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Part 6

I take out last nights homework and hand it in, "Here"

I walk back to my seat and the teacher starts today's lesson

We grab our notes and write what's on the board, for some reason I can't seem to concentrate so I raise my hand

Mr. Wilson points at me, "Yes?"

"May I use the restroom?", I ask

He nods and I get up from my seat, I leave the classroom and rush to the bathroom

I have this weird pain in my stomach, I don't feel so good...

I walk to an empty stall and pee, I look down and there's blood

My period arrived

Great, my periods here

No wonder I've been so moody lately, ugh I hate it here

There's a bin of pads in every stall so I grab one and unwrap it, I stick it to my underwear and flush the toilet

Hopefully no one heard me unwrapping a pad, I wash my hands and slowly walk back to class

It's quiet and calming in these hallways, I'd rather stay here than go back in there

I head to class and everyone's finishing their notes while I make my way to my seat

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The bell rings and it's already lunch time, wow that was fast

I walk in the cafeteria and most tables are filled, there's only a few empty tables

I look around, hard to admit but I feel a little lonely now

Allison and a couple of other friends are seated in the few crowded tables

I guess they're popular but whatever, I roll my eyes

Their table is filled with so many people that there's some even standing around them

Chantel? What's she doing there? I thought she wasn't "popular" enough

But whatever, people change.

Tessa's there...she's the only one I trust

I don't know if I can even say that without meaning it anymore, every single person there is a snake

She was the only one who wasn't too fake, I guess

Emily is so fake but nice at the same time, she will argue with you and end up apologizing like she never meant it

Maybe I should stop staring, it's getting obvious

I take a bite from my sandwich and look up to see if anyone noticed, Chantel has this mean look on her face

She finished off whispering something in Allison's ear that made her laugh

Chantel gets up and walks to my table, I look down hoping she won't call me out

The moment I look up she's standing right beside my table

"Hey", she smiles

I make a confused face,"Hi?"

"You're staring, it's weird", she furrows her brows 

"What do you mean?", I ask

She rolls her eyes, "it's so obvious"

I don't know what to say, and why is she even talking to me?

The longer it takes for me to say something she looks even more bitchy

I snap, "Not everything is about your petty friend group!"

The whole cafeteria gets silent

"Huh?"

I look around and everyone's staring at me...Allison and Tessa have this disgusted, mean look on their face

I grab my bag and rush out of the cafeteria, gosh why am I like this?!

I caused such a scene that now I feel like everyone secretly hates me

I rush down the hallways just hoping to get to my locker so I can let out a good cry, I'm so dramatic

The more that I think of what just happened makes tears rush down my face

I never want to eat there anymore, screw that

I don't realize that I'm supposed to be heading to my locker and look up, there's a tall guy walking inside the building

Whatever, I unlock my locker and they start walking closer

They catch me off guard, "Hey"

I scream, "Ah!"

He tilts his head to the side to see my face, my hair is in my way so it's hard to see my eyes

I close my locker, "Joey?"

"Hey!", he smiles

I laugh, "What are you doing here? Don't you have a doctors appointment?"

"I just got back from my appointment, isn't it lunch time?", he asks

I go into deep thought

You're staring, it's weird

What do you mean?

It's so obvious

Not everything is about your petty friend group!

The cafeteria gets silent all eyes are on me

I look down, "Uh"

He notices my hair is covering half my face and he moves it aside

"I'm not hungry", I answer

"Are you okay?", he asks

I look up and nod, "Yeah..."

The tears on my face are still visible and he notices, "No you're not"

"You noticed?"

"C'mon lets go", he says

I furrow my brows, "Where? I can't ditch school"

I can tell he really means it so I follow behind him, we leave the building and I hop in his car

I instantly feel happier and he drives off, "Where we going?"

"Don't worry", he continues driving

I forget everything that happened in the cafeteria, admiring Joey makes me doze off into deep thought

I don't know what this feeling is