Chapter 2: My Life Sure Sucks With You

^THE LONG WAITED FOR, CHAPTER TOOO!^

THROUGH THE EYES OF CINDY
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     Everybody ran after Nate, butting into business that wasn't theirs. I didn't want to be left out, so I ran alongside them. Suddenly, everybody stopped at the foot of the class, at the entrance, gasping like it was a sport and they were trying to win a gold medal in the Olympics.


     "What? What is it?" I asked the horde, nobody replied, still sweating out themselves in that 'sport'. I shoved my way through and tried to see what happened. I saw Nate and he was....


     ... he was passing a teddy-bear to her? B-b-but, WHY? HE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN KISSING HER! I turned around and sighed to myself. I walked over to the cafeteria.


     What does he see in her? What does she have that I don't? I'm smarter, stronger and faster. She's so uncoordinated, bossy, irresponsible, so WHAT IS IT? I mean like, I'm at the smartest girl in the entire grade, Nate's the cutest and her? I think I got it. I'm just not... her. He likes her.


     I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND!!! Why HER? What about her is so LIKABLE? ARGHHHHHHHH! I just can't win him over, it's too hard! There's no point trying to fight it. The cosmos wants them together....


     What in the TRI-STATE AREA are you talking about, Cindy? Get yourself together! Get him to see right through her moderately tan skin. LET HIM SEE HER! Alright, that's my plan. AND I NEVER GIVING UP!


     On the way to the canteen, I saw that there was a new post on the Notice Board. I took a look and... THEY WERE ADDING FREE PERIODS AFTER SCHOOL! Score! I checked the names in the separate classes -that was arranged according to behavior- and there was Alyssa, Carmen, Cindy and way at the bottom, NATE! And NO Cal in sight. DOUBLE score.


     I checked my watch; it was 7.50, won't other students be crowding around here already? Oh, that's right. Nate attracted them all to class. Grr. I turned around and another horde ran towards the billboard. TO ME! I got crushed under their shoes and I could have sworn one of the students were only wearing socks. Ew.


     After I got back to the board, a teacher came through and muttered, "Just a slight change," fixed the problem and then walked away. I looked at the notice once again and guess freaking what? The change was Cal being in the same class as Nate and I.


     How does she do that? How does she manage to be with him all the freaking time? Dying now would be a lot less scarier than a few minutes ago. I was doomed. With her around, Nate won't even notice me there.


[RECESS TIME, SAME DAY]


     I just remembered, Nate chose Cal over me for the project. Being with me would get him a definite A. He knows that. So, why? Hmm... I have to investigate. I bet she did this. I'm just gonna scare the truth out of the petty Todd. He's easy.


     "SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SCIENCE PROJECT PARTNERING CHOICE THAT NATE MADE?" I grabbed him by the collar and slightly lifted him up.
     "I kn-know nothing, I-I-I sw-wear!" he panicked, I could see his arm behind him. I grabbed his sleeve and dragged his arm out from behind him, it was crossed. 
     "Crossies? YOU LIAR!" I got so pissed I nearly slapped him, "NOW TELL ME THE TRUTH OR GAY YOU MAY BE!"
     "OKAY, OKAY! He pulled a few strings to make sure you didn't get the chance to choose. THAT'S ALL I KNOW!"
     "Gay you may be? What the crap is she talking about? And why in the world did you tell her that?!" Carl screamed at the wuss I released.
     "SO it's true!" I yelled, infuriated.
     "Oh, damn," the wuss and the puss whispered together.


     I looked to around the canteen, trying to find that, that GIRL! I saw her sitting alone... my turn to strike....


     "Cal, you better just die or I'LL KILL YOU MYSELF!"
     "What in the freaking canteen are you talking about?"
     "Keep your flirty eyes off Nate, he's MINE!"
     "Well, too bad! He's NEVER going for you!"
     Hearing that, I lunged at her and whacked her in the face...


     Snapping back to reality, I walked over to her, calmly. I really thought my imagination was real. What is wrong with me today?


     "Hey, Cal,"
     "Hey," she mumbled when she looked up from her cheeseburger to look at me. 
     "Well, bye,"
     "Bye? Okay, bye.."


     I got up and walked away, sighing to myself again. Why can't I do it? Why can't I face up to her? I can scare every single boy in school but I can't even tell her to back off?


[NEXT DAY, AFTER SCHOOL(Friday, BTW)]


     I saw Nate, he was talking to Todd and Carl, sitting on the school entrance stairs. I walked over to them and oh, so 'rudely' interrupted Carl talking.


     "Hey, you hungry?" I leaned over, surprising Nate.
     "Um, well, I am but-"
     "Let's go get lunch!" I grabbed his arm and pulled him up. Then a screechy voice siren-ed for Nate.
     "Oh, hi Cal!" Nate was waving to the chipmunk behind me. I turned around and insanely smiled, not on purpose though. I was soooo pissed.
     "Hey, wanna grab some pasta at Kitchen Creatures?" she puppy-dog faced Nate.
     "Sure," she grabbed his hand and ran away with him. Look at that, I just said that she ran away with him. Great.
     "HEY!" I screamed but they were long gone.
     "Don't feel bad little missy, we're left out too," Carl commented.
     "Shut up, you bonehead!" I slapped him and walked home.


[AT HOME, SAME DAY, FEW HOURS LATER, REALLY BORED]


     I picked up my handphone and dialed Nate's ever-so-easy-to-remember number. And 3-0,  I thought to myself, pressing the last digits.


     "Hi," I started.
     "Hi. Oh, um, sorry about the lunch thing, Cindy,"
     "It's okay, you probably didn't mean it,"
     "Yeah,"
     "So, I'm bored, wanna do something?"
     "Okay, how about karaoke?"
     "Alright," I started panicking, singing wasn't really my thing.
     "Unless you want to do something else,"
     "Oh, no, uh, um, OF course not!"
     "Cool, Red Box?"
     "Sure, meet there in 20 minutes?"
     "Kay."


[Red Box Karaoke Counter]


     Nate was checking in at the counter as I impatiently paced around him. I can't believe I'm out with NATE! Oh, but it's karaoke. AND IT'S NATE! Negative plus positive equals, oh, wait, negative. But NATE superceeds karaoke...


     "CAL?" I heard Nate gasp.
     "Holy shit," I swore, damn. SHE? HERE? NOW?
     "Nate!" If Cal didn't notice he was here, HE NOTICED FIRST?
     I ran over to them, trying to stop her from stealing him.
     "Hey, Cal," I mudged. 'What's mudge?' you might ask... well, IT'S HOW I FELT! MUDGED!
     "Hey," she 'snapped', "Nate, wanna join us?"
     "Sure,"
     "Nate!" I yelled in his face as he was leaving with Cal and her friends.
     "What?!" he snapped back.
     "You keep leaving me behind! For... HER! Why do you like hanging out with that SKEEZE so much?" (BTW, skeeze is a word)
     "You know what, Cindy? You've been really uptight these few days, I think you need to just sit back in your quite dark cell and get some rest!" then he just walked away. I ran back home. How could he say that?


-Third Party View- [Ending]


Cindy takes out her guitar and sings as tears ran down her cheeks(she still blames Cal);


*'My Life Would Suck Without You' tune*
You know you should be sorry,
For trying to take my guy,
I guess this means you could be,
Out of my life,
I wouldn't be sad at all,
But I think that he would be,
Either way I found out,
He's not gonna be with me...


Thought we belonged together, now I see,
Can't be united with you stopping me,
Why can't he see?
Damn, honestly,
My life sure sucks with you...


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Special thanks to Apple for the song idea, as in the idea to put in a song.


Don't worry, Nate's not that mean. Cindy's not that boastful. And it all works out....

Chapter 1: My BIRTHDAY!

Through the Eyes of Coco... (BTW, her friends call her Cal)
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     I walked down the hallway, all happy and smug. I passed invitations to my pals and of course, Nate.... How could I forget him? He was everything to me... everything....

     Through my daydreaming, I remembered the horrible part... I HAD TO INVITE CINDY! Why? She was so in love with Nate, everyone could see it. She never admitted it though. We were arch rivals, in Nate AND in studies. She always got the highest in the grade. I was always 2nd or 3rd, Nate was smarter than me sometimes.

     "Alex!" I called my friend who was WAY down the hall.

     "Cal!" she screamed back.

     "I'm inviting you to my birthday party,"

     "You're turning 14 already? I thought your birthday was next month,"

     "No, you mixed mine with Apple's,"

     "Cool, I'll come,"

     "Kay, bye!"

     The same thing happened for almost everyone I invited. I decided to invite Nate AFTER inviting Cindy. That way, I'll have something sweet to kill the bitter taste. I walked over to Cindy who was talking to her Spanish Class teacher. I passed her the invitation and we both falsely smiled at each other.


     While doing this, I heard someone scream my name from the other side of the hallway.


     "Cal!" I turned around and saw Nate.
     "Nate?" I was puzzled, why would he come to me?
     "I heard about your birthday,"
     "And?"
     "Nothing,"
     "Okay," I started, how random... "So, here you go, the invitation,"
     "Cool. I'll see if I can come,"
     "Alright,"
     "Hey, um, did you see Todd?"
     "Yeah, I think he was looking for you. What's going on?"
     "Oh, nothing. Nothing at all,"
     I raised an eyebrow.
     "Kay, catch 'ya later!" he stuttered and ran off. Weird dude. Still my weird dude.


[THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL, SCIENCE CLASS]


     "Okay students, tomorrow we're gonna do a little project. Now, pick your partners. Starting from...."
     A sudden glass-smashing sound was behind me, about 2 rows down. I looked behind and it was Brian.
     "BRIAN!" the teacher yelled.
     "I pick Zak," Brian smart-wittily took advantage of the teacher yelling his name. After Zak was picked, the person sitting on Zak's right-hand side had the choice.
     "Julie," Alexis chose.
     "Apple," Ashley chose.


     -Okay, I know what you're thinking, APPLE IS OLDER, THEREFORE CANNOT BE IN THE SAME CLASS AS COCO!!! Well, you see, I was born in August and Apple was born in December, previous year. So according to international school regulations, those born before September (who are 14) are in the same year as those who were born after September in the previous year. Therefore, it is COMPLETELY possible.-


     It went on until it reached Nate.


     "I pick.... um.... Cal," all the boys were already picked so he could only choose a girl. The most probable option was Cindy or me. HE CHOSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     "That means you are going to partner Carter, Cindy," the teacher pointed out, "Are you okay with that?"
     "Of course," the teacher's pet spoke, solemnness in her eyes.
    
     The bell rang and I skipped out of class. I was SO happy that I was partnering Nate. AH!!!!! I felt kinda bad for disappointing Cindy though...


[THE NEXT DAY, ARRIVING AT SCHOOL]


     "STOP IT, GUYS! STOP IT!" I heard Nate hastily speaking, "JUST GO AWAY!" From the distance, I could see a bunch of guys and Cindy chasing him around, he was carrying a paper bag.


     Just as I was walking to him, I heard my name being called by Ashley.


     "Yeah?" I asked
     "Did 'tcha hear?" she asked.
     "Hear what?"
     "Nate can't go to your party,"
     "What?"
     "Yeah, he said he had some family business to take care of,"


     I turned around and walked away, I started tearing up(not the ripping tear, the cry tear). He wasn't coming? But, what else would I do at the party than talk to him? If he didn't go, a LOT of boys wouldn't go. But, will Cindy? If she did... 


     I suddenly burst into tears and decided to just go to my first lesson, nobody stayed in the first class of the day. I'd be alone. I started walking towards the class. As I was getting there, I realized that Nate and the gang were on the road to the class.


     I ran past them, hoping that they would not notice. Then...


     "Cal!" Nate called. Crap. I ran past him and kept running. "Cal, wait! CAL!" he screamed louder and louder. I turned around for a second and realized he was running after me(and so was the gang). "Cal!"


     I ran right into the class, it was dark, the teacher wasn't in yet. I gave up and slouched myself against a wall and slid down and just cried. He came in and took out something from the paper bag.


     "I can't come to your birthday party but since you invited me, I got you a present," I looked up to see it. It was a big white, fluffy teddy bear. I felt better already.


     "Hey, were you crying this whole time?" he saw my red eyes and my spilling tears, he noticed.
     "Huh, o-oh, that," I muttered through my tears, "Oh, it-ts noth-thing, nothi-ing at a-all," I giggled, remembering him saying that. I got up and he passed the teddy-bear to me.
     "It's yours,"