Her Story

Nerd or Prep?

I'm almost there, halfway there. Just two more days to go. It's almost Friday, the day we all have to live for.

I am scribbling down my homework for ELA class before the bell rings while trying to listen to Abby ramble beside me. I don't even know what she is saying, I don't even know if she's speaking English.

"So then she was like, 'Why didn't you go?' And I was like 'Because Olivia, I was too busy breaking into the school to prank the bad boy.'" Abby said.

My head shot up from the last part.

"What? You told someone?" I asked getting nervous.

"No, but I knew that would get your attention." Abby said with a smirk.

I sighed as the bell rung and told Abby I would see her at lunch. I made my way over to Mrs. Jones desk.

"Hello, Avalon." Mrs. Jones said not looking up from her papers.

"Hi, Mrs. Jones. Um, I was thinking about it and decided that I will join the club."

"Fantastic, you will be an amazing member. We meet in my room, after school every Tuesday, unless told otherwise." Mrs. Jones said.

I smiled and nodded walking out of the classroom. I made my way to the most dreaded class of the day, Math.

I walked in and made my way over to my normal seat. Since I was one of the last people to get to class, there was only one seat left and surprisingly, it was my seat. I guess after we pranked Aaron, nobody wants to mess with me. Not that I'm complaining. But I can't really picture myself pranking or hurting anyone that doesn't deserve it.

I noticed that Chase was sitting next to me instead of behind me, and the guy that usually sits next to me is behind me.

"Hello, Earth to Avalon." Chase said, waving his hand in front of my face.

"What? Oh, hi." I said.

Before he could reply, Mr. Wilson walked in and started taking roll call.

After that I spaced out drawing in my math notebook.

*****

"Okay, you guys are going to be paired up to work on an assignment." Mr. Wilson said.

I swear, this is the longest class ever.

"Since I am feeling generous today, you guys can pick your partners." Mr. Wilson said, started to hand out the assignment papers to everyone.

"Hey, Avalon, do you want to be partners?" Chase asked.

"Why? Are you planning on making me do all the work?" I asked, teasing him.

"Uh..." Chase said, taken by surprise.

"Or do you need my amazing mathmatical abilities to help you pass?" I said smirking.

"N-no..." He said, stuttering.

I laughed. "Calm down. I'm just messing with you." I said. "Yeah, I'll be your partner."

"Ya know, all you had to do was say yes." Chase said.

"I know, but where's the fun in that?" I said as the bell rang. "Bye!" I walked away before he could say anything else.

*****

"Okay, I have a club to go to, so I can't go with you guys to lunch. Will you be okay without me?" Abby asked when we were at our lockers.

"I don't know, Abby. How can we ever move on without you?" Emma asked, being over dramatic.

"You just have to keep moving forward, and you will survive." Abby said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"If someone asked who is the drama queen, I would say it's a tie between you two." I said.

Emma and Abby smiled at eachother and high fived. I rolled my eyes and said bye to Abby.

Emma and I got our lunches and started to walk over to our normal lunch table until I felt someone walk up beside me.

"Hey guys." Mia said.

"What's up?" Kate asked as she walked to Emmas' side.

"Um, nothing, we were just heading over to our table." Emma said motioning to the empty round table.

"What? No, no, no. You can't sit there." Kate said.

"You guys are cheerleaders now. We sit over there, with the jocks." Mia said, pointing to the table with the cheerleaders and some football players.

Before we could respond, they pulled us over there. Mia and Kate went to their seats as Emma and I stood there deciding on where to sit.

There were jocks throwing food, and some of the cheerleaders were flirting with the jocks. I saw Chase sitting next to Ally and it looked like she was talking to him, but he was bored out of his mind.

When Chase noticed us his eyes lit up and waved us over. Ally noticed us as well and rolled her eyes and started to talk to Kate.

Emma and I sat next to Chase and I took this time to look around the table. The jocks were throwing a football and food, while the cheerleaders were in their own conversation. I started to eat my food and Mia looked over to us.

"So I hope you like it here, because you guys are stuck with us." She said in a joking way.

*****

I used my forearm to wipe the sweat off my face as we did the cheers and flips again. We have so many cheers and they are amazing. I love the half time routine the best.

"Alright, good work ladies. I love the energy, just keep that up for the home game on Friday."

Practice was over and we all started to pack up. I said bye to Emma and walked out to the parking lot. My mom was supposed to be picking me up today so I sent her a text.

I leaned against the wall and saw her text back saying that she was on her way.

"Hey, Avalon!"

"Ah!"

I turned around to see Chase laughing.

"Every single time." I muttered. "Hi, Chase."

"You should have seen your face, it was priceless." Chase said still laughing.

I rolled my eyes waiting for him to stop laughing.

"Sorry, but for the math project thing, do you want to work on it at my house tomorrow, after practice?" He asked.

"Yeah." I said.

"Cool." He said leaning against the wall.

"Where's your car?" I asked.

"My older brother is using it today, I lost a bet." He said looking down.

"You have a brother?" I asked.

"Unfortunately, so he is supposed to be picking me up but that douchebag probably forgot."

"Is that him?" I asked looking at his car pulling into the parking lot, with my moms car following behind.

"Yep. See ya tomorrow." He said walking over to his car.

"Bye." I said getting in my moms car.

"Hi, mom." I said.

"Hey, Ava. I'm running to the store really quick, will you watch Lucas and his friends?" She asked, not taking her eyes off the road.

"Ya, sure." I said looking back. I saw Lucas on the right and Vanessa in the middle. I also saw another boy on the left which I'm guessing is Max.

They are both talking to Vanessa, trying to get her attention.

Uh, oh. Lucas you better step up your game, because it looks like you got some competition.

*****