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johnny
a week had passed since the first day of school, and kenzie was still upset
she had avoided being near hayden at all costs, because everywhere he was, annie was there
she always gave me and lauren the fakest smiles, so we returned them
as kenzie's mood fell, so did lauren's
it's like they were connected
lauren stopped doing her homework, stopped going to work, and stopped smiling
i was the only one who noticed this change, besides maddie
i couldn't do anything, because i was too awkward and too busy
i had joined debate club, and it was taking up a lot of my time, preparing for the first debate
it was against some prep school that i was invited to go to because of my parents, but i declined
they had amazing programs that could teach me so much, but they didn't have my friends
the debate was after school, and lauren, kenzie, and annie planned to be there to support me and hayden
did i forget to mention he was there too?
he acted like he knew what he was doing, but he didn't
when the debate started that afternoon, i was reading over my notes when the ref banged his gavel
i looked up, and standing there, was the most beautiful girl i had ever seen
besides kenzie of course
she had short, curly red hair
and freckles spread across her cheeks like the stars
oh how her green eyes shone as she stood up there, pleading her argument
i was then shoved in the side, and my face instantly burned
i quickly got up, trying to avoid all eye contact with her
she smiled confidently at me, and then winked
causing me to forget everything i had practiced
she smirked, then sat down at her schools table
oh boy did i have it in for me
we ended up losing not only because of me
but also because annie was making googly eyes at hayden, and distracted him
smh, girls
the girl with the red hair approached me afterwards clapping
"well done handsome. this is the worst i've ever seen you john"
i was a little taken back at that comment
how did this girl know my name?!
she rolled her eyes and laughed
"it's your biggest rival, nadia turner"
she said to me jokingly
i widened my eyes and took a step back
this was nadia?!?
back in middle school she was on the debate team, and we were head in head
but in 8th grade she suddenly disappeared, never to be seen until today
her appearance had changed significantly, and she was jaw dropping gorgeous
"close your mouth john, you might start drooling"
i turned to see kenzie standing behind me, squinting her eyes at nadia
"who's this john? wanna introduce me?"
i opened my mouth again to speak but nothing came out
so nadia answered for me
"hi! my name is nadia turner, and i'm johnny's biggest rival. i've never seen you at his debates before. who are you?"
i don't think she meant to be rude, but kenzie certainly thought of it that way
she instantly became flustered, grabbed my hand, and dragged me away from nadia
did i have it in for me
"hey john, you did great at the debate, i'll be leaving now"
she quickly hugged me, glared at nadia, and walked out of the room, probably to find hayden
i walked back towards nadia, with a sheepish smile
"i'm sorry about that, kenzie has been a bit sensitive these days and-"
"it's fine john"
she reassured me
she placed a hand on my shoulder, and grinned
"maybe we could see each other soon? you know, out of the debate setting?"
i looked at her shocked at how straight forward she was being
"i might be transferring to this school because of some... let's just call them "problems". would that be ok with you?"
i nodded my head quickly, and grinned at her
before anything else could happen, lauren yelled my name from the door way
"mer is going to kill us if we don't get home right now john"
i apologized to nadia, and ran after lauren
maybe this wouldn't be such a bad thing for me
lauren glared at me, very confused
"was that nadia turner? the one who beat you at that awards ceremony once?"
i quickly nodded, and then attempted to stray from the conversation
"so how did hayden and i do? did we do as terrible as we thought?"
she looked at me from above her sunglasses, and smirked
uh oh
"did you really think i was going to stop asking you about nadia? tell me everything"
so i told her about nadia approaching me and not recognizing her
then i told her about kenzie's strange behavior
lauren ate up every word, and slowly grew an evil grin
"you know what john? i think kenzie was jealous of nadia. isn't that great! now you finally have something to use against her"
i shook my head violently
sure, it wasn't that horrible of a plan, but i couldn't take advantage of nadia that way
besides, i think i might actually have a chance with nadia
but i didn't have any experience in that kind of stuff
so i did what any clueless guy would do
i asked for love advice
i guess all i can say is that i was up for a ride
(not like when hayden rode a sheep that one time)
more like if he rode a bull
and i was on it with him
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sorry we haven't updated in a while, we were "busy"
and by that i mean watching mamma mia 2 for the second time, and going to six flags again
we also published our new book, jenzie one shots
you should go check it out
until next time 🤠
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theanatwins
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