I Want to Forget

Chapter 7

I couldn't stop thinking about what happened in class a week ago. The teacher decided to not tell anyone. Some students think it was all a prank, that Carla and I were just fooling everyone. Excuse me but, I would never make a prank that causes me to get a gash in the arm. That was no joke, I am actually freaked out about this. I told Samantha what happened in class that day, she believed that it wasn't a joke. I know what you are thinking, why are you trusting Samantha? She is a crazy person who stalked you and your crush in 8th grade! Well she is actually very nice. Samantha is kind of......creepy. She is a little odd, too serious, and literally has no emotion what so ever. But she is a good friend, a nice change from my friends at school. Don't get me wrong I do love Summer's gossip, Lina's dumb remarks, Kailah's constant criticism, Rose's sympathy, and all my guy friend's boyish ways, but Samantha is different. I also like getting new and different friends, considering I did lose a lot of them when we all left Rio Grande. I don't know why but Carla, Rain, Alex, Kate, and the rest of the jock girl's hate me. Keeley, Elizabeth, and a few of my other friends are attending New Land. And Jules, Gigi, and and some of my other friends are going to Berklynn High School, which is in some farming town next to Rio Grande School. It is nice to have a new friend, even if she is a little odd and creepy and a stalker. Also she is really helping me get over Kobe, since we are pretty much going through the same dilemma. No matter how hard my friends try, they can't really understand what is going on. They don't know what I am feeling, or what thoughts go through my head everyday. I have also been talking to Samantha about Toby. She is really helping with that. I am just happy having someone who gets me. No one completely understands the thoughts and feelings tearing through my brain every second of everyday, except Samantha.

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Tonight was the first Frosh-Soph football game of the year. Which is also the first time Summer and I will be performing as Freedom Cheerleaders. I was a little nervous, but Summer was pumped and ready. I was wearing a short cheer outfit. The top showed a little bit of my midriff, and my skirt came a little above mid thigh. The outfit was navy blue and red, and I had a high pony tail in my hair that had a big bow. I have always loved the big bows. I picked up my pom-poms and stood on my box. Now I was really nervous.

"It will be fine," Summer assures me.

"You sure?" I ask. Summer nods. Turns out she was right, everything turned out ok, and the crowd absolutely loved us, especially me. I guess my high energy and cheeriness really lifted the crowd. I thought I wasn't very good, but it so happens that the crowd loves the enthusiasm. This will definitely help me and my friends become more popular. We won the game, of course. All the cheerleaders joined the football players on the field and joined in on the celebration. We hugged and high fived. This was a really exciting time in my life.

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"And then we won the game!" I exclaimed. It was after the game and I was in my bedroom talking to Samantha.

"Wow, that sounds awesome," Samantha awws," I would give anything to be a part of a team....or attend a public school."

"Yeah, but being home schooled has its benefits also," I explain," Like you can sleep in, you can eat in class, and there are no annoying dumb people."

"I guess, but I would love to be able to have a group of friends that I hang out with all the time, and be a part of something," she explains," Those are things I would never get to do while being home schooled."

"Hey! Here is an idea. What if you come to school with me one day."

"Um, don't I have to enroll to be able to go to school?"

"You don't have to go to the classes, and you can hang out with my friends and I during breaks and lunch," I suggest.

"What if someone notices I don't belong?"