" Am not going to talk to any of them until I know my dream is not true"I said.

"How are you going to know your dream is not true without talking to them?" Jason asked.

Okay, he had a point. But why would I talk to them? They are just playing with me. They are planning on doing something to me. And they are the only ones that know what they are planning, I thought.

"I will have another way cos I can't talk to them. They cheated on me. Imagine Jason, even Rivers and Evan .I thought they were my friends. I was so happy when I saw them. Little did I know it was all planned. "I told him

"Jessie for God's sake it was just a dream."

"But it was so real. I think it is a sign that I should not trust them or something like that." I told him my mind.

"Jessie you are just being silly. You have to man up and confront them." My big brother said.

"How can I ? Just look at what happen with Nate. If they are ready to tell me they know how to contact me. If not I will  not talk to them until I find out whether the dream is the reality or not. "I replied.

"You are just too stubborn Jessie. How could they contact you when you have switched off your phone? Let's just see how many days can you survive without talking to them"

"They have my address . And you know I have other friends that I can talk to. And I have already survive three good days without talking to them. "I answered.

"You haven't contact your other friends for weeks. You are going to contact them now because you have no one to talk. What a good friend you are."

We had been arguing for hours. Okay just a few minutes. It was Monday morning we were eating breakfast getting ready to go school. I hadn't talked to Rivers and Evan since Thursday when we had our fight. I texted Nate on Friday and told him I have forgiven him but I can't tutor him this weekend because am not feeling fine.

As I was picking my books from my locker the Fsquare made their grand entrance. The hallways was quiet at first as the school watched their celebrities coming in. They started waving , smiling and shaking the other students hands. You know that moment in movies that everything is showed in slow motion. The popular students coming into the school and the whole school will be looking at them and they will be waving and smiling like the celebrities they are. Why is it the everybody like them and where is Alicia ? I thought as I hid my face in my locker so that they won't see me. Fortunately only Rivers saw me. And he ignored me completely.

But unfortunately I had maths first period. The only class I had with Nicole and Nate. That was the first time in my whole life that I entered my math class not happy. I sat as far away as I could from Nicole and Nate. I saw Nate trying to catch my attention but I ignored him. I tried to act like I was paying attention to what Mr Williams our maths teacher was saying but deep inside I was just thinking about my dream. What if it will turn out to be the reality?

The guy beside me passed me a folded paper. I opened it and saw a familiar hand writing , very untidy and rough. Exactly how I remembered it from two years ago and a few days ago. I thought as you get older your handwriting gets finer but I guess I was wrong. I turned around and saw him looking at me then opened the paper.

"How are you feeling?"The folded paper said.

I smiled a little when I remembered the lie I told him so that I would not tutor him this weekend. I then squeezed the paper and made some noise so that I would have Mr Williams attention.

"What's that in your hand?"asked Mr William.

"Nothing sir" I answered then kept quiet for rest of the class but not before I turned around and look at him. He was still staring at me but he was not smiling anymore.

Immediately I heard the bell I picked my books and tried to rush out of the class . I heard his footsteps following behind me but I ignored it.

"Jessie wait" he shouted grabbing my wrist.

"Ohh hi Nate"I said.

"Hi why are you ignoring me,"he asked.

"Ignoring you? When did I ignore you" I asked not looking at his eyes.

"Since Friday you didn't pick up any of my calls. And then you switched off your phone. I was goi.ng to come to your house but I know you don't want me there so I waited. And I didn't see you in the hallways. And you sat so far away from me. And you didn't reply to my letter. And now you are trying to run away from me." He said with a sigh.

Woah I didn't know he would noticed all these things. I forgot how observant he is.

"Am sorry Nate. I was so busy this weekend. I saw you missed calls. And I want to concentrate in math class so that I will be able to teach you. And which letter? Or the paper. As you see Mr William was watching me that was why I didn't reply. And now I am in hurry I have something to do." I told him all the lies that I had prepared.

"Are you free today."he asked.

"No am sorry am so busy this week and I thought you have a girlfriend."I said.

"Am not asking you on a date Jessie. We are just going to hang out. So that I will get to know you better."he said nervously .

"Am sorry Nate. "You know almost everything about me"I said in my mind. Now if you will excuse me I have many things to do" I said then started walking away.

He started following me but Nicole stopped him and shouted" Nate am your girlfriend not her. And you are asking her out on a date. Are you out of your mind or what? I didn't hear his voice so I think he just ignored her. I could see her glaring at my back.

"Was I too harsh. He is so kind." I thought .I was about to go back, talk to him and apologize since it was only Rivers and Evan that I fought with but then I remembered I had to proof my point to Jason." I can survive weeks without talking to them till I find out what is wrong with him and whether my dream is true or not. And also remembered he is their master. He is the one that planned everything. He is the one that acts like he doesn't recognize me. It won't be fair on Rivers and Evan to talk to Nate and not talk to them."

As I was thinking about all this I bumped into someone.

I bent down to picked up my books. I looked up to say sorry to the person I bumped into when I saw who he is. Of all people in this world why was it he that I would bump into? And of all days why today?

"Am sorry"I said and started walking away. He grabbed me by my wrist and turned me around not looking in my direction. I noticed his eyes were red. What was with people grabbing my wrist today? I thought.

"Is this what you want Essie? Is this how we are going to act for the rest of our lives?" He asked not looking at me.

"What Rivers? How do we act?" I answered his question with another question even though I knew the answer.

"You are asking how Jessie? You want us to be ignoring you for the rest of our lives. You want us to act like we don't know each other for the rest of our lives." He shouted.

"Why are you making it sound like it is my fault?"I shouted back.

"Because it is your damn fault." He said.

I then heard a voice behind us.

"Nice one Rivers. She is a bitch"

I turned around and saw a crowd around us. I didn't even noticed it before.

"Do you know what she is planning to do?"Nicole continued

"No" The crowd said.

I kept quiet to listen to the lie she was going to tell them.

"She wants to steal my friends. She wants to take my place in the famous five group ( fsquare). Can you believe her. She is a bitch. " she said.

"Boooo" the crowd said.

" Actually she has even started stealing my friends. BUT I think they all know what a terrible person she is now." Nicole continued. I thanked God Alicia was not here. She would have made it worst.

"Haven't she try stealing you and isn't she a terrible person Rivers?" She asking turning to Rivers.

He nodded his head. Yes he nodded his head. He even had the guts to do that. We had been friends for years. He had the guts to disgrace me in front of the whole school.

"Do you even know the worst. Even my boyfriend. She tried to steal my boyfriend. My prince.Your prince. Can you believe her. "

"Who will ever want to be friends with this ugly dust bin" One guy from the crowd said.

"Yeah just look at her. She doesn't deserve Nate. She doesn't even deserve talking to him talk less of dating him"a girl said.

The insults continued like that for some minutes. I just stayed there looking at them. So did Rivers. He didn't even ask them to stop. If he did they will surely all stop at once.

"Stop! All of you" a voice shouted.

I thought it was Rivers finally getting back his senses but it wasn't. Rivers was there staring at me and the guy that told them to stop.

"Are you okay Jessie" The guy asked.

I turned around and saw it was Nate.
"Am fine Nate" I said then fake a smile and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going to. All I knew was that it was all part of their plan. For Nicole to insult me and then Nate will come and save me. I was so angry with everyone but I didn't cry. I didn't know how. It was better though. If I cry I would humiliate myself even more. And I had been crying too much those days. It was better not to cry. Crying brings nothing but headache. I didn't know if it was only me but every time I cry too much I end up having headache .

Before I knew it I was heading to the direction of the school gate. I was so tired. I would just go home. I never skip a class before I travelled but here I was now skipping classes. I even skipped a whole day. I thought I would never regret it. But I was regretting it. Why did I even agreed to follow Evan and Rivers?

"Do you want me to take you home." Nate asked.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't even know he was following me. I was going to say am not going home. But a girl has just been humiliated in front of everyone in the school and is heading to the gate. Where is she going? There is obviously only one answer.

"No thank you. I will call my brother".I said.

"Okay do you want me to stay with you till he comes." I said.

"Nope"I said. He was so kind to me and I was being so mean to him. Should I apologize. I didn't even tell thank him for saving me. Yeah I agree I was a terrible person.

"Okay bye take care" he said and left.

I called my brother but he didn't pick up. I called him again twice but still he didn't . Omg just when you need someone he would never pick up. What the hell was he doing? I knew he always had his phone in his front pocket and the phone vibrated really loudly so he was definitely not picking up on purpose. Was it all because of our argument in the morning ? But we argue all the time and he wasn't mad at all in the morning.

After about thirty minutes and calling him about ten times more and leaving hundreds of messages. I finally decided to take a bus. I didn't even know which bus will take me home. Hey don't blame me I can count how many times I took a bus. Maybe only about three times.

I asked someone and he said there is a bus that would go to my place in 10-15 minutes. I was a little bit hungry so I decided to eat something before going home. I looked for a shop to find something to eat. I found one and bought some Oreos and a drink maybe it would calm me down a bit. I then went back to the bus stop. I checked the time and saw that I spent about twelve mins. The bus will come any minute from now. After spending another 10 minutes there was still no sign of the bus so I asked one old woman again.

"The bus left about fifteen minutes ago" The old woman said. Coming to think of it, I saw a bus when I was coming back from the shop.

"Omg! When is the next one coming" I asked

" In an hour or thirty minutes "she told me.

"I can't wait that long" I sigh.

"You don't have a choice. You can take that bus maybe then stop and take another bus or walk." She said pointing to a bus that had stopped in the next bus stop.

"Okay thank you"I said and started running shouting "wait wait". I was not a fast runner so I didn't catch the bus. So I had to wait for another one hour. How I wished I said yes to Nate. I would have been at home now sleeping in my comfy bed. But here I was sitting on a very uncomfortable wood bench. Maybe I should just go back to school. I checked the time and we had only two classes left so there was no use of going back. Let's not talk about the mockery I would surely get.

I don't know how I fall asleep on that uncomfortable bench. The next thing I knew was I heard a very loud noise and saw a very bright light which woke me up. I saw myself sitting on a bench and some meters in front of me and around me it was raining so heavily. I saw the bright light and then heard the loud noise. I looked up to the sky and saw it was thunder.

"Ohh my God where the hell am I " I asked myself. I was so afraid. I stood up and look around . I was alone in a very dark street and it was raining so heavily . Ohhh my God what would I do. Just then I heard something vibrated inside my pocket. Thank God I have my phone I can call someone. I took out my phone but before I even checked the time it vibrated and said low battery. And doom it was off. Ohh my God just when you need your phone the most urrrgggghhhhh. And where the hell was my brother. He was the one that supposed to pick me up. Our parents had travel he was the one in charge. I took back the time I said he is always there when I need him. Yess I took back those words. He was definitely not here now.

"Ohh my God what the hell will I do now" I asked my self. Yeah I know I have been saying ohh my God too much.

After another hour I finally got a ride back home. I am sure you don't want to hear the rest of the story. I went home with my whole body completely wet. My hair was dripping. I am sure if I squeezed it would fill a bucket or even a tank . Actually my whole body was dripping. My high heal was broken and there was a chewing gum on my foot. I was shivering uncontrollable. I just needed a warm hug and something warm to drink from Jason. After that I would shout at him for leaving me like that and not answering my calls.  Either way I knew he would have a valid reason.

Imagine how I felt when I opened the door to our house and saw Jason's arm around a girl. I couldn't see her face but there was no way I was not going to recognize that black hair anywhere in this entire world. After all she was my best friend since kindergarten till a few months ago actually a few years ago.

"Thanks for skipping school just to be with me" I heard my brother telling the black haired girl.

When my eyes met his I ran and ran and ran. I ran till I was no where near any of them.  At first I heard footsteps following but eventually it stopped. I guess they gave up.. I found a bench and sat on it. It was still raining but not as heavy as before. I watched the sky as rain poured down on my face. That was the first time I ran away from my brother. Wait was he even qualify to be my brother? He lied to me. He told me he had nothing to do with her. He told me she is a bitch. And he was there hugging her behind my back .Omg what a day?  I decided to call someone but remembered that my battery had died.I tried switching it on and thankfully it did. I immediately typed a text message.

Me: is the offer still there?

I scrolled through my contacts and found his name and clicked send. Jason was right. I cant survive without  them.  Why was he always right? A sob escaped my mouth for the first time that day.

A/N
Wow another  long chapter . I know it is not that long compare to other books. To me it is long. Back to school so updates won't be regular.

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