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Black Hole

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Jay Moore has the perfect life. She has a quarterback boyfriend (who constantly cheats on her). A beautiful best friend (who definitely hates her). And great parents (who cannot stand each other). In her Senior Year she decides to do something for herself solely which includes applying to college out of state and getting closer to the school’s nerd, Callan Mewes. But when her boyfriend feels her pulling away, he goes to dangerous lengths to keep her, leaving Jay with a terrible secret and a fear that she won’t make it through her last year of high school alive.

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The word “popular” has always made me cringe. It’s a silly word that ruled the halls of high schools. If you’re not popular no one really cared about you. How crappy is that? Even worse is that being popular doesn’t even mean you’re a good person. It just means you’re rich or good looking or excel at sports. It’s sad. I am a cliché. I’m the most popular senior girl at school. My friends were also very popular, which didn’t make much sense. Popular means to be enjoyed or liked by others. I know for a fact that that does not properly describe my friends and me. I knew a lot of people didn’t like us, and for good reason. My friends were jerks to everyone who isn’t like us. I knew I was only popular because I was rich, good looking, and dating the most popular, desired guy at school, Leo Rad. He looked like your standard all American boy. He was in great shape from all the sports he played. He was over six feet of fine with dark hair and hazel eyes. I’ll admit I still got a little weak in the knees when I saw him. I quickly got over it, but it still happened. Leo’s been my boyfriend since the eighth grade. He asked me to the Winter Wonderland Dance. I didn’t realize it then, but saying yes pretty much sealed my fate. I was destined to be in a toxic, unfaithful (on his part) and shallow relationship. Being with Leo was like being in space and everyone else has the suits on except for me and I was suffocating but there’s nothing I could do about it. There wasn’t really anyone I could talk to about it either. My ‘best friend’ Carmen Fernandez wasn’t an option. She would be, but I’m all too aware that she’s sleeping with Leo. Obviously I’m not supposed to know, but I do. You’d think since I had so many friends, one of them would tell me that my boyfriend and best friend were running around behind my back, but they all stayed silent. Funny huh? It’s not like Carmen couldn’t get her own boyfriend, she’s gorgeous. She had thick brown hair and light brown eyes and a killer body. Her brown skin always seemed to be glowing. But Carmen always wanted what I had, and in this case she got it. I’d never confronted her about it, and I still wasn’t sure why. I guess I didn’t see a point. She wasn’t the first girl Leo had cheated on me with and I was sure she wouldn’t be the last. I was just letting it run its course. It’s complicated, because I did care that he was always cheating on me, but I also didn’t want to be with Leo anymore. And I wasn’t sure why he wanted to be with me. Did he even truly love me? Someone who definitely loved me is Leo’s best friend, Alan Park. All the girls agreed that he was the best looking Asian guy in the school. And definitely in the top five hottest guys in the school. He had soft brown eyes, amazing cheekbones, an adorable freckled nose, messily hot light brown hair and a smile that was swoon worthy. Of course I thought he was gorgeous, and maybe I would sleep with him if he wasn’t Leo’s best friend.  He was a great friend to me, but that’s as far as my feelings went. Unfortunately, Alan was not so secretly in love with me, and I can never reciprocate those feelings. And me? I’m Jayma ‘Jay’ Moore. Only child of Joselyn and Michael Moore. To say I was pretty sounds incredibly narcissistic, but it’s true. My wavy black hair was never messy in public, my big amber eyes used to glimmer with wonder, I had an adorable button nose (with no sense of smell) and my dark brown skin was as smooth as marble. Pretty as a painting, as my mother would say. I was Head Cheerleader, Junior Prom Queen, and in the running to be Valedictorian. A ton of guys wanted me and almost every girl, including my best friend wanted to be me.  But I didn’t want to be me. ^^^ Every day I sat at our lunch table in the middle of the cafeteria. We had to sit in the center of the room so everyone knew how important we were. Along with Leo, Carmen, Alan and me are athletes and cheerleaders, all laughing and no doubt talking about something superficial. I tuned into the conversation. “And that’s how I convinced my parents to get me a Ferrari!” Alan said. Everyone laughed loudly, and Alan looked over at me, hoping I’d be impressed or something. “Wanna take a ride in it, Jay?” He asked.  I just shrugged. “What’s up with you girl?” Carmen asked. “You’re like a million miles away." “Just tired.” I answered. Which was true. I was tired of all this mess. I wanted more than this current superficial life we were all living. I wanted meaning. When I was a million miles away like Carmen said, I was fantasizing about college. I had applied to Columbia and I thought I had a pretty good shot at getting in. My grades were superb, my extracurricular activities were plentiful, and my recommendations were perfect. Getting into Columbia meant a whole new life for me. It was my ticket out of this place. I could be a new person there. No one would know Jay Moore and I didn’t have to be popular. I could be whoever I wanted to be. I could be me. Of course, no one knows I applied there. My friends expect me to go to WashU with them. Mother expected the same and also wanted me to marry Leo and become some socialite like her. I couldn’t wait to get away. As I snapped back to reality again, I see Callan Mewes sitting down at what was considered the nerd table at the edge of the room. The farther out your table was, the less important you were. To me, Callan was very important. Though we hadn’t talked as much as I wish we did since the eighth grade, I somehow knew that Callan was the only person in the universe who truly understood me. I still remembered the talks we had as lab partners. I always felt like a better version of myself when I was with him. I thought he would ask me to the dance back then, but he never did. And although he didn’t know it, he was the only one who could have stopped me from going with Leo.  I knew we were connected, but I was never brave enough to say anything about it. “Earth to Jay!” Leo waved his hand in front of my face. “What were you saying?” “Obviously nothing of interest to you,” he chuckled. “Well, not very many things you say interest me.” I said in a joking tone.  But I was dead serious. Nothing Leo talked about interested me. Whether it was football, or cars, or our “future” together. Honestly, half the time, I was trying to decide the best way to end things with him, but it never seemed like the right time. I know he’s a cheating jerk, but we had so much history and while I wasn’t in love with him, I still loved him. I know I always will. Finally the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. How sad was it that I’d rather listen to my teachers than talk to my friends? “I’ve got to go to my locker,” I announced, standing up quickly. West Evergreen High was a beautiful school. It was incredibly unique seeing as eighty-percent of our Senior Class was already eighteen. A severe teacher's strike in seventh grade lead us all to have to repeat the grade, which both us and our parents were not thrilled about, but we're all pretty much over it now. I rummaged through my locker, looking for my Advanced Astronomy book. I finally found it and shut my locker.  Just as I did, someone in the crowded hallway bumped into me and my books fell. I looked up and there was Callan. I couldn’t help but smile. Seeing him with his brown skin, black hair, light brown eyes, and the cutest smile to ever exist on this planet always made me extremely happy. There’s  no one in school who looked like him and I think that plays into why he’s made fun of. In middle school they called him mixing pot because of how ambiguous he looked.  “Wow, Jay. I’m so sorry!” He apologized quickly, bending over to pick up my books. I couldn’t help but check him out. He looked so good in his jeans, button up blue shirt, black suspenders and black Converse. The jocks always made fun of him for the way he dressed. I personally loved it. “It’s okay, Callan.” I smiled. “You were doing me a favor by showing me gravity still works.” He laughed. “Yeah I was helping you out and not being a total klutz.” “If gravity stops working, will you help me out then too?” “Of course! I’d love to keep you grounded.” We just smiled at each other. “So, um, did you finish your chart for Astronomy?” He asked. I nodded. “It was kind of hard to finish though. I kept…spacing out.” I grinned at my own horrible pun. “Hey, I was going to make that joke!” We both laughed. Callan’s beautiful brown eyes looked at me. Not just looking, actually seeing me. I loved that feeling. No one else saw me like this. They don’t see what’s underneath Jay Moore. Callan saw the girl I wanted to be. “Mewes, what could you possibly be talking to my girlfriend about?” Leo had appeared in front of us. Callan stopped seeing me. He said nothing. “How about next time, you take a picture instead of staring at her like that? Or better yet, don’t stare at her at all.” “Leave him alone, Leo.” I said firmly. “Callan can talk to me whenever he pleases. You don't own me, Leo.”  Leo rolled his eyes. “Get lost, Mewes.” He mumbled. Callan looked relieved. I gave him a wink before he walked off. “Why are you such a jerk?” I asked. “Oh come on, Jay.” Leo reached for me, but I backed away. “I’m going to class now.” I stalked off. I hated that Leo made fun of Callan. Callan was ten times the person that he was. He was funny and sweet and smart and so damn cute. He didn’t care about superficial things. He was the best person I think I’d ever met. All through Astronomy I kept sneaking glances at Callan. I couldn’t stop thinking about him. I felt so connected to him and the connection felt even stronger after our conversation. After class I managed to pull him aside. “I’m really sorry about Leo. He can be a real jerk sometimes” “It’s fine. Nothing new.” He shrugged. “I meant what I said. You can talk to me anytime you want.” I said. “I don’t think Leo will like that.” “I don’t think I care.” Callan smiled slightly. “I suppose I could try not to care too. Honestly, I’m lucky a girl like you gives me the time of day.” “A girl like me?” I asked. “Yeah, the most beautiful, popular girl in school.” He answered. “I never thought that word properly described me.” I said quietly looking down. “Well it means ‘to be enjoyed and like by many others.’ Far as I can see, that describes you perfectly.”  There was no way I could hide my smile. Maybe being called popular wasn’t the worst thing ever.

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