FAKE

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there's two words which everybody knows what they mean.those two words you may ask?

bad boy.

but when you put them together they become something that i've been forced to befriend. the bad boys of derry high, joey birlem and his crew, charles, and chad. joeys the leader, the baddest of the whole gang. but they are all my best friends. probably my only friends at this point.

his 'squad' is probably the group that will dump you faster than they will say 'i love you'. their the types of guys that know they are good looking, and are cocky about it. they're cocky at almost everything they do.

people say they can be rude, annoying, and usually selfish, but when they are with me alone they act different. but when we're in front of their other friends, they treat me like any other girl. they just flirt with me until i leave them and their friends alone. i always get mad at them for that, but i usually run back if one of them calls me to come hangout with them, or after one of their annoying booty calls. speaking of booty calls, they each bring a new girl home every weekend.

but other than that, we've all been friends since the second grade. my parents had recently divorced at the time, and after that me and my mom moved to derry, maine.

i met joey at lunch one day, and he introduced me to his friends. none of the other girls in the grade liked to hang out with me. they normally made fun of me, but i didn't care.

joey is probably the one out of the group i hang out with the most. he's my best friend. he's the type of friend that will text you at 2 in the morning to get food, or come to your house with ice cream if your having a bad day.

i ran my hand through my long brown hair, before grabbing my bag from my locker and walking towards the doors near the front of my school. i walked outside, not only to let the cold air hit my face. it was around fall here in maine, meaning it was chilly. the perfect weather. it would probably be my favorite season, if school didn't start then.

i saw one of my good friends audrey sitting on the wall out front. i walked towards her, and gave her a slight wave, before she smiled back at me.

"hey avery." she said, scooting over a bit so i had room to sit next to her.

"hi." i said and sat down next to her on the cold wall. people around us seemed like they were going crazy, which is quite rare for a small town like derry.

"what's everyone talking about?" i asked.

"you don't know?" audrey asked. i shook my head. "joey and tori broke up last night."

oh, did i mention joey had a girlfriend named tori? well, he does. or did. they cheat on each other almost every weekend. i feel like they were only together just for popularity reasons. because everyone knows if you're feeling lonely, or stressed out, you go to tori.

and joey just picks up girls of his own. he uses his charm and brings them home, then drops them like dirt.

"who broke up with who?" i asked, picking at my fingernails. i had a feeling joey broke up with tori, and that's why everyone was talking about it, because all the guys love tori, and now joeys 'available' and that whole mess.

"tori broke up with joey." my eyes widened.

"wait tori broke up with joey?" i asked, making sure i heard her correctly.

"yeah that's what i just said, pff." she explained. i couldn't believe it.

"wow. that's.. something." i said.

"yeah it is. i'd think that man whore would break up with that slut but no, she broke up with him." audrey said.

let me explain something. before joey and tori started dating, joey used his 'charm' on audrey to try and persuade her to go on a date with him. and to no surprise, it worked, like most times, and they went on a date.