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Chapter 4

*Brookes P.O.V.*

“Mum!” I had my hand on the door handle. “Have a good day Brookie!” She called from the kitchen. I shut the door behind me and walked down the long drive way. “Brooke!” I heard a voice yell from behind me. “Sam!” I stopped and waited for him to catch up. “How are you?” He looked at me while tonguing his lip ring. “Better, my head doesn’t hurt anymore.” I smiled slightly. “hopefully school will be better for you today.” He nudged my arm. “Yeah hopefully.” We walked the rest of the way to the bus stop and hopped on. It let us off in front of the school and Sam helped me down the stairs. As soon as we hopped off, Kian and Andrea ran up to us. “Oh my god! Brooke are you okay??” Andrea hugged me tight. “Jenn is not usually like that, It couldn’t have been on purpose could it?” Andrea looked at Sam curiously.

“She hit her, to me it looked like she meant to.” Sam raised his eyebrows and looked at Kian then at me, then back at Kian. “I’m sorry B.” Kian looked shyly at the ground. Unusually for them, there was an awkward silence.

“Andrea!” of all people, Jenn stood against the wall by the school entrance with JC by her side. “I will be right back.” Andrea made her way over to Jenn.

“How can she be smiling?” Sam asked Kian, not expecting an answer. Kian shrugged and followed after Andrea. I watched Andrea talk to Jenn, It looked like they were fighting. Andrea handed her bag to Kian and crossed her arms. Kian started walking back towards us when Andrea suddenly flooded with tears and ran into the school. Kian turned around and immediately chased her, giving Jenn a dirty look.

“What is going on” Sam and I speed walked to the school entrance. We ignore Jenn and JC. “Kian!” Sam yelled, we were about 10 feet away from them. Andrea turned into the girl’s bathroom and slammed the door behind her. Kian banged on the door. “Andrea! Baby, please” Kian backed away and motioned for me to go inside. I sat my stuff on the ground next to Sam and he picked it up. I pushed open the door and looked around. My eyes darted towards the sound of sniffles coming from the first stall.

“Andrea?” I whispered. The stall door slowly moved open. Andrea was standing there, makeup smeared, and Goosebumps up her arms. “Come here.” I pulled her into a hug. She soaked my shoulders with tears.

“What did she say…?” I was nervous to ask, Andrea came off as a strong person.

“She said that I was a bitch for talking to you and that If I decided to hang with you from now on, She was going to make my life a living hell.”

I was shocked. That sent chills up my spine. “Why does she hate me?” I was holding back tears. How could someone be so cruel?

“I don’t even know.” She cried harder.

“Kian is worried about you.” I told her and pulled her off my shoulder and wiped her tears with my finger. “Let’s fix you up.” I went out and grabbed Andrea’s bag from Kian. I pulled out her eyeliner, mascara, concealer, blush, and remover. She giggled, “Here” I handed her a paper towel with remover on it. “Jenn is just jealous of you.” Andrea was back to her serious self now. “I doubt that.” I shook my head. “I’m willing to bet on it.” She packed up her makeup and we walked out of the bathroom.

“Am I allowed to ask?” Kian took Andrea’s hand in his. “Later.” She looked at me and winked. “Want to meet up at my place later?” I asked them. “Yeah, totally.” Andrea and Kian smiled. “I will come.” Sam put his arm around me, in a friendly way. “6?” I asked.

“Sounds good.” Andrea squeezed Kian’s hand. Kian leaned over and kissed her on the forehead. The bell rang and we realized how long we took in the bathroom. Kian and Andrea darted down the hall, Sam and I raced down the other. “Great, we are going to be late.” I looked at my watch. “No worries.” Sam pulled out a fake pass and handed it to our teacher as we walked in. She stared then motioned us to take a seat.

All class I was thinking about what went on earlier, this made the class go by faster. “Brooke!” The teacher alerted me and I jerked out of my daze. “Huh?” I widened my eyes. “Here is your homework.” She smacked a piece of paper on my desk. I looked down and then over at Sam. He chuckled and rolled his eyes. I laughed at myself.

The bell rang and we all sprinted out of the room. “Lunch already?” I made a face. “Yes, Lunch” He pointed at our table where we found Kian and Andrea. I sat down next to her and she smiled. “I’m going to get some hot chocolate, anybody?” I raised my thumb and we both headed towards the lunch line.

The hot chocolate warmed my hands. I brought the cup to my lips when Andrea tripped forward and her drink went everywhere. “Andrea!” I got down on my knees and helped her up. She was drenched. I looked around. Great. Jenn was smirking right behind us in her chair.

“What was that for?” I asked, Her, JC, Connor, Trevor, and Ricky were at that table. Jenn and JC laughed at us hysterically. Ricky got up and helped us clean Andrea’s shirt. “What the hell?” Trevor held up his hands at Jenn. She continued to laugh. Connor looked at JC and JC held up his hands surrendering.  Connor shook his head and took a bite of his salad. Everyone was staring at us. After 5 minutes they stopped and Andrea stormed over to the table Kian and Sam were at. I followed after her.

“Did Jenn do this to you??” Kian was angry now. “Let it go” Andrea was upset and so was I. Sam looked at me for answers and I shook my head.

Could this possibly get any worse?

I thought of the note card from yesterday.

Then I answered my own question.

Yes it can.

(((I was bored today so I wrote! Hope you like it! VOTE!)))