A Trip With My Bad Boy

Chapter 3.

"You're going to Sweden."

My jaw dropped to the floor.

I must have heard them wrong. There must have been a mistake. I couldn't be separated from all of my friends!

I got pulled out of my thoughts when our principal gave me a look saying 'could you go to your group'.

I gathered my stuff and slowly walked down the bleachers. As I walked past Ryder, Isla and Blake they gave me sad looks but I just smiled reassuringly at them, telling them that it was fine.

Which it wasn't.

I mean, how unfair is it that all of my friends get to be together and I'm the one who's all alone. The universe must really really hate me. I don't even know why. I always clean my room and try to get good grades. Okey, maybe it was the fact that I talked back a lot. Or that I might not always stick to the rules. But you know what? This was not the way to punish me for all that.

I stood by my group and kept to myself, not feeling like making any conversations with strangers.

I knew literally no one. Sure, I've exchanged 'hello's with a few of them before but I've never had a conversation that was longer than five minutes with any of them.

10 minutes later everybody was put into a group.

"I hope everyone is happy with the way things are," our principal said.

Not really.

"And hopefully you'll have a good time wherever you're going."

I doubt that.

"And maybe you'll make some new friends along the way."

Unlikely.

"Tomorrow we will be discussing more about the trips but for now, have a good afternoon. And please remember what group you are in. You are dismissed."

Just as he said that, the bell rang. Meaning that school was over and we could go home.

Students started filing out of the gym.

Immediately, Isla rushed to me and squeezed me in a big hug. "I'm so sorry! This must all be so unfair for you. I really wish that you could be with us," she said, squeezing me tighter. "And now you have to go to Sweden all alone!"

"Um, Isla?" I winced. "I won't be able to go anywhere if you keep suffocating me."

She let go of me. "Oops. Sorry. Again. I just seem to have a lot of energy today," she apologised.

"It's fine," I replied, dismissing it with a wave of my hand.

Ryder and Blake walked up to us and gave me sympathetic smiles.

"I'm fine," I reassured them. "Seriously. It's all good."

"I don't believe that, but I'm gonna let it go, just so that we don't have to think about it right now," Blake said.

I rolled my eyes. "It's not like it's a bad thing. I mean, Sweden is an amazing country. It's not like it won't be any fun. And besides, maybe I'll meet some new people on the way that I can hang out with."

I saw Ryder look at me with look that just screamed he didn't believe me. Of course he didn't. He was the only one who could fully see right through me. Even better than Isla could and she was amazing at reading people and all that stuff.

I rolled my eyes and started to walk out of the gym.

The others followed me outside and into the parking lot.