Boys, Purple hippos and Drama! The story of a sarcastic, party girl!

Crazy friends/Old Enemies

 Oh God. Rich was looking at my friends like they were exhibits in a zoo! Not the best way to start off an acquaintance. He'd obviously not met many mental friends before. And before you ask, yes, my friends are nuttier than a fruitcake.

This was getting painful, especially, as I saw Dave and Katie giving him evils. I was indifferent to Brad Pitt boy and whilst he hated me that didn't mean I wanted him to be hated by my friend's either! The poor boy didn't deserve that. 

"So, guys, this is Richard!" I told them, still standing next to Richard. 

My friends aren't the most welcoming people on the planet but they all nodded to Richard. Whether it was because of my enthusiastic greeting or their desire for him to go away, I don't know!

Richard looked slightly uncomfortable by their welcome and I couldn't help but wonder if he's shy as it would account for his behaviour. What if he's like Mr Darcy? Nice but terrible at first impressions. It's a long shot but still....

Katie, who I hadn't seen since this morning, was approaching me and before I knew it, she took me aside to talk. 

Leaving Richard, of course, a little way off looking like a spare part. Poor sod!

"What!?" I asked Katie, slightly exasperatedly. After all, I felt bad for leaving Richard to his own defences and I had been charged with the task of looking after him. 

"I've just heard from Tom that Cal's coming back!" She told me, waiting for me to react or think. 

Despite the beating of my heart speeding up and my slightly erratic heart rate, I didn't want to get my hopes up. After all, Katie's boyfriend Tom isn't exactly the most reliable source for information. I need to know for certain before I reacted even more.  

"Are you sure? That he is, you know, coming back to school?" I asked her. My voice sounded timid and I hardly recognised it. 

Katie, at my words, nodded emphatically and for some reason, tears gathered in my eyes. 

All the while, my mind was spinning. The boy- no, the jerk I had fallen in love with had left school a year or two ago not before, of course, breaking my heart by cheating on me. And now he's coming back. 

At this point, I was fully crying and in a packed common room. I know a lot more risqué things happen in places packed with Teenagers but I doubt crying is a 'cool' thing to do!

"Are you alright, Sarah?" Katie asked me, tentatively. 

I was wiping my eyes at this point but I nodded, anyway. Crying wouldn't stop him coming back if anything, all it would do is show me up. 

Almost unconsciously, I looked to see Rich who seemed be alright but he still looked very uncomfortable. He must have felt my eyes on him as he turned to look at me and started to stare at me. 

I quickly looked away and focused my attention on Katie as I was sure that I had smudged my mascara and whilst it wasn't that I cared about what he thought, I didn't want  to be seen in such a vulnerable position.

"I'm just going to go for some air, Katie." I told Katie, before making my way out of the common room. 

Katie looked concerned but she didn't stop me! Thank God, she didn't. Whilst she's one of my more laid back friends, but every time she asks if I'm alright I always end up feeling worse than I did. 

I made my way to the girls' toilet and I tried to sort my make-up out. My mascara had smudged and I looked almost as bad as I had this morning but as I looked in the mirror, to my mortification, I started crying again!

Everyone knew Cal had done a hatchet job on my heart and I had gotten over it with the same way I cope with everything and whilst, I had come to terms with him being a jerk, it didn't mean what he did hurt any less. 

It just made me feel as if I had let him do it. 

After all, I can still remember Katie's advice: "Be careful, Katie, he's a scumbag!" and she was right. I, of course, didn't heed her warning and paid the price. 

As I took one long deep breath, I walked out of the toilets and returned to a worried Katie and a thoroughly confused Rich!

A/N: 3rd Part! Please vote, comment etc. I hope you enjoy it.