Life at Its Worst

Chapter 1: The Annoying Ex

December: Today...
So today my my jerk ex boyfriend decided to steal the book I needed to answer my response questions. He's always stealing my stuff or trying to annoy me. Today was worse because we had a sub in that class so he could actually get away with it. It's not like I did anything to him. After all. he broke up with me.

November: 5 weeks earlier...

"He's a jerk," Bruno said, side eyeing Henry. I had been crying. I usually don't cry but I guess I just really liked him and he wasn't giving me the attention he promised that he said he was:

"I really like being with you and I guess I'm just afraid of being teased. And now that Mr. D knows, he'll definitely mess with me," Henry had said.

"I'm pretty sure he'll stop if you talk to him."

     He sighed and said, "Okay."
     I guess he broke his promise. I started to tear up again. I really hate crying, especially in school. The worst part is that Henry saw me crying and he didn't even seem concerned. In fact, I heard him laughing at the other table with his friends!

"Some boyfriend," I mumbled under my breath. It was towards the end of the day and we were in science around this time. After science and our elective, it was time for dismissal. When I happened to make eye contact with him, he signaled for me to come over there. I sighed and walked up to him.

"I need some space," he blurted out.

"So..." I started and he said, "Yeah."

"We're done?"

"Yeah."

I nodded and walked away, towards my friend Bruno.

"We broke up," I said.

"Ooohhh, you did?"

I nodded once more. I didn't think it bothered me that much. I did question our relationship when we first got together. Deep down I knew it wouldn't last. Then I said bye to Bruno and other friend Ruby and got in my mom's car. When we arrived home, I changed out of my uniform and we went right back out. It was my mom's birthday and we were going out to eat at Chicago Pizzeria Oven Grinder - CPOG basically - to celebrate. Maybe what really pissed me off was the fact that I happened to see a couple making out. I'm not throwing shade towards love or anything but did the universe really have to show me a couple kissing the day I broke up with my boyfriend? Throughout the night I tried not to think about what Henry said, but I couldn't. I really liked him. A lot. He's so cute with his orange, curly hair and freckles and he's nice - well that's what I thought - and smart. I wish it could've worked out. Maybe if he actually spent some time to talk to me - in person - and get to know me better. He was only willing to do that through through text. The only good thing about that day was the pizza we had. When we got home, I binge watched Disney channel for the rest of the night. I really didn't want to go to school the next day. It was only Wednesday.

December: Today...

"Can I have my book back, Henry," I asked.

"Once you give me my book back," he responded.

Because he hid my book I decided to take his and hide it in my backpack. I'm all about getting even.

"I need to see my book first."

"I need to see mine."

"What the hell, Henry! Just give me my book back! I need it for my work!"

He shook his head.

"You bitch," I mumbled.

Then Bruno called me over because Henry's crush, Leisley -he liked her while he was dating me - needed a book checked in and the sub didn't know how to work the damn system. Luckily, I'm a library helper so I went over there and checked in her book. When I came back, Henry asked for his book again. I decided to just give it back to him. I knew where he hid my book. I would steal it back at some point. But when I looked in my book bag , it wasn't there. I looked at Henry and he was smiling.

"You're so slow," he said, starting to laugh.

Now that's when I got pissed off. He fucking went through my bag! I jumped out out of my seat.

"You went through my bag?! That's an invasion of privacy!" I could yell because it was already loud in classroom.

"I didn't go through your bag. I just told Lilyana which pockets to look through."

Then my direction focused on her. She just repeatedly apologized to me so I just shrugged it off. It was really Henry I was mad at. He's always stealing my stuff or trying to annoy me and I'm sick and tired of it. Why me? Why the hell me? I didn't do anything. Finally, I stole my stuff back and decided to just sit at the the table where Ruby was.

"He's so annoying!"

"I can tell," Ruby responded.

I turned around in his direction and flipped him off in sign language. Sign language has been a fascination of mine since third grade. He knows what it means so he did it back. Then he had the nerve to call me salty.

"Ramiyah's being salty!"

I rolled my eyes, shook my head and turned around. But when I looked at my paper, I saw some writing:

I love Henry - Ramiyah

My eyes widened. I knew exactly who hand writing that was: Ruby's

"Why did you write that?!"

"It was a joke!"

Class was over at this time so I could walk past her and she wasn't in my next class so then I wouldn't have to talk to her. Lilyana, Bruno and Seymor asked what was wrong but I said nothing. I didn't want to talk. Ruby knows that I hate Henry. So why would she write that? She's done that before but right now, I'm too irritated for jokes right now.