Love In The Rain(bad boy, good girl)

23-Im not popular

Cora's POV

The end of the week is here and I have never been so happy. "It's Friday Friday!" I sing on the way out of school. This week has been stressful. People who never talk to me, talk to me. It's so weird. People started to sit at the empty lunch table next to us.

And the weirdest thing... A boy in my math class was flirting with me... I think...

I leave before my friends spot me. They are driving me crazy. They hang around me more then usual, they are fighting with each other on who is the better friend, and they make sure to tell me every gossip about me that I don't want to hear.

What has gotten into everyone? Even Tyler is acting strange.

Is there something in the water that everyone but me is drinking? Whatever it is, don't give any to me.

I just wanna go home and like die or something. Ok maybe just take a nap.

"Leaving early I see." Tyler sneaks up on me and I almost have a heat attach and die.

"You scared me Tyler." I pout and he laughs.

"You okay?" Tyler asks me looking concerned. I sigh. "Yeah. I'm just tired."

"You sure that's it? You look...stressed." He questions.

"This week has been stressful. Everyone is acting strange and I don't know why. I miss my friends. My normal friends. I feel like I'm some celebrity and they just want to be with me for the publicity." I tell him only half the story.

"Well you are Internet famous." He elbows me. "If that stupid video is why everyone is acting weird then that's stupid." I fold my arms across my chest.

"It's not the video itself, and how many views it's gotten. It's the you in the video. How you acted. How you responded. You came in looking like Taylor Swift and with an attitude of Beyoncé. Everyone who didn't know you existed before, definitely knows you now. No one is acting strange. They just want to be your friend. They look up to you." He says this and now I'm really confused.

"What?" Is all I can say at first. After some time of thinking I say, "that doesn't give my friends an excuse. They already are my friends."

"Well maybe that's something to ask them."

I smile at him. "When did you become the wise one."

He laughs.

We reach school grounds and head for the front doors. Before we do I ask "what about you?"

"What about me?" He raises an eyebrow.

"Why have you been acting strange. Your the cool and calm person." I say without being to pushy about the subject.

He is silent for a second while he opens the door to the school building. "Maybe I look up to you as well. Maybe you have inspired me to be a better man." He grins and walks in the direction his locker is.

At the moment I can't tell if he is serious or joking. Instead of stressing about it I just push the thought to the back of my head and make my way to my locker.

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It's lunch time and this is the time I shall ask why my friends are being weird.

Bri and I sit at our table first because we have brought our own lunches. The others wait in line for their hot lunch. It's pizza day...again... At our school it's like pizza is the only thing they know how to make.

When all of my friends get here I wait a second before I ask. I don't know how to ask. I look for Tyler to maybe help me. But he is no where to be found.

"Wow you look so good today Cora." Riley says. "Yeah and oh my god. Is that a new shirt. I love it." Bailey admires my clothes which she never cares about. "Did you do something to your hair. It looks different. In a good way. I love your hair." Stephanie says. Stephanie never compliments anyone. She's the dark one. "Wow. Did you-" Izzy begins to say but I cut her off. I can't hear there ridiculous compliments right now.

"Stop. What is with you guys? You are acting strange and I don't like it. I want my old friends back. Not the ones who drown me in fake compliments, and compete with each other on who is the better friend. I want the old Stephanie back. The one who didn't care about the latest gossip. I want the old Riley who could care less on how she dressed. I want the Izzy who makes fun of my girly ways. The old bri who didn't care on how she looked and didn't go on big diets to try to lose weight because your perfect. I want you all to go back to the way things were. The reason I made sure to be your friend because I knew I would never find anyone like you guys ever again." I blurt out all too fast. I take a deep breath and let it out.

They stare at me with mixed feelings. I couldn't take the silence anymore. I walk out of the cafeteria not bothering to acknowledge anyone else's existence. I burst through the first door I see. Which is the abandoned classroom. It used to be the old choir room but now they have a bigger room.

I sit on the very top of the bleachers. I don't cry or anything I just sit there, spacing out. I don't know what to think about.

I check the clock and see that there is still 20 minutes of lunch. I'm not even hungry right now. Ok. I am but I forgot my lunch at the table and I don't want to think about it.

At that moment the door slowly opens. I gasp, but I see that it is only my friends. I let go of the breath I was holding.

"Hi." Bailey says leading the group of friends. They climb up the bleachers and sit Bailey and Riley sit on each side of me others sit below me and corner me in so I can't leave.

"Look. We're sorry. We didn't relies we were acting so different. It's just lately people have been treating you differently so we were making sure we weren't gonna lose you to the popular people, because now that you are popular." Izzy speaks for the group.

"I'm not popular." I laugh. "But you are. Even before the video. Everyone loves you. Except for Britney but only because she is jelly. You are kind to everyone, you forgive everyone, you welcome everyone, and no one feels like they have to be someone else around you because you make them feel unique in there own skin. And the best part is you don't even realize your doing it." Riley says.

"When I first met you, I made sure I friended you because I knew I would never find anyone more special then you. Even if I had to deal with your sparkles and rainbow sunshine forever." Stephanie says. Sounding more like herself again.

"Aww you guys. I love you. Your the best friends ever. But I still don't understand why the rest of the school is acting strange.if you say that they feel comfortable with me in there own skin, why are they acting different?" I ask.

"Well maybe they were just worried you would change after the video and you would start acting like a true popular and they just wanted to be number one friend with the most popular person here." Bailey says.

"I'm sure they will go back to normal when they see that you haven't changed except that you are now stronger as a person and have a better understanding of life." Bri says.

We get into a group hug and the bell rings. We look up. 20 minutes have passes by. Wow we were in here forever.

We walk our linked arms and laugh our way to our next classes.

I'm glad I have my old friends back, but slightly new friends because they are all stronger as a person and have a better understanding of life as well.

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A/N Sorry I took so long to update. I was trying out for soccer and I had lot of homework and test because spring break was coming up. I am now in spring break and there was no soccer practice. I hope you guys liked this chapter. Please comment and like stuff.

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