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"have you ever felt unneeded? like you were a waste of attention or unnecessary to the cycle of human life? usually im not super deep. i've just been feeling like an accessory. and not one from tiffany and co. or whatever. i feel like a walmart accessory. walmart . that place is the most unfashionable-"
i hear a knock on my door.
i erase all the notes i was writing in my notebook and tear it out. i usually store these notes in my drawer so no one sees it.
"hey stella!" my sister, sienna, greets, barging in my room.
"i don't have money, go away," i grudgingly respond.
"wow, i have the best little sister don't i? you know me so well!" she replies.
i roll my eyes then grab my piggy bank and shake it. i haven't had money since the iphone 6 sale at the apple store. in fact, i needed to buy a case today with the money i have stored in my drawer. that's my emergency money.
"c'mon, stella. you know money is my number one weakness. i'll do anything for a fast $20." she pleads, acting hopeless.
it was quite pleasing to watch.
"no. now get out," i answer with no emotion.
"die," she scoffs.
"oh do i go to heaven? because honestly, it's hell being in the same room as you," i remark.
she glares at me and slams the door while i silently hi-5 myself for (non-violently) dismissing my older, yet stupider, sister.
as soon as i finished congratulating myself, i jump on my bed and grab my phone to call my best friend, blair.
"hey best friend!" she exclaims.
"hey, blair! do you wanna go to the apple store? i need a new case," i ask.
"sure! i'll be over in 5 minutes."
blair lived a 2 minute walk away from my house. she lived across my house, two houses down near the park.
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15 minutes later, i was about to give up on blair before i saw her out of breath in front of my door.
"what happened?" i question.
"i hate squirrels," she deadpans.
i giggle a bit, then lock the door behind me. then, we began our trip to walk to the bus.
the bus stop was full of girls our age, and even a girl from our school named caroline was there.
"hey, caroline!" blair and i both greet. "why are all these people here?"
"christian akridge is at panera bread!!!!! so i tweeted it and now every girl in town is on this bus, walking or driving to see the hottie!!!" she shrieks. all the other girls shriek along with her.
"who is christian akridge?" i whisper in blair's ear.
"i don't know. just act like you care," she whispers back.
"yAYYYY!!!" we yell a little too loud. at first it was silent until all the other girls tried to attempt our loudness, greatly exceeding it until the bus driver threatened to kick us off. we all shut our mouths then.
as soon as the bus stop stopped in town centre, all the girls ran into panera bread. panera bread must be getting a lot of business today.
blair and i laughed at the dim witted girls that all thought they would me christian whatever-his-last-name-is.
we walked in to the apple store which was surprisingly right next to panera bread. we say hi to the helper and make our way to the imacs. i already had one but i liked to take pictures on them.
"blair!" i whisper yell at her, pointing at the laptop. she groans and follows me.
we take a bunch of silly pictures on the imac until we see two guys come in the store who looked ideally attractive.
"ooh look at those guys," blair says biting her lip. i slap her shoulder and she rubs it in agony.
"just...keep taking more pictures," i say quickly.
and with that, we took more "attempted" hot selfies. we didn't try to be overly sensual because it'll make us look like a bunch of basic girls.
the guys started to look at us and giggle slightly.
the one with the light brown hair was looking at me. and only me. the other one with the dark brown curly hair was just staring at the both of us.
they start to walk towards us and we quickly panic.
"they're coming towards us! stella, put your phone away," blair scolds me as i take pictures of the selfies we took on the imac.
"hi girls," the one with the light brown hair approaches awkwardly.
"hello," i giggle.
"so i see you two were taking pictures on the imac."
"we were indeed taking pictures on the imac."
"well you guys looked, hot."
i blush immediately, being flattered.
"i mean- you guys look sensible--well in a way that was--"
it was cute to see him stumble like that.
"thank you for the compliment. you don't look that bad yourself," i grin and turn my head away.
"hey, what's your name?" he asks.
"stella. what's yours?"
"christian."
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finding the boy {christian akridge}
Fanfiction"you're too cute," i whisper in his ear. he chuckles. "not as cute as you." + lower case intended.
