jasmine ;
the next day poppy was jumping up and down by my locker, not being able to stand still. i raised an eyebrow wondering why, if she had news, she didn't just text me like any other teenager in the twentieth century.
"so i know i should have text you but i had no texts left and you know what my mum's like with contracts and paying extra money for my mindless texting -" i slapped my hands on her shoulders, staring her straight in the eyes.
"take a breath." she breathed in and out slowly, closing her eyes as she exhaled. "now speak."
"there was another post! about viv!" i scrambled for my phone not having actually followed the blog yesterday. i loaded it up using my e-mail as she watched, pretty impatiently, as i scanned through the post. i could feel my mouth open slightly, shocked that viv was using drugs.
"doubting it's someone in our school now." carmen came over, people moving out of her way slightly like they always have done. it's not like we were popular, we knew that but she held a certain confidence about her that made others back away. poppy was nodding enthusiatically, eager for something as mysterious as the books she always read happening to her.
well not her, exactly.
i stayed quiet, thinking. it was hard to determine who it was so far i mean what boy in sydney hadn't slept with viv and brianna.
the bell pulled me out of my thought making me realise that carmen and poppy were already a few steps away, waiting impatiently. i grinned sheepishly, grabbed my psychology text book and ran to catch up with them.
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i.t seemed to be the lesson i found everything out. tom smiled at me as i sat down, something we ususally did anyway, the thing that changed was the way he stayed staring at me. it was sort of creepy.
"do you need anything? some snacks? a condom?" he chuckled at me as i typed my school user into the computer, tapping my nails as it loaded.
"you know how there was that new post about viv?" i made a sound that i hoped sounded like an agreement, waiting for him to elaborate. "well someone in their school recorded her talk with her coach..." he trailed off, still grinning.
"you look like the chesire cat." i commented as i pulled up youtube. thankfully the school didn't block it, only certain videos. he told me to shut up and type in the title so i did just that. it was a simple title: "vivian: the ex files." and it was uploaded by an anonymous user.
the views were a staggering 13k already and once it loaded i saw viv, someone i had seen celebrating with such pride after celebrating everything she had ever won, looking distressed. her coach, standing before her, looked angry and it wasn't long until she started crying.
once it had finished i looked at tom who was still eagerly watching my reaction. i started to giggle, i couldn't help it. i know that bringing someone down like this was a horrible thing to do but in a way i enjoyed watching it play out.
i wanted to compliment whoever this "m.m" was.
