Maya's POV
My mom insisted on dropping us at school. Like, who even does that these days?
Mary looked impressed with everything she was seeing.
"Where's the principal's office?" Mary asked.
Lana pointed toward the staircase. "The second office on your right."
"Bye, darling. I have something to do," Lana said before running off.
"Bye, Lana. Maya, could you give me a tour around the school?" Mary asked.
But before she could even finish, I turned around and walked away. I couldn't be late for English. Lee was going to be there.
I got to my locker, took everything I needed, and headed to class. We had a debate today — girls against boys. Don't ask me the topic, okay? It was ridiculous.
I had done a lot of browsing because of this debate, and I needed to impress Lee.
"Maya, guess what?" Lana asked out of nowhere.
"That my bestie disappeared the moment we stepped foot in school? Yeah, I guessed right," I said sarcastically.
"Come on, Maya. I had no choice. I saw Merit and Max together… they're dating," Lana said, her voice quivering.
She was trying to hold it in, but I knew it hurt like hell. Break up or not, they dated for four straight years.
"Hey, Lana, just calm down, okay? Let me go to my English class, then we can skip the rest of the day. I have a debate, and I don't want detention because I skipped it. You know Mrs. Benson likes exaggerating little things," I said.
"Can I go with you? I have Government, and he's going to be there too… please," Lana said softly.
"Fine. Let's go before the teacher comes in," I replied.
Right now, I'm driving Lana's car. I honestly don't even know where I'm going.
English was a complete flop.
I couldn't remember anything I had browsed, and Lee was definitely not happy about it. He looked sad and concerned… almost like he pitied me.
I was standing in front of the whole class, completely blank, while Mrs. Benson somehow figured out I had browsed the speech and forgotten everything.
According to her:
"Anything done with your head or created by you can never be forgotten."
Like… why can't someone forget something?
And now I have to write an apology letter to the class. I still don't even know what I'm apologizing for.
Back to Lana — she looked miserable.
"Hey, Lana, do you want to go to the arcade?" I asked.
"No. I just want to go home," she muttered.
"Nope. I'm not letting you drown yourself in self-pity. We're having that girls' night we were supposed to have last week. Today."
We were halfway through The Vampire Diaries when Mary came back.
"Hey, guys. I didn't see you two in school all day, and I thought you might've gone MIA. Guess I was right," Mary said.
"Lana's boyfriend — I mean ex — decided to give her a beautiful surprise that definitely wasn't pleasant, so we skipped," I explained.
"Shit. How are you feeling, Lana? That dude seriously missed out on the real deal. Even though you're not really a real deal," Mary said sarcastically.
Lana scoffed. "Like your sister is?"
"I'd bet my kidney she's not even half a deal," Mary shot back.
"Hey! Don't talk about me like that. I can be a real deal for the real deal. If not, then I'm not gonna be anyone's real deal," I defended myself.
"Like for Lee?" Lana teased.
I quickly looked away, but the heat rising to my cheeks gave me away completely.