Detention (under construction)

I am mackenzie

Kenzies POV:

Me and Lauren sit on my bed. She strokes my hair and I rest my head on her shoulder. I decided I wanted to go home early. I couldn't stop thinking about Johnny and that blonde girl, who Lauren explained to me was called Nat. I look over at the boxes in my room. Lauren helped me pack the rest. She sighs loudly.

L: are you sure you don't want to go starbucks?
K: and make me never want to leave this place? I'll pass.

Lauren laughs sadly.

L: that's the whole point.

I smile looking at my phone of pictures from the road trip. I stop at one where Johnny has his arm around me with a stupid grin on his face. Me and Lauren we're pulling a silly face while Annie and Jayden made a heart shape with their hands. I smile sadly and Lauren looks over my shoulder and smiles.

L: I wish all of us got along

Lauren said sadly.

L: we would be so iconic

She says quietly. I think about all of them. How old Kenzie would never even think of being friends them. How much of a bitch I acted to everyone who didn't love me. I didn't want to be remembered like just a mean girl. I wanted to be remembered for me.

K: I have the most crazy idea

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L: so what exactly is the plan?

I don't say anything as we both walk out Maddies car. I look at my watch.

K: we have exactly thirty minutes before everyone comes out of last period

I say grabbing a torch out from my back pocket. Lauren grabs my wrist.

L: if we are breaking into our own school in the middle of the day you might aswell tell me what we are doing here.
K: it's a surprise

I say walking into the detention room and I smile slightly. Where all this all started. My smile wavers as I remember my head being too far up my ass to see that Hayden actually loved Annie. I quickly open the cabinet at the back that held the old art supplies. I grab three tins of paint and walk inside the janitors closet.

Where we first kissed. I sigh grabbing hold of the torch putting it in my mouth. I slip banging my leg on the ladder and curse under my breath. I climb up the ladder thanking myself for not listening to Maddie about wearing high heels. I open the main box to the water system. I fill all three each of them with the colours blue, purple and pink. Before climbing back down.

I run out the room and look at Lauren. I asked her to try find a way into the main office and she shows me the open door.

K: how-
L: I always carry a bobby pin.

I smile walking in laughing. Before I grab the what the office lady calls 'the walky talky thing' that connects to all the speakers in the school.

K: students you probably already know me but this is Mackenzie Ziegler making an announcement that all students should go into the hallway. I repeat all students into the hallway.

I smile putting it down.

L: what do you have planned Ziegler

Lauren says smirking at me. I grab her hand walking into the hallways now filled with students. Who murmured to each other. The stopped as soon as the saw me staring at me in confusion. I see as principal Grundy comes storming out his office.

Pg: MACKENZIE ZIEGLER what do you call thi-

I hold my hand up and I hear a few gasps.

K: I know what yall are thinking.

I say stepping forward.

K: that I've finally lost it. And to tell you the truth you're probably right. But I don't care. None of you should. I'm sick of people think they are so much better than others because they are prettier or smarter.

I turn around now facing the students behind me.

K: because no one is better than anyone. as much as you hate to admit it. you can tell me you're better when you wipe your one hundred layers of makeup off. when your life doesn't revolve around a follower count. when you don't see people for their looks but for who they are. and my voice my not be loud enough to get into all of your heads but at least it can change the way some of you are.

I turn to look at the boy football team.

K: girls are not objects that you can just fuck and leave.

Now I turn to look at the teachers who were surprisingly smiling.

K: and you have no idea how hard it is for us to deal with the shit we go through in this generation and still have to give in a one thousand word essay about the Berlin Wall. because who cares if school doesn't teach us how to deal with life, because at least I can find the area of a circle right?

I hear a few chuckles and I turn back to everyone.

K: next time you say your name say it proudly.

I pause.

K: I am Mackenzie Ziegler. and I'm not going to pretend to be perfect anymore. cause I'm not. I'm just like you all.

I look into the crowd and I see Annie smile at me.

K: we can achieve so much. they made pizzas? we make something better. they made computers? we can make time machines.

I hear someone shout something about them making iPhones and no one can top that. I laugh along with them.

K: I'm pretty sure someone here is going to find a way to make those pear phones we see in victorious.

Everyone cheers and I wait for them to finish before looking at them seriously. I take out my perfume. I see the head teacher open his mouth to protest.

K: I know it will set off the fire alarm

I say cutting him off before he could even speak.

K: they discovered space

I smirk look at him before I start to spray.

K: we discover galaxies.

The fire alarm starts to go off as the automatic water sprinkles start pouring water down. But inside of actual water. Pink, purple and blue water come down. The colour of the galaxy. Annie, Jayden and Lauren hug me even though we are all dripping wet. I start to laugh my hair dripping wet. I turn over to Hayden, Johnny and Carson as they walk over to us.

K: I love you guys

I say smiling knowing that I actually meant it.

Authors note:

Forgot to put a cringy warning above this but it is what it is.