Quirks Of Being A Queen Bee ✔ COMPLETED ✔

Chapter Nineteen

Alex.

Alex wanted to talk to me.

He wanted to talk.

I threw my head back and laughed. He wanted to pull this 'let's be friends or maybe more' shit now? Probably only because Heidi was avoiding him. Anger bubbled up inside me. You know what? Fuck that. I was not going to let him have his way now.

I punched in his digits and put the phone up to my ear. The first ring had barely ended when he answered.

"Oh my God, Ashley. Look, I'm so, so sorry, can we-?"

"No, g to hell, bye." I replied, before he could draw breath, making sure he heard me, then hitting end and deleting his contact number. The phone rang probably five times after that, but I just sent him straight to voice mail. I was going to delete the messages, anyway. I no longer bought his bullshit.

Ha ha.

Who had the upper hand now?

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Two days later, I was back at school.

I spent the next day at home, doing nothing and recovering, and the suttle comfort of my bed and homemade soup was sweet while it lasted, but I couldn't avoid the oncoming storm forever. Lightning was going to strike, and there was no way I could stop that. Life was going to take its course. Things were going to go downhill. And by now, after all I'd learnt, I'd accepted it.

I got up early in the morning, feeling more alive than I'd ever been - even though I'd had less than seven hours of sleep and I was scared out of my wits - and started to get ready for school. I pulled on a pair of jean shorts, a cute pair of sandals, a couple of bangles on my wrist and a Nirvana tank top. I lightly powdered my face and did my eyebrows, then smothering a thin layer of red lipstick onto my lips. I swung my bag over my shoulders, then headed downstairs.

"Sweetie?" She asked. "You want me to drive you?"

"Yeah, mom." I smiled. "Thanks. I'd love that." She smiled, getting her keys, then heading outside and unlocking the car doors. We both got in without saying a word, and she put in the keys, and hit the accelerator.

We swapped chit chat on the way to school, and I waved her goodbye as she dropped me off, and as I stood, staring at the glass doors that would lead me to hell.

I tucked my hair behind my ears, straightened my posture, and pushed open the door. I was expecting glares and whispers, but there were mostly smiles and small waves. I furrowed my eyebrows. Wasn't it just a couple of days ago that these very same people acting like my friends today were practically calling for my blood?

I looked around at the crowds awkwardly, until I was approached by Iris, Kristy and Prudence. Kristy and Prudence had their eyes wide, begging for forgiveness, while Iris just looked distraught, as if she were on the brink of tears.

"Ashley, we're so sorry." She choked out, looking up at me. She had a couple of inches to gain on me, but seeing Iris, basically the girl who was second-in-command to me and Heidi, the girl with such strong walls and such a venomous edge to her personality breaking down made my heart melt just a little. It wasn't their faults, really. Heidi had reacted irrationally, and they were just backing her up, like they were supposed to. They didn't mean to, even though they could've stood up for what they thought was right...

Kristy twirled her ponytail nervously. "We - we also...what Heidi did was wrong. All of it. Everything was just...wrong. Especially Alex." She said, then her eyes snapped up. "I'm so sorry if that's a sensitive subject." She gabbled, her cheeks turning pink. I shook my head.