Wake Up, Make Up, Come Out

Chapter 22

Isabella walked through the hallway, clutching her books tightly to her chest. She could feel the judgmental gazes of her fellow students, judging for a reason she had yet to find out.

Parker saw Isabella, as much as he wanted to talk to her and ask her about what had happened, he was too disgusted to. Ruby smirked, leaning on a locker near Parker, she was chatting to him about it.

"She's such a pervert!" Ruby gagged.

"I didn't expect her to be, but I guess..." Parker sighed.

Isabella looked up at Parker catching a part of their conversation. What was going on? She saw the look in Parker's eyes and was taken aback. It was a look of disappointment and disgust. She needed to find Angelo, she would probably know what was going on.

She texted Angelo to meet her outside the school, behind her mini so they would be away from the rest of the judging gazes.

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"What's up?" Angelo asked Isabella when she saw her behind her car.

"That's exactly what I wanna ask you! Everyone is staring at me like I'm on my period and I don't know it." Isabella said with a tinge of panic.

"Oh, well there's a rumour that you stole Parker's underwear because you had a wet dream about him, apparently Ruby heard you say it. Not many people believe it because, y'know it's Ruby, but they're still discussing it. C'mon we gotta get to class, don't worry, it's Ruby we're talking about, nobody would believe her," Angelo said and headed back inside the school, she went to her locker and told Isabella she'd see her in the cafeteria after classes.

"Oh my Jesus!" Isabella muttered to herself. She was never going to face Parker again. It was official. She'd die alone with her two giraffes.

Planning her lonely future, Isabella trailed after Angelo, wishing her death would come quicker since the next class she had was with Parker.

She power walked to her locker and opened it quickly not realising that a pair of underwear went tumbling out of her locker. She heard multiple gasps around her making her look around to see everyone staring at her feet. "Oh my Jesus!" Isabella whispered to herself, mortified. How the hell was there underwear in her locker?

She looked around only to make eye contact with Parker. Oh god, he couldn't possibly believe Isabella did this. Could he?

"I told you guys! I saw it myself! I didn't say anything because I didn't want to cause any drama with Isabella!" Ruby yelled.

Parker deeply sighed and shook his head at Isabella, then walked off, not believing she did this, but all the evidence pointed towards her...

"I didn't do this!" Isabella exclaimed "I'm being framed!" She wanted to run after Parker and tell him but she was too embarrassed to face him. And by the look on his face, he probably believed Ruby.

"Yeah yeah yeah, slut," a girl spat at Isabella, everyone walked away from her muttering rude things about her. Angelo saw the entire thing, she stood there.

"Y'know, I don't think you did this," Angelo pipped.

"I know," Isabella said quietly. "I just wish he knew that." She looked up and shut her locker. "But Ruby just sealed my lonely fate by flushing any chance I had with Parker down the loo."

"Not true! You just gotta figure out how to fix all this! Now we'll discuss this after class." Angelo said.

Isabella seemed deflated but reluctantly nodded. "As much as I want to skip, I can't risk nothing."

Angelo walked with Isabella to their class, they had the same class luckily, while entering the classroom they saw Ruby yelling at a girl with vibrant flaming red hair, amber eyes that shone like the sun, some round circle glasses, and her face was splattered with an army of freckles. Her hair was shoulder length and she had a bob cut.

"You're such an annoyance Gerta! Only I can make the calls on set! How fucking DARE you cancel the costumes?" Ruby yelled at the girl.

"Ruby, my name is Tessa," Tessa said, she had a very distinct Scottish accent. "Also the costumes weren't even related to the play, the play is Hamlet, you ordered dresses that belong on the set of a runway show."

"SHUT UP, I'M THE LEADER AND I WLL MAKE THE CALLS!" Ruby smacked Tessa across the face.

"Sorry.. Ruby..." Tessa looked down, pushing up her glasses, cheek red.

"Call me MISS DECHSIRE, you are not worthy to spit my name like that you uncouth rat!" Ruby snarled and took her seat, the teacher just walked in.

Angelo looked at Isabella, "I wanna stab Ruby in the face," she said politely, "then rub chilli flakes on the wound."

"You know me too well," Isabella whispered before walking to Tessa.

"Are you okay?" She asked Tessa in a concerned voice.

Angelo followed, "I'm fine," Tessa said and took her seat, the teacher instructed everyone to sit down, Angelo sat at the front.

Isabella sat in a far corner despite being herself, but Parker happened to be in that class and also a bunch of judgmental students. Best way not to attract attention, sit far far away from those who naturally attract it.

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"Hey!" Angelo caught up to Tessa who was speed walking away.

"Yes?" Tessa turned to her, despite having a typically strong accent she had a soft tone.

Isabella had to jog to keep up with both of them. She really needed to hit the gym again.

"I don't like the way Ruby treated you and I wanna help you," Angelo demanded instead of offered.

"Help? Listen, you can't help me," Tessa sighed.

"We can, I have a plan I formulated during class, me and Izzy saw the way Ruby treated you, and we can change that. You're a part of the drama club, right? You tried running for president and I remember Ruby tearing all your hand made posters off the walls of this school and during the weekend bonfire party she threw them in the fire and everyone laughed. They ridiculed you, you wanna change that? You wanna take the role you desire? President of the drama club?" Angelo asked.

Tessa blinked, "how might you and your friend change all that?" She asked.

"Ruby's-" Isabella panted "diary. I've seen her write-" another deep breath. Boy was she winded. "In the loo occasionally."

"We could steal it, we could steal her phone too, we'll post the chapter with the plan. People won't believe she's being legit though, they'll think she's trying to get attention. So that's where you come in..." Angelo smiled mischievously.