Sabrina Serette has gone to East Highland her whole life. Her best friend is Lexi Howard and she's just starting her Junior year of High School. Most of her life has been devoted to her love for ballet, but will she remain the same innocent ballerin...
I went to school Friday feeling like a complete disaster. I almost skipped but I didn't want to have an unexcused absence, so I pulled myself out of bed and went. The last person I wanted to see was Nate. But, of course, we have first period together. As I walked into class, I was thinking of how I was going to act toward him and what to say. Or should I just pretend like nothing happened? But as I approached the door, there was a sign posted that said to report to the library. Thank God! Our teacher must not be here today and they couldn't get a substitute, so it's just a study hall - and knowing Nate, he'll probably just skip class and go hang out with his friends since there's no class. I've never been so happy that class was canceled!
I make it through the rest of the day without seeing Nate, except for lunch. But I just sat with my back facing his table and didn't look at him once the entire time. I told Lexi what happened with Jules and Nate, so she told Rue that we were going to sit alone at lunch today. She said that she needed to talk to me in private so they wouldn't think anything of it. Lexi brought up a really good point though that the guy Jules kept telling us she was texting, was most likely Nate. It makes me sick that she would just talk about him like that right in front of me. I was even giving her advice!
I don't even feel like going to the carnival, but Lexi convinced me that I would regret not going. She promised to avoid Cal's chili stand like the plaque, which also helped.
Once the school day is over, I drive Lexi and me to her house so she can get ready for tonight. Then once she's done we'll drive to my house so that I can get ready.
"What I don't understand, is how Nate even likes Jules. I'm not saying he can't, just because he's a straight guy, but like... it's Nate," Lexi says while pulling a fruit-print dress over her head.
"I know! He was literally threatening her at McKay's party a couple of weeks ago," I say frustrated.
"Maybe just talk to him about it tonight," she suggests.
"What? No. I don't want to even see him," I say.
"Yeah, but if you talk about it while you aren't so fired up like you were yesterday, maybe you'll find out it was all just a big misunderstanding or something. And if that's not the case, and he really is just a cheating liar, then at least you'll find that out sooner each rather than later and you won't need to worry about it all weekend long," she explains.
"Oh, I'm sure he has some kind of excuse all ready to go! He's been calling and texting me nonstop all day and night begging me to just let him 'explain.' And he keeps telling me not to say anything about it to Jules. I want to just ask him about it, but how am I supposed to know he's telling the truth?" I say. Lexi gives me a sad look, almost sympathetic.
"I don't know Brina. But I do know that if you at least hear him out, you might get a little bit of a better idea. The whole thing just sounds kind of strange to me. I wouldn't put it past Nate to cheat on his girlfriend, but Jules... that just seems out of character. I don't know her that well, but she seems like a pretty genuine person though. I don't think she would cheat with her friend's boyfriend," Lexi says.
"I guess I can talk to him about it. But I don't want that to ruin the night, so I'll ask him when we're about ready to leave," I say. No more than ten minutes later, we head to my house to get ready. I get dressed really quickly so we won't get to the carnival too late.
**This is her outfit for the carnival.
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