THIRTEEN (Evie's Perspective)

Chapter 9 - Revenge

I got up really early today and got dressed. I put on a black tank top, a really pretty silver necklace, a grommet belt along with my usual jeans and bracelets. I let my hair down today, and did my make-up perfectly.

Yesterday, I had talked to most of the girls in my group on the phone. I told them that Tracy had betrayed me by hooking up with KK even though she knew I was hooking up with him and talking shit about me behind my back, causing them all to gasp and sympathize with me.

Now, all of the girls hated Tracy and felt really bad for me. Soon, Tracy's popularity would slowly go down, and she would be one of the most hated girls in the school. My plan was working perfectly.

Astrid, Merida and I planned a trip to the amusement park after school today, and I found us a ride. It was one of the older high school boys, who was friends with Javi. His name was Tristian. Ruben would also be coming with us—he didn't mind that I was dating Javi now, because he confessed that he only wanted me for make-outs and blow jobs anyway. We decided to stay friends.

Oh, yeah. I'm dating Javi now. I called him yesterday and told him all about Tracy hooking up with Conrad. He decided to dump her unofficially and start going out with me publicly—he could finally be with the girl he really wanted to be with, and show Tracy that he didn't need her.

I was going to skip school today to have fun with Tristian, Javi and Ruben. We were going to the mall to buy some stuff, and then we were going to get high. After school, we were going to pick up my two (now) closest friends, Astrid and Merida. I started to hang out with Merida a lot now, since Tracy hated her.

"Bye, Brooke!" I called out to my cousin as I ran out of the house with my bag over my shoulder.

"Bye, sweetheart!" Brooke called back. "Hey, don't be angry at Tracy, okay? I'm sure she really wanted her mother to adopt you."

I pretended not to hear her and walked away to a place where Javi promised they would pick me up. I sat on the sidewalk and called Astrid.

"Hey babes," Astrid greeted. "Having fun?"

"Not yet," I replied with a small giggle. "Did you see Tray-hoe?"

"Yeah," Astrid scoffed. "She talked to Merida and I this morning and we pretended to be her friends. She's going to be so surprised when she sees you picking us up after school!"

"Yeah," I snickered, although for some reason, I started to feel kind of guilty—and then remembered Tracy's awkward expression as she explained to me how they weren't going to adopt me.

"She stills thinks you're her friend," Astrid burst out laughing. "God, what a loser! She kept asking where you were."

I chortled and then saw a car coming my way. I could see Ruben sitting on the front seat next to a high school guy and Javi's curly hair peeking over Ruben's head in the back.

"I'll call you later, okay?" I told Astrid as I slowly got up from my seat and waved at them with one hand.

"Okay, our bell just rang anyway," Astrid announced. "See you. Have fun, babe!"

"Okay, bye, mwah!" I replied, making kissing noises as I closed my phone. Their car slowed down in front of me.

"Hey Evie," Ruben greeted with a grin. "Get in."

"Hey boys," I replied in a jokingly flirty way as I got in the car. Javi and I shared a short kiss.

"Alrighty, lady and gentlemen, where should we head first?" The guy at the front, who I assumed was Tristian, asked.

"To the mall, please!" I called out from the back of the car. "I'm Evie, by the way."

I stood up and stretched out my hand for him to shake.