Nerd Gone Bad (Complete)

Chapter Twenty-Four: I'm Not Faking It...Am I?

His face immediately brightened as he readily agreed.

Leaning back against my chair, I focused my gaze outside of the window. Feeling our cart shake, I peered out the window and found that we had made a full circle of the Ferris Wheel. As the cart shook again, I glanced upwards to see the Shawn was now standing outside of the cart holding a hand out towards me. 

Rising from my position on the chair, I grabbed his hand as he led me off of the Ferris Wheel.

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Slam! 

Banging my locker door shut, I sighed heavily and leaned my head against the cold metal surface. I felt my hair surround my face as a makeshift curtain as I stood there for a few moments trying to quench my oncoming headache. 

Spinning myself around, I leaned my back on my locker and gently massaged my temples urging my upcoming headache to dismiss itself. 

Dammit! It seemed like school lasted longer and longer every day, not to mention the heaps of homework the teachers suddenly decided to pile on us. Education my ass, this was hell, simple as that.  

"Hey Brooklyn!" 

My head pounded as Cy-Cy's booming voice shattered through my eardrums. Groaning, I raised my head up and faced her with a grim look on my face. 

She scrunched up her nose in disgust, "Woah, lookie what the cat dragged in." 

"Yea and the cat's going to drag in your dead body next if you don't shut up," I muttered while continuing to massage my temples. 

"Sorry, didn't know it was your time of the month. PMS much?" 

Wincing, I caressed my forehead while shooting Cy-Cy an apologetic glance. "I'm really sorry Cy-Cy, I just have a serious headache. Honestly, teachers know nothing about having a life." 

"Amen to that sister!" 

My head pounded harder as Cy-Cy's boisterous voice once again shattered my eardrums. I cursed her positive mood under my breath.  

Sensing my discomfort, she shied away from me slightly and apologized. 

Moaning in pain, I clutched my ears. "Dammit Cy-Cy. Sometimes I swear you're not healthy for me. You're just lucky I love you." 

"It's not luck Brooklyn. Its talent," she said in a hushed voice while posing like a model. 

Well, she tried to pose like a model. In the end she just looked like a dead fish standing upright. Covering my mouth with my hands, I muffled my laughs that exploded from my mouth. My shoulders shook as the pounding in my head began to increase once again. 

Through my laughter, I saw Cy-Cy cross her arms across her chest with an annoyed expression on her face. "What? What's so funny?" 

"You looked ridiculous!" I spluttered out in between laughs while my headache only grew worse. 

"Well I don't think it-" 

"Yo Remy, you watch the game last night?" 

In a flash, my laughter died down and my face contorted into horror as I stared down the hallway at the oncoming figure. Noticing my swift change in moods, Cy-Cy searched around the hallway for what had caused my cheerful demeanor to disappear.

At the end of the hallway, stood ex-monkey boy, Remy. Funny, it seemed like so much time had passed since we last talked, but he looked no different. He still had the same golden hair; the same aqua eyes.

I can't do this.

Turning towards my locker, I busied myself with the metallic wall in the back. I know, pathetic, huh?

You can try to act like the old Brooklyn all you want, but its not going to change anything.

 

My fists clenched to my sides while I gritted my teeth. Hearing footsteps becoming louder behind me, my hearts pace quickened.

Why? Why couldn't I face him? Shawn wasn't right was he? I'm not acting.

My nails began to dig further into my skin as I yelled at my body to turn around. No matter how much I urged my body to turn around, it refused to listen.

As the footsteps softened and disappeared, I lifted my arm and slammed it into my locker.

"Dammit!" I spat out.

I'm not acting. There's no way I'm still hurting. I'm over it.

Even as I repeated these words throughout my head, I knew they weren't true. Spinning on my heels, I began to fast walk through the halls ignoring everything in my path.

I have to set this right...

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