Take Me to the Stars

Chapter 6

~ 6 ~

So this is it. Everybody officially thinks that i've gone insane, with the exception of Caleb. He's the only one that really knows that Rico is an actual person, but all my friends, my best friends, have turned against me.

But wait, it gets worse. All the girls in my grade were crazy jealous when they heard that Justin asked me out. They all ran up to me asking me all about how he did it and what I said, ready to congratulate me. But when I told them that I rejected him, they all turned away like they were disappointed in me. It was like they were all expecting me to fall head-over-heels for him just because he's attractive. Well, he has been a jerk to me all my life so there was no way I was going to date him. But I definitely paid the price for it.

I used to be loved. By my friends, my family, even people I didn't know that well. But now, i'm a social outcast, a nobody, a reject that nobody wants to be seen with. My friends think i'm insane and that i'm hallucinating. People I don't know think just think i'm weird. The popular kids think i'm an idiot and a jerk, they all purposely give me the cold shoulder whenever I walk by them (especially Justin). My dad is still angry at me for blowing up at him, and my mom is forcing me to take special classes to learn about architecture. So basically, I went from having lots of friends, to being this lame girl that everybody says needs to go to a mental hospital.

So now, I spend all my extra time in my room. Not texting anybody, not going out with my used-to-be friends to do something fun at the mall, just laying on my bed, staring at the ceiling. I don't have a life anymore. Oh sure, my friends will talk to me once in a while if nobody else is around. But at school, they all ignore me, and it feels terrible. They're all angry at me because they think that i'm lying to them. They post pictures of them going out for ice cream together or doing fashion shows together or going to concerts together, things that I used to be a part of.

So now a new feeling has started inside me, a feeling that's down deep in my gut that I can't quite recognize. Is it..... yes. It is.

Anger.

I'm angry. I'm angry because my friends ignore me.

I'm angry because Rico ignores me.

I'm angry because nobody believes me. Nobody is on my side.

Nobody.