Not the End by Gianna Gabriela

Author:Gianna Gabriela [Gabriela, Gianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781721822225
Published: 2018-07-24T04:00:00+00:00

7

Easy to replace with sugar.

I don’t know when I stopped letting the comments in the hall get to me, but I think that’s one of the better choices I’ve made in the last few months. That, along with spending the summer as far away from here as I could get.

My regular classes end, and the only thing left is gym. Instead of changing in the locker room like I’d normally do, I walk into the bathroom during the break and change into my gym clothes.

The lengths one has to go to in order to avoid conflict around here are outrageous.

I walk into the locker room to put my bag away just as people are leaving. Once again, I feel the tension in the air. Some of the girls, especially Janice’s minions, stare at me disdainfully before going back to whatever conversation they were having—probably about me. I wish it wasn’t. I wish last year could be buried deep down, but somehow people still haven’t gotten over it.

Easy.

Slut.

Virgin.

Bet.

I walk into the gym just as class is about to start. “Today we’re playing volleyball,” Mr. Walker states, his voice quickly silencing the room. “We’re going to stretch, then each of you will need to find a partner so you can practice bumps, sets, and spikes. Then we’ll play a game.” Some students cheer, and I feel a smile creep onto my lips.

Ms. Tillman guides us in the stretches and as soon as we’re done, everyone looks for a partner. I don’t move, but some of the cheerleaders head straight to the few football players in our class. And Janice? Well of course, she heads straight toward Aron—and I watch their interaction from my place on the floor.

“I’m good.”

I hear those words come out of Aron’s mouth, and I watch in shock as he walks away from Janice. I don’t think I’m the only one who heard it, either; silence overtakes the room again. Janice stares daggers at the back of his head. Every step he takes away from her only makes her angrier.

I look down at my feet, at the small scar I got when I was learning how to ride this summer. Accidentally burned it on the muffler—a perpetual reminder of change.

“Want to practice together?” At the sound of his voice, I jerk my head up, only to find him looking down at me.

“Um…” I’m a little stumped. Yesterday, he picked me first for dodgeball, and today he turned down Janice to choose me?

“I’ll take that as a yes,” he says, extending his hand.

I slip my palm into his and he pulls me up from the floor. “I don’t get you,” I utter.

“What don’t you get?”

“The most popular girl in this whole school just asked you to be her partner and you turned her down. Then you ask me. Why?” It’s a new year. He’s a senior. Graduation is coming. I don’t want to be this year’s challenge. Those are the only thoughts in my mind as I ask him to be honest with me.

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