"Waffles or Pancakes?"
"Waffles." I yawned at my mom as I chugged down my orange juice. I was all dressed in light denim shorts, a white T-shirt, and converse. I pulled my hair up in a pony tail, and sat at the white marbled island counter. I sat my nike bag on one of the stools. She studied it.
"So today is the day you join a sport. What are you going for?"
"The wrestling team."
"I'm sorry, what?" My mom giggled nervously.
"You heard me, mom. Say that's a man sport all you want."
"Ugh, why are you such a boyish girl? I knew I shouldn't have let your dad have you when you were younger."
"Keep using that excuse mom. Dad is just a preppy as you are."
"True that. That's why we're divorced." My mom smiled, tossing a plate of waffles in front of me. "Speaking of divorce, I have a date tonight."
"You go, mom." I did a happy groove in my seat.
"You need a ride? I'll be on my way to work in a minute."
"Sure, I guess so."
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I waved to my mom as she drove away and proceeded to walk through the parking lot of school. On my way towards the building, I ran into Kik.
"Hey, Xzavia." He smiled at me. "Come here." I got nervous as I walked his way. He was with a group of guys by a black hummer.
"What's up?" I asked, studying faces.
"These are my friends. Daniel, Jordan, Evan, and Mike."
"Hi, nice to meet you all."
"Nice to meet you too." They all spoke.
Daniel had sandy blonde dreads with blue eyes with really tan skin. Jordan also had dreads, but they were black, he had brown eyes, and he was african american. Evan looked puerto rican with a curly fro and a fade on the sides. He had hazel eyes. And Mike was caucasian with a buzz cut and onyx eyes.
They were all pretty good lookin.
"We're about to skip and go chill. Wanna come with?"
"I would but I have wrestling after school."
"You're going for wrestling? We're all on the team." Evan smirked. "We'll have you back in time because we gotta be here too."
"I dunno, guys. Seems risky." I said, folding my arms.
"Okay well suit yourself." Kik shrugged.
"Out of curiosity, where are you guys going?"
"To go catch a movie, then eat pizza." Kik winked at me.
"That does sound pretty fun, but I'm gonna have to pass. See you guys at practice." I waved as I walked away.
"Later."
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I ate my lunch in a corner table by myself, like I did my first day. I looked at the talkative teens and decided to plug in my headphones. As I started listening to The Arctic Monkeys, I got a glimpse of a really cute guy passing my table. That's when the piece of burger fell from my mouth.
It was Tao.
He sat to the far right next to my table with a group of teens vaping. They were all laughing and joking around, having fun. I sighed.
I'll never find a new squad here.
"Hello." I looked up from my iPhone. A cute girl with tan skin and a million of freckles on her face. She had brown hair pulled up in a bun, a hoop on each side of her nose, light brown eyes, small but full lips, and earrings up and down each ear. She had on a black blouse, black skinny jeans torn by the knees, and some black ankle boot pumps that laced up in the front. She wore a lot of gold rings on her fingers, acrylic black matte nails, and a gold heart necklace on her neck with a black chocker.
"H-hi." I stuttered.
"You're cute. You new around here?"
"Yea." I smiled.
"I'm Victoria, you?"
"Xzavia."
"Nice to meet you." She smiled as two other girls joined us. "These are my bitches, Jayla and Stace. We're on the welcome committee."
They were also very pretty. Stace had blue hair to go with her eyes and Jayla had pink hair and brown eyes. They all wore buns, a black blouse, black jeans, and heels.
"Ooh, she's pretty." Stace smiled, giving me dreamy eyes.
Are they lesbians??
"Yea, she is. Is she the new girl in our group?"
"Not yet." Victoria smirked, making me gulp. "Wanna join our circle?"
"Well, I'm not sure. If we're gonna be friends, we need to know why we are. I can't be your friend if we have nothing in common."
"Oh honey, I'm not looking for friends. I have my two girls. I'm looking for employees."
"Employees?"
"Yea. We're Victoria's Angels. We help students who need assistance. You need entertainment? We can sing. You need catering? My mom has a catering business. You need help on a date, we got you."
I bursted out laughing.
They call that a business?
"I'm sorry, but that sounds ridiculous." I giggled, drinking my orange juice.
She grinned at me. "Wanna get paid or not?"
"If I wanna get paid, I'd come up with my own business."
"Well good luck with a part time job in these parts or getting accepted by anybody in this school. Everyone already have their cliques and we might be the only ones that will accept you in. At least you won't be alone eating your burgers like a little fat ass with mustard on your shirt." Victoria laughed with her friends.
I looked down at the mustard and quickly wiped it, causing a whole trail of obvious yellow.
"That's why we wear black. Come on girls." As they got up, I saw my golden opportunity start to walk away. They were right. No one wanted to be alone in highschool.
"Wait." They stopped and looked at me. "I'll join your circle."
"Look at that, girls." Victoria folded her arms. "Okay, sure." She took out a business card and gave it to me. "Call me tonight around seven. Wear all black. Initiation starts today." All three girls then started to walk away.
Great. I already hate my new squad.
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As I left the empty girls' locker room in a black nike sports bra, yoga shorts, and some pink sketchers, I already heard the coach screaming.
"Is there an Xavier Bell? Xavier? If there's an Xavier, please say something, damn."
"Xzavia." I corrected, catching all eyes.
"Cheerleading is next door." The rude bald coach said, making the opposite sex laugh at me.
"I'm here to wrestle." I glared at him, sitting on the bleachers.
"Okay, right. Well boys you know the cycle. Pick a partner and get on the mats." As everyone grabbed their partner, I was left alone.
"What about me?"
"Bake some cookies."
"Awe, Coach. Give her a break." Kik chuckled, entering the gym with his friends and Tao. My heart started to beat fast as I saw Tao again. He caught my stare fast so I looked away.
"You are late, ladies! Come on, get on those mats, asap." As Kik waved at me and headed towards the mat, the coach stopped him. "Not you, Kik. Drop and give me fifty for that smart ass mouth of yours."
"Alright, Coach Wrigley."
I sat through the practice playing color switch on my phone and watching Tao. I watched his biceps and arms do his job. His legs move swiftly and his huge calves go up and down. I watched his drops of sweat slowly go down his sleeveless shirt, wondering how lovely their adventure would be.
"Ring!" Went the bell, making me accidently drop my phone.
"Good work, maggots. Now go shower."
"Sir, yes sir!" Kik saluted and ran away.
"Drop and give me ten!" The coach shouted but Kik was already through the door. I grabbed my stuff and went to go change.
As I left the gymnasium and started walking towards my address, I heard slight talking.
"Man, I could barely focus with that chick staring at me." It was Tao talking.
"Xzavia is hot, dude. You're lucky. I wish that piece of ass was drooling over me." I then heard Kik and his friends agreeing to what he said. "You think I can get her into bed?"
"Good luck. I hear Virgin every time I look into those innocent eyes." Tao laughed and everyone else joined them.
"Mm. I love me a taste of some virgin pussy."
Gross.
I knew Kik wasn't a real friend.
I walked the other direction. There was no way I wanted to see his face after saying that nasty shit.