Bad Reputation

Bad Reputation (21)

Chapter 21

I was walking with prep in my step the next morning. It was Tuesday and I felt absolutely amazing, I had friends who really cared about me and there would be no more hostility from either Sofia or Jayden. That was the best thing. The only matter that could even damp my mood was Reagan and Damian, but right at that moment I found that I didn’t care.

Yes, they had hurt me and yes, I had been mad at them.

But last night I realized that there was no need the holding a grudge against them. I was starting a new chapter in my life, and one of the things I needed to do was move on from Damian. My heart was still broken, but I realized that I didn’t have to think about it, and then I wouldn’t feel the ache in my heart.

I could honestly say, with my hand on my heart, that I was completely over Reagan and our fake friendship. I just didn’t care. When I had been lying in my bed last night, I had found out that she was one of the reasons my life had been ruined. And I hadn’t even realized that until Riley had showed me something else and Sofia had begun talking to me.

Now that was all that mattered. I had new friends and I was in the process of change. That was enough to keep me in a good mood for a long time.

“Hey, Lissa!” Trinity called when I stepped out of my car.

She and Oliver were standing by their motorbikes. The other four bikes were also there.

I glanced briefly at my clock and saw that it was still twenty minutes until first period started. Deciding I had a few minutes to spare, I walked over to them.

Sofia had a cigarette between her lips, and the sight of that made me crave one of my own. But I refrained, knowing I could never walk into the school smelling of smoke. The teachers would notice and alert my parents, and I could not let that happen.

“Olli was just telling me this amazing story!” Trinity said as soon as I reached her and then launched into a story of Oliver’s amazing adventures at the grocery store yesterday. Apparently, he had been dared to act like a kid by one of his friends I didn’t know. Riley had been with him, and acted like the mom.

At first I furrowed my eye brows in confusion, wondering why they would do that in the first place, but that thought was gone as fast as it came and I found myself laughing at Oliver’s expense. He didn’t seem to mind though, almost basking in the attention this story brought.

“And then the managed came and threw them both out, yelling that they were never to step a foot inside that store again!” Trinity finished with a laugh.

I was so caught up in the moment; I didn’t hear the bell ring. When she was done, I glanced around me and saw the empty courtyard.

I looked around more rapidly. What had happened? When had all the people disappeared? Had the story really taken that much time?

Quickly bidding a bye to Oliver and Trinity, I began running to the entrance, hoping the clock wasn’t as much as I thought it was.

But the hallways were empty too. I really couldn’t afford another detention. But I couldn’t miss the entirety of first period either. So I ran to the classroom and burst inside.

The teacher stopped talking mid-lecture. She seemed surprised and caught off guard for a moment before her expression turned hard.

“Miss Miller, I expect you have a good reason for barging into my class room fifteen minutes late,” she said.

I shook my head, knowing that would be better than saying I had been caught up in a conversation with serial-skippers.

The teacher shook her head in disappointed. Then she walked over to me with a pink detention slip in her hand. She passed it over to me and they went right back into her lecture. She hadn’t even waited for me to sit down.