The In- Between

Chapter 2- Mean Girls and Pancakes

High school is hard. Life is hard. Everyone says that high school should be the best time of our lives and so far that is a lie in my case. People have boyfriends and girlfriends or they are in a club in which they make friends and have fun. I on the other hand have two friends and am in no clubs whatsoever. Authority ( like coaches ) do not necessarily like me because of my lack in trying. I mean I would try but I have no umph to. If I was to be athletic it has to be on my time. I run with Stella sometimes. She wants to stay "skinny" for Levi and she was some girl time. Today is Friday... running day. Yay.
" Seven, you need a boyfriend. I have Levi and we both think you are starting to feel like a third wheel." She stops like she is worried that I have been hurt.
" What? Pshhh... No!" I say semi- sarcastically. " I am fine Stella. I like being single." She looks at me like I am lying and then putting back in her headphones as she started running again. In a way I have been feeling that way.
Levi and I have been friends for a long time, but now most of his time is either spent with Stella or talking about Stella but I can not get mad. I would probably be doing the same thing if I were in a relationship. Guys just seem to think that I am too tough. Girl power.At the end of our run we went back to my house. My actual house and not Levi's.
For once my mother is actually home and that means that a sleepover is about to happen. Popcorn and Mean Girls was our agenda for the night. Let me ask you a question reader. When is it not okay to quote Mean Girls? The answer is never and if that is what you thought then congrats. You are one amazing person. Applaud yourself.
Stella was laying on my couch texting Levi and me being me I was reciting basically the whole movie. This was typical on our movie/ sleepover nights.
" Levi just told me that he loves me..." She said blushing. I finished the line I was receipting and paused the movie.
" Is that the first time?" I ask.
" No, but I normally say it first," she starts before she looks at me with her evil smirk.
" We need to talk."
"About?" I ask.
" You can not tell me that you don't like any guy in this school." She smirks.
" No, at least not yet." I unpaused the movie and went back to doing what I do. We went to bed around one AM after Levi fell asleep.
*NEXT MORNING*
I woke up hoping that today would be better. Stella was asleep so i got up and made pancakes.There are a few things that you need to know about me. 1.) I love Mean Girls. 2.) I LOVE pancakes. and 3.) ... well you will learn that soon.
We have this thing where the first one awake has to make the pancakes and since she is still snoring, its my turn. I put on my spotify morning playlist and connected to the bluetooth. The dance party has commenced. Also karaoke." Aaaaaannnnnnddddd III Wwwwiiiilllll Aaalllwwwayssss Loooovvveeee Yyyyooouuu!" I use the spatula as a microphone.
" You have an amazing voice Ms. Seven." I turn around to see Levi standing there starting to slow clap like the jerk he is.
" Why thank you sir Levi. Your girlfriend is asleep upstairs." I pointed toward the steps. My mother left about fifteen minutes ago. Mr. Smith must have had some of his heart problems again.
" Yeah I know. I climbed through your window but didn't feel the need to wake her up. May I join the concert?"He asked chuckling.
" Yes you may. " I smile and then walk over and turn up the music. We danced and sang as we made the pancakes. Stella came down about five minutes later.
" Hey babe!" She says as she runs over to him and hugs him tight. These are the moments when feel unwelcome. As we eat the wonderful breakfast that Levi and I prepared, I keep taking glances at them. If I were to someday have something like that, I would love to be in a relationship. That would make everything better in a way.
I finished and went upstairs to get dressed.I put on my grey " you didn't wake up like that" shirt and black skinny jeans with my grey hoodie. I slip on my black vans. I can't really go anywhere without my sketchbook in my bag and my pencils. Its like a nervous habit along with my headphones and music. Its what I do at the park while the lovebirds make out. Headphones on, world out.
" Stella, you should go upstairs and get ready so that we can all go to the park." I smile and then do a forward motion towards the stairs.
"Fine." She gets up and goes get changed.As we walk to the park they flirt and then walk to the their tree a I go to the swing. I plug in my headphones and start listening to Walk The Moons " I can lift a car." Good song. As a drawing I make a drawing of a girl. Thats what I am best at in a non creepy way. When I was done I just so happened to glance over to my left to see a cute guy with black hair with blue on the tips of his spikes. He introduces himself as Alec.
"Hey Alec, I'm Seven." A smile forms on his face.We decided to give each other our numbers. Then Stella came up asking if we could leave. I guess Levi did something. Crap.As we walk to Levi's house I wonder of what may have happened. Guess I should ask later. ______________________________________________________________ Hey guys,

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