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Chapter 7 - Emo in school drama

Marci Wellington's POV

Monday mornings.

To everyone, it's the worst day of the week, school starts, adults have to haul their asses to work, and things start happening.

But to me, it just makes me realise that I have been living a lie.

Okay, that's only half of the truth, but you had to see it as I see it.

As my cousins and I pulled up into the parking lot of Grim stone high school, I was greeted by the sight of rowdy students.

We got out of the car and observed the main entrance to our doom.

"It's not too late to get back into the car and go on that road trip we talked about, right?" Giá's voice wavered as she spoke.

"Unless you want Abuela to hand your ass back to you with a roll of paper," Mateo sent a frown to his sister before wrapping a hand around her.

"You'll be fine; we're still here. And when we go, you've got Marci with you."

It's my turn to frown, "Good call, Cuz good call."

I roll my eyes when a grin takes over his face.

Diego says, "Let's get going, guys. I have to meet up with the coach."

That's the cue for us to walk into school. It's like a madhouse here, where everyone has their own little family; think of it as an aquarium. Some people will bite others like Sharks while others will save people like Dolphins.

The sea of freshers in their block immediately parted a way for us to pass. I'm sure most of them were hung up on the fact that the captain and the assistant of the football team were walking with their sister and cousin, who was a Wellington.

You see, as a Wellington, I was more than acquainted with the term 'fake friends.' I've had my fair share of them in middle school. It's why I chose to keep my friendship circle small.

Lucas and Nate are the only people I would let get close to me. Together the four of us were a family of our own, with Giá being a cheerleader and Nate being a part of the basketball team. Then Lucas and I were the spawns of the richest people in the whole school. I think that speaks for itself, so we attracted unnecessary attention without even trying.

Speaking of unnecessary attention, the school had this newspaper titled Grizzly's den. The principal gave Xena -the job of the main editor- the authority to meddle her way into everyone's business, students and teachers alike.

I thought the news of my parent's divorce wouldn't have spread until at least May; since the court case was private and there was nobody from the press.

But I have stayed with Caleb and his friends for a while now, and I know that it's a dream that will never come true.

Immediately Mateo and Diego left Giá and me by our lockers and went to the stairs to get to their lockers. The shark came to bite my head off.

"Marci Wellington," I heard her before I saw her. "How was your new year?"

I don't know how she does it, but she always finds out about other people's business before they come to terms with it.

"Happy new year to you too, Xena," I clenched my teeth.

There were a lot of colourful words at the tip of my tongue, but the school board was already on people's necks for not respecting their superiors. Mind you, the only reason that Xena falls into that category is that she is Diego's classmate and friend.

"My new year was great, thanks for asking," She flipped her hair behind her shoulder. "My parents took me to a remote resort to have the time of my life. How about yours? How did you spend your new year?"