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I head to the kitchen, grabbing a red solo cup with whatever dark liquid is poured inside already sitting on the counter. Derek is a classic Grove kid. His parents are always gone, and his parties have become more frequent this year.
Tenth grade. It’s crazy that we’re all in high school now. The years are going by so fast, and even though it’s only fall, once we all hit sixteen, the years will fly by until graduation.
What will all of us be like once we’re adults. Will we still be friends? Are we all going to grow up living in the park or is someone going to break the cycle? Are we destined to be Grove residents forever?
“Cara?” The thick alcohol in my stomach turns at the chirpy voice of Ellie.
My nostrils flare as I turn around and come face to face with the three bitches of The Grove High.
“Cara! I’m so glad you made it!” Ellie gives me a big smile, which somehow this time looks completely fake. Not only that, but Carrie and Jackie stand behind Ellie and they snicker blatantly in my face. Have they been like this the entire time, and I’ve just been to blind to notice?
Ellie has the fakest fake bleached hair from a box at the supermarket. It’s backcombed overly so and has a huge bump on top of her head. Trashy. Her short skirt shows off the lower creases on her ass, and for a moment I’m glad they stood me up.
Her friends look similar to her, with horribly dyed hair and altered clothes to make them look like strippers instead of high schoolers.
“You stood me up.” I point my cup in Ellie’s direction, and her smile falters a bit. Then it transforms, going from fake bitch to catty whore.
“What did you think? We were just going to pick you up and hangout with us?” She laughs. “Gullible.”
“What was the point of talking to me anyway? Of even asking if I’d want to go? Are you that much of a spineless cunt?”
Carrie and Jackie gasp behind Ellie, and Ellie drops her hands to her waist as her cheeks flame. “I asked because I wanted to see if you were as pathetic as I thought you were. And the way your face lit up when we asked? You. Are. Pathetic. But the funny thing? I didn’t think you would actually come here. But you did. And you came with them. What is it that they see in you, huh? You’re nothing.” She flips her hair over her shoulder, and her cheap perfume makes my nose tickle.
So, this is about the guys.
When I notice silence around me, I look around and see everyone from school staring at us. Some people are looking at me in disgust, and others look at me like I’m nothing. As insignificant as the carpet they’re standing on.
Rage builds in me until arms start shaking, and before I know it, I’m reaching a hand out and grabbing onto Ellie’s hair. I pull with all my strength, hearing a vicious tear and watch as she screams and falls to the floor in front of me.
“You bitch.” She says on her knees in front of me. She wraps her fingers around my arms and digs her nails in until they break the skin. I scream, then feel a slap across the face. Jackie stands in front of me in anger. I’m shocked it took so long for her minions to step up, actually.
I rip my arms out of Ellie’s grasp, her nails tearing deep gouges down my forearms. Pushing Jackie in the chest, I watch as she falls into Carrie and they stumble back and fall into a heap on the ground.
Turning towards Ellie, I see her standing up with her hair half fallen out of her up-do. “You’re going to regret that.” She growls.
“I highly doubt that.”
Ellie grabs onto my hair and pulls, and I make a fist that Logan and Easton taught me to do back in the day and swing with all my might, clocking her right in the cheek. Faintly, I start to hear the chant fight, fight, fight, and I want to go up to the idiot that started it and clock him in the face, too.
Ellie slaps me, hard. My ear starts ringing. She pulls my hair and I hear a wicked tear. Fuck, I’m going to have a bald spot on the back of my head.
I’m about to swing again when I’m lifted in the air. Looking down, I see Logan’s red hoodie and an angry look on his face. I sink into his hold. I felt helpless for a minute, and I didn’t know how I’d ever get out of that fight. I could have fought Ellie, for sure. But if those other two jumped in, would I be able to fight all of them off? I legit have no one on my side.
No one, except these three.
I’m set down on the front step, and a block of red hovers over me. “What was that?” Lashes out of Logan’s lips. I rarely hear him angry, so I’m taken aback when I hear the anger in his tone.
“Those girls are bitches.” I mumble, running my hand down my cheek. My skin is hot to touch and I bet if I looked in a mirror there would be an angry handprint in its place.
“Those girls have been bitches for years. It’s not new, Cara. Where the fuck did that come from?”
I sigh. I’m never getting out of this until I tell him the truth. “Ellie…” I turn to look over my shoulder and see Easton through the window. He’s leaning over them and saying something that’s making the girls’ faces turn a ghastly shade of white.
“Ellie…” I whip my head around at Logan’s impatient tone.
“They came up to me at gym and asked if I wanted to go to the party. I thought it would be cool… I don’t know. No one invites me anywhere and since you guys warn all the guys off me it’s not like I have a chance of meeting anyone at this school. I thought it would be nice to hang out with people.”
“You hang out with us.” Logan whips his arms out at his side, like he’s all anyone needs.
