Just Keep Swimming

Chapter 6

     I'm on the bus, shaking because I'm so very exited to see what Cameron thinks about the look. The more I get exited, it seems like time is getting slower. Finally, the bus stops at the third stop. I poke my head out to see Cameron coming. Brandon, Jackson, and other kids come on. Brandon and Jackson are Cameron's best friends. He told them about us dating, when I told Katie.

"You looking for your man huh," Jackson says wiggling his eyebrows," you to love birds are adorable!"

"Where is he?!," I ask nervously.

"Simmer down, gurl," Brandon says sitting in the seat with me," he's just sick he ain't died."

     I look up at him and do 3 things. First, I smile and punch him in the arm and tell him to never sit in the same seat with me. Second, I ask them if they are sure he ain't dead. Third, I slap Jackson for calling me adorable.

"Okay I won't sit with you," Brandon replies," and yes he texted me to tell you he was sick and he will be back in school in a couple days.

"And," Jackson adds," I didn't say you're adorable I said you guys as a couple are adorable."

"Tell Cameron I'm going to his house after school to come and see him."

      We get off the bus and I find my locker and grab my books. I head to my first class and I bump into a girl and I make her drop all her books. I place my books down and help her gather her books up.

"Sorry," I say," I'm in a rush if you didn't notice."

"It's okay Avery," she says. I look up and I can't believe it. Out of all the people in this school I had to bump into Kennedy.

"Well got to go to class bye," I respond.

"Wait can you help me I'm new here remember?"

"I would if you didn't make my life a living nightmare," I comment.

"Not my fault you were a FREAK! You still are I know how to hurt you and I'm not afraid to!," she shoots back.

I stamper away into class and Katie sees that I'm stressed out. And right when the teacher comes into the classroom, I ask to excuse myself to the bathroom. He allows me and I rush to the bathroom.

I cry my eyes out. I wish I could have a happy life. Like everyone else...

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     I walk out of school at the end of day and get on the bus. Brandon and Jackson come on and see me pull out makeup wipes to wipe my face off. Brandon grabs my hand and pulls it down. Jackson looks up from his phone and makes a disgusted face.

"Who is the bully," Brandon asks.

"What, why?," I reply.

"Who is the bully," Brandon responds," tell me, now!"

"A new girl," I answer back.

"How can a new girl bully you? She knows nothing about you!"

"No," I add," she knows me, better than Cameron. She was my best friend in elementary school and one day, she made my life a living hell."

"How did she do that?," he asks.

"I can't tell you it's to personal."

"Okay then I won't make you tell me."

     We sit in silence with Jackson on his phone, Brandon looking at me, and I'm wiping makeup off my WHOLE face. Then, all of a sudden, we here Jackson play a video. It was the conversation Brandon and I were JUST having. Jackson rushes and pauses the video. I'm about to ask why he video taped that, but before I could say it, I heard the phone go swoosh. 

"Jackson," I say with my face frozen," who did you just send that to."

"Uh, um," he mumbles," Brandon tell her!"

I glare at Brandon, and he flinches,"Who did he send that to? And why?"

Brandon smiles nervously and says," Well, Avery, he kind of sent it to Cameron since Jackson kind of say you run into the restroom and cry. So, he told Cameron and he wanted us to ask you what happened, video it, and send it."

"Oh," I say sitting back. I do nothing and I look back. I smile and then I scream," IM GOING TO KILL YOU GUYS!"

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I get off on the third stop with them and run to Cameron's house. With Brandon and Jackson behind me...