She Was Ugly

Chapter 29: The Notes

I was starting to get a headache from trying to figure this out. Great, and now I have a headache! Could this day get any worse.

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I was wrong. 100% wrong. This day could get worse and it did.

After I exited the bathroom Jenny walked past me and shoved me into the door whispering 'slut'. Her minions laughed at me as they walked by. I was also avoided Leo the whole day too. I knew the moment I saw him I was going to have to tell him that I couldn't except his confession even though I wanted to.

Then at lunch, I was carrying my tray to my table and Jenny tripped me as I walked by. My food landed all over my hair, shirt, and the floor.

Everybody started laughing as my eyes brimmed with tears. I ran out the cafeteria doors and into the girls bathroom. I sat in a stall crying for a good 5 minutes before I finally got the courage to look at myself in the mirror.

My hair and shirt were covered in pasta sauce and noodles. To top it all off, the sauce was red which meant it was going to leave a stain. I did my best to clean myself off but it was no use. There was a giant read stain in the middle of my shirt. My hair was damp from me washing it in the sink.

At least my hair wasn't stained.

I smelled like moldy pasta so I grabbed my perfume from my backpack and sprayed it all over in an attempt to get rid of the smell. It partially worked.

The rest of my day was spent trying to avoid Leo, Via and Jenny.

If I saw Via then I would be tempted to tell her what was going on and the person has made it very clear that if I tell anyone Leo is dead.

I wish I could tell someone. What am I supposed to do? How do you bargain with a stalker who is threatening peoples lives?

You can't. Not unless you know who they are and what they want and I don't know either of those things.

People stared and pointed at the stain on my shirt and whispered behind my back. Some even laughed. I forgot to bring a jacket today so I had no way of covering it up. No matter what I did, it was always visible. Why does Jenny have to make my life miserable?

When I got home, I went up to my room right away. I had homework to work on and I needed something to get my mind off my stalker.

I was half way through my math homework when there was a knock at my door. "Come in!" I shouted.

My father entered my room and walked over to me. "What are you doing home so early? Usually you don't get home for another hour at least," I asked.

"Business was slow today so my boss let me go home early. I just wanted to ask if you wanted to go out to eat with your mother and I. She wants to see us again."

"Sure," I said. I had nothing else to do tonight. Might as well go out to eat.

"Good. We will meet her at Valentino's at 7." My dad walked out of the room after telling me where we were eating and what time.

I finished all my homework pretty quickly, which was a surprise because since I had so much I thought it would take me a lot longer. It was barely five o'clock, so I had a couple hours until we needed to be at Valentino's.

My mind started to wander back to my stalker and who they could be. Honestly, my first thought was Jenny. The first note said 'end it or I'll end him' and that kind of sounds like something Jenny would say. Plus, she did attack me and fracture one of my ribs because I went to Homecoming with Leo.

The other notes, though, make it sound like someone else. It could still be her, but I have to keep my eyes wide open. Everybody's guilty until proven innocent. That's what they always say right? Tomorrow a school, I need to keep my eyes peeled for anybody suspicious looking or who keeps stealing glances at me when they think I'm not looking.