Freak Show (Carnival Series book 1)

Chapter 2

I walk inside my home, and the first thing I do is grab a snack and go on twitter. I flip through all the tweets from a gazillion people, and stumble across a tweet about Trevor. I click on his name, and up comes his page. Damn, he has 489k followers. Then I see a link in his bio. He's a youtuber? A really popular youtuber?

I watch the video he has in his bio.

"Hey guys its trevor," the video starts with. The title was "things I hate about school" Well this ought to be fun. I watched for about 3 minuets and then he mentions something that catches my attention.

"There is one good thing about s school though. This girl, I'm not gonna say her name, but she absolutely hates me. We kind of prank each other, because she hates me. I really don't know why. But the reason this is good, is because she's hot, and I really like her. I just don't want her to know." I throw my laptop on the ground. what? Maybe he does that with another girl. Yeah. Not me. Nope. Nope. Nope.

I run outside into the warm sun. I stop in the middle of my yard and sit down. Shit. He cant . he couldn't. He wouldn't. He shouldn't. This is so weird. I hate him. He..... No! I hate him and now he's announced to the internet population that he thinks I'm hot, but let's me attack him everyday? Not okay! I shut my eyes, and allow myself to absorb the Sun's heat.

"Andraya," my sister calls. "What are you doing?" I shake my head to let her know that my well being at the moment, does not concern her. I Lett myself sit for around ten more minuets and then I stand up. I go inside and pick up my computer again. The video was still up, but it was paused. I close the window and go back to Trevor's twitter. He just tweeted something new.

how do you wash mashed potato out of your hair??

Idiot. the same as you always wash your hair. I close my computer and do my homework instead. I don't really feel like thinking about Trevor right now.

By the time I finish my homework, its almost 9:00 and I'm completely worn for some reason. I shut the lights off and crawl into bed.

I was standing in our school lobby, waiting for someone to show up. I stood in a very sassy position, tapping my foot. I would guess this person is late. Then I hear footsteps. This makes my heart flitter with joy. I walk towards the footsteps, in a hurry to meet the person. I round a corner, and there is a boy. I throw my arms around them, and give them a huge hug. I lean back to look them in the eye. I see blue eyes, freckles, and a huge smile. I kiss their nose.

He smiles and says, "I love you Andraya."

I grin and respond with, "I love you more, Trevor"

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I jolt forwards, almost slamming my face on the bed. Why the hell was I dreaming about Trevor and I? Together? Ew, I can't even stand the thought of that. I slow my breath and get out of bed. My PJs are stretched out from all my rolling around, so they're practically falling off me. I grab some clothes and take a shower.

I grab a granola bar and head off for the bus stop. Maria was already there waiting for me.

"Damn, how long does it take for you to get ready?" she tells me every morning. I roll my eyes and smile at her, removing the dream from my mind. "So what'd you do last night?"

"why? you think I was throwing a party without you?" I say. she smiles and shakes her head. "Nahh, I was just on the internet the whole night." she laughs at my pathetic life and looks out at the road.

"same." she says.

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Maria and I walk up to the doors of the school. I sigh and prepare myself for a day of hell from Trevor. Especially after finding out he thinks I'm hot, and that dream about him. This day is going to be rough.

I walk in, and Trevor is standing right by the door with a group of his friends. I hold 'my breath and try to sneak past them as quietly as possible. Then one of his buddies noticed me, and shoved Trevor a little, and pointed in my direction. He whispered to something to Trevor and Trevor's face got red. They both looked away and continued with the conversation the rest of the group was having.

I'm just glad he didn't confront me about the potato thing. I would've high tailed it right outta there. I keep walking until I find my group of friends.

"OH MY GOD, ANDRAYA. THE THING YOU DID YESTERDAY WITH THE POTATOES WAS HILARIOUS. I DIED." Brittany screams at me as soon as she sees me. A couple of the kids around us heard her and looked at me. Then the room got really quiet. And as quickly it got quiet, the room became filled with laughter about what I did. I got a couple pats on the back of congratulations. I look around and find Trevor staring me down, face cherry red, with a look of pure hatred coloring him in.

I look away, trying not to make eye contact with him. I stare at the floor. I already feel guilty. Why? I never feel guilty about a prank. Why is this one different? Then the bell rang and everyone left for their class. I walked slowly, allowing people to pass me. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I spun around. It was Trevor.

"What do you want?" I snap. He smiles and sticks out his hand.

"Truce?" he asks. My eyes widen in shock. I really wasn't expecting this. I take his hand and immediately feel ashamed. He was able to put this behind him so easily, and I'm sitting here, remembering every little mean thing he did to me. "Good." he says. and with that, he leaves.

Damn.