The Popular Plan

Chapter 3

song of the chapter: i lived// one republic

A few weeks have passed and we finally moved in. When I arrived to the house with the moving truck and a bunch of neighbors surrounding us, I immediately felt insecure. They all had sunglasses and the cutest clothes. Most importantly they were skinny.

I got out of my car and stretched, my sweatshirt practically lifting over my stomach. Some boys laughed and I yanked it down, grabbing my snacks that I had. A couple of girls laughed, but I continued walking past everyone into my house.

The sign I made for my room was in the bag, so I took it out and ran as fast as I could to my room. I put the sign up on my door as soon as my brother came, groaning. I laughed, happy he was stuck in such a sucky bedroom.

The doors to the bedrooms could lock, and they all had a key. I grabbed the door key off the dresser and locked my room so David couldn't get in. I stuck my tongue out and walked back outside the doors to get the rest of my stuff.

Two girls walked up to me. One had daisy blonde hair and the other had perfect ombre. Both of them were wearing cute sundresses that I really wanted to fit in and rock, but knew I couldn't. The girl with daisy blonde hair blew a perfect pink bubble with her gum and popped it.

"What's your name?" She asked me.

"McKenna Jones. I'm fifteen, going into tenth grade." I smiled and held out my hand.

The two girls just laughed. I raised an eyebrow and continued to walk to my car to get the stuff I needed. I still had my pillow, blanket, and some of my stuff in the moving truck.  They followed me, but I walked faster.

"Wow, for a fat girl, you sure do walk fast," Ombre laughed.

"What do you stuff in your pillow? Marshmallows so you can eat them?" Blondie laughed with Ombre.

"No," I replied through gritted teeth. "I haven't even been here for ten minutes and I really do not appreciate you tormenting me like this! I have gone through this at my other school, so just leave me alone!"

I slammed the car door shut, making my mom snap her head up. She was talking to two women, both whom I assumed were my neighbors. I ran through the gate door and into my new yard. The two girls just kept on following me.

"McKenna, we really don't appreciate you talking to us like that," Blondie sneered.

"Blondie, I don't appreciate you and Ombre making fun of me like that," I replied.

We reached my door, which I opened up quickly and slammed shut, running through my house to my bedroom. They opened up the door and followed me, but I quickly slammed my bedroom door and locked it, making sure no one would come in.

I did have a TV in my room. I turned that on while flopping on my new bed, screaming into my pillow. This was something I usually do after a long day at school. People could be tormenting me or Bella could be absent. It didn't matter what.

I heard two knocks on my door, as soon as I was calming down.

"Who is it?" I yelled.

"Blondie and Ombre!" One of them screamed back.

"Go away!" I yelled back.

I had a loud mouth. People really couldn't keep me quiet, even if they tried. My mom told me it wasn't a bad thing, but not a good thing either. I didn't really care. You insult me, I will immediately start standing up for myself.

"Listen, McKenna, we need to talk."

"Bitch, what?" I yelled through the door. Wow. I just bullied someone.