Dear Janet, You're Ugly

Making Up

Janet's POV

Millie Anderson had officially for the first time in year's was absent for a whole week. Due to her broken ankle, it was safe to say she would be absent for a few weeks. I entered the school on Monday morning with pep to my step for the first time.

The biggest fish in the sea would be off my back for a while. I was grateful for it to say the least. Erin and I had come to some sort of agreement after he showed up at my house at 2 in the morning. It wasn't completely set out but I could still remember his decision to break off his relationship with Millie.

"I'm leaving her. I was only with her to make you jealous. You are the person I want to be with".

His words were definite and crystal clear. I would be lying if I said the mere thought didnt scare me a little. I knew what she was capable of and once she found out we were seeing each other all hell would break loose

I sighed deeply before shutting my locker. Erin had soccer practice early this morning so I would be left to my own devices. I slowly strolled down the hallway walking to my next class.

I was about to turn the corner when I felt a gush of air nearly get sucked out of me. Short arms wrapped around my torso as I found myself being pulled into a tight hug.

Amy looked up at me, her almond eyes had tiny tears waiting to be dropped. " What are you doing? I can't breathe" I gasped until she finally let go and mumbled an apology.  I straightened out my clothes a bit before making eye contact with her.

"I wanted to apologize. What I said... I didnt mean any of it, Janet. It's just when it comes to Erin... I get super protective of him. Especially knowing how much he likes you..."

She fidgeted about then looked at me. "Can we maybe...start over...please"?she asked as I pursed my lips gently, I couldn't let her take the full blame for everything. A small part of me missed having her around. Even if she was extremely annoying at times.

She had a good heart. I sighed deeply before awkwardly placing a hand on her shoulder. "Sure a fresh new start sounds good," I said with a small smile. She grinned so big and nearly attacked me with one of her hugs.

We entered our first class of the day and soon it was lunchtime. I walked idly beside Amy who was constantly talking my ear off. She and Cody had some misunderstanding which resulted in her ignoring him for weeks.

"He asked me to be his girlfriend! I told him from the very beginning I didn't want anything serious" she growled. I shook my head as we got on the lunch line.

"Then he had the nerve to sit there and say he would fuck anyone he wanted! So I told him to shove it where the sun doesn't shine"! She stomped her feet a bit while narrowing her eyes a bit. I followed her eyes and saw her staring at him now.

Cody wasn't a bad-looking guy. I just wasn't into blondes. I let her rant and rave as I pretended to listen nodding now and then. I watched as Erin made his way into the cafeteria, his eyes scanned everywhere until they landed on mine.

I felt my cheeks grow got as a wide grin appeared on his face. He slowly made his way over grabbing one of my hands. He pressed a gentle kiss, before smiling big at me." Hey" he greeted so casually and I gulped deeply at the audience we were getting.

"Ok, you two knock it off! I dont want to puke up my lunch" Amy groaned. We eventually got our lunch and I followed slowly feeling a bit hesitant. I never ate in the cafeteria, mostly because I was hated by most of the school population. I usually had my lunch in the library where I sat alone.

My feet began to drag as I noticed Amy and Erin taking a seat with the soccer team. I began to sweat a bit and my hands turned clammy. If that wasn't bad enough Barnie Greco sat there giving me one of her infamous Greco glare.

Erin noticed I was still standing up. I held onto my tray so tight my fingers turned white. He gracefully got up from his seat and took my tray from my hands. Then he leaned down and whispered in my ear. "Let's go somewhere else hmm".

I nodded gently letting go of my breath I didn't know I was holding. He grabbed my hand and gently pulled me away and out of the cafeteria. I glanced back as Amy sent me a tiny wink and a thumbs up.

But a tiny wave of fear shot through me as I watched Barnie Greco's face turn blank.