What If We Had It All

Chapter 5 What's Done Is Done

We chatted quite a bit mainly because I think he was trying to cheer me up, but honestly, it didn't work. I just felt quite humiliated at what happened and just couldn't wait to get home  to cry on my pillows and wallow in self pity. As Henry pulled into the driveway I thanked him for his hospitality and proceeded straight towards my front door. As I opened the door, low and behold my mom, waiting to hear how my first day as a Junior went. I brushed it off by saying it was great and that I had tons of homework to get done, so I sped off into my room before she had any time to ask me about the person I came home with or the hoodie I was wearing. About two hours later my tears finally began to dry up as I couldn't catch myself to come to terms with what had happened. Look I know to some it may not be a big deal but it was my first day and you don't want to have a reputation of being the kid who drowned herself in coffee on her first day. It also hurt to know that Owen, the guy who I thought was my first friend here in California, was more of a jerk than anything else. Crazy enough during my study session at seven o'clock my phone kept going off , it just wouldn't stop, so I picked it up to see over a dozen text messages from Owen......yes Owen.......The guy who pretended he didn't know who I was....yes that Owen. I ignored it the first few times until I just couldn't take it anymore so I opened his messages. He claimed he was worried so he texted to see if I was alright and that he was sad at what happened today with me. I texted back saying 'you didn't look that worried to me,' before continuing my studies. I wanted to believe that he was being genuine and concerned but seeing how he treated a lot of people in school I can't help but wonder if it's all an act. Today's my second day at Albuquerque and I am not looking forward to it. I wonder if they're gonna print pictures of me and post all over the school, or is everyone gonna stare at me as I walk down the halls because God alone knows what those popular kids said about me yesterday and today I was about to find out exactly what they said. It was either that or everyone else was busy focusing on Owen beating up some weird nerd for not giving him the desk he wanted for Math class, somethings definitely up with him but that doesn't make me want him any less. Anyways lunch time came and I walked down those walls I couldn't believe it. No one even pretended to look in my direction. Like literally no one, did the football and cheerleading team even tell anyone?, it seems not likely, they probably didn't even know I went to this school because I thought I would have been out of California and on the first flight back to Ohio after the popular kids shared my story. During lunch that day I was quite busy staring at Owen and Veronica, I wondered if what they had was genuine or if what Owen said to me was actually true, I did like him but he's also quite the unlikeable guy sometimes. This whole spying ended when Henry, the swimmer who gave me the hoodie and ride home yesterday, came up to me to see if I had recovered from yesterday, which thankfully no news broke out about, "I'm alright,"  We talked and ate lunch together before heading to Calculus together. After school that evening Henry offered me another ride home which I accepted because anything was an upgrade from the school bus which was infested with gum and paper.