The Art Of Betrayal

Chapter 3

Kira's POV
"Baby you light up my world like nobody else..." The defending sound of my alarm rang throughout my room.
I laid there for a moment, unaware of what was happening. I flung my arm at my bedside table aiming for my alarm, only to send a couple of pencils sailing through the air and landing far across the room on the floor.
I groaned and got up out of bed to turn my alarm off. The sound of What Makes You Beautiful by my favorite band of all time, One Direction, instantly stopped as I hit the snooze button on my alarm, actually hitting it this time.
I slowly dragged myself into my bathroom, almost tripping over the pencils that had landed over here. I kicked them across the room and walked into the bathroom. I turned on the sink and splashed some water in my face to wake up. I grabbed a rag and dried my face. I cringed as I looked in the mirror and saw the hideous monster standing in front of me. I probably would've screamed if I didn't know any better.
I quickly undressed and got into the shower. I turned on the water and let the warm water run down my back. I soaped up and rinsed before stepping over the ledge of the bathtub and grabbing a towel. I put the towel in my hair and left it there to dry. I walked to the other side of my room to my closet. I got out my vulgar-looking school uniform. I held out the hanger in front of me and looked at it. It really was vile. I slipped on the navy blue skirt and white blouse over my undergarments. I put on my white, high top converse and tied them up so that I don't trip, even though it'll probably happen anyways.
After getting completely dressed, I walked over to my vanity and looked in the mirror. I straightened the skirt and buttoned the top button of the blouse and took another look. Perfect.
I grabbed my makeup bag and got out my concealer, mascara, and light pink lip gloss. I put on my concealer and used a tissue to wipe off any excess. Then I brushed on a little bit of mascara, making sure not to get it all over my face. I put on a little bit of pink lip gloss as well.
I took the towel out of my hair and it fell down to my mid backmaking me shiver due to it being both cold and wet. I brushed it out and just left it how it was.
As soon as I was done getting ready, I ran down the stairs to be met with my dad sitting at the bar-styled counter drinking tea.
"Morning love!" He exclaims while looking up from the newspaper.
"Good morning dad!" I said back.
He smiled at me and went back to his newspaper. I grabbed an apple out of the fruit bowl on the counter and walked into my mums room.
I peeked my head in and saw her sitting up in bed reading.
She looked up at me and smiled.
"Good morning sweetheart!" She said tiresomely.
"Morning mum!" I said while smiling back.
She put her book down and got up out of bed. She walked over to me and gave me a hug.
"Have a nice day at school!" She said.
I just nodded and walked back out.
I sat down next to my dad and took a bite out of my apple.
"I'll be heading to the lab after you go to school." He said, putting the newspaper down on the counter.
I gave him a weak smile and said,
"Alright. Well, I should get going. Bye, love you."
I threw my apple in the garbage can and ran out the door.
I heard him say, "love you too" as I slammed the door shut.
I walked up to the front porch of Baileys house and knocked on the door. I heard Baileys mum yell something to Bailey right before opening the front door revealing an exhausted-looking Mrs. McConnell.
"Hello hun!" She said as she pulled me in for a quick hug.
I smiled and hugged her back.
"Bailey's running a bit late." Said Mrs.McConnell while gently grabbing my arm and pulling me into the house.
"Mum, Where're my shoes?!" Bailey yelled and scurried down the stairs.
"Hey Kira!" He said as he got to the bottom of the stairs and caught sight of me.
I smiled and grabbed his shoes off the floor behind me and threw them to him.
"Thanks!" He muttered and sat down at the bottom of the stairs to put on his shoes.
As he finished lacing up his shoes, Bailey's mum handed him some money, probably for lunch, and ran back into the kitchen.
Bailey hopped up off the stairs and came over to me. He opened the door to let me out and walked out after me.
"Bye mum! Love you!" He yelled while running down the stairs.
"Bye!" His mum yelled out the kitchen window.
To school we go.

Bailey's POV
"So what happened this morning?" Kira questioned whilst laughing.
"Brandon had some friends over last night and they thought it would be funny to unplug my alarm clock. So I got up late and now we're gonna be late for school." I explained with a dramatic sigh.
I looked at Kira smiling.
"At least I'll get out of maths." I smirked.
"Yeah. And I'll get out of study hall." She said, sounding a little disappointed.
"You don't do anything in study hall anyways!" I laughed, attempting to lighten her mood.
"Yeah, but it's the only class I don't have with Madison or any of her friends." She sighed sadly.
Madison is this girl at our school. She's basically your average cheerleader/mean girl you see in almost every movie with that whole cliché high school story thing. Plus her and her group of friends have been bullying Kira since we were in primary school. She's also dating Alex Middleton, one of the stars of the football team and our high school. I absolutely despise both of them. I hate Alex because, you see, him and I used to be best mates. But when Alex joined the football team, he basically went all Hollywood and stopped talking to all of his old friend and made new ones. Now he's an ass and he probably hates me and Kira just as much as we hate him. But anyways...
I sighed and put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry. Just go to Mr. Masters and ask him to switch your classes. I'll come with you." I said.
Mr. Masters is our principal. I'm constantly telling Kira to go to him about the bullying, but she always refuses.
"You know I can't." She said.
I should've seen that coming.
"Why not?" I asked.
"Because Madison will make the other half of the school turn against me in less than a day. Besides, no one would believe that the "little angel" Madison would be heartless enough to bully a stupid 9th year student. They'd call me the "pathetic loser who cried bully"."
My heart tore just a little bit.
"I don't think so..." I said.
"Well I know so." She said.

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Kira's POV
Last period is almost over and I've gone all day without being noticed by Madison. I think I have accomplished the impossible; going a whole day without gaining any new bruises from Madison and "the prissy's". That's what Bailey and I call Madison and her friends because, well, they're prissy to the extreme.
I got pulled out of my thoughts when the girl sitting behind me tapped me on the shoulder.
I turned around to see what she wanted and she pointed to the door our our classroom. I gave her a quizzical look and turned to look where she was pointing. At first I saw nothing, then I saw Bailey's head pop into the window and him motioning for me to go out there.
I turned around to the girl who had told me about Bailey and mouthed "thank you" before raising my hand and asking for a hall pass to go to the restroom.
I quietly slipped out of the classroom to meet Bailey.
"What's wrong?" I asked, concerned.
"Mum's just called and I guess she needs me." He explained.
"Why? What happened? Is she okay?" I spoke fast.
"She's fine. Everything's fine. But she didn't say why." He said.
I gave a sigh of relief.
"Okay, good." I said.
"But I came to tell you that I'm leaving now, so I'm afraid you're gonna have to walk home by yourself. Will you be okay?" He told me.
I thought for a second.
"Umm... yeah. I'll be fine. You go ahead home. I'll call you when I get home." I said, giving a smile.
"You sure?" He asked.
"Yes, I'm sure!" I said, laughing.
"Okay then. I'm heading home now. Be careful." He said.
He gave me a quick hug and started walking out the door.
"You be careful too!" I shouted to him.
Then he walked out of the doors and left.
I walked back into the classroom and took my seat for the last ten minutes of the day.