Olivia Henderson - Leya The Not So Lovely

No She Didn't

I took a deep breath through my nose. Finally, that horrid smell had gone. Kate and I walked over to the tuck shop area and sat on the light blue picnic benches set out in a triangle. "Liv, can I please trade you something? I really want your apple pie!" Kate screeched, her face lighting up whilst eyeballing my bakery made apple pie mum had bought the day before for me. I took another breath "sure" I exhale and grabbed her chocolate brownie. We sat and talked for a while about Mr Leema and his smelly classroom.

I caught a glimpse of Tom in my eye. I started to glare at him walking with his friends to the table a few across from Kate and I. He ran his fingers through his dark, soft looking hair and took a seat to eat his hamburger, he was my delicious temptation... "Stop staring at him!" Kate gawked laughing at me. I couldn't help but blush again, he had that impact on me. "Yeah, stop staring, you're ugly anyway." A voice says from behind me. I turn around in a hurry. Leya. "Just leave me alone and go do something with your friends" I said quickly before she did anything stupid to embarrass me. I thought too soon. "Okay, come on girls." She strutted and starting walking to the table Tom was at. "Oh no she isn't-" Kate started but I cut her off "OMG I HATE HER" I explain in fury. I get up and walk over to her and her followers. "Oi Tom" she begins. I shake my head in embarrassment. "My sister, Olivia likes you!" She yelled making the whole lunch area hear. It was palpable. My cheeks began to go puffy and red. "STOP LEYA!" I yelled on the verge of tears. I couldn't bare to look at Tom but I knew him and everyone else around me were looking straight towards me. Leya and her friends gave me an evil glare as I ran to the bathroom with Kate following after me and everyone laughing behind.

I sat in the bathroom sulking my heart out. Leya was so cruel. Tom was the biggest secret I had and she just blurted it out to almost all of my grade including Tom himself. I couldn't believe it. My chest was aching and there were streams of water bulging out of my wet, red eyes. "Hey, hey, it's okay Liv. She's just being a brat." Kate explained trying to be cheerful rubbing my back and holding my hand. "It's not," I managed to mumble. I was sitting on the scratched up seat in the girls bathroom with my head on my knees. This was so embarrassing!

The chirpy school bell rang for class so Kate and I hobbled along to science. I was glad I didn't have any other classes with Tom at this point.

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A few years ago Leya and I weren't as bad as we used to be. This was before we found out 'the news.' The news is what tore us apart and made Leya stop acting bipolar but stick on the hatred side of things. Mum only told us after dad had left that my father wasn't my biological father, meaning Leya was my half sister. This news made both Dad and Leya furious. Dad had sworn he would never see either of his children again and took off to California and from word of mouth he now has a new wife. Leya blamed it all on me and hated me for it. And to all honesty I was quite jealous that I'm the one who wasn't dads.

"We aren't full sisters, don't talk to me" she used to say after dad left. We were both pretty depressed after calling dad for days to have no answer. That was when I knew mum had declared her favourite. As soon as she knew the news herself I basically had to slave after Leya, like everyone else does. Even after 2 years of not seeing dad Leya still tries to ruin my life. Now after what she had done with Tom I was sure my life had nothing else to ruin.

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When I got home I barged past mum and went straight to my room. I was not in the mood for talking.

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