Boarding School; not all its cracked up to be :Ch 9:

As I walked out of the science room I heard two girls from our class conversing.

“That test was killer!” One exclaimed.

“I know, huh?” Said the other

I sighed in silent envy.

I hadn’t talked to Kim or Sam in days (even though I’m not sure whether I want to actually talk to Sam or not) and whenever we happened to run in to each other they would walk the other way or avoid me like I was the plague.

Sometimes if Kim was alone and saw me she would wave, but having Sam with her 95% of the time I usually only got glares from Sam and sympathetic looks from Kim. The only time they acted normal was when they were sleeping.

It also doesn’t help that I haven’t seen Lydia or Amelia at all. It’s like they disappeared from the face of the earth.

…or they were avoiding me.

Even though we ended up getting along really well that night in the art room I couldn’t help but think they were avoiding me, but I felt bad about thinking like that because they seemed so nice and not the kind of people that would do that.

But there was one thing that haunted my mind every day and every night.

What exactly had Kate done to make Sam hate her so much?

Despite the fact I wasn’t happy with Sam at the moment I couldn’t help but feel a little sympathetic for her. I mean, something really bad must have happened between them for this type of rivalry, right?

It seems as if I’m not the only one who has been used for Sam’s plans.

I shrugged off the thought as I walked into my dorm.

Thank god, they aren’t here.

I thought that they could have been since we have the same free period together.

It seems avoiding awkward moments is my forte…

Suddenly Sam entered the room.

…Or maybe not.

She looked at me, without a glare for once, and then went to retrieve her planner from her backpack.

I continued to watch her until she reached the door, she then turned to look at me again. She seemed to want to say something, but changed her mind at the last minute and left the room.

I found it curious that she wasn’t sending me evil looks.

I shrugged to myself and used this time to catch up on some homework.

Unfortunately I kept getting sidetracked by my thoughts.

Like how detention was totally grueling and I swear I wanted to kill myself…not literally speaking of course.

Also like how everything seems to be going wrong ever since I came to this school.

It kind of makes me think of the saying ‘Be careful what you wish for’.

I sighed and worked on my homework until the bell rang; I then picked up my stuff and headed to History.

We were learning about the renaissance, but I already learned that back at my old school so I droned out the teachers annoying voice.

My thoughts lead me to my old friends, I need to contact them. I often wonder if they miss me or if they just went on with their lives.

I was broke out of my reverie as we were asked to write down notes and after a while of note taking he started to explain something about knights in the old days, I swear I almost fell asleep.

My thoughts went to Jacob; I seemed to think about him a lot lately. Questions like why he suddenly wanted to go to a prestigious school just because I was in close proximity.

It just didn’t make sense to me.

Finally the bell rang and I dawdled behind for as long as I could, hoping to avoid another encounter with Sam or Kate) in the lunchroom.

Luck was very much not on my side today as I walked out of the classroom only to find Kate and her friends leaning against some lockers.

They sniggered as I went to walk past. Maybe if I ignored them they would leave me alone.

Suddenly one of Kate’s cronies (Whitney, I think her name was) stuck her foot out in front of me which in turn sent me falling face-first into the ground.

Kate’s buddies started laughing while Kate stood there with a smug smirk on her face.

Kate’s phone then started ringing, some annoying Brittney Spears song being her ringtone.

“Shut up” She demanded, the rest of them were instantly quiet.

She then opened her phone, silencing the ringtone.

“Hey babe” She said into the phone.

Oh well that’s just great, way to rub it in my face that Travis is Kate’s boyfriend.

I quickly gathered my scattered things and walked around the corner before I had to hear anymore of their conversation.

I was almost to the dining hall when Amelia and Lydia appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.

“Alice!” Amelia called.

I was surprised; I had thought they were avoiding me.

“We’ve been looking for you all day,” Lydia said calmly as they walked over “Do you want to sit with us at lunch?”

I felt really bad now. I thought that these nice people were avoiding me when in reality they’ve been looking for me all day.

I guess I’m a hypocrite because I hate people who jump to conclusions, just like I had.

“Sure” I said

After we walked in, we got lunch and found a table.

Amelia kept looking at my face and I began to wonder if I had something on it.

I raised an eyebrow at her and she elaborated.

“Is your nose okay? It’s all puffy and red”

Crap, how do I explain that.

“I uh- I had a fall on the way here”

She looked at me for a few seconds before shrugging and returning to her meal.

A loud crying sound suddenly rang through the dining hall.

All eyes turned to find Kate and her cronies coming through the door, oh how they love to make a scene.

Kate’s face was red and puffy with tears running down her cheeks. Her friends were ‘helping’ her into the cafeteria and giving her tissues and supportive hugs.

“For three years!” She cried

“It’s okay, honey”

“Be strong”

The comforting words from her cronies were ignored as she continued to wail.

I went to take a bite of food from my fork.

“I can’t believe he broke-up with me”

I immediately dropped my fork, my mouth ajar.

The words rang in my head.

Travis had broken up with Kate?