Over the next few weeks, Allura and I have gotten closer. We exchanged numbers and met up for what she called "girls night" once a week. I felt comfortable around her, considering she was my first female friend and wasn't a snob like the other girls in my previous school and some at this one.
The only bad thing was that she kept on insisting that Keith liked me. I kept on denying what she thought was true when I thought it was impossible. Seriously, Keith is way out of my league. Since I have been hanging out with Allura, I gradually changed from wearing baggy shirts and sweatpants or leggings to wearing nicer things that we bought while shopping. I hated shopping, but I went because Allura was practically begging me. Also, the boys were all busy, so I went with her.
After the shopping spree, we went to my room and started picking out outfits for school. After a lot of begging, she managed to get me to wear a flowery green top with cute high wasted jeans. I wore my converse with it because I was not going to change that, but left my hair out because Allura said, and I quote, "You look prettier with your hair down."
I kept on my glasses as I went downstairs. Matt was alone in the kitchen, eating some leftovers from yesterday's dinner.
"Hey, Katie. Woah, what are you wearing? It's so much different than what you usually wear," Matt said, shocked.
"Allura and I bought this and she said I should wear it. Does it look nice?" I ask, conveying with my eyes that I wanted a completely honest opinion.
"Of course you do. Oh, and by the way, Keith and Shiro had to go somewhere so I can drop you to school," Matt said to me as I got breakfast.
After I ate breakfast, I quickly packed my lunch in my bag and went to Matt's car. He came out a few minutes later, holding two bags.
It took about 10 minutes to reach school. I said bye to Matt and went inside. I felt weird wearing these clothes that I wasn't used to. I felt more...exposed.
Clutching my backpack handles, I started walking to my locker only to be stopped by a group of girls wearing heels, short skirts and tops, and a ton of makeup.
The leader of the group was Katherine, the girl who came up to Keith and me during lunch.
The one who called me ugly.
"Wow, did you really think Keith will go for you just because you changed how you dress? You still look like the piece of trash you always were," Katherine sneered as her posse laughed behind her.
My eyes watered, but I pushed them down and told her, "Well, you still don't have enough brain cells to be with Keith considering how he doesn't even talk to you."
A few kids oohed from around us, watching the conversation between a popular girl and a nerd.
"You-you, ugh! I hate you! You stole Keith from me! Don't worry though. He is going to get bored of you and come running to me. You probably don't even know any tricks," Katherine shouted, gaining more attention.
This was not how I wanted to start the morning. And I did know a lot of tricks.
"As a matter of fact, I do know a lot of tricks that you and brainless head don't. I can hack any database in less than 10 seconds. Bet you can't do that," I said, and everyone started laughing at me. That's a good trick, isn't it?
"Oh my god, you are so innocent. Wait..." Katherine smirked as if a thought came to her, "You haven't even done it haven't you? Wow, Keith is going to get bored of you real fast."
And with that, she walked away, leaving me confused. I thought I was a fun...oh, that's what she meant.
Sure, I haven't done it before, but that doesn't mean that Keith was going to get bored of me. I was a pretty fun person, and I could show him some of the tricks I knew.
Walking back to my locker, I opened it and got all of my stuff. Before I could close my locker, a hand shot out and closed it for me. I turned around and came face to face with Lance.
"Hey, Katie. Looking nice in those clothes," Lance said, looking at my new outfit before crushing me into a hug.
"I want to be in the hug too!" A voice shouted and before I knew it, Hunk and Lance were squishing me.
"Hey, guys...why are you crushing someone?! Are you trying to kill them?" Keith said, pushing my two friends off of me.
"Sorry about tha...Pidge?" Keith said, his mouth opened as he looked at me. He continued to stare and stare until I started blushing and waved my hand in front of his face.
"You there?" I asked him. He just looked at me with a dazed look until Lance whacked him upside the head.
"Yo, lover boy, stop looking at your girl like fresh meat," Lance smirked as a faint blush appeared on Keith's face.
"Pidge, y-you...changed," Keith said, and I got a little worried. Did I look bad or something?
"I mean in a good way, of course," He quickly rushed out after seeing my expression. "You look really...beautiful. Not that you weren't already."
I blushed when he said that he looked satisfied with it. I saw one of his hands come out and it was just about to reach my hair when a voice interrupted us.
"Hey, guys. Stop acting all lovey-dovey. Do that outside of school. I don't need a constant reminder that I am single because of you guys," Lance said, and both Keith and I blushed and looked away from each other. I tucked my hair behind my ear and turned to Keith.
"Let's go to class?" I asked him. He nodded and we said bye to Hunk and Lance, who were smirking, before walking to Chemistry.
Once we sat down in our seats, Keith turned to me and said, "So, I saw you with Katherine before class. And might I say, it was nice seeing you all confident and defending yourself."
Oh yeah. I felt like a totally different person when I was talking to her. It was almost as if I wasn't scared of anything and could speak my mind and I really liked it.
I shrugged and said, "Well, she was annoying me. Had to make her be quiet in some way, you know?"
Keith smirked and turned his attention to the front, where Ms. Rellings was sitting.
As soon as the bell rang, she got up and exclaimed, "So class, today we will be doing our first project! Who is excited?"
A few people in the front showed enthusiasm, while the majority just stared at her. After a while, she laughed awkwardly and said, "Okay, the project will be worth 25% of your final quarter grade. I will not negotiate this matter. In the project, you have to choose at least 7 feelings from this list and research about the chemical makeup of the feeling in the human body. The chemical makeup must be presented in a creative way in order to receive full credit. You may work with a partner, no more than that. Choose your groups and then come up to me to get the rubric and other important material.
Keith and I looked at each other and gave a small nod. We got up to go to the teacher when a squeaky voice stopped us.
"Hey, Keith!" It was Katherine.
How come I did not know who was in my class?
"Katherine," Keith said, obviously bored.
Katherine twirled her hair with her finger and had a smug smile on her lips. "I was just wondering if you wanted to work together on this project. You could come to my house to work on it. And, we can find out the feelings in a more...physical way," She finished her proposal with a really low voice. Was she trying to imitate a man? And a physical way? That is just gross.
"Yeah, um, I am working with Pidge so-"
Keith was cut off by a furious Katherine. "Ugh, why are you still trying to be friends with her! She is nothing but a boring, ugly nerd who thinks that she can hang out with anybody."
Before Keith could retort, I stepped in and said, "Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but I have real friends, unlike you. And trying to do whatever you were doing isn't going to make Keith attracted to you. I think he finds it repulsive to tell you the truth.
Both of them were just looking at me in shock, so I pulled Keith's and started walking to the teacher.
"We are working together. Can we have the papers?" Keith asked Ms. Rellings.
"Yeah sure," she said, handing us a stack of papers. "You guys are a cute couple by the way," she added, pointing to our connected hands. I immediately pulled away as if I burned myself and turned around, walking back to my seat with a blush on my face.
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Hey guys!
Here is chapter 17!
Wow, a double update again? And this chapter is longer than what I usually write. I am honestly amazed by myself(LOL).
So, Pidge has become a little more confident. Keith must be rubbing off her:).
What do you think of Pidge now?
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