The Recovery

Chapter 2: Who do you think you are?

A/N Dedicated to someone who motivated me to continue writing

"I cannot believe, I bought mom's drama and wore this outfit. I even agreed on lens! Stephanie is gonna be all pissy because of this." were my thoughts as I entered the school's premises.

As I entered Westfield High, I saw the boys send flirty looks at me and some even whistling at me. The girls on the other hand, were throwing daggers at my direction with their eyes. The plastics (A/N Mean girls I know, but Stephanie and her minions are no less) minus Stephanie were looking at me like.. well lets just say.. if looks could kill, I'd be 6 feet under the ground by now..

One of the minions, Cheryl, more specifically came towards me. Before everything with Rebecca and Caleb happened, Cheryl was a great friend of mine. She said, "Are you new around here? Even if you are, you have no right to just prance around like a little slut and flirt with all the boys. WE are the queens of Westfield High and you may just fuck off!"

Cheryl used to be so nice in sophomore year. Before this belittling talk, even though she was one of Stephanie's minions, she never personally bullied me. Always in a group. I always thought that she was in need of popularity, like most people in high school but not a bad person. This hurt.

"I didn't think you're like them Cherry. I thought you were better than that. I knew you always wanted to be popular in high school, which is why I never held a grudge on you when you joined Stephanie there after Ruby's death. I didn't think you would ever try to bully or disparage someone." was my response. I cannot believe I actually said that. I was instantly regretting it.

"Charlotte?"

"Ththat's mmme" I now said in an under-confident voice. Then suddenly a super pissed Stephanie appears and says,

"I cannot believe this girl.. I mean did you think if you dress up a bit we will treat you any different. You're still as pathetic as you were in those pathetic clothes. I at least used to pity you when you wore those, now all I have left for you is loathe."

"Just get the hell out of our way!" shouted the other minion, Madison. She was usually the more loud and violent one. The boys loved her that way.. I guess they liked it rough.

By the end of all this, I was in tears. She then shoved me out of their way to fall on the ground, but I was instead in the arms of Zachary Preston aka the ex boyfriend of Stephanie. Did I mention, his father is the Chairman of the prestigious Preston Group. They owned resorts, restaurants, airlines, malls, luxury stores.. you name it, they own it. He is practically the only one even the mighty Arthur Reynolds is scared of.

Zach, is another person I cannot stand. He wasn't a bully. In fact he has basically been avoiding me throughout high school. Not that I cared. Back in middle school, lets just say him and I had a little something something.. Then high school happened. On the first day of freshman year, I found out that he has started dating Stephanie and even had the guts to kiss her right in front of me.

This is how I started resenting him.

"Hey Char, are you okay?"

"Hhow do you know that its me?"

"Come on! We know each other since kindergarten. Do you think its that hard to know? And besides your run in with those bimbos was pretty public actually. You look different. What happened to your glasses and where are those hideous clothes? You look pretty sexy in my opinion. This change is definitely for the better.." sending me flirtatious looks.

I have to admit his looks are pretty dreamy but the kind of person he is, is definitely not. Gag me with a spoon.

I replied, "Shut it Preston! Can you just leave me alone!"

Instead of waiting him to answer, I just left the spot and walked away to my next class.