Hard Shell, Soft Core

Chapter 2| My New What?

👑Lauryn's POV

By the time lunch came I was already so exhausted and kind of irritated. I had spoken to Abby after Algebra and she told me that she wouldn't be back from London until next week.

That's an extremely long time if your someone like me; antisocial and only have two friends out of the whole school. Abby's my best friend. Alison is only a friend that Abby and I hang out with sometimes. Ever since she became popular and made new friends, the three of us haven't hung out as much as we used to.

I sit down at my normal lunch table and pull out moms homemade pizza. My mom is not someone that can really cook, or actually do anything well in the kitchen, but she sure can make a good pizza.

I look around the cafeteria and notice that Asher had already found a group to hang out with. Abby and I have labeled them the 'celebrity wannabes'. Sitting on Asher's lap is Alison and they look like they're suffocating from shoving their tongues down each other's throats.

Freshman year; Abby, Alison and I were really close. I guess sometime last year when she started to hang with the 'celebrity wannabes', she drifted far from us. But I always knew that Alison had a slutty side to her. Last year almost every week I'd see her making out with a different person. But she is my friend I will respect her slutty but personal choices.

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"Abby I miss you come home now." I groaned down the phone as I round the corner of the street my house is on.

"Ryn, maybe me being away from you for a while is a good thing."

I stop in my tracks as I take in what she says

"How could that possibly be a good thing?"

"You can make some more friends so that at times like this when I'm gone, you'll have people to hang out with. As long as they don't become your best friend I'm cool with it."

I chuckle at her current state."No one can replace you Abby, besides...I don't like talking to people I don't know."

"Ok...so...talk to Alison then."

"Abby, we barely talk to Alison. And she's been acting a little weird lately. This morning I said hello to her and she sent me death glare. If looks could kill, I'd be dead right now."

"Ryn, stop exaggerating I'll be back soo-." I plug my finger into my other ear as I try to hear what she's saying as the roaring engine of a motorcycle passes by.

"Abby I can't hear you what did you say?"

"I said stop exaggerat-."

With an irritated face I turn to the person on the motor cycle and shout over the engine."Would you hurry up and pass I'm trying to talk on the phone."

The boy on the motorcycle removes his helmet to reveal the face of none other than the famous Asher Dawson. "Well I'm sorry princess I'm trying to respond to a text. Maybe you should walk a bit faster."

I start to power walk to my house in anger and I notice roaring engine behind me drawing closer. I whip my body around to face Asher.

"What the hell Asher! Do you know it not fucking normal to follow someone home! It's called stalking!"

His stupid sarcastic smirk appears on his face again. I better prepare myself for whatever sarcastic comment comes out of his mouth next.