The hidden truth

Chapter 8 - oh shit

Oh no.

I looked out at everyone, thankfully there wasn't a large crowd like I was use to at the club but large enough for everyone to know I could talk. Well shite. In front of me sat, Veronica, Betty, Chuck Clayton, Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle and Cheryl blossom. Oh my god, could I have dug myself a bigger grave this week? I think not.

"Woah" Chuck said while nodding his head with a large smirk and I just rolled my eyes. God not this again.

"Omg!, that was amazing!" Veronica screamed as she came over to me and hugged me, um what? Why are you hugging me you weirdo. Get the hell off I felt like saying but I choose to keep my mouth shut.

" I thought you couldn't speak?" Said Cheryl in a confused and snappy tone, well no one ever asked so shut the hell up I thought to myself but again I stayed quiet and just sat staring at everyone. I was star stroke.

"Wow, that was beautiful" Betty said in her normal calm and sweet voice which brought a smile to my face and was the first compliment I could ever remember getting.

"Thank you" I said with more confidence than I expected, god LJ dig your hole any bigger you might aswell get a digger to do it for you.

"Wow, she can talk such a beautiful voice as well" Chuck said which again earned him another eye roll from me as I slowly dropped my head back down to my book.

"Archie, Archie Andrews, what's your name?" He asked me with his guitar on his back and his head rested in his hands. This caused some unrest because everyone knew me as McKenzie but I hated saying it, it was pure hell to me since I knew that wasn't me.

"McKenzie, Mckenzie McCall" I said back nicely with a smile but with my head still facing my book, this was about to get awkward for me since I hated people calling me McKenzie and it made me want to slap everyone but here, that's what they knew me as. Shame.

"Well this is Veronica Lodge, Elizabeth Copper and JugHead Jones" Archie said with a smile and my head just nodded as I kept my eyes on my book. I knew who they were, not that it mattered but if anything I didn't know how to talk to them since the jealously was unreal that I felt towards them. They all had the life I craved.

"Nice to meet you all" I said putting my book down and I played with my necklace, they all smiled at me but Jughead looked at me alittle star stroke. I wasn't sure why but I just brushed it off and smiled at everyone, they quickly went back to their conversation and I felt my phone buzz.

Mr 'boss man': After your stunt last night, your not working the next two days! You whore!, if only I could get rid of you but you know your my best and I can't get rid of you but don't think you'll get away with it, when you behave you can have more information! See how you like that sweetheart.

I read the message and I felt my blood boil, was he serious?. It was his fault and I was the one being punished because he couldn't keep his hands to his fucking self, it's not like I was gonna work tonight anyway since I was invited to that party by Cheryl and that seemed like a better way to use my time than to sit and go beg Malachai for work. So I decided to play this my way and not his.

Me: works for me.

Once I hit send I put my phone back down and looked towards everyone who was lost in conversation, Jughead had moved sofas with Betty and was now on the sofa facing me and he looked sad? Maybe I was crazy but he seemed sad about something.

"I haven't seen her in eleven years Betty, I wish we knew where she was" Jughead said to his Beautiful Girlfriend and wondered who they were on about, it made me wonder if my family were thinking about me and wanting to see me or if they had just forgotten. I got up and walked out with my books and went to class.

Hoping to all the gods that today would just go quickly and not be a pain in the ass, this party later was my shot to be a normal teenager. That's all I wanted to at Least have one day of being a normal teenager. That would be my favourite thing.

It's not like I could be now anyway, I didn't even know when my own birthday was never mind how to be a normal teenage girl. I walked into my classroom and sat down before sighing.

Just be quick please.