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"Rachel Williams your alarm clock went off ten minutes ago! Wake up you lazy bum!" My mum was violently shaking me. I could not even continue sleeping with her actions.

"Yeah yeah mum I'm wide awake now so you can stop shaking me." I muttered into my comfy pillow.

"Okay, fine."

I sat up on my bed after hearing the "click" sound from closing the door. Just like everyone else in the world, I've got the Monday blues. Weekends are over in a blink of an eye. Urgh. Last weekend had been a fruitful one wasn't it? Finally accepting the fact that I like Zachary.

Yesterday I have decided that temporarily I would keep aside my crush to Zachary. The fact that Ella likes Zachary complicated this situation. If Ella was someone else I don't know, it'll be easier for me. However, she's my best friend. I really have no idea how to deal with this problem.

To be honest, I would want to focus on my academics. I couldn't say for sure what will happen in the future. Keeping Zachary in my heart might be the best solution to this problem.

Satisfied with my decision, I stood up to make my bed and quickly freshened up myself.
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I was walking and reading an interesting story I recently found on Wattpad. "What the?!" My cellphone flew out of my hand. I immediately try to catch my cellphone before it drops on the floor.

"Phew! What a close call!" I caught my cellphone in the nick of time.

As to why my cellphone flew out of my grasp, it was someone who knocked me real hard on my shoulder. Clearly it was not accidental, he/she did it on purpose! I stood up from my squatting position and before I could do anything else, that person pushed me again. This person kept on pushing me whenever I tried to turn around.

I could hear people laughing at me struggling to stand straight. Furious at the constant pushing and feeling embarrassed, I bent down halfway and pushed that person back hard. Astounded by my sudden attack, that person stumbled backwards and fell on her butt with a loud thud. At last, I am able to take a good look at who was pushing me all the while.

"HEY! Why did you push Jane?!" Someone screamed at me rudely.

"Pardon me? I pushed your friend? I was returning her the favour!" I retorted back heatly.

"You have absolutely no rights to push her back you bitch!"

"No rights? What th-"

"Who the hell do you think you are? You've only been here for a month and you're hanging out with Zachary's clique? At least Ella's clique are popular kids in the school, and you?" Jane's upper lip curled in disdain.

Ella's right, almost all the girls in this school are crushing on Zachary. I am no exception. Their eyes lit up at the mention of Zachary's name. If I ever said anything bad about him, I didn't have to come back to this school anymore.

Now, me being friends with Zachary, Dylan and Jake was deemed as a crime to them? Sigh, I should have expected this.

Utterly speechless with what has happened. I clenched my fists, tears threatening to stream down my cheeks like waterfall. But, I held back my tears as I would not want to further embarrass myself. The group of girls gave me a look of disapproval before walking away.

If you haven't noticed, yeah, Ella and Jane are like the queens of this school. I got to know this from Nicole that Jane is jealous of Ella being close friends with Zachary. Yet, she respected Ella as both of them are equally as popular. This explains why she hates me for getting into Zachary's circle of friends when I'm just an awkward new girl.

I sucked in a breath, mustered up whatever dignity I had left and attempted to walk away. While in search for a restroom, I spotted Zachary slouching against the wall chatting with some guys from the football team. He looked so cute in a beanie, oh no, why is he torturing me this way?

He was completely oblivious to the fact that he's the reason why my heart is aching so much. Looking at the source of my pain made me feel like bawling my eyes out right now. At this very moment he just have to look up and meet my gaze. He shot me a wink as he noticed me and straightened as though he's heading over. With a sigh, I dropped the eye contact immediately in case he saw my watery eyes.

I turned around to continue searching for a restroom. I fought the urge to look back over my shoulder as I was not able to look at Zachary without having tears spilling out from my eyes. Once I located the restroom, I dashed into one of the cubicle and finally let myself cry. All those pent-up emotions are released with the salty tears.

Placing my chin on my knees and squeezed my legs tighter to my chest. I felt the hot wet tears filled up my eyes, my throat closed tight. At least my sobbings have cool down a little. Wiping off my tears, determined to stop weeping, I went out to wash my face with cold tap water.

All the girls in the restroom gave me concerning looks which clearly says "Why were you crying?" I gave them a weak smile to indicate that I am fine. I dried off my hands and face before opening the door.

"Hey." I froze and my eyes widen in shock as Zachary was standing in front of me. He clenched his jaw as he noticed my puffy red eyes.

"Were you crying?" He asked me gently. No shit Sherlock.

I looked past his shoulder to stare at any random thing, ignoring his question. "Why?" Zachary pressed. This time, I looked down and stare at my shoes, avoiding his gaze.

Zachary lifted up my chin and looked directly into my eyes, pain evident in his eyes. Suddenly conscious of the whispers around us, I removed his hand. Zachary actually placed his hands on my shoulders to prevent me from walking away.

"Zach, please, not now." I pleaded softly, taking one step back.

"Okay." As I walked past him, he said, "Rachel, our conversation is not over."
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Zachary's POV

I clenched my fists as Rachel walked away. She had been crying in the restroom. The thought of her crying made me want to strangle that person who hurt her. Luckily, I followed her here and waited for her to come out.

I wondered what happened and who made her cry. The moment I saw Rachel's puffy red eyes, a pressure built in my chest and my heart felt as though it would burst with emotion.

"Zach, hey, bro!" Dylan was snapping his fingers to get my attention.

"What?" I questioned while munching on my burger. Annoyed that someone interrupted my thoughts.

"I've found out what's upset Rachel!" Jake responded breathlessly. Wait, since when Jake was here? Never mind, that is not the main point. Jake sputtered out his words and by the time he's finished, I already ran off to find Jane and friends.