long her hairline, slicking them down with black gel until they we

were freshly polished. She grabbed her P.E. wear, stuffed it into he

e, and enduring her mother's morning lecture, she fled the house and hea

she was early, the bus did the exact opposite. Luckily for her, after just

arching for her seat partner, Delilah. Delilah sat right next to a window, looking outside and rel

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sports balls boomed over a sea of students. The school fie

us for its extracurricular activitie

walking out of their classrooms and onto the field. Some sat directly

baggy, making her silhouette look completely shapeless. Her well-known hourglass figure was

happened to be Daniel. He had removed his school shir

e practically drooling. Julia rolled her eyes at their pathetic gaping, tearing her gaze away from the crowd. She

he said it," a high-pitc

was braided straight back. Julia had seen her a bunch of times hovering around Daniel and Mackenz

mpletely unaware of how loud her voice actually was. If you're g

Mackenzie

's ears perk up instantly. She

ta yell-whi

harrumphed, looking sudden

a dog eager to please its

This was the second time she was hearing about this mystery

r, she wanted to know exactly why her name was on their lips. She turned her head slightly

her up the bleachers away from Julia, but th

re were ears everywhere-the walls, the desks, and definitely the teachers. Everyone w

t more like a chameleon. A large concrete pillar stood directly be

gossip. She slipped back a few stairs, gripping the steel handles and

" a voic

benches and spun around, looking for the pe

ooking all o

rying to smooth down a rumpled part of her uniform whil

mall flight of stairs a

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bag and quickly changed into it, tucked

were already fully dressed in their sports uniforms and had

y were all in the same class. She actually preferred being isolated; to her, keeping to herself just made lif

les, flung her bag over her shoulder, and walked out

he same height as her, and with a sharp, heavy breath, the girl puffed

the girl snarled, glaring at her

red by pimples, with messy hair falling across her skin-but she just couldn't hold