Brandi and I don't speak for the rest of the week.
Starting high school with no friends is... depressing.
I'm not good at making new ones.
It's not that I'm scared people won't like me.
I'm scared to be the one who walks up first.
Brandi and Jamie were the only real friends I made in middle school. Once I was part of their little group, I never bothered branching out.
Jamie was gone for most of the summer, but she's just as bossy as Brandi. Actually, she wears the title of Bitch like it's an award.
The two of them usually operate as a team.
If one of them is mad at me...
They both are.
So tomorrow, when high school starts, it'll be just me.
Again.
At least I have one piece of good news.
Yesterday, I made the JV basketball team.
Tryouts were brutal, and I was sure I was going to choke.
But I didn't.
For the first time all week, I felt like maybe the new Tia Scott was finally becoming real.
Torri never texts again.
I tell myself he's busy.
City life.
New friends.
Whatever.
Eventually, I stop checking my phone every five minutes.
Randy, on the other hand...
He won't stop apologizing.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Can we talk?
I delete every single message.
Sorry doesn't erase what happened.
He knew I was terrified.
He did it anyway.
At some point, anger turned into hurt.
And hurt is harder to get over.
Tomorrow is the first day of high school.
My bedroom looks like a clothing store exploded.
Mom offers to help me pick an outfit.
I tell her I've got it.
Athena and I have already made our decision.
A hot-pink skater dress.
Black ankle boots.
My teal Kendra Scott necklace.
The color makes my green eyes stand out, and my summer tan finally looks like it belongs with the dress instead of basketball shorts.
High school is my chance.
No more hiding.
No more being just the basketball girl.
The next four years are going to be different.
They have to be.
With no one to text and nowhere to be, I curl up on my bed and turn on The Vampire Diaries.
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