Pain is Life

Chapter 7

Unfortunately for me, happiness doesn't last long.
After I got home that day when I saw Jake at the store, I started getting this unexplainable dark feeling over me again. I didn't know where it was coming from, but it made me feel like the world was against me.
I started to miss my father. I cried for some reason. It was unexpected. To make me feel better, I gorged on Starbursts. The juicy candies eventually calmed me down.
When I went to school, I saw Jake and he waved. I waved back nervously. His girlfriend was there with him.
I was walking down to Science, and I ran into Rocky. He told me some crap and stole my notebook. I chased him down the hallway and he tossed it in the trash can. I got so mad at him and I had to dig it out of the garbage. It was super duper gross. I got nasty gook on my fingers. When I got my notebook out, it had a gross piece of gum on it.
I ran to the bathroom and washed my hands. The gum wouldn't come off. I got my scissors out and tried to scrape it off. It was really difficult to get it off, and it stuck to my scissors so now I couldn't use it. My scissors accidentally flung out of my hand and hit my nose. It slightly cut it and it hurt. I was screaming in pain and no one came to help. Finally someone heard me, and they took me down to the nurse.
The nurse patched up my nose and sent me off to class with a tardy slip. I angrily stomped off to class. It was all freakin' Rocky's fault.
When I walked in the room, he snickered and people started whispering. The teacher was kind of pissed that I was late, but she glared at the tardy slip and told me to sit down.
Someone asked me what happened to my nose, and I told them. They just laughed and said I was stupid for doing that. I decided to just say that my nose got cut without saying anything else. Rocky just kept evilly smiling at me. It's like he planned it ahead or something.
When I got home, I just ran up to my room and cried tears of anger. I hated Rocky so much! I cussed under into my pillow. I needed to get him back for doing that to me. Revenge was mine.
I spent all evening planning how I was gonna get him back. It had to look like an accident so I wouldn't get in trouble. I came up with my plot for revenge.
In Science, I would steal his notebook and switch it with a decoy notebook. I knew what his notebook looked like, so I had to buy the exact same one. Once I got my hands on the new notebook, I would write down, "Dear dumb face, you need to freakin' get a life and go move to some other city. I hate you so much and I don't know why I ever said yes to you. Go cut yourself with scissors and don't talk to me again. From, Dayla." That way I could ruin his relationship and it would be sweet. It was a genius plan.
I explained to my mother what happened to my nose, and she got pissed. At least I had someone on my side. I didn't tell her about my revenge plot though. She wouldn't have approved.
I told my mother I needed to buy a new notebook, which was true, but I needed an extra one for the plan. She took me to the store and I bought the two notebooks. I had a devious smile.
The next day, I wrote the Dayla note and other stuff like cuss words and notes telling him he was worthless.
In Science, I snatched his notebook when he went to the bathroom and replaced it with the decoy. It was genius because nobody would ever know it was me.
When Rocky came back, he saw the notes. He looked like he was gonna blow up in tears and anger. It was funny! I never thought I would see him about to cry. I pretended like I didn't know what was going on.
Word got around that he cussed Dayla out and they broke up. They said she swore that she didn't write the notes but Rocky didn't believe her. It was a great evil feeling of sweet revenge for me. They hated each other now.
Rocky cancelled his party and everyone that was going was pissed. He was too angry to have it though. That meant a lot of people had nowhere to go for Halloween. I wasn't alone with my situation.
I was really proud for accomplishing my plan, but when I got home, I started to feel really guilty. I was responsible for causing the storm of drama and the cloud of guilt over my head was unbearable.
What I learned was that revenge may be sweet at the moment, but you'll regret it later. I made sure I remembered that. It is an important lesson that everyone should learn.