*Monday*
Mckenzie's P.O.V
I got up and dressed (outfit above or to the side). I did my 'light' makeup and packed my bag of my other, darker makeup. I stuffed it into my bag and went downstairs.
"You look lovely" my aunt complimented.
"Thanks... I wish I could say the same!" I joked. Her hair was a mess and she had big bags under her eyes.
Dad came rushing downstairs, fixing his tie. What the(?), he never wears a tie. And a suit?
"Dad?-" he cut me off.
"I have a meeting about a tour, hurry or I can't drop you off!" We both ran out the door. I'm guessing Tj isn't coming in today.
"Is T okay?" I asked as he started driving.
"She is refusing to go in" he sighed. I didn't want to talk all that much so I just nodded and looked out the window.
When we arrived outside the gates I literally had to jump out. Dad didn't stop. He just slowed down a little. Addison wasn't waiting for me. Frankie wasn't waiting for me. I'm not late, there's students everywhere.
"Hey Kenzie" I turned to see Lucas.
"Hey Luke, Tj isn't in today... Do you know where Frankie is?" I asked, still looking around.
"Oh, he is probably in class. He walked out the house this morning, he'd been talking to Addison about something on the phone and I've gotta say, he sounds angry af" Luke walked with me through the school gates. He might be, what(?), 3 years younger than me(?) but that doesn't mean we can't be friends or 'be seen' with each other. I'd rather be seen with him than with Tj...😁
We entered the empty (people were either in their 'home rooms' or outside) hallways of the school and went our separate ways.
I walked to my home room and the room went silent. The 'populars' we're all sat round Frankie and they all looked at me. They looked back at Frankie. He rolled his eyes and they all gathered round him as he continued whispering. Addison looked me up and down and scowled at me. What the heck is going on?
I looked over to see Max sat by himself. That's strange... He's a 'popular'... Why he by himself?
I walked over to him and he looked up at me. Had he been crying?! Everyone looked at us again. "what? What's going on?!" I yelled, frustrated.
"Some best friend you are, or should I say were" I gasped when she said that. What have I done now?!
I sat down next to Max. "What's happening? Why aren't you with Frankie or Addison?" I asked.
"I don't know. I walked in and they told me to leave..." He put his head in his hands.
I stood up and walked back over to the group of people surrounding Frankie. As I sit next to him, I tapped Tammy, who was sitting in my chair,'s shoulder. She turned to look at me "Ummmm... Tammy. Can I please sit in ma chair" I rolled back and forth on the ball of my foot.
"No can do, we don't want you to sit with us anyway" she flicked her hair over her shoulder.
"What the heck have I done?!" I shouted. The teacher walked into the room. Everyone moved from our seats and went to their own. Addison took a seat opposite us, she didn't take her eyes off of me.
"Well?!" I yelled, annoyed.
"Miss. Mendes!" The teacher warned.
I looked at Addison, she looked away. I looked at Frankie. His face softened a tiny bit. After ten seconds, of staring into each other's eyes, he looked away.
I sighed and looked around the classroom. Max and Addison were mouthing across the classroom, trying to sort out whatever problem they were having. Frankie wouldn't talk to me, he wouldn't even look at me. I kept poking his arm but he pretended he didn't notice.
I don't know why I did this but I did. I stood up, all eyes turning to me, even the teachers, and walked out classroom. I didn't go anywhere but I put my back against the wall and slowly slid down to the floor, looked up at the ceiling.
"Mckenzie?!" The teacher called, exiting the classroom. She then noticed me on the floor. "Kenzie? What's wrong?" She kneeled down next to me. I didn't want to say what had happened because, although I wanted to know what I'd apparently done, I didn't wanna be know as a 'snitch'. 'snitches', yeah, they get bullied. Real bad.
"I'm fine. I don't know what came over me. I'm sorry" I looked down. She helped me up and we entered the classroom. I didn't go and sit in my seat, I went and sat next to Max as no one sat in that seat. I saw Addison glaring at me and Frankie tense up.
**skip to break**
I went around with Max and one of the 'populars' Emily all day. Emily didn't think that what had happened had happened. I still don't know what it is.
For winter it's unusually warm outside so there was no one in the halls. We went to our lockers because all the 'populars' lockers are on the same bit.
I opened mine and a ton of pieces of paper flew out.
"Woah!" Max exclaimed.
I picked them all up and looked at them. They were all calling me a slut, whore... You name it, it was there. I recognised all the different writing.
There was Addison, Frankie, Tammy, Tilly, Rachel- WAIT WHAT(?!) Frankie?! I dropped them on the floor and Max and Emily took a look.
"Wait, look at this!" Emily exclaimed. Showing Max and I a picture from Addison's party on Friday. It was a couple kissing. At the bottom was Addison and Frankie's writing saying 'we can't believe you'd do this' I looked closer at the picture. It was Luke and Tj. We don't even look like them... That much. Well, Tj looks like me... We're sisters. But 1) how could they not recognise their best friend/ girlfriend and 2) how could Frankie not recognise his own brother.
We heard the door, that lead outside, open and all 'them' walked in. They all had wide eyes when they looked up to see us.
Addison and Frankie were standing in front, next to each other.
I started shaking my head, over and over again, super quickly.
"You can't seriously think that's me... YOU CANT SERIOUSLY THINK ID DO THAT!" I started shouting. Frankie started walking towards me, I backed away. I turned around and ran.
I ran through through the halls until I ran into someone.
