Sticks and Stones

Chapter 4

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Alright guys stay with me here. A new person is about to be introduced so don't get lost. Things might get a little confusing but thanks for reading anyways. Please remember to comment and vote! Your reviews help my writing! Thank you all so much and enjoy!

-Molly

Other than the occasional book checking, Kelly was pretty much done with me for the time being. Don't be tricked however, she will be back and I can guarantee you that. She had all of my friends on her side so she had no further use for me. I still had Jenny though. That was a relief. Everything was just fine and I was so glad to have at least one friend on my side. Things were starting to settle down for me.

That's where Dani came in. She WAS one of the most annoying girls in the grade. She liked to hang out with Jenny but Jenny didn't particularly like her all that much. Science fair projects were getting started up and it was time to pick a partner. I turned to Jenny to see if she wanted to be my partner but when I turned, she and Dani were already working on their project.

I wasn't upset about that it's just that she said how much she hated Dani and then just out of the blue she picks her over me. It just didn't make any sense. That night Jenny and I went back to her house to hang out. I asked her why she was doing a project with Dani if she didn't like her and she assured me that her dad wanted her to do it so that Dani didn't feel so left out.

It was all beginning to make a little more sense and I figured that I could let it go but boy did Dani make that difficult. The next day at school, Dani came to me and asked me who I was doing my project with. I told her that I was doing my project on my own. She laughed in my face. This didn't bother me in the slightest. I was used to Dani being fairly annoying but the words that followed her insane laughter really got to me.

"Sorry Jenny couldn't do the project with you. Maybe it's just because you're a bitch and I'm her best friend."

She was lying to my face. I had never once done anything bitchy to her and it really bothered me that so many people had the gall to call me a bitch when they had done nothing better. She seemed to think that Jenny was going to dump me for her and then I would truly be left with nothing. And...well, she was right.

Jenny and I started hanging out a whole lot less. I would invite her over after school and she would say "Sorry, working on science fair with Dani." Then I would call her house later to talk about something and her dad would pick up saying that she was out with Kelly. I was so sick of the lies. At least have the common decency to tell me the truth. I was so through with everything going on in my life.

I was so tired of the rumors and the lies and the bullies. What had I done to deserve it? I got caught in the middle of things and suddenly everything was my fault and no one else's. A that point, I couldn't find any purpose in doing anything anymore. Jenny and I would get in to fights that were so stupid it wasn't even funny. Then we'd wind up not speaking for a week or two before we'd finally make up and stop bickering but guess what? About 2 days later we'd find something else to argue about.

But...things started to shape up a little bit...or...so I thought. Jenny pretty much dumped Dani and came back to be my best friend, Kelly stopped harassing me ,and the year was coming to an end. The day before the last day of school, however, things started to get much, much worse. Kelly began to repeatedly send me texts telling me that I had no friends and that I would never amount to anything. It sucked and that's all I have to say on the subject.

In fact I hated it so much that when I finally got home the next day, I curled up in my office and burst into tears. I begged my parents to let me stay home. I mean it was only a half day on the last day of school so I figured that it wouldn't make a difference if I showed up or not. My mom said that that would be alright but my dad had a different idea.

I went to school the next day and was once again followed home by Kelly. I neglected to pay any attention to her and continued down on my regular path. Once I stepped in through those tall, wooden doors, I once again burst into tears. I was a mess. I was nothing more than the sad, mascara-stained face of the girl who just couldn't seem to find anymore purpose with life.

Seeing as there isn't that much more to my back story, I figure that now's as good a place as any to stop. And now, you get to take a magical trip into the world of High School.