"Bianca, do you swear?" she asked staring at me through false eyelashes.

"Umm..."

"Can't you communicate properly?" Sasha asked sneering at me. "We helped you look less like a goon than you actually are. Now, will you help us in return?"

"B-but Kegan is my best friend, " I said feeling cold tears destroy the false lashes.

"He doesn't really like you Bianca, " Kegan sighed. "He just liked the A's you got him for last-years English coursework."

"I don't believe it, " I said shaking my head.

"Fine, don't believe us, " Melissa said shaking her head. "Be a mutant all your life."

Her words struck me like a blow. Was I a mutant? Kegan seemed to think I was beautiful but what if he was saying that just because he wanted those good grades? What if no one ever loved me at all?

"Okay fine, " I said at last. "I'll do as you ask. I'll stay away from Kegan."

"Good, " Melissa said as she walked out of the store.