Separated At Birth

Chapter 9

I entered the hall and the sight in front of me shocked me. I saw Kimberly and Taylor sitting at the same table laughing, lt was as if the hatred Taylor had towards Kim for the past few days have known her was all in my imagination--wait does it mean that Kim lied to me about Taylor hating her because of the dress and was it all an act when she didn't want to go to the table the day Taylor called me. Why would she lie to me like that, I felt betrayed by my best friend, l called her name and then she looked at me our eyes met and their was just this look in Kim's eyes that I couldn't understand clearly, but then she looked away without saying anything as if I didn't matter to her or as if I was invisible. I felt a sharp pain in my heart, I didn't know whether I was angry or disappointed, I wanted to confront her but I decided not to because I didn't want to cause a scene and end up on all social media platforms. So I went to sit at my usual table but this time I had company it was that girl- the mall girl~as Kim and I called her, just the realization of that made me even more sad. I had no choice but to sit with her. I placed my lunch box on the table and I sat down. I didn't feel like eating so I was just staring at the food. 

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"Are you going to eat that food or you will just keep on staring at it?" 

I stopped looking at the food and then I raised my head to face her. "Uhh I don't have an appetite." I lied to her, because I didn't want to tell her that the reason I didn't want to eat is because my best friend ditched me for Taylor. 

"Do you mind me taking some of your food? it looks good." She said nervously. 

"No I don't, in fact you can get the bowl you will give me when you finish." I told her. 

She leaned closer and grabbed the bowl with a big smile on her face, "Thanks, by the way my name is Jasmine, Jasmine Edwards."She stretched her right hand for me to shake. 

 I stretched mine and then we shook hands," Tiffany Jones."I told her my name. 

She laughed with her mouth full of food I gave her, of which she almost choked on

"I know silly. You didn't have to tell me your name, almost everyone else knows it or have you forgotten that you are a celebrity?" 

I didn't even pay attention to what she was saying because the only thing I envy right now is her laughter. It could have been me and Kim right now laughing and talking about hot guys, while mostly me talking about how much I like that guy I act with. One day Kim advised me to tell him what I felt for him, I almost did but then I chickened out. Kimberly eventually stopped being interested in me talking about him and every time I brought him up in a conversation, the only thing she would say is--You should get over him, he's not good for you. You deserve better. The thought of liking someone who doesn't even know how you feel for them added up to my sadness. I looked around and everyone seemed to be happy except for me. "Yeah I guess you're right." I said, not sure what I was answering too. 

She looked at the table where Kim was sitting and then at me. "What's up between you and your friend? And why are you two not sitting together like you always do?" 

"I prefer not to talk about it." I told her. 

She nodded and we started talking about other things and I ended up finding out that she is a cool person to hang out with even though she kept on apologizing for tackling me at the mall, she told me that she stepped on one of her shoelaces  that's why she failed. And I forgave her. Jasmine almost made me forget about the situation with kim. 

After lunch we went our separate ways to our classes. During our physical education class I saw Kimberly and Taylor talking, she still acted like she didn't see me. I also pretended like I didn't care even though it was killing me inside. When going for my last class I bumped into her at the door and the things she was carrying fell down, we both instinctively reached down to pick  them up from the floor and then we locked eyes. I could have sworn that I saw a smile on her face, she grabbed her things quickly and got up, but then this is what came out of her mouth. "Watch where you are going dummy! or have you suddenly gone blind that you can't even see where you are going." 

I was dumbstruck by what she said. If you told me that Kim would be rude to me, I would have denied it. But now the Kim I was facing is a different person, and what's even worse is that I don't even know what I did wrong. 

Taylor came to stand in front of me, she raised her hand close to my face. "How many fingers are up? Is it 2 or 3?" When I didn't respond, she turned to Kim and her two other friends. "Yeah you're right she's blind."she said In a mocking tone and they all burst out laughing before going out the door. 

I held my tears back cos I didn't want anyone to see me cry. I went to my classroom and when I sat down, Jasmine waved her hand and I waved back. The remainder of the class I sat quietly just waiting for the last bell. Our science teacher gave us a project to do and we were to do it in groups of three. My project partners were Jasmine and Ivan. I don't know but I think that's what his name is, he just started school yesterday. 

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