All Mixed Up

Chapter 5

Chapter 5
I woke up in my bed, my mom must've woke me and I just don't remember.
I did my morning routine again and checked the weather it was a little chillier today so I wore a purple tank top with a white sweater and skinny light Jeans.
I put on my laced toms shoes and looked in the mirror.
I sighed knowing all the hate I was gonna get today. I grabbed my backpack and walked downstairs.
My mom was sleeping on the couch so instead of waking her I simply walked to school.
Walking to school was terrifying occasionally people would drive past me yelling out there window "look who it is little miss perfect!" Or they would drive past and simply hold there hand out the window flipping me off.
At school wasn't all that better people would glare and roll there eyes every time I turned a corner but they never said a word just gave me looks.
I walked into the bathroom before school officially started and checked my phone and saw a message on gossip tracker that basically said how sorry she was and how this got out of hand and then the very last line was
This is Rylan Watters signing off for good.
Woah...
There's no way she just did that!
She exposed herself which means she's gonna get what I got last night!
The hate.
I ran out of the bathroom and froze when I saw her walking down the hall, head held up high taking this hate as motivation to keep going.
She's taking it way better than I thought.
I slowly began to walk to my locker.
I saw Clyde and he gave me a look of concern.
He tilted his head towards the library and I nodded slightly.
I grabbed my math notebook and walked to the library.
I walked in and saw Kelsey with her friends by the magazines.
"Claire over here now!" She demanded.
My eyes widen and I walked over to her.
"People have been saying you're the reason our school is changing!"
"What do you mean?" I asked noticing Clyde watching the conversation from the back of the library.
"Ok I'm confused on who it really is but it's either you or that Rylan girl!"
I gave her a confused look.
"Ok well first of all Brody didn't wear his letterman jacket today!"
"Maybe it was dirty?" I said shrugging
She glared "then Eric the schools biggest gamer wasn't even on his device!"
I was starting to get mad "woah and what's wrong with that?" I questioned
"Don't you get it we have stereotypes for a reason!"
"Yeah and that reason is to break them..." Then I kinda all let it out... whoops...
"Maybe if you weren't so caught up with the stupid stereotypes you'll actually understand that no one besides you actually cares about them! How do you think it feels to be pressured into everything because I'm friends with you! Or people automatically thinking you're in advance classes because you wear glasses! Or not being able to hang out with someone in public without people think you guys are a thing!" I noticed Clyde smile a little when I stood up for myself.
Her eyes widen "well you're gonna have to find another seat to sit at, at lunch because you're officially banned from my table!" She spat.
"Good! Because every time I sat there I would loose my appetite from the constant flirting between you and Brody!" I yelled as she stormed off with the cheerleaders following.
Clyde walked over to me "how does it feel?"
"Amazing." I sighed.
"But now Kelsey's gonna tell the whole school that it's my fault the school is changing."
"If you got through those blog posts you can get through this." He said
I smiled "You're right."
"I gotta go to math meet me here during lunch?" I asked
"Yeah." He said with a smile
I walked out and immediately everyone said "and to think Claire couldn't do anything worse she's changed the school!"
I simply just nodded and kept on walking I think it was bugging people that I didn't care anymore.
Of course I was still upset about the post this morning because now everyone thinks I'm some crazy person changing the school maybe I'll talk to Rylan later?
I walked into math class and noticed Clyde already there... geez he's fast.
I sat in the same spot as last time but this time I actually listened to the lesson rather than check my phone every two seconds.
When class was over I went to Spanish which was a blur.
Then it was lunch. For once i was actually excited to go to lunch. I walked in the library with my lunch and saw Clyde already sitting in the back corner.
I sat down besides him.
"You actually came?" He said
"Why wouldn't I?"
He paused for a second before saying "you're not like most popular people you're different and that's what I like about you." He said while pulling his sandwich out of his bag.
Then I said something I didn't expect to say "Wanna come over to my house after school to study for the math test coming up?"
Ugh Claire why did you say that now he thinks you're some creep!
"I'd love too" he said while smiling
My eyes widen "wait really?"
"Yeah of course."
"Ok cool! We can walk to my house since it's only about a 5 minute walk."
"Sounds good to me." He said finishing off his sandwich.
"I'm gonna get going before the bell rings that way I have a chance to escape the crowd and get to choir before the halls flood."
He nodded "okay I'll meet you outside that way people don't see us together."
I sighed knowing he was right if we were seen in public together people would immediately start teasing.
I started walking to choir which means walking past the lunch room I saw Kelsey talking to Rylan.
Hmm I thought this school was based off stereotypes I rolled my eyes and walked right passed them.
I waited in the choir room till people eventually started flooding in.
After choir I walked down the hall and got my stuff then when I saw Rylan I decided to finally stop her.
"You had to send that." I mumbled.
She looked at me confusedly
"What?"
"People are judging me even more now they think I'm the one changing the school for the worse." I said looking at the floor
"That post was for you, did you even read the whole thing!" She scolded
"Well it didn't help, I knew there was a stupid catch to that stupid agreement." I said storming off.
Agh Claire you're so stupid!!!
Why couldn't you be a little nicer.
All this drama is really changing me I thought I was described as "nice popular" now I feel like I'm turning into a monster.
I walked outside to see that mostly everyone has cleared away and then I saw Clyde sitting down while putting something in his bag.
I walked up to him
"Hey Claire." He said
"Hey you ready to go?" I asked
He nodded "so besides for dance what other hobbies do you like doing." He asked starting a conversation.
"Well I like anything involved with performing arts, singing, acting, dancing..."
"Woah really?" He said a bit surprised.
I nodded "what about you?"
"Well I like playing guitar, and um I'm in the film club and photography club."
"Oh so you're more of a behind the camera kind of person."
He laughed "yeah you could say that."
"What do you do in the film club?" Honestly I had no clue.
"Well we write our own scripts and make our own short films and then we submit our favorite one we made and try and get it to film festival."
"Oh cool! Have you ever had a film make it there before."
"Nope but this year I have a really good idea for a short film that I know will make it." He said while looking at me.
I smiled "well I know for a fact that you'll get to film fest one day."
He smiled.
When we finally arrived I showed him around before taking him upstairs to my room.
His eyes immediately noticed my wall filled with picture he walked up to it.
I watched him, he seemed so concentrated as he looked at all the pictures he then saw the picture with my dad and I.
"Is that your dad?" He asked
"Yup."
"Is he deployed right now?" He asked while looking back at me.
"Yeah. In Afghanistan."
"I'm sorry." He said.
I shrugged "he's okay though he just sent me a letter awhile ago saying that's everything's fine."
He smiled "that must be relieving."
I nodded "You have no idea."
"Why do you have an empty space?" He asked pointing to a space I haven't filled.
"Ran out of pictures." I shrugged.
He then went to his bag and pulled out a Polaroid camera "lets fill it with a new memory."
My face lit up "that's a great idea."
He pulled me over next to him and held the camera out and counted down.
"3...2...1"
He clicked the button and the camera flashed.
He waited as the picture printed and I grabbed a sharpie so that I could write a caption on it.
When it finally was ready we looked at the picture
"I like it." He said while smiling
"Me too. I have the perfect idea for the caption."
When I finished writing it he laughed
"Yes I know it's cheesy." I said
"Nah I like it."
The caption was
"Two C's in a pod."
"Now let's get studying." I said while pulling up a chair to my desk.
We studied for about an hour before he got a text from his mom saying he has to go.
"Ok thanks for coming over."
"No problem, thanks for helping me with the review. You know maybe your really the nerd." He said while rubbing his chin "I can see it now featured on every blog across the country Claire Tucker aka nerd." He teased.
I laughed "who knows maybe you're the popular one."
"Oh please the only thing I'm popular in is film club and there's only 4 people in it."
We both laughed "Bye." He said
"See you tomorrow at school."
"In the library?" He asked
I nodded "in the library."
Once he left I finished up the rest of my homework and hung up the picture.
I looked at it and smiled I thought about the day and realized that I had some apologizing to do.
I grabbed my phone and searched up gossip drone I clicked on the website and even though she shut down her blog I still wanted to send her an apology.
I clicked the private message tab and began writing...
Dear Ryaln,
I want to apologize for the way I treated you today. You gave up so much just to stop the drama and the way I repaid you was unacceptable. I feel awful and I want to thank you for helping me out. I was so caught up in trying to stop the drama I didn't realize that I was causing it as well... Apparently I'm "changing the school in a bad way" I'm not sure but once again I wanted to apologize and to ask for your forgiveness.
I was also wondering if you wanted to join me and a friend for lunch in the library tomorrow. It's pretty quiet and peaceful in there so you can bring anyone you want.
Anyway once again sorry.
-Claire
Now I just wait for the response.