Tom Daley: Mr. Perfect

Chapter 5: Big cheese

"Tom called me last night!" My mom told me over a bowl of cereal a couple days after our dinner with Tom.

"He called YOU?" That was a new thing for me.

"Yes," she replied. "I told him you were available today. He asked about some of your favorite things, and he has a date planned."

"What are we doing for our date?"

"Can't tell you!" My mom giggled like a little girl.

So she had a white sweater and dark red jeans picked out for me.I saw that it was 30 degrees and lightly snowing, so I added a light jean jacket and a grey beanie.

As I was opening the door Olivia yelled, "DON'T COME OUT! STAY THERE! I'M SUPPOSED TO BE GUARDING YOU!!!"

"Oh! And what will happen if I escape?"

"Umm...... You'll be eaten by my evil monster, THOR!!!" I heard our cat Thor meow right on cue.

I did a little scream, "Someone help me!"

"No one can help you now! Mwahahaha!"

I made a fake crying sound.

Then I got a text! It was from an unknown number...

"Hey weirdo."

I didn't know what to think. Maybe it was a friend being funny... "Who is this?" I replied,

A few seconds later she responded, "Lexi."

I literally dropped my phone. How did she get my number?

Lexi was the "leader" of her group of friends that bullied me. She's the main reason i'm so insecure, and have been for a while. We used to be friends in elementary school. Sixth grade, she told me I was fat. In middle school she ditched me and I had no friends for the first couple months. In eight grade she got a whole group of people to call me fat. And they all continued to insult me all through high school.

"Just ignore her." I whispered to myself. "You're going to go have a fun time with Tom. You're going back to college in a few days. You don't need to think about her."

I looked at my phone again. Three new texts from her.

"How are you doing?"

"Hello??? Dumbo, I just asked you a question."

"Respond to me fatty."

I threw my phone on my bed. "Olivia?"

"What?"

I thought about telling her what happened. I never told her about any other time I was bullied. "Um, can I come out yet?"

"No, I'll tell you whe-"

Before she could finish her sentence mom yelled, "WE'RE READY OLIVIA!!!"

I smiled. My phone was making more noises and I knew it was Lexi, but I wasn't going to care. I was going to try my hardest to ignore her.

When I waked out the door I was attacked!!! Olivia laughed as the tied a blindfold around my head. I should have expected Tom to do something cheesy like this. She spun me in a circle so I had no idea where they were taking me in the house. But I figured out after I heard the door and felt the crisp air that I was in the backyard. She led me slowly down the stairs and then let me go.

"Can I take my blindfold off?"

Before I knew it, I landed hard on my butt on wet ice. Instinctively I ripped the blindfold off. "That's me everyone!" I yelled to Tom and Olivia who were laughing. "Simply standing, and still slipping on the ice. Yup, I'm talented."