Headphones

Chapter 3

*Recap*

The school day passes quickly, thankfully. By the time the bell rings releasing us from school I am dragged by Jade and Beth to our lockers. In a blur we have our stuff and are out of the building. They bombard me with questions as soon as we are out of sight of anyone from school. Trying to delay I use the excuse that I'll tell them at my house. Who knew that a thirty minute walk would pass so quickly in silence?

"Now spill."

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"Spill what?" I play dumb, darn the fact that I have smart friends!

"About you telling Vince that you're going to delete your YouTube account! Why would you do that?! Are you an idiot?!" Beth exclaims with flailing arms.

"Yes," I reply.

"Seriously Dawn, why would you do that?" Jade asks calmly with a begging hand on my shoulder. I sigh and lead them up to my room, I don't want any unwanted listeners. Aka: my family.

"We had a falling out, he called my singing 'noise' and I said that he and the haters were right. So I told he that I was going to delete my account.

"Aw Dawn!" Both girls coo while giving me supportive hugs.

"But I'm not going to!"

"WHAT?!"

"I'm trying to make him feel bad, revenge," I shrug as my friends glare at me. But the judgment behind their eyes proves that they are conflicting whether or not they except the plan. "Will you please help me fool him? Just go with it until he gets desperate," I suggest to them.

"You promise to keep your account up?" Jade asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, I'm just not going to post videos for a while," I explain. Jade and Beth glance between each other, having a silent conversation.

"Fine," they sigh in unison. I jump up from my spot and hug the living daylights out of both of them, muttering a million 'thank you's.

"Now give me food," Beth demands. The three of us burst into giggles as we go downstairs to the kitchen.

Raiding the pantry and fridge is a habit of ours when the three of us are together. Soda, chips, apples, and sour patch kids. That is what we steal from the kitchen before rushing to my room again.

We do what any sensible person does in the final week of school. Study for exams. So fun right? Hahaha yeah maybe in a parallel universe but not in my mind. Speaking of the universe, tomorrow's exam is science.

"What did you get for question twenty-seven?" Beth asks after ten minutes of zero talking and listening to music.

"A," Jade and I respond in unison. We burst into giggles and try to calm down. 'Try' being the key word, we pretty much fail epically. This is a normal routine for us.

Beth's phone beeps, signaling she got a text. Looking at the electronic device in her hand she groans quite dramatically. As she puts her phone back in her pocket Beth looks up to find me and Jade looking at her with curious expressions.

"It was my mom, she wants me home for dinner," Beth sighs as she back flops.

"Don't abandon me!" I wail sarcastically and cling to her arm. My friends laugh at me as they pry me away from Beth.

"I'll come back," Beth assures while patting my head like I'm a puppy.

"You better, or I'll tie you up and hide you in my closet so you'll never escape!" I exclaim in my game day announcer voice.