Diruto Academy

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"Hey." Makayla had a cheesy grin on her face walking into science. "What's up with you?" I ask. "Alice is friends with me again!" She was practically jumping up and down with excitement. "Lucky." I mutter.

She starts to respond but before she can Mr. Johnson started class. "Alright students today we will be learning the rock cycle. Start your bellringer." He says. He clicks the PowerPoint on his computer and it pops up on the overhead screen.

1. What has to happen to igneous to turn to metamorphic?

Ack! I couldn't focus at all. Jess, Jessi, and Juliana were giggling in the back while Timothy tried to take their pencils and all I could think about was how much I missed them, they still didn't talk to me much and I didn't know why. They had made up with Carli (I don't even know what that spat was about) and I'm sure Reneigh, Carli, and Alice were chatting during their Spanish class, while Allen was trying to annoy them.

I couldn't take it. I asked for a hall pass and ran to the bathroom. I started sobbing and thought about what I had done. I had overreacted. I was the one at fault, they had been doing homework. I had been wrong. Me me me, that was the only person to blame in this situation. How had Makayla made up with Alice?

I'm sure she'd enlighten me tonight, we had planned a sleep over, since it was Friday night.

But could I make it until then?

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"Well what should we do tonight?" Makayla asked. Her roomates Carli and Sandy are out for the night so it's just the two of us.

She looks light hearted, but I feel like a brick. "How did you make up with Alice?" I ask. There's something in the tone of my voice that sounds very, hurt.

I can feel her light heart sink down to sympathize with me. "I don't know, she was sick of fighting and texted me last night, want to see?" She asks.

"Sure." I say. She grabs her phone out of her pocket and scrolls to Alice's conversation. She scrolls up to a certain point and hands it to me.

I read through it and know exactly what to do. I grab out my phone and text Alice.

Feeling more relieved I feel Makayla rise too. She smiles and says. "What movie should we watch tonight?" She says.

"Why don't we watch that new movie on Netflix?" I say. "Yes I've been dying to see it!" She exclaims.

I laugh and we turn it on, resting on her top bunk. Happiness flooded over me, as I turned my phone on silent forgetting the world and just spending time with my friend.

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"Go hide in the bathroom." Is the first thing I hear when I wake up. I am too tired to argue so I roll of the top bunk falling roughly to the floor and crawl to the bathroom.

I hear mrs. Bailey knock on the door and walk out again. Makayla walks into the bathroom when mrs. Bailey is gone. "Sorry, but I texted alice for you." Makayla says, still a little drousy. I just sigh and turn on my phone its 10 am in the morning and I see a little message pop up on my screen.

"It was a little harsh." Said the message. Ouch I think, I punch in my passcode and read the conversation. She wasn't ready to forgive me yet. I just put my head down on Makayla's lap and silently cry. She just lets me lie there and doesn't say anything.

I get up and ask her, "so is James still mad at you?" I ask. She sighs, "I don't know, he's obviously over me." She almost starts crying too. "We'll have you tried texting him or calling him?" I question. "No. Do I have to?" She asks. I just look at her and she dials his number on her phone and puts it on speaker.

"Um hello? Makayla did you dial the wrong number?" James says. "No I wanted to apologize. I shouldn't have treated you that way." She says smiling. "I'm going to have to call you back im a little busy. Want to meet up a little later?" He responds. You can hear his friends in the back ground and her face falls a little. "I'm okay, thank you though." She ends the call.

I look at her in disbelief. "Makayla, I'm shocked. You are Makayla Jening. You don't let him make the meet, you make the meet. Go get out of your pajamas, get me a pair of clothes as well and we will go and find him and make him talk to you." I command. She looks a little confused but does as I say.

She tosses me a pair of skinny jeans and a tshirt and I throw them on. Pulling our hair into ponytails we run down to the stairs and charge to the cafeteria.

They're almost done serving so we grab waffles and stuff them down our throats. We then walk over to James and his friends. He's laughing and Dani says, "James." His face contorts in confusion. He turns to see us and I walk up to him and smack him. Not as I had planned but it was pretty hard. His face starts to turn red and a bruise starts forming.

Satisfied I drag Makayla away as she just sits there confused.

She wasn't over him.