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"You think you're different to me, don't you?" I tilt my head, staring at each other's lips.
Without breaking eye contact, he slowly stands, making him in control with the advantage in height. I'm the one looking up at him now.
"And you...
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"I think there's something wrong with me."
"Maybe I'm sick, do I look sick?" I ask.
"Um no?" Quinn reassures me.
I've tried on everything in my closet and nothing has made me feel like I'm the shit. There's something seriously wrong.
"Do I look fat?" I turn to the side to give her a view.
She looks away from her phone and furrows her brows at my stomach.
"Fat is the last word I'd use to describe you." She tells me.
"Why are you panicking all of a sudden? Should I be worried?" She asks, kicking her feet around my bed to sit up.
"Maybe." I tell her.
I've been confident all my life. I always knew I was pretty and smart. Nothing ever made me question that. Lately, I don't know maybe I've been stressed out about the whole Reggie situation that it's made my emotions crazy.
It's been two weeks and Reggie still hasn't said a word to me. Nothing has felt the same since I've been back. Everyone seems to have forgotten about my existence or something. Kate is the one they notice.
"Don't you think it's weird, Kate's whole new look?" I turn to get her opinion.
She looks to be in thought before shrugging. " I mean, what about it?"
"It's familiar, that's what."
"I mean, I guess she does seem different. She's been like weirdly overly nice to me. But I'm overly nice sometimes too so I get it." Quinn says.
There has to be someone else who thinks her new revamped version is fucking weird. She's basically becoming me. I just had to figure out what she wanted. This is what she always did. She always liked to compete against me in every way. I thought we'd left this back in sophomore year. Shes after everything I have.
I just had to figure out what she wanted to gain from this. And when I know, I'll know how to take her down. I'll just have to play along and act as if I don't have any idea what she's doing.
It was smart of her to wait until I was gone a whole month to do this. She's playing it smart. I'll just have to show her the depths I'm willing to go too.
"So what have you all been doing together in the last month?" I ask Quinn innocently as if I was purely curious.
I couldn't tell yet if Quinn had a role in this new Kate hierarchy. I assumed she didn't because she happens to have a big mouth and gives in easily.
