"Who? Who! Who? Who!" Hope shrieked down the school hallway.
"Who what?" I ask, rolling my eyes.
"Jess told me you had a crush! Who!?"
"You have a crush?!" Daisy appeared from behind Hope.
"No," I look down and try to hide my blush
"It's true!" Hope screams.
"I ship it!" Daisy yells.
"You don't know her!" I say in objection to Daisy's comment.
"She's from your orchestra!" Daisy screams.
"How'd you know?" I ask.
"You don't do clubs and I know everyone in this school and am in all your dance classes so the only people I don't know in your life are those in your orchestra."
"It's that Izzy girl you stare at!" Hope shrieks.
I freeze for a slightly terrifying moment. What do I do?
"It is!" Daisy gasps.
"N-no..." I try and make up an excuse, "I have to- to sn-sneeze!" And I fake sneeze.
"You are a horrible liar," Daisy says the same time Hope says, "I am the genius of love! I know all its victims!"
Sugary slush, Hope can be weird. Then again, she's friends with me.
"What's up?" I hear Maureen's voice from behind.
"Nothi-" I get caught off by Hope.
"Delany has a crush on-" and I slap her hand over her mouth before she can scream anymore.
"You have a crush!" Maureen shrieks.
"Oh great, the news, it's spreading," I reply and pull my hand away from Hope's mouth.
"Who?" Maureen grabs my arm.
"I am not telling you!" I scream.
"Why not?"
"You'd tell everyone!"
"Would not! I'm the best at keeping secrets!"
"Well you'd tease me for it!"
"Would not!"
"Would too!"
"Would not!"
"Would too!"
"Would not!"
"You would and you know it!"
"Please! I need to know this! I need this information to surviveeeeeee!" She drops onto her knees and pulls on my hand, begging me to tell her in the middle of the school hallway.
"Just like you constantly needed to see my copy of TABINOF?"
"Exactly!"
"I won't tell you," I smirk and try to walk away.
"Please! Hope, Daisy! Do you two know?" Maureen says.
"Yup," Hope smirks.
"No fair! Come on, Laney, at least give me a first name! I probably don't know them!"
"You don't know them!" I shout.
"Then it doesn't matter so just tell me!"
"No!"
"Please!"
"No!"
"Please! Just the first name!"
This wasn't going to end unless Maureen got her name and everyone could see that. I sigh and accept defeat, "Izzy."
Maureen shrieks like a little school girl then asks, "Now what's her last name?"
"You said you wouldn't ask!"
"But now I can start stalking her online and a last name would help!"
"No stop!" I slap Maureen's arm.
"I gotta know this chick's weaknesses if she ever thinks she can try and break your heart!"
Aw my friends really do care, but I wanna shut them up. "She's to nice too try and break my heart now shut up!"
"I ship it!" Maureen shrieks.
"You don't know Izzy!"
"Izzy Blaze from the youth orchestra we're in?" Jo happens to walk up at that sentence.
"Izzy Blaze!" Maureen screams.
"I hate you," I mumble to Jo.
"What did I do?" My friend asks.
"Ruin my life!" I groan.
"You did a perfect thing! Thank you, Jo!" Maureen screams.
By now Daisy is just watching us and laughing her head off and Hope had left to her locker.
"The bell is gonna ring! I'm leaving!" I announce. I just wanna leave now.
"This is not over!" I hear Maureen behind me.
So now it spread, it can either get better or get a lot worse. The latter seems much more possible.
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Perfect and imperfect
Teen FictionA true love story. Based on a true story (...that hasn't exactly completely happened yet) Yes Zoë. I am actually doing this. THIS IS NOT EDITED!
