Heartbroken

Chapter 7

Nova's POV
Saturday and Sunday passed, and here I am, Monday morning. I have to go to school today and trust me I am no where near ready. God help my poor soul.

"Oct, Nova, come on I'm driving you to school today." Harry yells.

I still haven't been talking to him. He tried, trust me. But I ignored him.  I run down the stairs, and grab a granola bar before running back upstairs because I forgot my bag. I shove my airpods into the small pocket for headphones that my bag has for easy access.

I am not taking the bus still, because I don't want to see Jake or Riley, even though Oct had said that Jake didn't come to school the last few days. I run downstairs and out the door, yelling bye to my mom on my way out. Since Oct was already in the front, I hop into the back, and put in my airpods when Harry looked at me through the rear-view mirror.

And, school, here we come.

****

Harry pulls into the parking lot, and Oct and I get out of the car. She looks at me.

"You ready?" she asks. I look back at her, and nod slightly.

"Ready as I will ever be." I reply. She nods back to me, and takes my hand to calm me down. I did take my anxiety medicine today, just in case, because I have a feeling today will be bad. Shit, I should've kept some in my bag. Ugh, I'm an idiot. Well, there's nothing to do about it now.

And we walk into school. I get to my locker, and open it, a little scared. I find some notes in it.

Bitch, you are stupid.

You are ugly and fat and very annoying.

And so on and so forth. A few tears escaped, but I wiped them. I grabbed the notes, and threw them out. I walked into homeroom. I will not let them get to me.

****

It's lunch now, and I am sitting at my usual lunch table with Oct, Matt, and John. They talked, but I just sat there. Just then, I heard laughter. It sounds so familiar.

Riley.

I look towards the cafeteria doors, and see Riley, hanging onto Jake. She was walking with Satina, aka queen bee. Ughhh, they are walking over to our table.

"Hello losers." Riley says as she laughs.

"Riles?" my voice comes out in a small whisper. Jake laughs at this.

"Oh, is poor November scared?" he mocks me. 

"Ha. She is such a bitch, she thought she was pretty. I wonder if she's even a girl at all. Like, which girl plays volleyball that aggressively? And she can't even do her own god damned make up." Riley laughs.

"Leave her alone." Oct speaks up.

"Oh, and what is her little twin gonna do if we don't?" Jake says, walking up to her.

"Hey, back off of my girl." Matt says to him, getting up.

"Ugh, guys lets go, spending time with these losers is harming my brain cells." Satina says.

"Bitch, you don't have a brain, much less brain cells. In fact, we are the ones losing our eyesight by looking at your ugly, fake, barbie-doll face. Get lost." I spit out at her.

"Ughhhhh." she stomps her foot like a little girl throwing a tantrum. Turning on her heel, she leaves, Riley and Jake tailing her to their table.

"OMG, that fake is driving me crazy." Oct says.

"I know right. Like, bitch, you look like an overrated barbie doll who forgot that make up should just be applied, not lathered on to hide your already ugly face." I say while eating my sandwich.