Life with an expiration date

Chapter 3

“Ms Tyler?” said a voice repeatedly. I shook away the thoughts that had been taken over me.

“Yes?” I say looking around the room to find me alone with Mrs. Porter my English teacher. She was looking at me concerned and I wondered why I was here alone. Last time I checked… I looked at my watch and clearly the bell had ringed a few minutes ago.

“The bell rang. Are you feeling well?” She said thinking it was probably that I was sick. I mean everyone thought I felt sick all the time.

“I’m ok, I just lost track of time.” I say standing up gathering my things, and heading out the door. “Thank Mrs. Porter” I say and leave the room onto a wave of people walking back and forth. Friends talking, couples hugging, some girls at their lockers fixing their hair and others were walking fast to their classes.

I started making my way out of the crowd to get to Chemistry before two girls grabbed me and pulled me onto the bathroom. If I hadn’t known these girls pretty much since I was born I would have yelled that I was getting kidnapped.

“YOU” Nicole says pointing at me looking very serious. Alison was standing right next to me looking concerned. What the heck?

“What did I do?”

“Aeesha! You don’t know what she’s saying about you!”  Nicole says… or pretty much yells at me.

“I don’t care really, she could be burning in flames next to me and I couldn’t care less.” I say smiling at the thought of Aeesha burning.

“You need to know… Before it gets too big” Alison says. Alison has always been the wise one between us. Nicole and I really get along because we say what we think right away, no matter the consequences. But Alison… she always thinks carefully, and she thinks of the possibilities and consequences.

“What is it?” I say concerned now. I mean what could she be saying of me? I have never done anything to her but she probably hated me because I was best friends with his now boyfriend. But I had done nothing to her yet… of course.

My friend was now pretending to be Aeesha, the body posture and the fake face. “Skylee is just getting attention! I mean who could possibly be sick like her? She’s completely fine one day, and the other she’s sick” Nicole said quoting the sick. I could help but start to feel angry.

“I swear I’m going to…”

“You’re not doing anything Sky.” Alison said touching my shoulder. “She’s a poisonous piece of waste, but you can’t lower yourself. You’re better”

“I sure am, but that fake Barbie needs a reality check, and I won’t bother giving it to her.” I say moving past my friends but before I could she came in the bathroom. She looked at me with that fake arse face of hers, full of make-up because she surely didn’t know how to feel pretty without it.

“Oh hi there, Skylee” says Aeesha towards me waving ‘friendly’ at me.

“Aeesha, we need to talk about something” I say containing the want of punching square in the face.

“What’s wrong sweetie? Do you need a doctor?”  She says sarcastically. I get so angry I bet my face looks red.

“About that, why the hell are you saying ‘I bet she’s fake sick’” I snap at her. Her face looks calmed and stares in to my eyes.

“We all know you are. And if you were sick, neither you nor your family knows what you have” she says getting closer to me. “You know… I thought you were cute, but you’re pathetic.”

“Says the fake clown” I say looking straight in the eyes. “Unlike you, I say what I think of you in your face, not behind your back.” I see her looking surprised, everybody thinks I’m too shy and quiet to say anything. Alex, Nicki and Ali are the only ones including my family that know I ain’t quiet.