Please read the Author's Note prior to this! I am going to finish ths story, and then sort of re-write it for the Watty Awards 2013, probably starting in March or so!

"Josh?!" I practically screamed before breaking down, bursting into tears. 

"Hey, hey, hey, calm down. It's okay, he's just heartless," Kayla whispered to me, bringing me into a huge hug.

"W-why would he d-do this to m-me?" I stammered, collapsing back into the cushions, tears streaming down my face.

"I don't know, Alexa. But trust me, I'm going to find out. Come on, let's get going, we leave soon." 

I allowed Karla to pull me up and to our room. She was silent, which wasn't good. When she's mad, she'll get loud. But when she's furious, she gets silent. And it usually means she's planning something. 

I slowly packed my stuff, before we had to go down to the airport. We slowly went therough security and boarded the plane. I put my headphones in my ears and fell asleep as we flew back to California. Karla sat beside me, using her laptop. I saw her googling "revenge" once, and smiled to myself as I thought of how she always had my back.

When we landed back in California, I got my stuff and went to my mom, who was picking Karla and I up to go home. I put on a small fake smile and answered her questions the whole way home.

As we dropped Karla at her house, she gave me a small reassuring smile before going into her house. As soon as she was out, my mom turned around and asked, "Okay, what's wrong honey?"

I poured out everything that had happened, and how I felt about it. She gave me a hug and responded, "Don't believe them, they're jealous and you're a beautiful, intelligent girl. Trust me honey, I couldn't lie about that."

When she saw I was doubtful, she sighed gently and drove home. I ran to my room and shut the door before crying again. After a half hour, I regained my composure and dried my eyes before going over to my laptop and pulling up Facebook.

I quickly changed my relationship status to single and slammed the laptop shut. I was so lost, I had no idea what to do. So I called Karla.

She talked to me for two hours, trying to reassure me and make me feel better. I could tell she knew it didn't work, but I tried to put on a happy personality for her. After she said goodbye, I went downstairs and simply watched TV for the rest of the day. 

The next day at school, I was wearing sweatpants and a hoodie, which I never wear. I just felt like I needed to hide myself, so I made sure my hair was down and I just kept my head down. The day felt like it took an eternity.

I was constantly bombarded with questions about me and Josh, and each question brought me closer to tears. I avoided him the whole day, and made sure to keep myself hidden in class. I even skipped lunch and just stayed in the library, reading a book alone.

To sum up my day, it was awful. And what sucked was that I had dance, and I didn't even have motivation for that. I was tired and had no energy to do anything, but I changed into my dance clothes and went through the motions of the routines.

"Karla, stay back for a second!" Kayla called to me after practice.

I walked over to her and looked down. "Listen, I know I'm not doing well today, but-"

"Karla, it's okay. I noticed something was wrong. What's up?"

"Nothing, I'm just having an off day, okay? I promise, I'm fine."

 After I assured her I was fine, I changed and went to my mom's car. She gave me a small smile before driving through our subdivision until we reached our house. I ran straight to my room and sat down at my desk. 

My homework took until ten, which was exhausting for me. I fell asleep around eight and woke up at nine, and then fell asleep as soon as I was done with my work.

"We need to talk."

That was Josh. He had cornered me before school and tried talking to me.

"Talk about what, Josh? About how you humiliated me? Bullied me? Pretended to be my boyfriend only to make fun of me? About how you're a jerk?" I retaliated quickly.

"Can you at least let me explain?" he practically shouted as I tried walking away from him.

"No, now get away from me," I hissed, stomping down the hall, very aware that everyone was watching us.

He ran after me and grabbed my arm. "Fine, I get it, you're mad. But please, please let me explain!"

I looked at my phone. "I shouldn't even be giving you this, but fine. Two minutes."

"Thank you! Okay, so a couple months ago I was at Cassandra's house. Our parents are best friends, so I go over there a lot. She told me that I owed her a favor from a couple years ago and I couldn't back out of it. I knew if I refused she'd go running to my dad and get me in trouble, so I said fine. I didn't think it would be bullying you like this! I swear! She made me do this, something about revenge for being popular. She told me when to send the messages, and she didn't think it was enough, so she made me pretend to be your boyfriend. But I really do like you, I do! I didn't want to do this, at all. Her dad is my dad's boss, and she said my dad would have been frired if I didn't do what she said. I couldn't be responsible for my dad geting fired! 

"And then she said that if I didn't do it, she would ruin my reputation and give me a bad reputation with colleges that I want to go to in a couple years. I need to go to a good college, alright? I was going to tell you it was me and that I had to do it in a couple weeks, if Cassandra hadn't told me to stop by then. She told me exactly what to write, and it was from a blocked number. If I had a choice, I never would have done this! I swear...."

He looked genuinely guilty. But I knew that I couldn't forget what he did, that left a permanent scar on me.

"Did you ever think to maybe tell her dad this? She couldn't have gotten your dad fired. Stop being her little puppet and stand up for yourself! You explained yourself, so leave me alone!"

I stormed away from him and into my first hour, slowly getting out my homework. My phone buzzed and I saw a Facebook post on my wall. From Cassandra.

It was basically an essay on how much she hated me, how ugly and fat I was, how stupid I was, a bad dancer and cheerleader, an attention-seeker, a ditzy blonde, and so much more. I stood up and asked to go to the bathroom, and then fled, locking myself in a stall and crying my eyes out.

Karla followed me soon after and tried talking to me. "Come on, let me in," she pleaded, knocking on the door.

"No, I'm fine....go back to class," I said, sniffling quietly. "Just a post on my wall."

"Please?" she begged.

I stood up shakily and unlocked the door, and she pulled me out and into a hug. "You can't believe them, none of that is true! I wouldn't lie to you about that!"

"Just-I know, I know. I'm fine, I just need to collect myself."

I wiped my eyes ff and walked back to class, smiling to the teacher and working on the homework that had been written on the board. The day went by fairly quickly. I skipped lunch again, and used the excuse of working on a project. 

But in reality I hid in the bathroom. I never thought that would be me. The girl that hid because she didn't want people seeing her. 

As soon as practice was over for the day, I walked the mile and a half home, alternating between running and walking. And after my homework was done, I went to the basement and worked out until my mom came in and practically forced me to eat.

I ate half an apple before stepping into my room and quietly working out some more. The haters were getting to me, and I knew it. I just couldn't not believe them. Those things get to you, and mess with your head.

I knew that my parents and Karla were concerned for me, so I had to put up a happy front just for them, and tried to act like everything was fine. It was exhausting, really. And it had only been a couple days of a happy front!

But everything was going to come crashing down.....

I know, I know....you hate me! But I uploaded! And this book is coming to an end soon! :( There will probably be 3-4 chapters left and some things will be revealed in that! Think back to the prologue! ;)

Let me know if you guys want a sequeal, I have no ideas for one, so I will gladly take some! Please, comment ideas with a sequeal, and let me know how that chapter was. My next update should be soon...if I have time later today I'll at least start a new chapter!

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