With You

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

I walk into the doors of the school building and see my four best friends standing next to the double doors. Nicole is fuming, ranting to the girls about who knows what.

"Hi guys." Winter and Andrea sheepishly say hello, while Nicole just looks past me. I look down at my shoes, did I do something wrong?

"Oh hi! It's Ms. Ignore all her friends because she is in love with some stupid boy. Nice to see that you have finally come back down to Earth." Nicole spits at me. I stood there, frozen and not knowing how to respond to her insult.

"What are you talking about Nicole?" I whisper. Nicole's deep brown eyes rage with anger and she steps forward to get in my face. Andrea and Winter stay behind, twirling their hair and playing with their fingers.

"What do I mean?! Oh you must be dreaming Kenz. You literally haven't talked to any of us for two weeks, devoting all of your time to Luke. Luke this, Luke that! I'm sick and tired of it! We've been friends for who knows how long and Luke comes by so you drop us like hot potatoes." I step back, flabbergasted at the words coming out of Nicole's mouth. Had I been ignoring my best friends? I stare into space, wondering how I could forget about the only constants in my life. "Forget it Kenz, talk to me when you actually give a shit about our friendship." Nicole then storms off, leaving me, Winter and Andrea staring at each other.

How could I? The attention of one guy gets me totally derailed. When have I ever ignored Nicole when I knew how sensitive she was when it came to her friendships? I stood there, looking like a popsicle in the Artic.

"She's just not thinking with her head Kenzie, she didn't mean all that stuff she said. You know how Nicole gets when she bottles up her anger." Winter tries to comfort me and Andrea quickly agrees with her, both of them rushing to my side to hug me. I numbly nod, tears pooling in my eyes. I know hoe Nicole can get, but why did I let it go to this?

"Hey, don't cry Kenzie. I'll go talk to her, get her to calm down." Andrea swiftly walks away to go talk to her sister. Winter stands by my side, trying to wake me out of my state of numbness.

Why can't I get anything right?

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The rest of the school day is spent with me in my solitude. Instead of sitting with Andrea, Nicole, and Winter, I chose to sit by myself in the library. Many may say that I am overreacting, but me and Nicole never fight. Nicole has always been a fiery storm and I was the calm, quiet eye of the storm. Nicole and I fit together pretty well, we never really fought. While me and Winter have fought thousands of times, Nicole and I were prone to fighting. Nicole happened be the type of person to bottle up her emotions and blow like a geyser when she couldn't fight her strong feelings anymore. Apparently, I was the source of her eruption this time.

Pushing away my thoughts, I go to sit in my last period class, orchestra. The only thing that ever calmed me in times of stress was my violin.

"Okay class! You can begin warming up while I have a short conversation with Mackenzie." Mrs. Peterson calls out. Mrs. Peterson is my all time favorite teacher and might as well be my mom by the amount of time we spent having private lessons together. "Mackenzie, I decided that for your solo at the concert that you will be playing Theme From Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. I want you to come in every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings and then when I get your piano accompaniment ready, you will come in every afternoon. Okay?" I take the sheet music from her hands and force a fake smile before walking back to my seat. Mrs. Peterson gave me the violin solo in the class and I honestly am not ready to perform it in front of the whole audience. Our concert is in exactly a month from today. I glance around the whole room, getting glares from almost every single violin in the room. I don't have many friends in my orchestra class, because I am the teacher's pet.

Mrs. Peterson then taps her baton on the podium and raises it, indicating us to get into playing position. "Moonlight Sonata from the beginning please."

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Hello I am back!! I had horrible, horrible writers block but I was like, "Mariam, they are going to kill you. Get your ass up and start thinking of something to write." AND I DID. Well I think this chapter actually turned out pretty well(I think). Nicole vs. Mackenzie woah dude, what's going on? Why did Nicole bitch out? Why didn't Mackenzie respond? All will be discovered in the next chapter. Also, Luke will be back, I know yall missed our favorite carrot. Anyways, today is the beginning of(hopefully) update week! I will TRY to give you guys at least three updates! Excited? I know I am!

Teaser: The answer to Nicole's madness, and how is Luke anyways? *smirk*

Next Update Goal: Tuesday/Wednesday

PS HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY MIKEY!!!!