Better Than Ever

Chapter 5

I parked my car in the school and sat there just observing and taking in my surroundings. Im here, in the place that I was so eager to leave two years ago, the place that was once my home, the place where I got my heart broken. I knew people who never talked to me and judged me behind my back or tormented me would pretend they never wronged me and try their hardest to be my friend now that I was pretty.

What a bunch of Shallow twats.

I took a deep breath and calmed my unwelcomed nerves. I am going to walk through that door and pretend that I did not have a care in the world. Adrenaline was pumping through my veins. Looking out my window I saw many familiar faces outside the school building. Many of them were laughing and talking with their friends, probably catching up on the latest gossip seeing as that's all high school is about. A place where gossip is what feeds and drives people to keep going. 

I saw Tom the slender, boy with mousy messy hair, freckles and glasses talking to his only friend Riley. I remembered them to be the computer geeks who were very into video games and anything technology related. From what I could see now, things don't change.

After looking at myself in the mirror one last time, and releasing the breath I didn't know I was holding I gripped the door handle, slowly stepped out and began walking towards the building.

To say walking into the building made me feel powerful would be an understatement. I could feel every single pair of eyes on me, which I did not acknowledge at all. 

It was like a scene that only happened in movies that went in slow motion where every single person turns to look at that gorgeous girl slowly strutting her way into a building.

Where every single person either wants to be that girl or wants to be her friend. It made me feel powerful, something that I had never felt before, especially not 2 years ago. 

"who is that?"

"holy sh*t, wow"

This was so much better than I could have ever imagined, i just cannot wait until my old year level sees me.

As I approached the door a guy with dark brown hair who seemed vaguely familiar opened the door for me,  his piercing green eyes stared down at me and made me feel a bit uncomfortable

"thank you" I sweetly but quickly said ,as I really wanted to get away from him, before giving him my new million dollar Hollywood smile that I had spent so long practicing, and flipped my long hair before walking towards the reception

After finding my schedule, where my locker classes were, I walked towards the place where the entire year level gathered, which was basically just the area for seniors. I still remembered every inch of this place. Its hard to forget the place that you made the most memories and spent majority of your life in.

As soon as I walked into the designated senior year area, I swear everyone grew quiet. Everyone turned to look at me and I could make out a few familiar faces but I didn't want to give anyone the satisfaction of acknowledgement.

 Everything just felt absolutely perfect, the attention right now is finally not for the wrong reasons, I was finally being looked at and talked about because I was gorgeous and the mysterious "stranger" in their eyes. Instead of looking at all the questioning, envious or wowed looks from people I locked my eyes straight ahead at the number on the lockers and smiled to myself when I found mine.

As I was placing all my books in my locker I could hear a group of boys who I remember very clearly behind me whispering about how they swear they had seen me before. I chuckled quietly to myself when one of them said that they would not forget if they had ever seen someone like me. I looked at them and flashed them my signature smile and wink before closing my locker which caused them to argue over who I must have smiled at which only fuelled my growing satisfaction. 

As I headed towards the assembly room where the whole year level was to go to every morning for roll call and briefing of the events that week, all I could think of was how perfect it would be for my introduction to the class. 

Just Perfect.

"TAYLOR!? IS THAT YOU" my heart leaped when I heard the familiar sound of my best friend and tears were starting to cloud my eyes when they all rushed towards me and engulfed me in a massive hug.

"YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS OMG WHAT EVEN LAST TIME I SAW YOU, YOU WERE..." Chloe my best friend shrieked. Chloe and I were inseperable until I left, she had long blonde hair and light green eyes, she was now a bit shorter than me but absolutely stunning, I was always so jealous of her as my brown eyes and brown hair just seemed so plain and boring compared to her light features.

"Different I know!! ive missed you so so so much, ill explain everything to you, but shhh I want to keep on the low right now" I hugged her tightly and kissed her cheek, god I missed her so much it hurt.

I filled her in on everything while we made our way into the assembly room where we sat down at the back by ourselves and I ignored all the stares from every single person.

"I have some exciting news for all of you today..." Mr Evans announced

I could feel my heart about to explode out of my chest as I knew what was coming

"we have a new student... Or should I say a returning student , sorry to make you do this could you please come up to the front and reintroduce yourself, please everyone make sure to look out for her and make sure she finds her place with us again"

As soon as the teacher said that, people started whispering and I could tell that they were very confused at what was happening. People started looking around and I could sense their impatience and anticipation. 

Chloe gave me a little push and I slowly stood up and took my time to walk to the front as I could not get enough of the attention, people turned to look at me, confusion ridden all over their faces, I savored every second of their agony of wanting to know who I was and as soon as the I reached the front, I paused for the dramatic effect and flipped my hair over my shoulder before using my new found confidence to articulate loudly and clearly so that every single person could hear.

"Hi, you may or may not remember me, I'm Taylor, Avery"