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The last place Estrella wanted to be right now was school. Not only because she just didn't want to get up early and have to do work for 8 hours day, but because she knew that at school, everyone was going to be talking about the pogues and John B.
Talking about how they were liars. Talking about how John B was a murderer. Talking about how he deserved what he got. When in all actuality, it was Rafe who murdered Peterkin. Unfortunately for them, Rafe was the son of one of the most respected kooks on the island and anyone was going to believe him over a couple of teens who were known to find trouble anywhere they went.
But she went anyway. Simply because her mom told her to and because she told Kie she would.
"I feel like people are staring at us." Kie says as she looks around
"Oh yeah." JJ says. Sure enough, every teen in the parking lot was staring at them. Muttering things to each other about the three. Not even caring that they were right in front of them.
"Guys, I can't be late." Pope says getting ready to walk into school
"Hey. Hey." Kie calls out. She holds her hand out to him, "We gotta stick together."
"Stick together. Yeah." JJ mutters angrily to himself as he tries to walk away. Kie rolls her eyes and grabs his arm as they start walking. As soon as they make it to the steps, Kie turns.
"Estrella." She says. They all stop and the two boys turn as Estrella comes up the steps.
"Hey." She says
"Hey." Pope smiles
"We're sticking together, right?" Estrella says adjusting her backpack on her shoulder
"Yeah." Kie says. Pope holds his hand out to Estrella and she immediately takes it. She again misses the look she gets from JJ. He clenches his jaw and looks away as they all walk into the school together.
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Estrella sat in English class. Her teacher going on about a book they would be reading for the next couple of weeks. Her head being held up by her hand as she taps her pencil on her notebook. She jumps slightly as her phone vibrates in her pocket. She looks down and pulls it out to set it on her desk.
She frowns as her screen comes on. It's a text from an unknown number. She looks up again to make sure her teacher isn't looking at her, but her teacher was now sat at her desk.
She looks back down and unlocks it. She almost fell out of her desk at the text.
A picture of John B and Sarah smiling at the camera.
Her eyes widen as she gets another text from Pope.
