Here I am sitting, listening to my mother talk endlessly about her boyfriend, Jason. She treated me horribly as a child, and she still is. Having her as a part of my life does not make it better. I hang up the call while she is in the middle of talking about Jason's rich father.
* * *
-School-
As I'm sitting here in homeroom, I notice that Caden is looking at me weirdly. Not that I care. At this point I don't care what anyone thinks of me anymore.
The teacher is late, so all the students are just on their phones, until everyone just suddenly looks up.
I notice this, and also try to see what has caught everyone's attention.
I feel my jaw drop open.
The person entering the class is none other than Kylan O'Neill.
He looks extremely tired. He has dark circles under his eyes and his styled hair has a few strands out of place, which is not normal for someone like him.
Instantly whispers fill the room.
"Oh my gosh, is that Kylan O'Neill?"
"Ack! Kylan?!"
"Psst! It's Kylan O'Neill!"
"Uh oh. Kylan is bringing drama with him through that door!"
"Kylan looks hot."
All our eyes immediately shift to the person who said that.
"What?" They shrug.
I roll my eyes and continue gaping at the fact that Kylan has returned.
But not only Kylan walks through that door.
A dark-haired, flawless god walks through the door.
My jaw drops even wider.
His long hair flows as he walks, and his stunning blue eyes perfectly match his tan complexion.
I sigh and put my head in my hand.
Oh crap, I thought, This is a crush, isn't it? Does it qualify as a crush if I've only been looking at him for 6 seconds?
Finally, the teacher enters.
"Alright, class, listen up!" She shouts over all of my classmates. "Today Kylan has returned to class."
Kylan's friends give him a quick hug and a pat on the back, saying things like, "I missed you,"and things like that.
"Quiet down please, boys. You can do that at break." The teacher interrupts.
"And today let's all welcome Markus into our class, he has just transferred from another school."
Markus. Markus. I like that name.
But there's a problem.
Carey and Ariana have been staring at Markus since he got here.
"Alright, listen up!" The teacher tries to get our attention.
"For your next project, you need to choose a partner. Come find me when you get one."
"Hey," I thought, "Maybe I can be partners with-"
That thought was completely out of the question when I saw Markus being practically torn apart by Carey and Ariana, with Carey pulling one arm and Ariana pulling the other. Other people who wanted to be partners with Markus to get to know him started backing out slowly, and so did I.
I saw a lonely guy in the corner.
"Hey, do you wanna be partners?"
* * *
Crap.
Back in my room, I scroll through Instagram posts until I see a post Carey has just recently posted.
On the phone screen in front of me, it says;
carey.c♡
Date nite w/ @markus!!!
Then she shows a picture of her designer dress, which is strapless, short and red. Not to mention, it has a plunging neckline.
Then, I read the comments:
RaiRai56:
wow what is up wit ur hair? lol it looks like a desaster
carey.c♡:
stfu u couldnt look halfas good as me if u tryed
RaiRai56:
well guess what! markus is taking me out on sunday!!! so u shut up >:(
Darn. Carey and Raine are moving fast.
Looks like I have to step up my game.
Markus
Today 6:49 p.m.
From Aquarius:
Hello
From Markus:
Hi
From Aquarius:
Did u have fun on your date night?
From Markus:
Date night? Lol
From Aquarius:
Yea, with Carey?
From Markus:
Nah, it wasn't a date night. I just ate dinner with her
Wow, Markus really is clueless? Isn't he?
From Aquarius:
Oh
From Markus:
But she's nice
Ugh. That's bad.
From Aquarius:
That's good!! :D
From Markus:
Gtg. Good night, Aquarius.
From Aquarius:
Have a nice night
"Have a nice night?" Seriously?
I gotta try harder tomorrow.
* * *
Sadly, Lizzy and Raine live on my street. So it would be normal to see them on my way to school, like now. But I can't help but eavesdrop on their conversation just this once.
"I know, Liz. Cari is so dumb." Raine says. "She thinks that Markus likes her. Well, I'm going to ask him out tomorrow, at lunch so the whole school, including Carey can watch! I'll crush her soul."
Tomorrow?!
How am I going to get Markus to like me by tomorrow?!
Raine is so popular and charming..
..And I'm so depressing and messy.
How am I going to compete with that?
Well, I guess I should try to be his friend first.
"Hey, Markus!" I say cheerfully.
"Hello, Aquarius." He replies.
"How's it going?" I ask.
"Good." He replies calmly.
What should I say now?
College. We're going to college and university next year. Say something about that!
"So, uh, what are you studying next year?" I ask.
"Dunno. Maybe software engineering or somethin'." He says.
"Cool! I'm studying psychology." I say.
Overall, the rest of the conversation went pretty well, and I ended the day feeling satisfied.
But then came the next day, and Raine with it.
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