Sky has her own list of never ending problems that seems to only be growing. Every time she solved one of them, two more would appear. Eventually, she did what all of us would do; she gave up. Instead she started to help fix the problems of those around her, so when her best friend suffers a hard loss from heartbreak, Sky makes it her duty to help her.
The best way to cure heartbreak was to move on. Sky had done it many times herself. That's what people don't notice. She hides her problems behind a smile, she doesn't let them see just how broken she is. You can't make anyone happy if you aren't happy yourself. So she puts up a front, most of the time it works and the line between reality and acting blurs, but the sadness is always there. The only way to be happy is to delude herself into believing she is.
What happens when her happy front doesn't fool everyone? What happens when someone looks close enough to see the real Sky. What's worse is who that someone happens to be.
He's not a bad boy. He definitely isn't a good boy. He isn't the outcast, but he isn't the classical popular guy either. He's good at sports, but not enough to be classified as a jock. Instead he's the class clown, the one cracking the jokes during class all the time. The one who knows exactly how to lighten a dark mood.
You would think that he'd be perfect for the job, being so happy and everything, but what if he isn't? What if the only one who happens to notice something is the one who can't help her. I mean, how can he help someone he can't even understand? But like every story, there's always two sides. There's always another person dealing with their own trouble that no one notices. And maybe at the end of the day, he isn't such a bad guy for the job after all...
"Who do you think you are? You are just some nerd." He sneered at me, looking down at me like he already owned this place.
I chuckled at his ignorance, "Honey, I'm the nerd who rules the school."
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You know those cliché stories where it is either 'player and nerd', 'bad boy and nerd', 'bad girl and nerd', 'bad girl and bad boy' etc.
What do all those have in common?
Well, there's always a nerd that's weak and bullied. That's either the damsel in distress or she suddenly turns badass.
But sorry to say, my story is completely different.
People fear me, no one dares to bully me, even the cheerleaders and our school's star quarterback bow down to me. Oh you think I'm the 'bad girl'?
Sorry, but I'm the nerd who rules the school.
Cover credits to the incredible and awesome @hardcore_fangurl