Where Stars Collide

Last Year

I walk into the office as Alice walks out but he doesn't say anything he just walks past me. Okay weird I thought but I just shrug it off. Since I didn't come here willingly and I don't know what to do I just walk to up to the counter hoping they would just send me back to class after I explain to them what Jessica did but sadly they did not.

"Ms. Blossom good to see you" The person behind the desk formally known as Ms. Cordova says. She looks at me and gives me a smile and I give her one back.

"Nice to see you to" I say trying to hide my previous annoyance but nothing gets pats Ms. C, her smile falters.

"Your teacher told us about your out burst in class so we as the school have decided it would be best to send you to therapy sessions to help get you through this tough time. Actually we've been planning for you and Jake to have sessions since the beginning of the year." Well thats good to know that they think I need mental help when I'm actually fine. I think to my self. An awkward silence settles between us for a few moments before Ms. C finally speaks up again.

"Take a seat over there. We'll call you back when we're ready." She says pointing to the row of chairs in front of the principal's office. I do what i'm told an take a seat. Well there's one thing that I can take away from this experience and thats tHE fact that everything bad that happens in my life is Jessica's fault. I keep thinking about how much I hate Jessica and how if I had the option I would throw a chair at her but i'm pulled out of thoughts by someone entering the office yelling which isn't helping my mood which gets worse when I look up to see the cause of the yelling.

Fucking Jake

"I don't understand why I have to have fucking therapy." Jake yells at poor Ms. C who just looks up and speaks in the most calm voice i've ever heard.

"Jake I know you might not see the point behind this but trust me it will help you in the long run."

"But i'm fine" Jake says in a very "i'm not fine" voice but Ms. C doesn't back down.

'Jake this isn't a discussion please take a seat." She says pointing to the row of seats. Jake turns to see me and is obviously shocked and a little embarrassed but I just look away. He walks over and takes a seat next to me. I don't acknowledge his existence until he speaks up.

"They got you too huh?" He asks looking at me. I simply nod in response.

"Well isn't that fucking great." He says leaning his head against the wall behind him with his hands on his neck. He goes to say something else but is interrupted by a lady calling my name. I get my stuff and make my way towards the lady who just smiles when I approach her. She tells me to follow her and I oblige as she leads me towards an office I honestly didn't know existed until now. We walk in and to say that it was cozy would be an understatement. It had Brown wooden walls with a matching floor. There were two chairs one on the right side of the room that was near some type of fire place and a Brown recliner on the left. There were shelves filled with random things mainly books and picture of what i'm assuming to be her family. There also was a black and white rug on the middle of the floor.

"Take a seat there" she says pointing to the brown recliner. I do what she says as she takes a seat in the other chair. She writes something on her notepad before she looks up at me and smiles. I just stare back because at this point i'm honestly done with everything and just want to get this over with. Taking the hint she begins to speak.

"Margaret Blossom is your name right?" She asks I mentally cringe at the use of my first name as I hate it with a burning passion but still I respond not wanting to be rude.

"Mani never Margaret" she simply nods as she writes something in her notepad before speaking again.

"Well Mani i'm Ms. Hellen." She says with a smile on her face. She extends her arm out before continuing. "Nice to meet you."

I take her hand as I respond shaking it lightly. "Nice to meet you too."

"Can I ask why i'm here" I say obviously catching her off guard but that doesn't last long.

"The school thinks it would benefit you if you had some sessions with me" she replies her smile never falling.

"How would that benefit me?" I ask the annoyance I previously had slowly coming back.

"It will help you get over what happened last year."

"But how could I get over something if it doesn't bother me." I respond blatantly. She just writes something down in her notepad again before she looks up at me and continues speaking.

"You might not realize it but it is. That outburst you had in class is proof of that." God does everyone know?!?

"That 'outburst' happened because Jessica is an annoying bitch who doesn't know when to shut up." Ms. Hellen looks at me stifling a laugh as she continues.

"Trust me I know seeing as I am her older sister." Well shit I simply think as I start to feel embarrassed but that seems to make her laugh even more. Our conversation continues and we just talk about small things like my life at home and my relationship with Jake. Everything is going good until she asks the question I hope she wouldn't.

"Okay Mani tell me about what happened last year." I freeze. Did see seriously had to ask that

"What's there to tell you? I'm pretty sure you already know." I say with a hint of anger in my voice.

"I know that I know but I want to hear your side of the story." I sigh as I quick realize there was no way I was going to get out of this.

"Fine if you really want to know. Me and Jake where heading to lunch when he got a call from Alice. I didn't hear what he was saying but I could tell that he was frantic seeing as Jake was trying to calm him down. After Jake hangs up I look at him and ask whats wrong and he tells me that Alice needs help and he said something about someone attacking someone and how he didn't mean to. He also told me that he was in the west wing so that were we headed." I paused looking up at Ms. Hellen who was writing in her notepad. Noticing my silence she looked up giving me comforting smile as I continued "When me and Jake got closer to the west wing we could hear crying and someone mumbling something. We automatically knew it was Alice. We turned the corner to see Michael one of our former classmates lying on the ground covered in blood with a deep cut across his neck and Alice next to him with his hands over his neck trying to stop the bleeding. There was a knife lying on the ground near the two which I assumed was the thing used to cut his neck. When me and Jake got there he was still alive but we both knew the wouldn't last long and apparently Alice did too as he looked at up at us with tears in his eyes. He told us him and Michael had an argument with someone else which led to this. He continued saying he didn't know who to call so he just called us. Jake immediately said that we should someone but Alice protested saying that we would get arrested if we did. Him and Jake went back and forth with each other before Jake had enough and grabbed me by the hand and left. I could hear Alice calling us as we walked away but I didn't turn back as I just wanted to get away from that. Jake and I told the principal which ended with Alice's arrest."

"And you believe that Alice didn't kill Michael?" Ms. Hellen asked. I looked up at her as I responded.

"Yes I do" I replied giving her a cold stare but even doesn't back down.

"And how do you know that."

"I just feel it" I said mentally face palming noticing how stupid I sound right now.

"You can't base facts off of feelings Ms. Blossom" wow using last names thats how you know she's serious.

"Can I go now?" I ask not wanting to be here anymore.

"Sure" she replies not looking up from her notepad. I quickly exit the room and make my way out the office as I hear Jake call for me but I just ignore him as the only thing I'm focused on is getting out of here. I run through the hallways towards the front doors just wanting to go homeo not really caring about the fact that im technically skipping school.

Worst first day ever.