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   The next week passed in a blur. William announced the name of the people that made it to the first round and those who didn't make it cried till their eyes bled, well most of them. And yes Jenny's sister made it, I was so happy for her even though she threatened that if he didn't pick her she would drop a chandelier on his head.

  Also, I'm still Will Tucker's chauffeur, even though he's still annoying as hell. James also told me his his sister loved the cupcake I made her and his mom loved the chocolates and is hoping that I would teach her someday. I told him maybe which means never. It's my mum's secret recipe, which was passed on to her by her mother who worked in a pastry shop in Indonesia.

Anyway, back to the competition. Will is giving everyone a week before the first round and he said the final round the record company will judge and  the winner would be sighed by the record company he works for, no wonder Stephanie is all mean.

The bell rings snapping me out of my daydream and back to History class. I look at my notebook to see if I wrote anything and I groan when I see my note filled with doodles and stickman.

I pack my notebook and textbook and put them inside my bag and head to lunch.

"Colton!" I sigh when I hear the familiar voice call me.

"Hey," I shoot him a fake smile and I try to take his bag from him but he slaps my hand away and I glare at him.

"I've got it." Will says and I shrug walking into the cafeteria with Will behind me.

"You're sitting with me today." He says like it's our normal routine.

"Huh?"

"You are sitting at my table today." He repeats.

"Why would I do that?!" I shout and stop abruptly.

"You're my right hand man remember?."

"Yeah, I remember that, but why do I have to sit with you?" I whine. I mean we have the likes of Stephanie, kimi and James Anderson sitting there. It's not that I'm scared of them, it's just that I can't be bothered.

"I need to discuss something with you." He says.

"Fine! But I have to tell Jenny." I sigh in defeat.

"Whatever." He says and heads to his table.

"Maria!" I hear Jenny shout.

"Hey," I turn to face her. "I was just about to look for you."

"Really?" She ask and I nod.

"Will wants me to sit with him at his table. He says he has something to discuss with me."

She winces and I know why, she's probably imagining all the awkwardness at the table. "Do you want to join me?." . I can't suffer alone. I add in my head.

"I'm sorry, I wish I could..." I doubt that,  "but I have something to do in the theatre, that's what I wanted to tell you." I groan. "I'm sorry." She apologizes.

"It's okay maybe 30 minutes of awkwardness won't kill me, I think." I say and she she laughs.

"Maybe. I gotta go." She says.

"Sure! Bye." I wave and she leaves the cafeteria. I brace myself as I walk to the table.

Oh, this is going to be horrible.

"What is she doing here?!" Kimi shrieks as I take my seat beside William, while Stephanie glares and James smirks, while others just stare with their wide open.

"I invited her." Will says nonchalantly and I take out my lunch while the cheerleaders eye my chocolate milk with disgust, probably calculating how many calories it has.

"And why would you do that?" Stephanie asks angrily.

"Don't worry Steph it's going to be a one time thing." I answer.

"It's Stephanie for you!" She spits and I roll my eyes.

"It had better be a one time thing." Kimi says stabbing her lettuce. Ew! I don't know how some people can stand eating bad, bitter lettuce, when you can enjoy eating tasty, delicious fries with chocolate milk, just because you want to be perfect. I wouldn't mind if I become fat like Rebel Wilson. In fact I want to be fat like Rebel Wilson instead of being as thin as a stick insect.

"Did you make that too?" James asks try to indulge me in a conversation since everyone has gone back to eating.

"No, my mum did." I answer.

"Oh." And that's all he says throughout.

Lunch passed in a blur and I learnt something. Although everyone is seated in one table, they don't actually talk to each other, their actually divided into different groups.

There's the Kimi and Stephanie group, cheerleader group, jock group, Will, James and some guy named Daniel group. They only talk to one another when it is necessary.

I'm glad no one said anything to piss me off, but what actually pissed me off was that William didn't discuss whatever he said he wanted to discuss. He just made me tolerate these people for nothing.

I'm currently at the parking lot waiting for William to get out of the school, but he's yet to show his face. I look up from my candy crush to see if he was out yet, but instead I see James walking toward the car, so I go back to my game.

"Hey." He rests against the car.

"Hi," I answer not looking up.

"What are you doing?"

I show him my phone, "playing game." I press the exit button and lock my phone, "where's William?" I ask putting my phone in my backpack.

He chuckles, "William?" Oops! I've forgotten that I only call him that in my head. "Well, Smith said she wants to have a word with him."

"Is he in trouble?" I ask

"I doubt it." He answer and I nod staring straight ahead letting awkward silence fall.

It's not my fault! We're used to yelling and throwing insults at each other, so it's weird to talk like friends.

"Maria?" He breaks the silence. Well that's a first, he's never called me by my first name before.

"Hmm?" I look at him.

"What went down between you and Stephanie?" He wants to know and I give him a weird look. "I mean,  I know the both of you used to be buddy buddies and all of a sudden she started hanging with Kimi and acting all high and mighty. Did you steal her boyfriend or something?" He asks and I glare at him.

"Stephanie didn't have a boyfriend to begin with, not that I know of," I start, "I don't know, I guess she saw something in kimi at camp that I didn't have and she decided to go for it." I shrug acting like it doesn't bother me.

"What?! Popularity? stupidity? herpes?" He asks and I burst into laughter. "I'm serious. She should be happy to have you as a friend." He smiles.

"Well, it wasn't enough, I guess. I can't help her dreams come true."

"Because you both have the same dream." He looks at me with concern. "And it has to be one of you, so she throws all away what you had together?."

I shrug. "Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?" I question.

"I don't know it's just that, some people will kill to have a friend like you and she's throwing it all away." My eyes widen and my cheeks heat up and I look away.

He didn't not just say what I think he said.

"You think so, even for you?." I raise my eyebrow.

"Well, I've spent time with you and I think you're cool and I was being a jerk to you before." He smirks.

"Oh you were!" I fake gasp as I see Will approaching us. "I never knew!" I laugh and he joins me.

"What are you two laughing about?" Will asks as he walks toward the passenger side.

"Oh, it's nothing." James said and I open the car.

"What did Smith say?" He asks.

"Oh, it's nothing," Will mimics him and I laugh as we all enter the car.

Bunch of weirdos.

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