both of them!" I screamed. "I can't handle either of them! One of them drives me insane day and night while the other has no respect! Actually, neither of them have respect, but that's beside the point." 

"Zara" Dylan said calmly. "I think you need to take a step back from everyone for a couple of days. You are clearly stressed." 

"Take a step back? Ha. Your telling me I need to take a step back?! Deal with yourself before telling me what to do! Seriously." I yelled in anger.

"Zara please calm down I know you don't mean this! There is no way that you have this much anger because Scarlett is rude and Max is annoying! You're not telling me something!" Dylan pleaded.

"Yeah I am not telling you something! And I don't need to either!" I screamed. "Leave me alone!"

Dylan frowned before walking away and I knew that I had upset him. I watched him walk away and noticed Max and Scarlett standing not to far away. Scarlett was laughing while holding on to Max as Max was just staring at me. "That stupid blank stare!" I thought to myself. I rolled my eyes at them and flipped them off before walking away. Those two were unbelievable. 

I called Adyline and she told me she was eating lunch in the hall so I walked there with the help of Kailyn. I found her while wandering around and she said that she was headed to the hall. I asked her if I could tag along and she said "Of course!" It was odd to me how she could be the complete opposite of Scarlett. The whole time Kailyn just asked me about my day and how I was adjusting to life back in the U.K. I told her it was great and asked her the same questions back. Thats when we saw Rene who was walking towards us and Kailyn began to blush. "Oooo Kailyn has a crush!" I laughed.

"She turned red before saying "Please don't tell him!"

"I won't, I promise!" I said while holding back a smile.

Rene approached and said "Hey Zara! Hey Kailyn!"

"Hey" I said.

"Hi" responded Kailyn.

"You guys headed to the hall for lunch?" Rene asked.

"Yeah we are" Kailyn responded.

"Ok, I will tag along" laughed Rene.

We then all walked to the hall where Adyline was sitting with Dylan.

"Oh god" I muttered. Kailyn heard me and said "Let me guess, issues with Dylan?' 

"Yeah" I responded.

Kailyn and I went to grab some food while Rene talked to Dylan. I got some potato skins and other small appetizers before heading back to the table. At this point Dylan and Rene were gone. I sat down next to Adyline and she said, "Dylan told me what happened" 

"Oh" I responded before beginning to eat.

"Zara please be respectful to him. You don't know what he is capable of" she whispered.

I looked at her with a solid glare before saying "I have a pretty good idea"

"Then why do you keep pushing it?! You seriously need to control your anger issues." shes responded.

I rolled my eyes while looking at my plate. Kailyn then walked to the table and said "Scarlett is acting weird. I just saw her right now and she is literally all over Max! Like what the fuck!" 

"Oh god, shouldn't have told Zara that" she muttered.

I nuged Adyline and said "What are you talking about! I am unbothered!"

"Look Zara. We know you have a thing for Max and he obviously has a thing for you. But I wouldn't push it."

I looked at her with a blank stare and said "Nice going sherlock, you should've said that louder. I totally need everyone assuming that I like Max"

Kailyn laughed and said "At this point it is a fact not an assumption."

I ignored her comment and kept eating. I wasn't even sure of my feelings for Max. They were currently all over the place.

"Anyways umm what are you guys wearing to the party tonight!" Kailyn asked.

I looked at Adyline confused and she said "Oh my god I forgot to tell you I have this amazing black dress I am going to wear! I am so excited!"

"Umm what party?" I asked confused.

"The annual first day of school party! It's apparently super wild!" Kailyn giggled excitedly.

"Umm yeah I think I'll pass." I muttered.

"Noo! You can't! You have to go it will be so fun! And you should totally go all out! Maybe even bring Maddox to make Max jealous?" Kailyn said while winking. It was probably one of the weirdest things I had seen all day.

I cringed and said "Never do that again Kailyn" Adyline and her both laughed. 

"But seriously you have to come!" Adyline said. "I thought you already knew, but since you didn't you probably don't have a dress. We can go shopping after school?!"

"Ooo yes shopping!" squealed Kailyn.

"Fine I'll go! Just because I want to go shopping!" I smiled.

"Ok it's settled. We are going shopping right after we finish our tutorials today. Thank god I only have one! We are then going to go shopping and get ready at the Walsh house. After that we will go to the party at 7 30." Adyline said excitedly.

"Yes yes!" Kailyn clapped happily.

"Sounds good!" I said.