The High School Notebook

Chapter 6

Cass woke up with the ringing of her phone next to her bed. She forced her eyes open and realised it was the sound of the notifications of the Twitter and Instagram.

She scrolled down from the top and saw the first few words of each notification.

Instagram
You got tagged in a photo

Twitter
You got mentioned in a post

Curiously, she tap on her Instagram icon. She felt her pulse stopped. It was a photo of her and Jackson. Jackson. Someone had edited the picture cropping out their heads from other pictures and inserting them in another picture. Her in a mermaid costume and Jackson in a royal suit. Right on top , was the username . Anonyjuicicles. It took Cass long enough to process this. Who would do this ? Who is anonyjucicles? Immediately, she scan through the caption . "Famous Jackson Style gets hooked up by a new girl!"

"WHAT THE SHIT," Cass shriek and threw the phone hard with frustration and most of all, anger. It fell onto the cold tiles of her bedroom but the screen didn't crack at all. Thank god her parents wasn't home.
She picked up her phone and read through the comments. Most of them were basically:

"Omg!! She's such a slut!😖😖"
"That new girl? Didn't know she had this attitude😡😰!!!"
"Can't believe our Jackson Style actually likes her!💩😵"
"What even"

With all her hopes, she looked at the bottom left side of the picture and tap on it. Jackson got tagged too. He saw this.
Just as she was about to exit Instagram and tap on Twitter, her phone rang. It was an unknown number. Her heart pounds and she tap "Answer" right away and blurted ," What do you want? What did I ever do to you? Why did you post that picture? What's your intention???" all in one heavy breath. She felt her cheeks burning of anger.

There was a pause.
"Hey Cass, it's me, Jackson," he said.
She felt even worse.
"It wasn't me , I saw everything on those damn social medias and that freaking account, but I'm really sorry," Jackson continued . His voice sounds so gentle on the phone, not that he isn't gentle in reality but still , it's nicer to hear it from a distant in this situation.
"I didn't said it was you," Cass said and immediately feel like slapping herself.
"I reported that account on Instagram , you should do it too," he noted.
"Yes, the whole Quens High probably have already seen it anyways," Cass replied.
"Listen Cass, I'm going to do anything to take that down okay? Not only for you but for myself too. Just give me some time," he said.
"Okay," Cass said and hung up. It was too much to take in. Despite everything that happened, that sentence still buzz around her mind. Not only for you. It was for him too, but he is doing it for her too. He cares.