Project Miss Popular

Chapter 10: Promise

10 years ago...

Maine's POV

"Coleen let's go! Good thing Mom and Dad aren't leaving yet." I said.

"Relax. You always panic. We're not going to be late for school. It's really close to our houses."

"Kids, enjoy your first day at school." Mom said.

"Yes Mom!"

"We'll pick you up both at exactly 4PM."

"Bye mom!"

"Bye Aunt!"

We waved goodbye to my parents. Coleen and I were both running to reach our classrooms as early as possible.

"Phew! 10mins before our class starts." Coleen uttered.

We entered the classroom and there are 2 kids inside. They are starting to shout at each other.

Coleem looked at me like she was scared so I approached the two kids.

"Hi. Are you two fighting? Sorry for interrupting. My friend is a bit scared at the both of you, shouting." I asked.

"No. That's our normal. We're twins and that's how we discuss things." the girl smiled.

"Good. Sorry for interrupting again."

"That's fine. Sorry if we scared your friend." the boy said.

"I'll explain it to her later. It's okay."

"Oh! What's your name?" the girl added.

"I'm Maine. And yours?"

"I'm Jane Faulkerson and this is Jake. My twin brother."

"Wow. That's cool to have a twin."

"Not really. Well, nice meeting you Maine." Jake grinned.

"Nice meeting the both of you too."

And I walked away from them. Explained to Coleen that they're just discussing and not fighting.

The room is filled with kids now and the class began.

In the middle of the class, I felt like going to the bathroom and excused myself to our teacher.

I was walking in the halls of the building when I suddenly felt like someone's following me. Like it's a group of kids.

Someone pushed me and said,

"Hey! Why are you here? Piglets are not allowed in this school!" girl one said.

"She's not a pig. She's just a big fat loser." girl two added.

And they started laughing.

I ran as fast I could but they kept on following me. Poking me. Teasing me. Bullying me.

I cried for help but since it's the locker area and everyone's inside the room, no one can hear me.

I fell down on my knees and they started throwing crumpled papers at me.

"Loser. Loser." the four girls started chanting.

Suddenly, a kid interrupted them.

"Stop hurting her!"

The four girls started to stand around the kid.

"And who are you? The prince?" girl three asked.

"No. I'm the school owner's son and if you don't stop bullying her, I'll ask my Mom to kick you all out from these grounds."

The girls were shocked and ran away.