Never Be Alone

Awkward

Monday: Lunch....

Everyone at school decided to eat lunch outside. I found my friends eating at a round picnic table in the shade. I numb myself to whatever happened yesterday and walked over to them with a smile.

Chatter and laughter filled the air around. "Hey guys," I did a little head tip. The chatter and laughter dwindled down to awkward nodds and waves. I felt unwelcome, but I continued. "Mind if I sit here?"

"Not at all." Sara gives me a faint smile.

"Thanks." I sit down next to her and started to eat. The chatter went back up. They talked and joked the rest of the lunch, but excluded me the whole time.

Am I unwanted? Did I suddenly went back onto the so called "loser train"? Did I annoy them?

Monday: Last Block....

"Okay class, today I will officially assign your groups for the movie." Mr. Jordan clapped his hands once. Wow, I can't believe they got Jeremy Jordan to teach this year. Going to a Broadway budget to teacher budget must be hard. Well, it is Hollywood Hi- "Miss Brook."

Mr. Jordan looked at me sternly. "Yes sir?"

"Did you hear who your group is?" He crosses his muscular arms over is broad chest.

"No, sir." My cheeks turn pink.

"Quite alright." He smiles and reads the list again. "Group one: Sara, Veronica, Zac, Shawn, Steph, Mickey, Philp, and Tiffany." My heart stopped.

"Thanks." I clenched my jaw. How am I suppose to work with people who are ignoreing me? Or someone who I stupidly work for? Mr. Jordan continued to drone on who's in what group and stuff like that.

"Okay," Our teacher's voice snapped me back into whats happening. "Get with your groups. Decide on a script. If it's not decided by the end of class, I will chose. Once you decide on a script please raise your hand." He gives us assigned seats for the rest of the assignment.

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(Veronica's POV)

"Okay, my script is about this prince who falls in love with a theif!" I plopped down my full edited script.

"Mine's about this girl who blackmails her assistant to keep a secret." Mickey smiles.

"Well, Steph and I worked on a script together." Stated Philp.

Steph continued. "Ours is about this female cop and a male FBI agent hunting a serial killer named Tom Dankworth."

"Shawn and I also worked on something." Zac leaned back in his chair.

"Yeah, its about this female werewolf and a human boy. They get kidnapped by thier teacher and they get tested on!" Shawn explained excitedly.

"Well, my script is about a girl in an abusive relationship and - yeah. I would go more into detail once we've voted on a few to take out." Sara giggled annoyingly.

I looked at my assistant. "What about you, Tiff?" I asked with forced smile. I'm still debating if I should actually befriend her like I said in the beginning, or if I should crush her.

"Um," she shifted nervously. "Mine is about this one girl and boy falling in love. They had to pretend to date to get back at thier cheating exes then - like I said before - they fall in love unexpectedly."

"That's a pretty good idea." I smiled sincerely.

"Yeah, I agree." Shawn shot a short glare at me. A smile spread across Tiffany's face. How cute is Tawn? Very. How about Ziffany? Cute, but Zac's mine. I shake my head and zoned back in on what was happening.

"Let's just waste time so Mr. Jordan can handle the papers." Suggested Sara.

"Are you stupid? He will catch on!" Scoffed Zac.

"Chill out! Gosh you all are annoying." Hissed Steph, he jerked forward in his chair. "We are going to vote to eliminate." Steph leans back to get his bag and pulls out a couple pieces of paper. "We all write down one person or persons, depending on if whoever was in a group or not. We will put the names in my beanie cap once we are done. After that, we will see who was voted out."

Everyone nodded their heads as they pulled out their pens or pencils. I pulled out my bright pink pen with equally bright, but readable, pink ink.

Hmmm, one name - huh... Let's vote out Sara! Nooo, that topic needs to be pointed out more. How about Mickey? Yeah, that's more like it. I write down the model's name.

"Here you go." Steph hands his bright pink beanie to me.

"Thank you." I place my vote in the hat and handed it to Tiffany. She timidly placed her vote in and handed it to Mickey.

After everyone placed their votes in, the hat was given back to Steph, who seemed to elect himself as leader. "Okay, so you need at least four votes to be voted out." Steph shakes the hat a bit. "Okay. Veronica."

My eyes widen for a spilt second before I faked a smile. I expected that to happen. Who would watch something like that? I guess I should've added it was a male thief and prince that falls in love - "Mickey." Steph snapps me out of my thoughts. I could see my bright ink; a wicked smile flashes upon my face.

"Veronica. Mickey. Mickey. Veronica. Veronica. Aaannd Mickey." Steph places the last vote out of his hat. "Okay, so now we have Philp and me, Tiffany, Sara, and Shawn and Zac." Steph rips eight pieces of paper again and hands it to us.

Sara. I wrote her name down without a moment of hesitation. I could easily convince Tiff to edit her script so that one person is or was in an abusive relationship. Of course we would have to make sure it still has the feel of Tiffany. I hand in my vote and continued to think. It will be easy.

Steph gets back his hat and pulls out the first name. "Sara." Once again, I could see my ink through the thin sheet of paper. A big smirk crossed my face. You're going down. "Shawn and Zac. Shawn and Zac. Sara. Shawn and Zac. Sara. Sara. Sara."

I glance over to see Sara fuming. She flipps back her blonde hair and huffs. "Okay then, I guess abusive relationships aren't important to you." Everyone rolls their eyes, including me.

"Quit your whining." I scoffed.

"Okay, three more groups." Steph hands out the ragged pieces of paper. I wrote my vote down. Of course I'm going to write down Steph and Philp.

And again, the votes in and the hat was given to Steph. "Okay gang," Steph gave his best impression of Fred from Scooby-Doo. "Philp and I. Philp and I. Shawn and Zac. Shawn and Zac." A small chuckle escaped his soft lips. I imagine at least... For his soft lips... "Tiffany. Shawn and Zac. Shawn and Zac." Steph pulls out the last vote. "And-"

End of Chapter 15

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