Mafia Queen

Chapter 2- Last Day Of My Lie

I get ready for school just like every other day, but last night I got hit so hard that even makeup couldn't cover up the bruise over my face. I try my hardest to hide it then walk to school. I didn't want my mum or step dad to see that I still have the bruise under my eye because they wouldn't let me go to school otherwise and I don't like being home all day. I got to school late and had to sign in. The receptionist noticed the black eye but she was careless about it. I got to class late and my teacher had a go at me. I was going to shrug it off until I looked over at my friends who were giving me a weird look, like I'm doing something wrong. I looked at the teacher and guilt overthrew me once I replied with a rude comment. "I would say I'm sorry, but I'm really not!" My friends smiled, the boys laughed and the unpopular girls gave me a dirty look. I have them a sassy smirk and sat down with my friends. "Ew Alexis, what is that under your eye?!" States Akira with a disgusted look on her face. Paris shot her a dirty look and looked back at me with a sympathetic look on her face. She smiled with reassurance then turned back at Akira. My brain was ticking with an excuse until Paris made one up for me. "I like it, it could totally work as the new look of the season!" She turned back to me and gave me a little smile that made me relax a bit. Akira gave both of us another look that looked like it climbed it's way up from hell.

After recess we went to another class. Luckily for me I am in all of Paris's classes, like all of them. We went to class and everyone kept asking me about my eye. I nearly broke down into tears multiple times but luckily for me Paris was right by my side the whole time. She spoke for me then told whoever asked what happened to mind their own business. "Paris, I have to talk to you about something, something that is super important!" "Of course! Anything for you!" We both get hall passes because the teacher we had was careless of us. I take a deep breath to try and not break into tears. "I can't do this anymore!" She had a confused look on her face at first but then she realised "you don't like being popular do you?" She questioned like she could read my mind. "Everyone takes everything as their own business and I hate everything you have to do to be popular! Waking up at 5:00 in the morning just to get ready for school, buying expensive clothes, being mean to others, I hate it all!" She gave me a smirk of reassurance before hugging me. I cried softly into her shoulder. She then whispered into my ear "if you don't want to be popular, then I'll go with you!" "Thank you!" I smiled and hugged her again. "I don't know how I got so lucky to have you as my best friend but I am so damn lucky I do. I hug her one last time before going into class. Once we sit down she reminded me of something I wish she didn't. "At lunch were going to tell the others that we don't want to be popular, if they're your real friends they'll be there for you and if not then you get one less fake friend! I think that's a win, win situation, don't you?!" She said with another smile on her face. I nod but I'm not so keen on telling the others. We talk the rest of the lesson and catch up on other work in other subjects because the teacher doesn't exactly teach this class.

Lunch came around and I knew I had to tell the others. "Hey guys! We have something important we want to talk to you all about" Paris confidently stated. "Yea sure guys, what's up?" Aaron answered. I took a deep breath getting ready to tell them but Paris interrupts. "Astrid and I don't want to be popular anymore, we're sick of it. We have to do too much everyday for something that we don't even like! If you care about us like we think you do, you'll stick around, but if you don't then we won't!" She leaves at that whilst staring at Akira. Akira started laughing. "You can't be serious! Omg you must be joking! You can't just turn unpopular!" I saw that she wanted to continue but Aaron interrupted. "Thank god you said it first! I hate it too! I know girls have far more to do but god I hate it even if I am a boy! Not to mention we only get the slutty girls because the normal ones are too intimidated by us and our obnoxiousness!" Everyone started laughing except Akira who seemed very pissed off. "What's wrong Akira?" I ask trying to set her off. She screams so loud it rattles the lunch room making everyone quiet. "I have spent this whole year trying to get into your stupid little group just to be popular, and you just don't want to be popular anymore so you're letting the whole group die!" "Honey you were never in this group and now the whole school hates you!" She looks around the room to people looking and whispering at her. She starts crying and runs out of the room. "So no one is very keen on being popular except her, right?" The whole group shrugs and agrees. "Then its settled! No more being popular!" Paris screams. The whole group laughs again. I'm really happy because I thought they would turn against me or disagree but now I know I have the best friends in the world. I look at everyone to see if anyone didn't look keen on the idea and noticed that Livy and Blake didn't seem so happy. I have a feeling they're going to go and join another group but like Paris said, if they are my real friends, they'd stay, but if not then I guess that's a blessing in disguise. I'm happy I won't be popular anymore but I know that I will still be the talk of the school. A weight has been lifted off my back and I have never been happier!

I have decided in every chapter I will write a summary of what you have read at the end just to make sure you understand everything!

Alexis has told her friends she doesn't like being popular anymore and she thinks she's going to lose half of her friends because of it. She wants to appear hardly known and as someone who is nice to others. She wants to stop being mean for popularity but still wants her friends to stay her friends! Is this too much to ask? Keep reading to find out what happens next!

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