19 year old Yolanda Khan is lucky to be going into her 2nd year of the college she's dreamed of: Princeton University with her twin sister. After she gets a spot in her Zoology class, Yolanda is determined and would do anything to keep her spot and...
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I scream on the inside as I'm taking orders. A group of middle schoolers, I'm pretty sure, keeps giggling and laughing as if trying to decide if you want fries or tater tots for the side is so funny. The tall one with short blonde hair and a full face of makeup whispers to her friend and they both start giggling again. "Alright," I say, irritated. I jot down french fries, rip off the order, and stick it next to the list of others. She gives me a look.
"We haven't decided yet!" I look at the long line behind us. "It doesn't take 15 minutes to order something. Now move along please." The other tries to say something, but I make a sound, ignoring them. Finally, they give up and sit down at a table.
I check the time, hoping my lunch break is close, but remember that I just had it. My manager ordered chicken and dumplings and a candy snack bag for me since I'm the only one who decided to work during halloween night, and the days he was out of town when his wife was giving birth.
I begged him not to give me anything because number 1, having a baby is expensive enough. I didn't want him spending money on me. And number 2, It wasn't really a big deal. On Halloween day, Ava and I went to the fall fest and took a bunch of cute photos and ate tons of good food there. I got to spend time with her and that's all that matters. Douglas even ran a few mini games there for kids, which is surprising because I never recall him doing good things for people.
It's almost like he never did. But these past few weeks for once, he hasn't been shoving me out of the way every time we walk paths. Instead he would give me a smile. Or whenever he would be with Elle, he would just half smile. I know it's bad for us to be sneaking around since we're hanging out more than Elle knows, but it's not in the way you think.
I tell him that he should break up with her, especially since their relationship is super abusive and only for show. At least that's what it looks like. But who am I to judge? I'm just his partner for another month and I'm pretty sure after this he'll go bad to treating me like another one of the people he always picks on again.
After clearing the line of people waiting to order, I sigh of relief and scroll through my phone. Ava's picture of the two of us and her friends at the fall fest is the first thing that pops up onto my feed, and I immediately like it. I scroll through them, expecting to see a picture of me in there since I was in a bunch of them. But I wasn't.
When our parents passed away, she stopped. Even when we take a bunch of pictures all the time. I didn't take it personally since it probably wasn't a big deal. Most of her feed are pictures of her and her friends. I look at the comments to see people complimenting them and it makes me feel even more left out. It's like I don't even exist at all on her social media, or even in real life.. unlike my feed that has nothing but pictures of her and our grandparents.
I sit my phone faced down and head to the back since no one else has walked in. Plus, it's best to not listen to what those groups of kids are talking about. I thought kids their age brag about how many slimes they have or something.
