better off without you

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my mom kissed my forehead and i walked out the door, my first day at a new school and i'm joining half way through, sucks to be me. i moved from texas to california with my mom, older brother who's 19 and younger sisters who's 3 it's random that we moved but it's my moms job and i wanted whatever made her happy. It was just the four of us my dad...we'll just say he went to the store to get milk...that was 12 years ago of course im now 17 half way through my senior year with no friends in thousands of miles

i hopped in my car plugged in my phone to aux and played my driving playlist.
after a bit of driving i finally got to my school, of course people were looking at me it didn't surprise me.

i go to the front office and ask for my schedule
"name" the woman at front desk says
"alana wright i just transferred"
"got it here, come back if you need anything! good luck"

i smile and walk out of the office to see a group of boys looking at me, they all looked like complete assholes that i did not want to be involved with 

"hey you're new right?" i heard a voice behind me
"uh ya"
"cool, i'm madison can i see your schedule?"
"oh ya sure, i'm alana"
i hand her my schedule and she looks over it carefully
"we have geometry, spanish and physics together"she smile and i return it

"let me show you around" she suggests
"oh, ya that would be perfect. thanks!"
the two of is start walking and she tells me about each of the different friend groups, relevant ones at least
"the group of guys..that's shane, cole, mark and..owen" 
"they look like asshoels" i quietly said
"shane cole and mark are fine it's just owen really. i mean it's not like he is a bad person he just is kinda a dick at times."

the bell rings and the two of us walk to geometry and sit together
"so what brings you here half way through the year?" madison asks
"my moms job"
my attention get caught by the two guys that walk through the door.
cole and owen.
"you didn't mention i had classes with the asshole" i say laughing
"surprise"

"ok class we have a new student"my head turns to all the eyes looking at me and suddenly anxiety floods my brain
"why don't you introduce yourself"the teacher says.
"i'm alana, i just moved here from texas"
"welcome to the class, ask anyone questions of you need anything we are all open to helping"
i looked around to see all smiling faces, all except one. owen just looking at his phone

"your leg is bouncing like crazy are you alright?" she says placing her hand on yours "ya i just hated every second of that"
the two of us laugh and continue on listening to the teacher.

eventually the class ends and you get up from your seat
"hey i'll see you at lunch right?" she ask
"ya i'll find you"
she leaves and i finish puting stuff in my bag before backing up and bumping someone

"watch where you're going" the deep voice speaks
"oh i'm sorry i-" i start
"whatever don't let it happen again" he walks off and i'm left there speechless
"i- uh i'm sorry about him" a softer voice talks
you turn around to see cole
"oh don't worry about it, it was my fault" i said keeping my eyes glued to the floor
"it wasn't bu- never mind"he walks out and i followed

the day goes on and eventually it's lunch
i ran down to the cafeteria to see madison and another girl at a table
"hey!"she smiles
"hi!"i say as i put my stuff down.
"this is emily"she points to the girl sitting at the table
"hey im alana"
i sat with them at the table and we talked about our days so far

"i had a little run in with owen" i sigh
"wait what" emily says
"we bumped into each other and he flipped out then cole came over and assured me i shouldn't worry about him it was weird"
"ya i wouldn't get involved with them, any of them" madison says
"not planning on it"

i got up to throw my trash away when a shoulder hits me
"ok seriously" i snapped earning attention from the 3 boys who were walking into me
"didn't i just tell you to watch where you were go-" owen starts
"ya you did, but this ones on you and so was the last one so i'm not going to be apologizing this time because you're an asshole who can't wait two minutes for someone to finish something "
he stays silent while his two friends try not to laugh
"holy shit" madison says under her breath as i sit down and the three boys walk away
"i did not just do that" i say as my heart starts racing
"no one has ever done that, like stood up to him"
"well my social life is over and i'm not even done with my first day"i sigh putting my head in my hands.

the day goes on and i'm in your final class which is history
"hi i'm alana i'm new"i greeted the teacher
"i am mr. harvey, we have assigned seats in this class so wait here and i'll find a place to put you!"
i looked around and only saw 2 familiar faces one being shane and the other being owen both with empty seats next to them
i swear if i get next to owen i will scream
"there's an open seat next to owen" the teacher says catch in his attention
"oh, ok"
i slowly made my way over to the table and set my bag next to it sitting next to owen

"that was a complete bitch move you pulled in the cafeteria" he says keeping his eyes fixed on the board
"well maybe if you got your head out of your ass you could see it was necessary"
his eyes stay on the board for the rest of class

"class dismissed" the teacher finally says
the two of us slowly pack up our things until we are the only two left in class
"i'm serious, bump into me again and there will be an issue" he says with no emotion
"wow i'm so scared" i snap
i turn to start walking but feel a tug on my wrist, i turn and snatch my hand away and jump back a little
"why do you think you can come to this school and have everything your way?" he asks
"you mean listed to everything you say?"
"well, ya exactly"
"because you seem like an asshole and i know a whole hell of a lot better than to ever listen to you."
"yeah? we'll see how long that lasts."
i roll my eyes and finally walk out of the class unbothered.

edited :)