The Sweet Life

Chapter 3: Playing by the Rules

Ok, so trying to stay out of trouble in Brooklyn High is pretty exhausting. I've made a few friends and got pretty good grades too.

Everytime Chanel walks by, I swear I could feel her anger burning on my skin. Ever since, I've avoided her and she seemed to know it.

One time, she swatted my lunch tray out of my hand and my food splattered everywhere, the news was spread over the entire school for weeks. I could still remember the stares that bore into mine, across the halls and in class.

I guess maybe because I've grown pretty close to Jake now, I didn't know he was Chanel's boyfriend and he was pretty popular. I could see that he tries to talk Chanel out of bullying me but he had always failed, she would have her own ways. Jake would look at me with sadness in his eyes, apologizing under his breath.

So I was not really the popular type, I was basically the lower class ones; the group where invisible people were. However, everyone seemed to know me but never tried to talk to me, maybe because they were afraid.

Anyways, holidays are just around the corner, I'm so excited!

"Hey, how are you gonna spend the holidays?"

Ahh, my best friend. He makes my day better, he's like a brother to me.

"Um I don't really know yet, you?"

"Not sure either, wanna go out sometime? The movies and all that?"

"Yea sure, that'll be great!"

He laughed and we headed to our lockers. I was 4 lockers away from his so we weren't that far away.

The bell rang and we went to classes together, laughing and pushing each other around.

Me and Jake have all the same classes except that he had chosen science over art, I take that class with the one and only, Chanel.

"Alright class, we will be starting our English presentations next week. Please assure that your reports are arranged neatly and power points are a minimum 25 slides. Attatch pictures for additional points. Both partners should speak clearly and-"

Me and Jake looked at each other and nodded.

You guessed it, we were paired up!

The bell rang and students picked up their belongings and gushed out of the classroom to the cafeteria.

"Hey wanna come over to my place for the project?"

"Sure, is there food?"

"You gotta stop eating my food.. Yea there's food." he laughed.

"Well I'm sorry I can't help it if it's the first thing that pops into my head"

We took the trays and started picking up food, there were so many so I just picked a bit of all. All of them looked great except this mushy green thing next to the pudding.

My tray was full so I walked real slow to our table, Jake offered to carry mine cause he assumed I'll reach there when the bell rings.

I looked at Jake and he's already stuffing the pasta in his mouth like something's gonna take his good if he doesn't.

He's so flawless, he doesn't even try and he's all perfect.

"You gonna eat that?"

Oh whoops.

I broke off from staring at him to respond to his question, but before I did I burst into a laughter.

"What?"