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Going Back to School

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"It seems Lauren McKenley swept Jake off his feet, again." a sophomore said to her friend as I pass by the lockers. I look at them for a second or two and left.  Perhaps they noticed and shut their mouths instead.

"Ain't that his girlfriend?!" the other one asked.

I pass by the hallway to hear the same from my schoolmates, and when they notice I came by, they somehow look at me like I was naive, fooled or blinded for whatever I had for Jake. They would come into groups then would disperse in any second and would go back after I pass by.

They are totally wrong.

"Baby!" Jake called out from a classroom. I did not hear him out, instead, I went into my locker and saw an envelope. I pick it up and open it up, but when I hear footsteps going next to me, I put it inside a book I am going to leave inside the locker.

"Baby..." he calls out again, this time, behind me. I closed the locker, and he slowly snakes his arms around my waist. "I missed you."

"Me too." I lied, with a straight face, but he wouldn't think I am lying. I take his arms away from me and went to the classroom. 

I could see Lauren being fancy, probably because of what she had done, but her face turns sour when he saw Jake next to me. I gave her a sweet smile. Yes, Lauren. After the fun and games, he is going home with me.

 His other friends probably know what he did, especially Ed and Clarkson.

I heard what Clarkson said, Ed sent the pictures. I guess Ed is siding with Clarkson now.

CLARKSON.

I could see in his eyes his disappointment, seeing me choosing Jake over him again. He shook his head in disbelief, thinking that I made a bad choice, but no.

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Two periods have just finished and we were all preparing for a role play. The teacher was getting creative just to make us involved. She probably noticed that those sluts ain't listening to her.

We are divided into groups and unfortunately, Jake and Clarkson are with me. I hate this. I am between these two guys who both like me; one who had been truthful and one who had been not.

"Okay guys, are you ready?" the teacher asked. 

I nodded in response. 

"This is an impromptu situation. We discuss about four different writing styles, descriptive, narrative, persuasive and expository. I will be giving out different situations and act it out, provided by which writing styles will be stated. Act out, not write."

"That's difficult." Jake mumbled. He nudged me to his side and I look at him in response. "Please fix the tie for me, honey." he gave me a smile, like he never cheated on me on my birthday.

I reached out for his tie and fix it, pulling it. I look at his eyes as I fix it, not noticing how my anger flows up and I almost choked him.

"H-hey!" He protested. That was the time I saw his face turn red. "Are you trying to kill me baby?"

"Maybe." I replied. I have just been hiding this anger. I heard Ed and Clarkson snickering few chairs away, knowing he deserves it. He rolls his eyes like the slut he had slept with and fix his hair. "Why are you wearing a tie?"

"To look handsome." 

HIM

I could see in her the emotions she was trying to hide. I knew she cried a lot after what I told her and what she discovered. She looks like she is happy, but her eyes can't hide the pain.

The whole school were talking about Lauren  McKenley's party and her pictures with Jake. They were gossiping about him and Lauren and then turns into Georgina, I don't know, if they pity her or treats her like she is a fool for believing her boyfriend's lie. I know it hurts her, but she's hiding it. 

"What happened then?"

"I confessed to her, again." I told Ed. "She was just crying that time." It breaks my heart. 

Jake went in the classroom with her. This class might be boring, but this is taking the hell out of me. I am in a group with George and Jake. There are four others in the group, good thing Ed was one of them.

Jake nudged her to fix her tie and Georgina overdo it, almost choking him to death. Serves him right. Ed started snickering beside me and I get it, he rolled his eyes like one of those cheerleaders he used to date when they get annoyed.

Georgina's reactions are neutral. She just seemed to be going with the flow, but deep inside, hurting. How could she deal with it like this?

"Okay, Clarkson, Ed, Steff, Georgina, Jake, Cedrick and Andy's group, you are next." the teacher calls out. She picks out a piece of paper from her bowl and smiled. "Interesting." she said. She raised her eyebrows as if she knows what's going on. "Persuasive. Pick out three people to be the lead, a girl and two guys."

Ed pushed me to the edge, while Steff and Andy pointed at Jake and George.

"Great!" she exclaimed and give out a laugh after Isabel whispered her something. "I guess this one would make things more interesting, Isabel." she turns to us. "So we have Clarkson, George and Jake. Hmm. Hmm. Here it is. You guys are going to persuade Georgina to get into your side. The situation is, both of you is going to convince her who is worthy for her love."

The whole room fall silent.

"This is for 500 points! Go act now, chop chop!" the teacher said.

She really knew what happened.