love and loss

it all started the day of my 17th birthday, walking through the hallways of our school heading for class and wondering if anyone will remember my birthday.

I walk through the door of my algebra 1 class and take my usually seat at the back far left of the class and start doodling in the margins of my nootbook while muttering to myself about the new pink bmw my parents gave me this morning for my birthday (they think I'm a little girl who loves pink! eugh) It takes me a while before I realise that someone had taken the seat next to me, of course I should of noticed because the person sitting next to me is not only the most popular girl in our school but she has the biggest lungs in history ( seriously if there was a guiness world record for the biggest lungs this girl would win) and she can talk for ours on end.

"so like happy birthday, I heard from your mumblings there that you got a pink bmw! you are like sooooooo lucky! I never new your parents had so much money like you are so rich! so maybe you would like to Invite me and my friends to your b-day party I'm sure it will be like soooooo radical!"

"umm sure I guess that would be all right ella" I replied nervously not only was she talking to me but she wants to come to my nonexistic birthday party. I don't know how this is going to work let alone how I'm going to get my parents to give me money.

"yay!" ella squels which gets her a dissaproving glance from our algebra teacher Mr winsow, and icy stares from all the class geeks who were actually trying to listen to his lecture.

I sit through the rest of the period thinking of what tommorow will throw at me, probably a whole lot of ellas screaming friends.

As soon as I hear the shrill sound of the bell I grab my nootbook and head to my locker to meet my best friend since year three, katherine. we open our lockers simultanuosly and get out our history nootbooks.

"so what are you gonna do this weekend for your birthday?" katherine asks sounding genuinly curious.

"ohh please you have to help me " I say closing my looker and turning towards her, my baby blue eyes pleading silently.

"what have you got your self into this time allie" she says all sophisticated and motherlike, I've heard that voice so many times before when I muck up and have to rely on her to help me.

"it was an accident I swear" I say I had never told anyone except for katherine how rich my parents were because I didn't want people to take me for granted, but they will now. "ella found out that my parents are rich and she's invited herself and her friends to my nonixistent birthday party tommorow" I blurt out and watch as katherines face slowely changes from motherly and confident and I can handle anything to horror and worry.

"ella as in ella simmons knows that you are rich and she invited her and her friends to your birthday party that one that doesn't exist?" Katherine said slowely, trying to take it all in.

"no she found out my 'parents' are rich and she is coming to my place tommorow for my birthday" I say as fast as I can.

" ok, tonight I will stay at your house and we will plan the best party ever!"

"even though that sounds great and all, what about my parents?"

"simple I have a plan"

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When we get back from school and enter my front door(which by the way isn't anything expensive and fancy, its just a normal door) we quikly run up the steps in record time and into my room, slamming the door behind us. I drop my bag on my desk chair hard enough to make it roll a little along my dark purple carpet and hit into my white fluffy rug. I then slump down on my bed and get ready for whatever wacky ideas Katherine throws at me.