Surviving High School by Lele Pons

Author:Lele Pons
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books

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Old Friends Are Best Friends

(3,200,000 followers)

“Remember when if you wanted to watch a TV show you had to know what time it was going to be on and then make sure you were there to watch it?” Lucy asks us, plucking out the red M&M’s from a pack and setting them aside. We’re in Arianna’s room—Lucy, Mara, Arianna, and me (the old school gang back together again)—lounging casually after a long Wednesday as if nothing has changed. As if I wasn’t ripped from the comforts and safety of my lovely circle of friends, as if I’m not becoming an accidental internet sensation. (I know it sounds exciting, but just the thought of it makes me feel like there’s an elephant sitting on my chest or like I’m falling through thin air. It’s like I’m falling through thin air while an elephant sits on my chest.)

“Sure, I remember,” I say, my head resting in Mara’s lap. “I used to rush through dinner so I could be sitting in front of the television as soon as One Tree Hill came on.”

“TBT One Tree Hill!” Arianna says from her bed, where she’s completely horizontal, draped across it from left to right instead of head to foot.

“And then after that it was like, if you wanted to watch something you had to make sure you remembered to DVR it,” Lucy continues, “but now all you have to do is look it up on Hulu or, like . . . buy it the next day on iTunes.”

“Great story, bb,” says Mara. “Can we talk about something interesting now?” The love we all have for each other is epic and undying, so it’s okay to talk like this from time to time.

“I got paid to go to a thirteen-year-old’s birthday party this weekend,” I say.

“What? Like as a babysitter?” Mara asks.

“Um, no, like as an internet celebrity, right, Lele?” Lucy is impressed.

“Yeah, I guess so,” I say. “You guys, life is getting weird. The weekend before that I went to a warehouse party and we ended up running from the cops. I don’t want to ever run from the cops again—it was exhausting. Actually, all of life feels exhausting these days.”

“Whoa,” says Arianna. “And you’re literally never tired. This must be serious. We need to do something to relax Lele ASAP.”

“Actually just hanging around here watching Lucy with her weird aversion to red M&M’s is quite soothing.”

“It’s not a weird aversion.” Lucy pouts. “I’m allergic to them.” Then she throws one at my head. I eat it.

“Well, we’re glad you still want to hang with your boring nonfamous friends,” Mara says.

“Oh my God, Mara, you are not my boring friends. I’m the boring one. Did you not hear me? I went to a kid’s birthday.”

“And ran from the cops at a rave.”

“Oh, hush. Enough about me. What have you guys been up to?”

“Like, studying for the SATs and stuff. I’m trying to get my score up to the two thousands,” Mara laments. “Ms. Smarty-Pants over here already has a 2250.

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