Chapter 1C

"You totally scared me!" I giggled and whacked her playfully.
"My apologies." She snorted and fished through her Fendi purse for some lip gloss.
I smiled as I spotted Layla, number 3, floating elegantly across the lawn towards us. The day was going to be perfect.


The classes passed fairly quickly, and soon lunch time had come upon us. I followed Layla, Betti, and Mackenzie into the huge cafeteria,where we claimed the middlemost table and deposited out bags.

Then we bought lunch, sat down, and began gossip.
"Did you see Charlotte's new sweater?" Layla popped a fry into her mouth.
"It has a rabbit on it." I snickered and took a bite of my blueberry muffin.
"Any cute guys?" Mackenzie demanded. Layla and Charlotte had already been in AP Geometry, and they had the cutest guys in that class.
"Jesse looks pretty hot this year," Betti murmured. I gave her a glare. Jesse was one of my ex-jock-boyfriends. I dumped him when I found out he didn't actually have blue eyes, but brown eyes. Besides, he was pretty boring.
"If no one's going for him, I will." Betti avoided my lingering stare and gazed at Jesse's jock table.


I sighed.
"Fine, you can have him. He's a total loser." I applied some lipstick and focused all of my attention on my muffin. How could Betti do this to me?! She was my BFF. And now she wanted my ex. Oh well. Jesse didn't like dyed hair on girls.
"Earth to Ashley!" Layla waved her perfect manicured nails in front of my eyes, which had glazed over as I thought about Betti and her stupid boy excursions.
"Yeah?" I looked up.
"Who do you want to take you to the Fall Bash?" Mackenzie asked impatiently.
"I don't know," I muttered, turning my attention to the jocks table.