metamorphosis | g.d

three - senior szn

mallory's pov

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I was once again woken up by my annoying ass ringtone. I groaned and rolled over, checking my phone, realizing it was the first day of school. My eyes grew wide and I scrambled out of bed. I went into my closet and picked out an outfit, a plain white t-shirt with a red and green kilt and black boots. I throw it on a put a quick brush through my hair. I cover up my scattered acne with some concealer and swipe on mascara before heading downstairs.

"Morning, Mal!" my mom greets me with her coffee and magazine.

"Hi mom", I go over and give her a tight hug before rummaging through the cabinets for the cereal. 

"It's your first day of senior year! My baby is growing up", my mom gushed.

"Mom", I groan as she took a picture of me.

"This is for the books, Mallory, it's tradition", my mom wags her finger at me. I roll my eyes and laugh while i continue to eat my cereal.

20 minutes later, after getting completely ready, Grayson honks the horn outside.

"Bye mom!" I yell to her, grabbing my keys and running out the door.

I hop into the backseat, Grayson blasting Tame Impala throughout the car.

"It's senior season baby!" he yells to me over the sound of Let It Happen roaring through the car.

"Hell yeah!" I yell back to him.

***

We pull up to school and go to the front office to grab our schedules. Ethan, Grayson and I scan them to find matching classes.

"Sweet! All 3 of us have English together!" Ethan exclaims.

"And Grayson, you and I are both in Environmental Science for the last class!" I smile at him.

"Awesome! Well, I'm headed off to Calculus, see you at lunch", he gives us a wink and struts off to class.

I make my way to the art hallway, where my first class is Photography. I've always had a huge passion for photography, and the fact that I get to start my morning with it is amazing.

I drop my bag down at a table, Immediately scanning for friends. I find Rose in the back corner of the room talking with a few people so I decide to join her.

"Hey guys!" I say and Rose perks up to my voice.

"Mal! Come sit next to me!" she says.

***

I get through the rest of the morning classes and it's finally lunchtime. I make my way over to the cafeteria, looking around to see if my friend group had already found a table. I instantly see Grayson and the rest of them sitting with...

Alice? Again?

"Hey guys", I say, placing my tray down on the table and sandwiching between Ethan and Charlie.

"Mal! So nice of you to join us!" Alice says, wrapping her arms around Grayson's shoulders.

"Isn't he just the cutest?" She says to me, raising an eyebrow and squeezing Grayson's shoulders.

"Oh, he sure is", I say, taking a bite of my sandwich.

"Shut up, Mal", Grayson reaches over the table and gives me a small shove.

***

The rest of lunch consisted of us talking about Alice's "next big party", which was for the start of fall. We all said our goodbyes and went to our next class, but I pulled Grayson aside so I could talk to him.

"So, what's up with you and Alice? Are y'all dating or something?" I question him.

"Woah, chill, couple police", Grayson throws his hands up in surrender.

"I mean if you are it's fine, you just usually tell me these things", I retort.

"I mean, we're not, but maybe we will, you never know", Grayson shrugged, turning around and heading towards our English class.

I huffed and tried to run after him.

***

It was the end of the day, and Grayson and Ethan and I always meet outside on the benches in the front of the school. Grayson was taking a long time and Ethan and I started to get annoyed.

"It's been 10 minutes, where is he?" Ethan asked.

"Maybe he had to talk to your football coach or something?" I suggested.

Suddenly, out walked Grayson, with Alice, Yvette, and Jenny and some guys from the football team. They were all laughing about something.

"Grayson!" I shrieked, trying to get his attention.

He turned around, and he looked at me, annoyed.

"I'll catch you guys later", He grumbled before walking over towards Ethan and I.

"What took you so long?" I asked him.

"Relax, Mal, I was with my friends", he said to me.

"Since when are you friends with The Clique?" I asked him.

"I don't know, since the party I guess? Let's go home", he pushed past me and started walking towards the car.

This was not the Grayson I knew, Grayson was changing.

I was sure of it now.

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