Right or wrong?

Chapter 2

Everyday, I walk to school with Tiffany. However, that day, her boyfriend, Harry Pierce, came to pick her up. Harry was one of my good friends but at that moment, I felt like the third wheel.Tiffany hopped onto his motorbike after giving him a peck on his cheek.

"Bye Pearlyn!" both of them called out as the motorbike zoomed away.

Grudgingly, I walked to school. Carly was already leaning against the wall of the school gate, grinning at me.  I quickly caught up with her as I greeted her, still breathing heavily.

Gripping my books closer to my chest to disguise my panting from my heavy walk, Carly and I walked towards our lockers. My locker was partially open and the only family photograph I had was destroyed.The door of my locker was not only sprayed with paint as more shocks followed it. Most of my books were torn and tattered.

I felt anger boil in me as I clenched my shaking fists. I knew who did it. It could only be one person. Darsy. How dare she? I felt tears well up in my eyes.

Immediately, I started running. Running from my locker: from Carly:from everything. I heard Carly call from behind but I did not care. I just needed to be alone.

"Awww... what's the matter, baby girl?"  I heard a taunting voice. It was Darsy and her group of friends: Carol, Diaspro and... Tiffany! Darsy placed one hand on her curvy hip and blocked my way, smirking. Carol and Diaspro flanked her sides snickering. Tiffany was standing a little off from Darsy's side and was frowning. She seemed like she wanted to stop Darsy while I tried to catch her eye, pleading for help.

However, she did not help. She just stood there and watched her sister get bullied.

"Did you enjoy your birthday present?" Diaspro said before the three of them started laughing. It wasn't even my birthday. All this while, Tiffany just remained silent.

So much for thinking that TIffany would help me if I got bullied. A sense of betrayal washed over me. So what Darsy said had been true. Tiffany did think of me as a humiliation and am embarrassment.

I could hear Tiffany sigh as she walked away. I fought back tears but my efforts proved ineffectual as rivulets of tears trickled down my face.

"Awww... The friendless teacher's pet is crying. Where's your Carly?  Did she ditch you like your sister?" Carol spat at me I felt as if I had been injested with poison as I got weaker and weaker.

Mustering an astronomical amount of strenght, I started running after Tiffany. She owed me a good explanation. As usual, my stubby legs were just a disadvantage.Fortunately, I found her walking towards the toilet.

"Tiffany! How could you do such a thing? Do you know how much trust I had in you?"I shouted at Tiffany at the top of my voice,slightly shoving her into the wall. She winced, clutching her shoulders.

"What do you expect me to do? Ditch all my friends? How is one person equivalent to three of my CLOSEST friends? Of course I was upset that my friends picked on you but what do you expect me to do?" TIffany snapped back, frustration evident in her voice.

I was furious. My sanity seemed to have snapped as I started shouting vulgarities at her. It had benn true! My sister never cared about me at all! 

I was  about to attack her when Harry stepped into the scene.

"Both of you! Stop it!" he bellowed as he reassuringly placed his hands on Tiffany's shoulder.

"Pearlyn, just go and leave Tiffany alone for now. Tiffany, you come with me. I'll bring you home," Harry said as he pulled Tiffany along with him. Tiffany mumbled something between her sobs before following Harry.

By then, a huge crowd had gathered near me. Some of the students were froening in disapproal while some were snickering in pockets of the crowd. Rumours were probably spreading out like a wildfire.

I scanned across the crowd. Much to my relief, I spotted Carly. I was about to run to Carly when I spotted JT (James-Thomas), my life-long crush, who was in football, who was extremely popular, was standing just a few feet from Carly.

He was partially smirking. My heart started beating furiously against my ribcage. I had just made the fool of myself in front of my crush. I started hyperventilating as I stood rooted to the ground.

Fortunately, the bell saved the day as everyone started rushing to their classes. Reluctantly, I averted my gaze and rushed to Carly's side.

"Whoa! Pearlyn! What was that about?" Carly questioned me. I creased my eyebrows in confusion. Was she talking about my argument with Tiffany? Or  was she talking about my long(wonderful,unforgettable) stare on JT?

"Gosh! I know you like JT but seriously? Staring at him for so long will make it obvious that you like him. You should visit some kind of love doctor. Everybody was staring at you both," Carly finished.

I felt a deep pink blush creep onto my cheek,

Trying to cover up for it," You're just jelly that I stared at JT instead of you. Don't worry. Next time I'll make sure to stare at you extra long before staring at JT," I playfully teased her.'

"EEEEWWWWWW! Gross! Don't! I'm not a lesbian! By the way, I love jelly. Don't insult it woman," Carly lightly smacked me.

I was about to smack her back but we had already reached the classroom. Mr Sanderson,our English teacher was already there.

:Hurry up, girls! I'm going to rearrange your seats. I have noticed that you all have gotten too comfortable with your current positions," Mr Sanderson said, his arms akimo.

Both of us scurried into our seats. I was currently sitting with Kimberly, a good friend of mine and I really did not want to change seats. I did not want to end up with someone like Darsy.

Soon, Mr Sanderson started appointing our seats and I was in a daze, not exactly caring about what he said until  I heard JT's name. Instantaneously, my head perked up.

"JT...sit here and..." our english teacher began. 'Please make me sit beside him. Please make me sit beside him,' I pleaded to the Gods above. However, clearly nothing happened my way and Edward Grey, the school's best football player was appointed to sit next to JT. My heart sank. 

However, I did not have the time to sulk. Mr Sanderson had appointed Diaspro to sit in front of JT! How was that fair? Diaspro got JT and I didn't.

"Pearlyn... You'll be sitting next to Diaspro," Mr Sanderson finished.

My eyes widended in horror. NO! This could not be happening! Through my peripheral vision, I spotted Diaspro choke on her water. Reluctantly, I took a seat beside her. On the bright side, my  crush was sitting behind me. It was quite obvious that Diapro did not like the fact that I was sitting next to her. Howeer, she also did not want to miss the opportunity of sitting in front of two hot boys.

The day turned out to be longer than I expected. Sitting with Diaspro was the most horrible thing. She kept trying to flirt with Edward and JT. As soon as the bell rang I ran towards Carly.

"Awww..  This is so Carlyn. I ship you two together so much," one of our classmates,Sherry, said as she spotted us walk down the hallway.

However, she immediately shut up after receiving a glare from Carly. Carly was waiting for her parents to pick her up while I on the other hand was walking back home. I baded my best friend goodbye as I started walking home.