INSTA-Daddy

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"If it isn't precious little Gabby," Jennifer cheered fakely as I entered cafeteria with Liz the next day. Wes wasn't with us since he's got a lunch meeting with his gaming club.

Paula giggled beside her. Liz mimicked her, adding a bit of sarcasm into it.

As much as how scary Jennifer can be, Paula was the exact opposite. In fact, she wasn't intimidating at all. Liz, for one, can easily agree on that.

"Where's your boyfriend?" She asked, as if really caring. She was teasing me, I noted.

"So you told," I muttered, moving past her.

"Of course. News like that should not be left unnoticed you know," she giggled sheepishly.

I should have known. Oh yeah. I did.

Liz and I marched towards the cafeteria counter to order food. The food they were serving weren't a fave for me during my preggy stages so I ended up ordering pineapple juice instead. It's the only thing my stomach can handle right now. Liz, on the other hand, took her vegetable diet seriously, ordering veggie curry.

We searched around the area for a vacant table. As much as possible, I must keep my composure and stay calm inspite of knowing that Jennifer was still disturbing us with her wicked presence.

"Although, I do wonder why he decided to like you," she mused. "Did you seduce him?"

I huffed in silent. That's it. She successfully triggered me.

"Excuse me?" I ceased searching for an empty table, and took Jen's bait.

"We all know Cameron left you for me. Meaning, you weren't interesting enough,"

I gripped the sides of my tray tighter to suppress my annoyance. I heard Liz made a 'how unbelievable' huff.

"What are you talking about? Weren't Cameron about to break up with y--" Paula ceased to finish her sentence. Jen stabbed her with a glare and stepped on her foot. Note: Jennifer was wearing heels. Poor Paula.

I tinted a little smile. Did I hear what I think I heard her say?

"I wonder what made Tom agree to become your boyfriend. There must have been a reason. Don't ya think?" She barbed.

I signalled Liz to an empty table somewhere at the center, adjacent to the speaker stuck on the wall corner.

We marched there. Sad to say, Jennifer kept trailing behind us. Liz aimed to shove them away, however I halted her to do such. I don't want any trouble. We might end up at Mr. Wilmer's office again. Liz painted a protest on her face, I beamed at her-- her protest denied.

Liz and I sat down, placing our trays on the table's surface; ignoring both Jennifer and Paula.

"It's rude to ignore people when they're talking to you!" She grasped my wrist and hauled it towards her direction.

"Hey!" I yelled. I jerked to let go of my arm.

Great. Another way of receiving judgeful looks and attention. The buzzing sound silenced and was replaced with Jennifer's blabbering.

"Don't get ahold of yourself Gabby. Just because you have Tom for a shield now doesn't mean you're safe. I'm still Brentwood's queen!" She wailed.

Correct. Brentwood's evil Queen.

Mumbles began to arise. More stares shifted to us. Liz nudged my elbow, reminding me to 'stay calm'.

With another shake, I managed to free my wrist from her grip. I gently massaged it due to Jen's polished nails dug deep in the skin.