Anna (ON HOLD)

Another group of friends!

Hey Everyone!

I know you people might even have forgotten about my story but i am really sorry. I am giving my CIE exams this year which is a tough job and you probably won't see another update till after 16th of May. I hope you people understand and wish me best of luck. Till then just wait for me. And enjoy the last update until May. I love you guys! Thanks for the views and comments and keep viewing, voting and commenting. It really helps. Lots of love and chocolates, Happy Miracle :)

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After what Jake had told me, I was really willing to take part in this team to stand again Jason. But the thing was i could not trust anyone so easily and not make enemies easily too. Okay, perhaps Jason was already an enemy as videos of me 'scolding' him flooded through the school's students mobiles. This was pathetic. But how could i just join teams with Jake when i had just met him and was merely just a bit, a teeny weeny bit impressed by how he approached me and his confidence, i guess? And then all the issue with Anna. My life could not get any more confusing and crazy. Maybe i was over exaggerating but i have always been a terrible decision maker because i know that one wrong decision could end up in a million broken pieces of one heart, enmity, hatred and injustice which i am greatly against. So i decided to tell Jake about my decision in the recess. I know i had to sit with Anna but this was from my point of view, important. If i really decide to go in favor of making one person's life miserable and fill it with all the troubles my mind could think of then there was a very big chance that my student reputation which was already shattered in the eyes of students because of me being a stupid goof ball and putting toothpaste on my hair, ugh, that cringe worthy memory, be shattered in front of the administrative staff and teachers too. So i decided to think over all of this again, in, well, obviously my Mathematics class. I was currently paying no attention and staring at God-knows-what struggling deep with my thoughts. Suddenly i heard a loud whistle from my Maths teacher, and the bast defense i could come up with was to pretend to be thinking. I started to count something, nothing on my finger tips while i could feel the stares of the class boring into my face, great, that whistle was sure directed towards me. I looked around to see everyone staring at me and Mr. Gupta was included. I fake laughed, and said, 'Hello, Mr. Gupta, are you going to ask me a question?' Mr. Gupta smiled at me and started, 'Yes, Miss Gretel, i would like to know what you were counting while i was explaining kinematics and the distance time graphs. I don't think there is anything to count down here.' I smiled sheepishly, mentally face palming myself that it would be better not to be over smart and just admit that i was lost. 'Sorry, sir, I was thinking about something, won't happen again.' He nodded and i shifted in my seat owing to the embarrassment. Sadly, I was one of those students who could not come up with a witty response to a teacher when they tried to scold you.

After class ended, I had made my decision and walked over to Jake who was sitting with his friends on a table. I was nervous because of my popularity and admiration everyone had for me, (note the sarcasm) but i had to clear things out, and i wanted a friend other than Anna too so that I won't go crazy. I had to convince my mom that i was progressing too. And Jake offered me this deal, i was obviously not denying this. I walked up to him, clearing my throat and taking a deep breath. I waved at him and said, 'Hey Jake, i think i am in with the team work thing but i have a deal, you have to come meet my mom, due to some reason i don't really want to share and not let her know about this whole working against Jason thing. Okay?' By now i was short of breath and stopped, i was becoming such a mess, this was my best approach to befriend someone. Great, just great. 'Gretel?' he asked in a soft voice, i closed my eyes and muttered a 'sorry'. 'No, it is okay, just hold on and calm down, i will meet your mom. But sit down so we can talk? In detail, yeah?' I nodded and looked at the long table, made by joining two tables, and at least six or seven people sitting around it. He signaled the person sitting beside him to move and told me to sit there. I sat there, made myself comfortable, and watched all of them in amusement. They all were staring at me weirdly, and although such a thing would be discomforting but it amused me. Great, i was becoming a mess, a weirdo and also a creep. 'Stop staring at her, people!' said Jake bringing me out of my state of amusement. I chuckled, and Jake smiled. Great, he was also a weirdo. Stop greating everything, Gretel! 'So Gretel,' he started again, 'Meet my friends, this is Nate,' he pointed to a green eyed, geeky boy at the end with his hair combed down to his forehead, 'Julia' he pointed to a blonde with bright blue eyes and a grin on her face, 'Candice,' a light brown haired girl, staring at us with her light brown eyes and big glasses that framed them, she looked shy, 'Tyler, my best bud' he said to a boy with messed up brown hair and dark mysterious eyes and fist bumped him, he was cute, both of them were, 'and lastly but not the leastly,' he chuckled at his bad joke, 'Dylan,' he said to a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, 'he is Julia's twin.' I nodded and smiled at everyone of them one by one. This was not how the popular table at my old school was, i was one of the popular students but most of them were mean, talkative and very stylish, this seemed to be an ordinary friends group with a hotch-potch of different personalities and nice people. I think i just entered a lovely group of friends. Might be. 'And everyone, this is Gretel,' I was the only brunette here, apart from Tyler. Everyone muttered, 'we know' in unison and i frowned.

'Okay so we all hate the guts of Jason over there,' Jake headed to someone behind me and i looked behind to notice Jason. He had dark brown hair, almost black and dark eyes and a mean face. Perfect for a bully. 'He is a bully, isn't he?' i asked surely. Jake nodded. Candice spoke up, 'he glued my bike once.' I frowned and replied, 'To the ground?' 'No, he put glue on the seat and when i rode it i got stuck,' she blushed and looked down. I raised my eye brows, and thought to myself, old school yet evil. 'How'd you get off it?' i asked. 'I had to drive back home and then forget about it, i don't want to tell right now,' she chuckled and i followed. 'I was also bullied in a various different ways, perhaps because i like computers and pay sufficient attention to my studies and i play the piano, he calls me sissy!' he said in a child like way. I bit my lip to contain my laugh and Jake said, 'And they want revenge.....' in a hushed and villainous tone. I could not take it anymore and burst out laughing.Everyone laughed with me except Nate and Candice. 'I am sorry,' i said between laughs and they nodded. We calmed down. It was my turn to speak, 'This is really thoughtful of you guys to speak against that bully, i am sure part of this..' but before i could complete, Jake said, 'Not just this, you are a part of us now.' i nodded excitedly and got up. 'Jake, you will have to meet my mother today, is that okay?' He nodded and said, 'Yes, but sit down, why do you keep getting so impatient, wait for me after class at the end of the day and we will leave for your place.' 'No, i have to get somewhere, meet someone, i will see you soon.' I waved and head off to the forbidden bathroom, knowing the only place i could find the one i wanted to talk to, Anna.