ethereal (k.l.)

•THIRTY ONE•

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Selena's POV

I hope my warning helped Davina, she doesn't need Grayson ruining her life again. I'm sure him and Sienna know I ratted them out, but I don't care, I can handle whatever they throw at me and return it with some fire.

"Selena, go get the voting box. We need to set up in the cafeteria in twenty minutes." Emilee snapped at me. We're both in charge of the prom committee and ever since I threw my jealous tantrum, she's treated me like a stranger. I can't blame her but we've been friends since we were in diapers. I really hope I can redeem myself.

Despite her being rude, I sent her a small smile and started making my way to the office. I grabbed the voting box from the decoration room and returned to the committee. We set up the table in the cafeteria and then me, Emilee, and Shawn sat down. Emilee begged him to join the committee a few months ago so they could spend more time together. The lunch bell rang a few minutes later and students started piling in.

I watched as Davina, Kian, Jc, and Rachel sat down at our- their table. All of them were laughing and throwing fries at each other, acting like they didn't have a care in the world. I felt my heart ache in my chest.

I felt someone's eyes on me and I turned to see Emilee staring at me with a confused look before looking over at the group of friends. Her face softened when she realized it wasn't a jealousy glare pointed at Rachel and Jc.

Students kept coming by the table and voting for who they wanted to be prom king and queen. I wasn't really paying attention. I really didn't care about who was going to win, at the end of the day, they're just plastic crowns and temporary titles.

I looked up when I heard Rachel's voice. "Hey Em, how's the voting going?" She asked, sneaking a glance at me before looking back at Emilee. I wanted to shrink in my seat. More than that, I wanted to apologize.

Emilee sighed, "It's okay. Sienna stopped campaigning, though, it's weird. I think this evil scheme is taking up most of her time."

I saw as Rachel scribbled Kian and Davina's name onto a voting slip. I raised my brows and spoke up, "Kian and Davina aren't running..." I trailed off, catching Rachel and Emilee's attention.

Emilee picked up the ballot and saw their names added into the list. "What? When did this happen?" She asked, confused.

Rachel shyly smiled. "I sneaked their names on the ballot. They refused to run and I really think they could win."

I looked over at Emilee, who looked at me, then we both stared at Rachel. "Um, okay...just let them know they're running. If they refuse, we have to take them off the list." I explained. She nodded then walked back to the table, sitting next to Jc and kissed his cheek before digging into her lunch.

"That was weird." Emilee mumbled.

"Yeah, it was." I replied.

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Once I got home, I got started on my homework and left my phone sitting across the room so I could focus. With all this drama going on, I've barely been able to get back to normal things like calculus and English papers. I started writing down the answers to the math problems and put my earbuds in.

About an hour later, I was done with my calculus. I sighed in relief and threw my textbook onto my bed. I heard my phone ding and I rolled my eyes. Sometimes I want to throw that thing away and start using a pigeon for communication. It kept going off and I groaned before walking across my room to get it. I really hope it's just Emilee telling me that we need more decorations for prom.

I checked my notifications and was confused when I saw who was messaging me.

Rachel: I need to talk to you

Rachel: asap

Rachel: don't be mad but Davina told me about what you said to her

Rachel: I don't care about what you did to me and Jc, I just really need to talk to you

I was filled with worry at her words. I was also happy that she didn't seem to care about my mistake, but she was freaking out about something. Why does she need to talk to me?

Selena: you can come over now if you want

Rachel: on my way

Whatever this is, it can't be good.

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