Friday. 

Our hallways were colored with Blue and Yellow, our school colors, cheerleaders in their uniforms, and football players in their jerseys. 

All the classes were shortened so we had time for the pep fest. 

However, everyone in the pep fest got to skip to practice, so I was currently sitting in the gym waiting for everyone to join me. 

But I was the first one there. 

So I was sitting on the bleachers waiting. 

I turned my head to see Melody walking into the gym. 

I stand up and smile "Hey!" 

She didn't answer me. 

"Hey Melody" I say. 

"Don't talk to me" She mumbles. 

I furrow my eyebrows "What did I do?" I scoff. 

"You know damn well what you did" She snaps. 

"No I really don't" I say. 

She unzipped her backpack and pulled out the neck of her guitar "You smashed my guitar, you know the one that I told you how much means to me" 

I frown "Melody, you know I would never do that..."

"How can I be so sure? You were the only one in there yesterday" She snaps. 

"No I wasn't, Tyler was there too" I state. 

"He said it wasn't him and you are the only other possible person" She says, putting the piece of the guitar back in her bag and zipping it back up. 

She slings the bag over her shoulder and starts walking away. 

"Where are you going?" I call after her. 

"Anywhere but here" She says, walking out of the gym. 

On her way out she passes Kyle "What's her problem?" 

"Someone broke her moms guitar" I explain. 

"And?" Kyle asks. 

"She thinks I did it" I state. 

Kyle nods "Did you?" 

"No!" I yell. 

"calm down" Kyle says. 

"Whoever did do it is gonna get a-" 

"Calm it!" Kyle snaps. 

"I know who did it" We hear a voice say. 

We look over to the doors to see Addison Weather. 

Addison was one of Whitney best friends and co-captain of the cheer squad.

She had curly brown hair, always tied up into a high ponytail and was usually quite, but if he's comfortable around you, she can get hyper. 

"You do?" Kyle asks. 

"Yeah. I was there" She shrugs. 

I get up and Kyle grabs my arm. 

"I didn't do it" Addison states, putting her arms up in defense. 

"Then who?" I ask, through gritted teeth. 

She looks down and starts to tell us everything

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"Where is she!" Whitney yells "Is she really that selfish that she is going to ruin the whole performance?" 

"Whit, calm down" I sigh. 

"No! That bitch needs to get her ass-" 

Melody then enters the room and Whitney stops yelling. 

"Hey girl!" Whitney smiles.

"Hi..What were you yelling about?" Melody asks. 

"Nothing" Whitney shakes her head.

Melody presses her lips togther and nods her head. 

"Okay! Listen up peseants!" Whitney syas, clapping her hands "The whole school is out there...so lets not screw this up!" 

Whitney looks at Tyler and Melody who aren't paying attention. 

Looking over at Tyler and Melody made my stomach turn. 

I knew the truth...and it wasn't good. 

"Okay! Time to go!" Whitney says "Good luck everyone!" 

We all pile into the hallway and when they announce us we run out and take our first formation. 

we all had partners. 

And my partner was Whitney. 

Honestly, thinking of purposly dropping her today. 

But I wont, I'm to nice. 

The music starts and Melody sings along. 

The crowd clapped along and cheered for us the whole time. 

There was a lot of energy. 

When Melody sang the last note the crowd went wild and stood up, clapping. 

We all ran off and smiled. 

"Melody, can I talk to you?" Whitney asks. 

"Sure!" Melody says. 

They walk away and I narrow my eyes. 

"See you guys later" I say, following them. 

They walk to the choir room and I stand around the corner to listen. 

"That was horrible!" Whitney states. 

"I thought it went go-" 

"No Melody, Your voice was so shaky I could barely understand you!" Whitney yells. 

"I tried my best-" 

"Well you should've tried harder, you were so caught up with singing to Guitar and piano you couldn't do it with real music" Whitney states "Maybe you should be happy someone broke you guitar, maybe you'll magically become talented now" 

Melody sighs and then laughs "You are such a bitch" 

"Excuse me?" Whitney asks. 

"You have this perfect little life...you live in a nice house with your parents and siblings, you get nice and expensive things and you are worshipped by everyone in this damn school, you have a cute loving boyfriend who also worships you but is also scarred to death by you, and lets not forget that you act like this broken girl who gets shit, but in reality you have this perfect life, you've had nothing bad ever happen to you and you think you have" Melody rants. 

I hear footsteps coming towards the door. 

"And you have?" Whitney states. 

"I was in the same car crash as my parents, and I barely got hurt....but they lost their lives...Not me....so try living with that on you shoulders" Melody chokes out, then running out of the room and out the door. 

Whitney scoffs. 

I turn the corner "Hey..."

"Hi!" Whitney smiles. 

"I just wanted to let you know that what you and Tyler did is pathetic" I state. 

"What?" Whitney asks.

"You guys broke the guitar, which is the last thing Melody had of her moms, and I know Tyler was going to ask Melody out but ended up chickening out, and I know all you wanted to do was drive Melody out of this school because you were jelouse of her" I explains. 

"I didn-"

"Yes you did. Addison told me" 

Whitneys face goes pale "James i-" 

"And thanks to you guys blaming it on me...I lost my best friend" I mumble "She was right...You are a bitch" 

I start walking out "James please, I didn't mean for it to go this far" Whitney chokes out. 

"Yeah...sure you didn't...we are done" I say, walking out of the room.

I run out to my car, slamming the door once I get into the drivers seat. 

It was downpouring outside. 

I started my car and drove out of the parking lot. 

One hand was on the wheel. 

But my mind wasn't on driving. 

It was on the fact that the guy I've known for years would fake being friends with a new kid just because Whitney told him too. 

It's the fact that Whitney would fake being friends with Melody just to run her out of the school. 

It's the fact that I didn't see it. 

I should've saw it. 

I should've saw the signs. 

But I didn't. 

Just like I didn't see the car coming straight for me.