The next morning I woke up earlier than my alarm because I just had thoughts running through my head about my plan all night. I got up about ten minutes early and took my shower. I pulled on my green khakis, Jakob's army print shirt and my boots. I left my long hair down, wet, and I didn't put on any make-up. I looked at myself and I guessed I looked extremly different because my mom started shrieking.
"MOM! Why are you doing that?"
"Amanda! What posessed you to change? Let me look at you! You have no make-up, your hair's wet, and when it dries it's gonna be flat, and...and you have your brother's clothes on! Geesh! If I didn't know better I'd say you've been abducted by aliens!"
"Mo-om!" I whined. "I'm just trying to get some of my old friends back. Prove to them I've changed."
"Changed how?" she went over and sat on my bed, of course I followed her and sat next to her.
"Mom, ever since I met Courtney.....I became stuck-up. I lost all my friends....and you know, it was all because of her. She changed me ma. And someone made me realize it." she ran her hand along my hair.
"I did notice a change, but since your father and I are busy people, we just thought it was a phase. We really didn't even notice THAT much of a change. But I see you've got your head on straight now. Maybe you should look up some of your old friends, huh?" I nodded my head and watched her leave. I then sniffed the air and smiled. She always brightened up my day when I let her. I loved her perfume scent....I guess because if reminded me of her.
I grabbed my bookbag and headed to school.
As I slowly headed toward Courtney, I noticed her eyes showing a disaproval of my outfit.
"Hey." I acted as if nothing was different.
"Whoa! What did you do to yourself?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Your outfit! Hello! And your hair! And...." she ran a finger across my face. "you don't have any make-up on! Don't worry, we can skip first period, I have my emergency Maybeline kit in my purse." she tried to drag me in the building but I haulted.
"No! I think I look fine the way I am!"
"Honey, you'd look fine the way you are if it was Haloween! But date check, it's April, let's go."
"I said NO!" I screamed. People were looking at me, wondering what happened to my short skirts and designer shirts, but I didn't care, because the new me wasn't superficial. "Look, if you don't like the way I look, you can go piss up a flag pole!"
"I've been noticing changes in you lately! Did you switch to pads?"
"NO! Will you stop it! I'VE been noticing things about YOU! I just now noticed how you are! You've made me a superficial snob! A snob Courtney!"
"Stop this, people are beginning to stare....." she whispered to my face.
"Let them stare, nothings happening. Just....Courtney, leave me alone!" and I stormed off into the building and headed to my locker. I have been wanting to do that for the longest time now! I guess I really wasn't like that deep down inside!
I smiled and headed to first period as I schemed about my next encounter with someone.
I took a deep breath and sat down in the third seat in the third row, right behind my tall friend Alexia. Well, we currently weren't friends but my plan was sure to work.
As everyone else caught up with their work in French class, I took out a sheet of notebook paper and began writing.
Alexia,
I'm sorry.
Your friend, (hopefully)
Amanda.
There! That was all I could think of, but it was a start. I folded it up three times and slickly handed it to her. I got nervous butterflies in my stomach as I waited for a responce. It seemed to take forever.
I started daydreaming about Jordan Knight and me running away together to get married when my head slipped from under my chin and hit the desk.
"Ow!" My natural reaction to the big bruise now forning was a scream in pain. The kids laughed and I turned a slight shade of pink.
"Well, well Ms. Petri, if you had been doing your work and not daydreaming that wouldn't have happened!" I then turned a slight shade of red, as kids snickered.
"Sorry Mr. Philipps."
"Oh, I bet you are! Come here and show me that you've completed page 124 and that you actually had time to daydream. When you can do that, then I'll apologize for keeping you from catching up on last night's rest."
My face turned the color of a tomato as I just sat there, not knowing what to do since I didn't do the work. He knew I didn't do it! How dare he...
"See, that's what I thought. Do your work Amanda or I may have you kicked out." I hurried up and started working while kids watched me, some feeling pity, and some laughing just for revenge on me.
Before I was done with part A on the assignment, Alexia passed back the note to me.
Sorry for what? Being a snob? Totally ditching me and your other best-friends for Courtney and the mall? And if I didn't know better I'd think you were actually trying to be nice. But everyone knows how you are, and how you think about one person and one person only. Yourself.
Alexia
My heart sank deep down...so low that no one would be able to retrieve it.
As soon as the bell rang I hurried to my locker and I started taking out all my anger on my books. I was so mad that nothing I ever did worked, so mad that I always failed. I opened up the top part of my locker and pulled out a plastic bag...spare clothes. Clothes I always kept in here in case of an emergency, this just happened to be one.
