That Makes The Two Of Us

Chapter 8

Brittany is standing with her arms crossed across her chest, exposing more of her already exposed clevage. She's wearing a too tight beau top and a mini skirt. I'm not one to protest against clothes that expose the skin, but there's a proper decorum to be maintained in school. Brittany looks like she's wearing the clothes she used to wear as an infant.

"What's up, you ugly bitch?" she says and her minions snicker.

Oh dear, the same old mean girl routine.

"Excuse me, I'm a human, not a mirror."

It takes her a moment to comprehend my words.

"What did you say, bitch?"

"Oh come on, I'm not in anyway related to you. Why are you calling me a bitch?"

Her cheeks go red and her minions glower at me.

As if I'm scared of that.

As expected, by now a lot of students have gathered around us to witness our exchange.

"How low will you stoop to get Ryan into your pants? Now that your begging is not working, you're resorting to changing your appearance? Such a shame."

Remember the rumors? My favorite one amongst them is the one spread by Brittany. According to her, I was a one night stand for Ryan and now, I'm begging and pestering him to be together with me. Out of his kindness, instead of throwing me away, he let me into the Student Council and sometimes meets up with my requests.

"Oh please,don't even get me started on the changing appearance talk. With the number of plastic surgeries you've had, you'd be better off singing 'Life in plastic is fantastic' in a Malibu Beach."

Brittany flushes an angry red and I mentally thank Alissa and her so called 'secret sources'. We were discussing about the rumors when she told me about Brittany's several plastic surgeries.

"And talking about Ryan, I already told you------ don't compare me to yourself. It's not my fault that you're not literate enough to understand the meaning of the word friendship. Now get out of my way. Unlike you, I come to school to actually study."

I push past her and head down the hallway.

"You'll pay for this, you bitch."

She needs to come up with some new word to insult me.

I don't look back and flip her the bird over my shoulder. The whole hallway erupts into cheers and I just walk to my class.

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Ryan meets me outside my classroom after the 1st period. Yesterday, I had just texted him that I came across some mishap and was going back home with Alissa and Phoebe. After that we hadn't heard from each other.

When he sees me, his eyes widen and he scans me from head to toe.

"You look....um...wow."

"Thanks," I say.

He bows and says,"Anything for my badass lady."

"Get up."

He takes my hand and we walk to our next class.

"I heard what happened in the morning. I'm sorry about Brittany, even though you handled her pretty well."

"No need to apologize. She's just one of those average mean girl/queen bee. Nothing I can't deal with."