Boys Really do Suck

Chapter 1

Boys are seriously the worst. They never say or do the right things. Boys are a waste of time. A SERIOUS waste of time. But this one this boy is s-
"JESSICA!" I heard my mother call I snapped my journal shut and
I ran downstairs to meet my best friend Lilah who sat in the driveway in her vintage mustang.
"Hey." I say sliding into the leather seat
"Hey, good morning." She said handing me a large coffee from 7/11.
"So did you talk to him?" I asked as she slowly backed out of the driveway.
"Yeah, I did he said that he is still dating China and that he just wants to be your friend. God he is so complicated."
"Ugh! I feel so stupid!." I said hitting my head against the dash in frustration.
"Don't worry about it okay? Just because he is dating a typical dumb, bottle blonde, cheerleader doesn't mean that he won't notice you when I get them to break up."
"Um, what?"
"Don't worry about it, I'll take care of my best friend."
We slowly pulled into the school parking lot and there was the boy himself. The boy I had been writing about in my journal. Alex Moore. He was tossing around a football with his friend Michel.
"Don't make eye contact." Whispered Lilah. She grabbed my hand and pulled me across the campus making a break for the main entrance. We got inside just as the first bell rang. I went to my locker so I could avoid any chance of seeing Alex, even though we had our first three periods together. Just as I turned around from my locker I came face to face with Micheal.
"What do you want Michel?" I said rolling my eyes.
"Well, I heard through the grape vine that China has a serious bone to pick with you, darling." He said leaning against the lockers.
"Why? I mean I haven't done anything to China..." I said making my voice small.
"Well let's just say she found out you and Alex were talking it up at Lilah's party and clearly is mad about it." I started walking away, nothing Michael says is usually true. Has been that way since the fourth grade. Michel came up beside me and threw his arm playfully around my shoulders.
"Well you know, Jessica the lesson to be learned here is don't mess with other people's boyfriends." I threw his arm off my shoulder and huffed away. When I got to class Alex was standing at my seat. AT MY SEAT! I casually walked up to him.
"Hey, um that's my seat" I said as I blushed uncontrollably.
"I know." He said smiling.
"I just want you to know don't worry about China, she just wants to know what happened with me and you at the party because you know... Rumors fly"
"Oh, yeah. I know she wants to talk to me. Michael already did a great job of informing me" I said in a sarcastic tone.
" seats, everyone." Said Mrs. Locke from the front of the room.
"Talk to me next class" Alex said.
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The bell finally rang for lunch. I got as far as my locker before I saw who was coming down the hallway. China.
"Hey, Jessica can I talk to you? Privately." She says with a grin on her face.
"Yeah, of course." China and her two other misfits Mika and Naomi followed me into the freshman bathrooms. No one goes in them so they are usually called the beat-down bathrooms because 95% of the schools fights happen in them. As I turn around to talk to China a punch flys at my face, but I duck. China gives me a look of discussed and goes for another downward punch. I grab her hand and punch for her stomach but she scooted back just before my fist made contact. This time China grabbed a handful of my hair and dragged me to the dusty floor. Mika and Naomi laughed as they started to flip on there phone cameras to record the fight. Before I knew it I had pinned China and landed one good punch to her nose. Mika and Naomi rushed over pulling me off of China. As she stood up I saw the Crimson liquid seeping from her nose. I gave her a bloody nose. I thought. I ran out of the bathroom and down into the cafeteria. I saw Lilah wave from a table near the back I rushed over to her, heart pounding.
"What's up with you kid?"
"I punched her."
"Who?" Lilah asked clapping her hands together excitedly.
"China, Alex and Michael both said that she needed to talk to me but that she was on good terms with me."
"Ha, yeah very good terms I see." Lilah said chuckling.

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I got caught. Of course China and her barbies went to our principle, Mr. Mahogany. I sat in the office observing. All the posters on the wall with quotes like "tomorrow will be a better day" and "good grades = good dayz". I listened to the reception lady's gossip about different teachers and which students were the worst. It was pretty entertaining. Next, I watched people walk by the office windows down the hall. Short little freshman who had looks of fear on there face like they might be trampled by an upperclassmen. People with textbooks, people with backpacks, seniors leaving for the day. Finally I got called into Mr. Mahogany's office.
"So, as I'm sure you know why you're here please, explain from the beginning." He said poising his pen over a open notebook.
"Well, I had been told that China Logan had wanted to speak with me, privately. So she walked down with me to the freshman bathrooms when she attacked me. I defended myself. Mika Johnson and Naomi O'Brian have videos on there phones if you would like more evidence." I said crossing my arms.
"I will talk to them them. Thank you." He dismissed me from his office and I went back to class it was the last period of the day. I snuck in and sat down next to Lilah.
"What happened how dead are you?" She said with a whisper.
"I'm not sure if I'm dead or not yet. He said he will talk to them."
"Well I'm sure that they will get in trouble. Before they took you to the office you said that Mika and Naomi took videos, right?"
"That doesn't mean any thing I'm sure they deleted it." There was a tap-tap on the door. It was Mr. Mahogany.
"Can I borrow Miss. Reese for a moment"
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