Better Days

Chapter 11: Return

I entered school tired and uncooperative. Everyone was so bent on staring at me. Of course I didn't mind nor did I care.

Jasper ambushed me with a smile. "Morgan I missed you."

Her pure joy brought me back to reality as I attempted to return the feelings. "Thank you Jasper. I missed you as well. Did anything happen while I left?"

"Not really. Rumors stopped spreading as soon as you got into that fight."

"Lucky me." I laughed.

"But Valarie's friends seem to want you to do a whole formal apology. Since you did give Val her black eye."

"The day just started how did you know that?"

She waved her phone. "Apparently they have been trying to reach you but-"

"My phone was taken away." I chuckled. "You can tell them I'm not apologizing again."

"Morgan wait! Think about this. You could be the bigger person in this situation."

"Jasper I already apologized to her. I went to her house and everything. Im not doing it again just because she wants the whole school to see."

"Alright Morgan! Where is this strength coming from?! I love it!" Jasper sounded excited.  "Do you want me to respond with what you said? Or-"

"No. Leave them hanging." I smiled

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I sat down a surprisingly good version of school lunch. Jasper was about to look over but I warned her not to. "They'll think we are waiting on them." I mumbled.

"Do you have a scar?"  She said looking closely using her hand to outline the red skin.

"Yeah but its a tiny one." I smile.

Pearl slowly walked over and stood at the end of the table. She was wearing mascara and eyeliner. She looked nice. I wish I had the cocky attitude of my aunt to tell her that. Jasper became anxious. She doesn't seem to like confrontation.

"Jasper you didnt respond to the message." She smiled.

"Ah. You didn't send any."

"Did you at least inform her?" Pearl said barely glancing my way.

"Oh I did." Jasper sat up. I smiled. Look at her being a big girl.

"What did she say?"

"I'm sitting right here. You could ask me yourself." I was a bit amused at her will to not even look at me.

"Aren't you going to apologize?"

"I already did. My family forced me to go to her house." I said opening my milk.

Pearl did a little twirl ready to leave. "Val wants an apology, one to the school. Shes getting it whether-"

"I like it or not? Is that her new bullying tactic. Did she not learn her lesson the first time? She will never get me to say it. Hurry up and get back. The others must be so upsetting that you are barely using the shared brain you all have."

Pearl turned back around to hit the table. "Morgan what happened to you? You became such an asshole to me. We used to be friends. But then you changed. You changed for the worse. Over some night that wasn't even a big deal."

"Morgan hasn't changed at all. She still has that bitchy attitude that we all know any love."

"Bitchy?" I put my hand to my chest to emphasize my sarcastic hurt.