Confessions of a Queen Bee

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"Ivy! You're here! Where on earth have you been?" Faye asks as she comes running to me, her big strawberry blonde curls bouncing along with her.

Once she reaches me she throws her arms around me in a quick hug, I'm overwhelmed with her sweet-smelling perfume, and although I'm still not a fan of physical contact, I hug her back anyways.

I need to keep it together.

She's always hugging people, she is the kind on of our group, she doesn't join in if we're giving someone grief, and although we all know she secretly agrees, she tries not bitch about people with us.

"Hi, Faye." I smile and look around her and look at Nora and Jess. They're both looking at me suspiciously, and I refrain from rolling my eyes. "Hi girls."

When Faye and I reach where they are stood, I notice that Nora has one of my tops on. It's just one of my T-shirt's and to be fair it does look so much better on her than it does on me. It complements her jet-black hair and porcelain skin.

But I'm still going to have to pull her up on it.

I can't have just suddenly changed.

Raising my eyebrow, I ask. "Is that my top?" and she smiles guiltily at me.

"Yeah...I'm sorry but  I just love it so much. Don't make me change. Plus you still have all my things. I'll give you your top back tomorrow if you bring me in my earphones and stuff?"

"Nora" Jess laughs. "You can't keep Ivy's clothes for ransom."

"I'm not!" Nora exclaims and looks at me but I just shake my head at her.

"Don't worry about it. Keep it, it looks better on you."

All three of their eyes whipped towards me when I said this, I guess I don't usually allow them to keep my stuff or pay them compliments. I forget I'm supposed to be a shitty person. 

The top just looks better on her, plus on me, it would show a lot of my chest and I don't think I want to wear things like that anymore. 

"She can keep it?" Jess asks surprised and I know I'm going to have to say something bitchy to make them believe that everything is normal.

"Well, she's already been seen wearing it now, why would I want to wear it after her?" I explain through gritted teeth and sigh when they all nod in understanding.

How could they act like that was rational?

It's as if I'm seeing my life through crystal clear waters for the first time in years, a couple of weeks ago everything looked clear, but now I know it really wasn't.

"Guys, can we ask Ivy where the hell she's been? We're going to be late for registration" Faye complains, trying to hurry it up, she may the nicest one of our little group, but she is definitely the most impatient.

"Yeah, where have you been? You left a proper shit storm just disappearing like that. I tried to come to see if you were at home, but your mum said that we couldn't talk to you?" Nora is probably the girl I'm closest with in the group, the other girls most likely just acknowledged I wasn't around and enjoyed the fact that they would be centre of attention for once.

God, why do I think like that?

"What was your mum even doing home on a Tuesday morning? I thought she worked during the week?" Nora asks and I stare at her a little shocked. I love how Nora knows my family's routine, that's not weird at all...

"She had the week off work as there was a family emergency- "

Jess gasps "Oh my god, Ivy are you ok? A family emergency!" They fan around me, and Faye throws her arms around me for another hug.