Claire
She looked out the window of the school bus watching the street pass by. It stopped, and Claire’s best friend Jessica elegantly stepped onto the bus like a gazelle. Jessica had long legs, and shiny brown hair. She wore it today with a pink headband along with a cute bubble-gum pink jacket and a black shirt with pink, real, rhinestones around the collar. She had on designer jeans and light pink flats. Claire quickly moved her bag off the seat so her friend could sit there.
“Eww.” Jessica said as she sat down. “Why exactly are we riding around in something that monkeys use to get to school!?” Claire laughed at her friend and then got serious. “Believe me,” she said as she brushed off her shoulder as a piece of paper hit her. “I would not be riding in this.. This…” “Thing” Jessica inputted. “Yes, thing” Claire continued. “If I could help it. Daddy said he wanted me to get a ‘more normal dose of reality’ for a change” Claire said with disgust.
“Okay, HOLD IT. You mean you have to ride in this for the rest.of.the.year!?” Jessica asked in horror. “That will TOTALLY ruin your image! And look at this place!” Jessica pointed to some bubble gum that was stuck on one of the seats. “Don’t worry” Claire said as another paper hit her shoulder. “Its only for a week,”
Another piece of paper hit her head. She turned. “WHO is throwing these!?” She said holding up a piece of paper looking around. A couple kids looked up and then continued what they were doing.
“Ugh” Claire said as she turned back around. Another not hit her and Jessica said with a sigh “Just read it. Its probably just another love letter anyway,” Claire did what her friend said and opened the letter. There was just one line.
Meet me in the girls bathroom on the 3rd floor after school.
Claire laughed. “What?” Jessica said as the bust pulled up to the school- Valley Crest Middle. Claire shoved the note into Jessica’s hands. Jessica looked at it for a split second and then laughed too. “It’s probably just another one of your worshipers wanting to get a chance to talk to you,” Jessica said with a smile. “Are you going to go?” Claire attempted to look as elegant as her friend as they walked off the bust but she knew she could never pull it off. “I don’t know” She said.
“Oh well,” Jessica said as she looked her friend up and down. “You’re looking glamorous as usual,” They were standing in front of the bus so none of the other kids could get off but no one said anything, the girls were practically royalty in their eyes. Claire looked at the huge school before them as she walked into class. “Thanks” she said.
Class seemed to take forever. In first period-English- all she did was talk to Jessica. In second period, math, all her fans had her knee-deep in math questions since, after all, she was the smartest girl in the class, although she knew it was just an excuse to get to talk to her. 3rd period was science, and she just took a nap because science was her least favorite subject and besides, who In the class wouldn’t let her borrow their notes? No one! For them, that would be social suicide!! 4th period was Art which was totally boring- she was tired of finger-painting like a four-year-old. Finally it was lunch, when she could talk to all of her friends, a time when none of the kids or teachers would dare bother her, and she got to sit at her lunch table at the front of the cafeteria like the queen she knew she was looking at her royal subjects.
“Can I tell them?” Jessica asked, gesturing to the 3 other girls at the table. Jordan, Ashly, and Sarah all were casually sitting at the table listening to the best friends talk. “About what?” Claire asked. “oh, you mean about the note? Sure…”
Jordan, Ashly, and Sarah all leaned forword. “Oooh! Oooh! What happened?” Jessica leaned back in her chair. “Well…” she said with a slight smile. “You know that disgusting use of transportation these monkeys use to get to school?” Yyyeesss,” The 3 girls said in unison. “Well, Claire’s dad is making her ride it AND some disgusting kid threw this note at her!” Jessica pulled the note out of her jean pocket and the girls read it.
“So sorry Claire!” Jordan said with a look of sympathy. “That bus must be disgusting!!” “Yeah,” Ashly agreed. “But are you actually going to go after school!?” she said skeptically. “I don’t know…” Claire said.
“Well, if you do go, you should totally bring one of us along with you!” Sarah chirped. “Yeah!” Ashly said. “I SO want to see what this looser wants,” Jessica turned he rbody in her chair so she was facing Claire a little better. “Oh yeah, that remindes me,” Jessica said. “I can’t come with you after school, my Dad is going to pick me up and we’re going to buy a new limo! He texted me a little while ago,” she continued happily. “Ooooh, what color?” Sarah asked. “I’m not sure yet, maybe-” ut before she could finish somebody bumped into Jordan’s chair and splattered all over Jordan, Sarah, and Ashly.
“Ehmigosh!!!” Sarah said touching her hair where some Apple Sauce had landed. “I like just got my hair done yesterdaaaaaaaay!!” She squealed. “Watch where you’re going freak!” Jordan shouted wiping off some of the Apple Sauce that had landed on her arm. “Let’s go to the bathroom and wash it off!” Claire said. In all of the commotion the commiter of the crime had already left. The other girls had already grabbed their stuff. “C’mon Claire, I want to get this off of me!!!” Ashly said brushing off the Doritos Chips on her designer jeans. “I’m coming,” Claire said as she brushed a blonde lock off of the side of her face and leaned down to grab her bag. As she picked it up she noticed a piece of paper folded up. On the front Claire was scribbled out in someone’s hand writing. She could swear she had seen it somewhere, but she couldn’t place where… She grabbed it and followed her friends to the bathroom.
“Ahhhh, that’s MUCH better,” Ashly sighed in relief brushing her hair. There were a couple of stains on their pants and skirts, but that was about it. “You guys still manage to look beautiiiiiful!” Claire said with a smile. “Thanks” Sarah said putting on some black eyeshadow. She was going through the “Goth” faze. She said it was pretty hot right now and she though she would try it out. “Oh yeah….” Claire said, digging through her pocket and pulled out the not she found earlier. “What?” the girls said turning so they could see Claire and still look in the mirror at the same time.
Claire waved the not around. “I got a new one,” she smiled.
“Whats it say!?” Jessica said taking a step over to her. “I don’t know, I haven’t looked at it yet,” Claire replied. She unfolded the note and looked inside, Written in pencil was:
You better meet me in the bathroom.
And don’t bring them
-*
Claire read it out loud. “And then its got this little mark and a scribble…” She continued.
They all just stood there for a second and then burst out laughing. “This is such a joke…” Ashly said. “I wonder what will happen…” Jordin mused. “I guess we’ll find out after school,” Sarah laughed.
“But wait,” Jordan said. “We can’t be there. It says don’t bring them, which I’m guessing is us,” Claire laughed along with them. “Who cares what it says? You guys will just wait outside the bathroom door and listen in, or at least wait for me!” “Yeah.” Jessica said. Its some nobody anyway. What are they gonna do? Tell us what the square root of pie is?” “Okay, that was NOT funny,” Claire said. “That’s totally stupid,” Jessica looked kinda embarrassed. “Yeah, it was,” She agreed.
The bell rang signaling the end of lunch, and the girls grabbed their bags and walked out of the bathroom. “So 3rd floor bathroom after school?” Sarah asked as they walked out. “Yeah. Meet at my locker,” Claire replied
It was 2:50, almost time for school to get out. Claire was sitting next to Ashly who was finishing up her history work. She felt her cell phone vibrate and opened it up to find a text from Jessica.
432 1189: hey, tell me what happens.
981 3245: kk. Wish u could b there. D;
432 1189: hey so do I but I will b limo shopping! try not 2 have 2 much fun w/o me
981 3245: lyk that’s even possible.
432 1189: hey I g2g call u l8er!
Ashly leaned over Claire’s shoulder. “Who are you texting?” She asked. “Jessica?” “Yeah,” Claire said closing her phone and pushing her chair under the desk and grabbing her bag. She dropped her phone into the bag and looked up at the clock. It was 2:58.
“Are you ready to meet your secret admirer?” Ashly laughed. “Yep,” Claire said smiling. “Lets see who this looser is,” Ashly and Claire walked up a few feet away from the door, careful not to crowd around it like the other kids who would just swarm out running and screaming as soon as the bell rang. And they also didn’t really want to touch any of them.
“2:59:30... 31... 32,” a kid counted. Then the 5 second count down commenced and all the boys in the class started to count down. “5... 4... 3... 2... 1...” The bell ringed, and just as predicted the door swung opened and kids started shouting and screaming and running down the hall.
Claire and Ashly casually walked out at their own pace. They had somewhere to be, but they really didn’t care. The mystery person could wait a few minutes.
Eventually they arrived at Claire’s locker which Sarah was already leaning against. She looked over and noticed them and sprinted over. “Hey guys,” She said. Claire looked around. “Where’s Jordan?” She asked. “She felt ‘sick’ “ Sarah said rolling her eyes. “She found out that her parents where gonna make her ride the bus with you today and she couldn’t risk it so she opted out and chose the gullible nurse over a ride with you. She thought you would ‘understand’” She continued. Claire was surprised, and kind of ticked. “She could of at least texted me! And what, she would rather go home then ride the bus with me!?” Claire shouted. “I guess so…” Sarah said. “She told me not to just tell you that she felt sick, but I’m your friend and I thought you deserved to know. Just don’t tell her I told you! Pleeease!” Claire agreed but planned her revenge on Jordan anyways. She couldn’t wait until she told Jessica. “Okay guys, lets get this show on the road!” Ashly said.
By the time they had finished discussing Jordan and her traitorous ways, the halls had cleared out somewhat and the girls made their way to the 3rd floor.
“I can see why they choose this floor” Claire said. It was basically deserted. The 3rd floor was really only used for language classes like Spanish and French, and there were no classes in the afternoon, so it was totally deserted except for a few unlucky kids who got stuck with their locker being up there.
An intercom message came on announcing that there was only 20 more minutes for kids riding the bus to get there. “Are you going to be out of there in 20 minutes?” Ashly asked. Claire rolled her eyes. “Who cares? If I’m late, I’ll call my butler to come pick me up,” she stated. “Good plan,” Ashly said.
They walked over to the door of the girls’ 3rd story bathroom, and Ashly and Sarah leaned against the wall next to the door. “Good luck,” Sarah smirked, and Claire pushed open the door and the smell of perfume a girl had used earlier overwhelmed her.
“Hello?” Claire asked after the door of the bathroom closed and she had walked in. She glanced in a mirror for a split second and ran her fingers with her blue nail polish through her beach blonde hair and brushed her shirt off.
No one said anything. This had to be a joke. “Hello?” Claire repeated again. She was getting a little aggravated.
“HELLO?” Claire repeated once more getting testy. It was silent.
“HELLO!?!?!” Claire said again. No one said anything. Then she heard a sneeze…
Claire smiled. She went to each stall punching in the doors. She went to each one. A couple were locked probably someone’s prank.
“Okay, I’m leaving,” Claire said, angry. “Thanks for wasting my time,” And she started to walk out. As she turned around she heard a stall unlock and someone walking out.
She turned around saying “Whose there!?” And saw something she never thought she would ever see.
She pulled the trigger, Claire screamed, and then all was silent except Jessica dropping the gun and running out the door.
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