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Dallas POV

My mind is filled up with so many thoughts that I've been staring at the white notebook in front of me, my pen in hand, not even making a move to write anything down. Since I came back from school, I've been trying but I can't concentrate on my homework.

That so-called queen bee had to live in my house. She feels that she is the unfairly treated person but I am the one that has to put up with her self centered and obnoxious behavior. She thinks she's so perfect. With those blond-brown locks of hair and deep hazel eyes that complements her annoying attitude she feels she is a princess.

She doesn't know that I'm laying low because I don't want anyone remembering who I was before. I'm trying to act like a different person from before both in front of people and not in front of people. I'm pretty sure she feels that the fact that she is staying here is going to diminish her reputation because she staying at a nerd's house.

I have no idea why people like that are born into the world. They don't build up the world rather they tear down the confidence of people. I annoyingly run my hands through my hair. Why can I concentrate on my homework?!

Mom calls my name from downstairs.
"Dallas! It's time to have dinner." She says.

I immediately run downstairs. Maybe that is what would distract me from that insolent girl.
Once I head downstairs I start munching on my food. My mom sits opposite me.

"Are you okay?" She asks.

"Why would you ask that? Of course I'm perfectly fine."

"So why didn't you want to come eat when Yvonne and Alex we're here?"

"No reason..." I say with my mouth full. "Just some homework I had to get done."

"Dal they are guests in this house. I'm not even sure you showed your face to them at all." She says wrinkling her forehead.

"Well like I said, nothing's wrong." I pick up my plate and go to the kitchen.

Why are mothers so nosy?! Must I really be there when they are eating? I snort thinking why my mom must act annoyed just because I wasn't. When I get back to my room I fully concentrate on my homework and manage to finish it. Once I'm done, I sit on my bed and my foolish mind starts drifting again to that dimpled annoying face of hers.

"Arrgh!" I lay down on my bed and force myself to sleep.

"No! Please don't do this! Think of what you're doing. I'm the one that should suffer not him." I scream, my eyes getting watery. "Please don't do this to him. I'm begging you! I'm begging you! No no no!!"

"Dallas!! What is happening to you! Dallas wake up. Wake up please!" Someone's voice, a girl's voice to be precise, shouts for me to wake up and the girl is shaking me. But I keep my eyes shut. She leaves me and I feel lonely for a second. I then feel drops of water pouring on my face. I open my eyes and a sigh of relief comes to the person.

"Are you okay?"

As my eyes adjust to my surroundings, I see the person's face looking more real. The girl's face looks familiar. She seems like that girl I seriously dislike. Wait.

"Yvonne!" I say, getting up from my bed in a flash."What are you doing here?"

"So that's my thank you? I knew coming here was a waste of time. I actually heard you screaming and since I am across your room it was getting unbearable so I came here and helped you. You're welcome by the way." She says frowning at me.

"Anyways what was it that made you scream like some male banshee?" She asks, looking at her nails and acting unconcerned, as though she was not just dead worried when she saw me screaming.
I am taken aback by her question as if I'm just hearing her talk for the first time and say,"Nothing really just a nightmare." I look up at her. All her make up is gone and she actually looks better than when she is in school when her face is caked with make up.

"Yeah, sure." She says, not looking the slightest bit convinced. "I don't even want to know anything about your life history so I'll just go now."

When she leaves I start thinking about what I was busy dreaming about and it is like a big bucket of guilt washed all over me.

If I didn't do what I did he wouldn't have died. He wouldn't have died.

I keep musing over that and decide not to get another round of sleep so that I wouldn't start dreaming about him again.

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The next day my mom forces me to go to school with them. After much shouting, yelling, pleading and begging. I finally gave in. So here I am. Alex is in the car already while we wait for 'le Queen of England' as Alex calls it.

"Yvonne!! Be fast with whatever you're doing!!" He screams.

"I'm coming I'm coming. Jeez."

I ignore her as she enters the shotgun seat although I feel a little guilty because I still haven't told her thank you yet. I just zoom off and head on the way to school. I think I catch her glance at me but think maybe it's only in my mind. Some blocks to the school I park the car at my usual spot and get down.

"Okay. Everybody get down." I say poker-faced.
"Wait what? why?" Yvonne and Alex ask wide-eyed.

"Just get down. I don't have time explaining anything to you."

Yvonne looks at me like I am an alien hybrid coming to destroy the planet earth. I stare back at her and start walking down the road to school. Alex starts walking beside me. It seems that Yvonne knew she was not going to win this. So she huffs annoyingly and started walking behind us. I smirk and Alex starts laughing.

She glares at him and there is silence until we reach school.

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"...calculate the download force on the plate due to surface tension....
Dallas would you give an answer to that?" Mrs. Queen asks, straightening her heavy rimmed glasses.

"0.0586 Newton" I say absent minded.

"Having a hard time putting up with Yvonne right?" Marianne Moore, my best friend asks.

"You don't know the half of it".

"I would love to say 'I feel your pain' but I don't. I don't think I will ever know what it's like for a girl as obnoxious as that to live with me."

I know that if it ever leaks out that Yvonne was staying with me it would ruin her life. But I know that my best friend wouldn't tell anyone so I trusted her enough to tell her about it.

"...I mean I can't even stand the girl at school. So the thought of her living with me would be URRGH!! Devastating!" She says and scrunches her face in annoyance.

"Would you calm down. I'm the one that's supposed to get annoyed not you!"

"Keep quiet both of you!"

"Sorry Mrs. Queen." We say simultaneously.

"But seriously it's annoying."

I shrug and continue listening to the teacher.

Once class is over Mary and I stroll out of the class.

As we were walking on the corridor Yvonne and her two friends walk by. She walks without even glancing at us but I think I see a hint of something in her eyes. I shrug it off and start talking to Marianne.

"So pompous." She says rolling her eyes.

"It's okay. We both don't like her and we are aware of that. So would you stop whining about her? It's like you're her fan but the other way round." I say.

I don't know why but I suddenly want Mary to stop saying bad things about Yvonne.

"Fine." She murmurs.

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