Ashley's POV
Every single day I go to school and every single day I come back feeling as empty as before. I put a lot of hope into school, sounds crazy but it will get me out of this town. My town is full of rich white kids, and is probably one of the most unbalanced white population high schools. I am white but I'm far from one of the rich white kids. Everyone drives to school it's a status symbol to have a four hundred dollar pass showing that you can park your car. The reason for my emptiness most days is the lack of real people in the school. Sitting with people laughing and gossiping about things is shallow. I've tried to find friends but I've given up. The fact that the social life for me is near to nothing doesn't allow me to heal from social humiliations. The word thank you and sorry are barely uttered, I've only heard me say them.
My last humiliation was this morning, I was sitting in class and my teacher was telling us how to do a worksheet.
I start to move stuff on my desk and my water spills all over the floor, "Ashley, I know you don't like what we are doing but try not to distract the class." My teacher ridicules me. Everyone's laughing and I just slouch back in my seat trying to not exist.
"I'm sorry sir, it won't happen again sir." They laugh at me more. Why is this world so screwed up?
I walk out of class and my teacher stops me, "Ashley, you do know your failing this class right now."
"Yes sir I do."
"Are you trying?"
"Yes sir, I have all the notes from today sir."
"Ashley you don't have to call me sir." More laughter at me.
"Sorry, sir."
"It does look like you take detailed notes. What's the problem?"
"Nothing sir I'll just try harder sir." I walk away tears forming in my eyes.
I'm just stupid that's the problem. I go to my locker and grab stuff for my next class. I'm walking with all my stuff when a kid comes up and smacks it out of my hand and her sidekick pours water on it. Why? They laugh again at me. I don't even remember the last time a laugh was good spirited.
"Watch where your going, sir." More laughter.
I grab my stuff and find a locker bank to sit in. There's no use in going to my next class. All my stuff is soaked anyways. I sit, put headphones in, and close my eyes, forgetting the world I live in and going to anywhere else. As I'm sitting someone hits me. Not very hard but enough to make me notice.
I look up and see a pair of bright blue eyes, "I'm sorry did I wake you?" Sorry!
"Did you just say sorry?" I ask her still sitting but looking up.
"Yeah is that a swear word here."
"No just no one here says sorry except for me and now you." I point to her.
"Why not?" She asks.
Wow she's such an innocent being, it sucks that she was sent here, "No one is real." I admit probably sounding mental.
"Excuse me." The blue eyed girl is still there.
"Why did you say no ones real?"
I don't want to crush her innocence, "Do you really want to know what I think?" She nods at me.
She's in for a heck of a story, "It's true though that everyone's fake, in eighth grade everything changed. I had friends, great ones actually, but they turned to the clear side. It's what I call the dark side in this school. They were deep and thoughtful, real. But one day they came to school different. I still remember the way they looked, same clothes tomboyish style but their eyes changed. Instead of being sincere and loving they turned cold and full of envy. I've hypothesized that a Pandora's box was opened that day. I don't know why I'm still me but from that day on I believe the school turned into the seven deadly sins battle ground. The seven deadly sins are, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. I think my friends became envious. They didn't have what the rich people did. I think I didn't turn envious because I didn't care. I researched these sins and realized it really could have happened. The bully's are wrath, harming people and laughing about it. The popular girls are greed, they have all they could want but need more and get it. The teachers are pride, prides the easiest one to hide because in society they are better then us. The gossipers are gluttony, they feed off of the rumor mill. The deadbeats are sloths, they don't do anything hence deadbeats. Like I said before my friends are envy, most of the school is, there's the rich and the envious." I finish and surprisingly the girl is still there and three more people have joined her, two girls and a guy.
One of them is smiling, she has elmerald green eyes that are filled with HAPPINESS, "Are you smiling?"
I ask this girl and she looks at me puzzled, "Is that bad?"
"No, its great!" Is this a dream?
I see a hand infront of me and it is the guy, "Do you need some help?" I grabbed his hand.
"Did you just help me?"
"Yes." They must all think I'm crazy.
Finally the last one asks me, "Are you okay." Looking at my face.
It must be red from crying, "No, thanks for asking." All their eyes bulge. "Who are you guys?"
The one I met first speaks, "I'm Amy." She smiles this must be a dream.
"I'm Dani." The elmerald eyed one says.
"I'm Alex." The guy says.
"And I'm Lauren." The last one says she had brown eyes and brown hair.
"Thanks for your names but did you guys hear my story?" They all nod.
"Then why are you guys normal?"
Amys POV
I am excited for school, I get to meet new people and make friends. I was homeschooled along with my siblings until we moved. Our family thought it would be good for us to try public school. Dani and I were all for it, Alex was fine with it, and Lauren didn't want to go.
"Guys come on its exciting!" I yell to them. They all come trucking out of the house to go to school. We first have to meet the principal to find out our classes. All of us miss our first period and I excuse myself to use the restroom and I see someone sitting against a locker, sad.
I touch the person to make sure she's alive and she looks up, "I'm sorry did I wake you?"
Her eyes light up, "Did you just say sorry?" She asks anticipating a response.
"Yeah is that a swear word here."
"No just no one here says sorry except for me and now you." She points at me. Why would people not say sorry?
"Why not?" I ask. "
No one is real." She says, that took a dark turn fast.
Amy, you make friends by helping people.
"Excuse me, why did you say no ones real?"
She looks shocked that I would even ask her a question, "Do you really want to know what I think?" I nod at her. She starts talking but closes her eyes most likely picturing the scene in her head. My siblings come over, they probably were worried about me and I point to this girl and signal for them to listen.
Dani's POV
This girl is deep. She's thinking that her school is a Pandora's box, yeah right, what kind of mumbo jumbo is this.
I smile at my thoughts, "Are you smiling?" She asks me.
I'm taken aback, "Is that bad?" I ask her.
"No, its great!"
This girl needs to get out more.
Alex's POV
I can picture Dani's different smiles from a mile away. She laughing at this girl so I decide to help her up.
"Do you need help?" I ask and take her hand.
"Did you just help me?" She asks.
"Yes." I bluntly respond not knowing why a guy wouldn't help a girl off the ground.
Laurens POV
Dani's being mean, note to self talk to her later, but Alex was a gentleman and help her up. Her eyes are bloodshot from crying.
I know what that looks like, "Are you okay?" I ask her.
"No, thanks for asking." We got to help her. Dani's still off in her own world but the Alex, Amy, and I lock eyes and agree.
"Who are you guys?" She asks us. We all introduce ourselves and I elbow Dani to pay attention.
She asks why were normal, "I don't know." I admit.
I already was dreading school and now if she's normal what are the others like?
