Old School

10 - You Send My Soul Sky High When Your Lovin' Starts

"You send my soul sky high when your loving starts." Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (1984)

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"Steve, I apologized, okay. How many times do I have to beg you to forgive me?"

"You put yourself in your own gallows, lady. I didn't think I could forgive you, you're turning into one of them. Maybe you're one of their spies, so you can find out about me and make fun of it. If you want our friendship back, you should stop transforming into one of them." Steve said, leaving me again.

I shouted his name but he didn't response. We have the same class after this break, so maybe I could do something about that. 

"Hey, what's going on here?" Crystal showed up, smiling cockily to me.

I felt my eyes burnt when I saw them approaching me, Abby was playing with her hair, staring at it foolishly. Courtney was staring at me in the same expression as Crystal.

"Did you remember one of our rules? If you can not obey those rules, you're not one of us." Crystal said in her shrill voice.

"What if I'm not one of you in the first place? Is that okay?" I questioned, giving her my smugly face.

Courtney formed an 'O' with her mouth, shaking her head no. "You know that the boy you were talking to is a freak? Old school freak?" She admitted and for the first time I wanna give a slap across her face.

"That boy is kinda hot, you know." Abby said, earning a hit from Crystal.

"You know, if you say old school lover is a freak, then I'm a freak. Thanks to you guys that I'm free from your stupid rules." I turned around, walking away from them. 

I did it, I just confessed to them about my secret. Oh, I'm gonna get bullied.

Crystal shouted, stomping her feet on the ground. "You're not one of us, you stupid freak!"

I waved my hand back to them. "Thank you," I mouthed.

My pace quickly turned to my next class, Steve probably there already. 

Oh, I don't know what to say to Kale. He would hate me forever. Anyway, I'm sick of wearing bright dresses all day, I miss my black shirt and tattered skinny jeans, and my denim jacket. Right now, my feelings are mixed of happiness, sadness, confusion, free, and much more.

I'm happy because I finally can do what I like to do from now on. I'm sad because maybe I could be back to my bullied life. I'm confused because I don't know how to say these things to Kale. And I'm really free right now, I didn't have to follow those screwy rules anymore.

I saw Steve sitting on the corner of the class, apparently I saw an empty spot to his right. "Hey," I greeted, smiling at him. He turned his eyes to me for a second, but ignored me anyway. "I'll start wearing my old clothes, my old hairstyle, and my old attitude from now on."

 "What got in to you?" He asked swiftly, not bothering to look at me.

"I quit being popular." I stated, grinning at him.

He bothered me with his sarcastic giggles. "You'll still be popular as hell."

I stared at him, confused. "Why is it so hard for you to forgive me? I just didn't want my only friend became like this."

"Only friend?" Now he stared at me, bemused.

"Yes, only friend. Kale is my boyfriend and he would probably break up with me after what I did." I said, pouting.