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Trying too hard. (Student/Teacher)

March 13th , 12.37pm. 

"Hey Alice!" Shouted Emily, "Wait up!" I turned to see my best friend jogging to keep up with me (While still trying to keep her hair from going manic.. Like normal) 

"come on Em, I want- no need- to get at least one slice of pizza before its all gone!" The canteen at our school only serves 20 slices of heaven, if your too late then your stuck with stew- and it's not edible in my view- I swear the meat like 50 years out of date it makes me want to gag.. "Oh dear you and your damn food!" She exclaimed breathless. Emily knew i had a 'thing' for food- i love it like Romeo loves Juliette- I put it before my own safety. "Emily you know me and food- especially that delicious pizza.. with mozzarella, pepperoni, special sauce, and those little green spices- Ooo do you think she will add those things on it today?! Oh my gosh if she stuffs the crust with cheese again i swear my heart will burst" I was about to carry on until i realised she had ran ahead of me "Since when were you in a hurry to eat??" I called to her, she turned to me,"Since you made me hungry with your yummy food describing thing or whatever!" I laughed at her and followed behind.

We grabbed our trays and stood in the line. i smell it already.. Mmmmmm stuffed crust... Extra pepperoni... Jesus Christ..... we were next in line, "Yes theres still pizza!" Emily said, the lunch lady passed her the slice. I felt my heart drop and crash into a million pieces when the empty tray was swapped with a large pot of steaming goo. "No No No No Please god no.." I cryed, tears actually brimmed my eyes when the stew made a 'splodge' sound as it fell into the bowl i was given. I walked the path of depresion to where Emily sat in our usual spots. "Damn this pizza is so good it's like a mouth orgasm.." She boasted. I looked at her through jealous eyes. I caught a heavenly whiff and my heart doubled in beat, i hadn't noticed myself edging closer until Emily moaned, "Get away from my precious! Eat your gloop Ally." I shot back and pretended to not understand, "I have absolutely no idea what your talking about!" I exclaimed, placing my hand on my heart, "I''m offended you would think i would do something like that! You dont know me at all! I don't even know why we're friends!" I laughed as i said it- just so she would know i was kidding in case.. "Whatever Ally, just eat your gloop.." I looked down at it as it bubbled releasing a gas i dont think has been discovered yet. 

We walked down the hallway towards our next class but we passed Jessie, Carla and Charlotte, we avoided their glares successfully. They used to aggravate and bully Emily everyday. it made her so upset; the things they would say . I couldn't stand it when she was being put down constantly, so although me and Carla used to be such good friends (as close as Emily and I) I try not to talk to her because i know it just upsets Em. "Hey!" Mike waved as we walked through the classroom door, I hadn't noticed him and just carried on talking to Em, "Uh, i said hi guys.." he spoke loudly.

"Oh sorry Mike, didn't hear you, we were talking about school pictures, im so happy we get to skip science for them!" I said, we were quite close with Mike, Emily and i hadn't really known he existed until the beginning of the school year when he sat infront of us in math. "Ugh. Pictures. I always look stupid." He grumbled, i chuckled at his response, "i thought guys didn't care about their appearances!" Not that you need to Mike since your naturally gorgeous. i silently added. He laughed and started on the sums that were written on the board. 

"Your being oddly quiet Em, you ok?" i wondered looking at her with concerned eyes, she replied, "My stomach is really hurting- it's making some really odd noises.." her hands were wrapped tightly around her stomach as she looked at me. "Is it your time of the month or something?" I asked, mike turned around then and looked at me "Pease dont talk about that infront of me, it's awkward." That's what annoyed me about him- whenever me and Em mention anything to do with our periods or anything, he looked like he wanted to throw up- but he was always quick to make any comments we make sound as dirty as possible, i havent known a week where Mike hasn't said "That's what she said last night." at least twice. 

"What, you mean about our Periods?!" I laughed, just being annoying. He covered his ears with his hands and turned back around again. "No Ally, it's not but something is growing inside me i swear.." Emily whined, right before i could reply though the bell signalling the end of the lesson rung, i gathered my things and waited for Emily to do also. "Picture tiiiime!" I sang skipping down the corridor, I had to wait by the door though because Em had decided to go at a snails pace.. 

Once we had finally got into our rows of 8, Emily stood directly behind me, the photographer started to count down "5, 4, 3" He began, i pulled the cheesy smile that i had been practising in the mirror for the past few days, "2, 1" He finished, then right as the flash went off, i heard a disgusting sound from right behind me. Then only moments later warm trickling down the side of my face. I hesitantly reached my hand up to feel if it was there or whether i was just imagining it. I screamed. 

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"I'm going to kill you, i actually am! This is a disaster! What am i supposed to do!? I cannot go outside looking like this!!" I cried as i scrubbed at the sick that had began to dry in my hair. "Look ally i'm so sorry, it was an accident, i couldn't help it.. My stomach is really being weird.. I need to go to the nurse.." She replied. 

"I know it was an acident, i'm sorry i moaned- i just don't know what im supposed to do now.." I said as we walked towards the nurse's office (me still covered in Emily's guts..) "Why don't you just pretend to be ill? That always works, especially since your such a good actor." She joked, trying to lighten the mood. I nodded in reply, trying to ignore the looks i wish getting from curious eyes. 

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my mum locked the door to the car as walked into our average sized house, going straight up to my room to sleep. Since i was kind of tired from the drama and all... Though i couldn't seem to sleep since i kept thinking that Mike had seen me with sick all over me, i bet he thought i looked really ugly.. especially since it made my make-up run, he's never seen me without make-up.. Damn i bet he''ll never want to talk to me again.. What if i can't get rid of the smell and he gets seriously grossed out by it? It irritated me how his opinion affected me so much.. I pushed the thought from my mind and attempted to fall in a deep sleep, which as normal, i successfully achieved.

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Ok so what do you think? This is just the beginning and nothing has happened but we got to know the main characters (except for a special one that we will meet in chapter two;P ) 

- Jenz