Inferno

An Enemy and A Bedroom

A once in a lifetime chance!

Soon, Mum and I had a hitch-free dinner, until she asked about my first day at school.

Oh man!

" How's your first day at school,

Made any new friends?. "

" Mum, today was superb.

I feel like I can actually be the life of the party, though I've made a friend so far. "

" That reminds me,

I heard a student is hosting a party tonight.

Did you get an invite?. "

" Really,

Umm Yeah... But I have a series of catching up to do.

I wouldn't want to give that up. "

Mum always wanted me to make friends, be the life of the party and blah blah blah, because obviously, she's the social type too.

I was beginning to think that she planned out everything to make me attend a real school, so I could make friends.

" Well, if you say so.

But, your Mum has an outing tonightttt. " she said giggling.

" What's it about? " I was feeling curious as it was.

" Why do you wanna knowww? "

And that was it, my suspicions are confirmed again.

" A date? " Mum looked at me with a ' How did you know? ' gaze, and my head swelled in victory.

" How the h*ll did you know? she asked again.

" Isn't it so obvious, the blushing and what ever.

Thanks for dinner,

Don't be late. " I told her, climbing up to my room.

Those words were only to not make her worry, but they weren't entirely lies. There were still some hints of truth in it.

How would she have felt, if I had told her that her daughter was bullied on her first day?

As a senior?

Or that I was about to be the school's outcast and a symbol of mockery for the rest of the year?

That's not cool!

She looked too cool for someone who is unemployed and disturbed about it.

I reached my room, closed the door and jumped on my bed.

Cute Beanie walked up to me, squeezing itself between my legs.

" Good boy,

How did you know I had things to get off my chest? " I said to him while rustling his ears.

Going to the same party as Zac?

Well, I'll be d*mned!

Unless, I'm trying to pull off something, I can't win, cause he's gonna trash the s**t out of me.

I tore out a sheet of paper, and began a list on how not to become an outcast in my senior year.

1. Try to make a good impression.

2. Become social

3. Become popular.

Making a good impression doesn't have to be that hard. I just have to dress more mature and show off a little skin. Thanks to Tump, I can use her dresses to my advantage, even the ones with their tags.

Being social made me feel a bit cornered, and I narrowed it down to attending parties where Zac isn't invited.

I'd like to know if there's any party the school's bad boy won't be invited to.

Till then!

Become popular.

That's pretty simple; I just have to create an account on the most popular app used by students, i********:.

That's pretty much all.

I dropped my pen, straightened my neck, which felt crooked, and proceeded to have my shower.

I washed my face first, to avoid the repetition of the dreaded event which happened a few weeks ago. Since then, I have made it a must to wash my face first, as I can at least deal with the rest of my body if the shower misbehaves again.

I cleaned my hair with my towel, plugged in my airpods, which showed the voice of Sasha Sloan's The Older I Get into my ears, as I resigned in my bed and found peace.

A vibration from my phone which obstructed the music from it, thereby waking me up from my sleep. It was a text from Peach.

" Aren't you coming to the party? "

" No, Are you? " I texted her back.

" Yeah, I just arrived there "

What!

Why is Peach trying to get herself into somewhat kind of trouble?

Meeting Zac means the beginning of hell on earth for her.

I jumped out of bed, and I began to hear a different kind of music, which was definitely not from my phone.

I looked out, my windows, slowing, pulling out my airpods from my ear.

I was wrong right?

I'm really hearing things.

I took out my phone, dialed Peach's digits and placed the phone on a speaker.

" Hey, you finally called.

It's so loud in here, I can't hear you. " She said, before hanging up.

I could die right here and now.

I screamed out!

Zac Carter is my next door neighbor!

I stuffed myself into some comfortable clothes, which could make me go unnoticed, as I tried to snap out of reality.

The reality that Zac is my next door neighbor!

How worse could this get?

Yet, I have to save Peach from the wolf.

.....

I got to the party, and walked into the house, which was gigantic and magnificent than it looked from the outside.

I marveled at the structures of the building, nodding at each arc. I could get lost in here, as I was not sure where Peach might really be.

" Hey, pretty" a boy approached me; he was obviously tipsy. His breath reeked of alcohol.

" Hi" I replied, sniffing my nose.

" You're alone? I can show you around if you want"

" No, I'm not. I'm actually looking for my boyfriend, but have you seen a girl, who looks like a nerd, but not like a nerdy nerd" confused at my sentence and description myself.

" Like you are? But not as pretty? "

" Hehn.. Yeah" disgusted at his comparison.

" What is it you want with my boyfriend, girl.

Find your way! " A mean girl interrupted.

She is just trying to mark her territory, I wonder if the guy feels the same about her, because if he did...

That's none of my business. I was only confused the more, since he wasn't able to show me where she went.

I walked into the rooms one after the other, searching for Peach.

How could one be this long-legged?

I entered another room which looked like a guy's room.

Zac's room?

No way, would it be Zac's room and it would stay this neat.

I saw a shiny object, moved to touch it, but the sound of foot steps drew my attention, and I needed to hide quickly.

I stuffed myself into what I knew, seemed like a tall shoe racket, as it was only filled with shoes, but I could see what was going on.

Zac and a lady walked into the room, kissing each other and trying to make out. They changed position, and I could see the lady's face.

The cheer captain?

Surely, she was the one, and my heart stung at the sight of them, but I don't know why it did.

It probably stung at the sight of seeing both of them living their lives while throwing mine into a pile of mud.

The stench from the shoes was becoming unbearable, as I could not breathe in the smell anymore and decided to hold my nose with my right hand.

I'm sure those shoes would have been washed ages ago and abandoned by its owner. They really found their way to a bad keeper.

Instead, it hit one of the shoes which came crashing down, causing a noise.

I was about to get caught.

They both separated at the sound of the noise, but the cheer captain wasn't having any of it.

" Why did you stop? " she asked Zac.

" We should leave here" he replied to her

" I don't want to,

Are you tryna ditch me?

Or is this one of your unexplained tricks? " the cheer captain explained, but Zac had other plans as he dragged her out of the room in a harsh manner instead.

I made sure the steer was clear; then I released myself from the shoe racket, bent down and breathing heavily as though I had climbed a mountain.

I stood up, only to see Zac standing in front of me.

" You think I won't notice you're in here? " He confronted me.

" I'm sorry, I was looking for... " I tried to speak.

" I hope you know just how much this shoe costs; Ijot.

They really cost a fortune.

Something you can't afford. " he explained.

Words that were really unnecessary, if he wanted to babble about his fortune, he should do so without hurting my ego.

He was nothing more than a pompous, spoiled brat!

I tried to leave, but he blocked me with his muscular body instead.

" Let me go! " I cried out.

" Why should I?

I want the exact same shoe in return."

What?!

I picked up the so-called shoe, cleaned the dirt on it with my hand.

" There's nothing wrong with this, sir

It's still in its perfect shape" I confirmed, trying to hide the disdain in my voice.

He took the shoe from my hand and tossed it on the bed, while he leaned towards me, moving his face closer to mine, his hands securing me in place, which increased my heartbeat, making it pound the more. He moved his mouth to my ear opening and said.

" You do know you are in my bedroom, Little crybabyyy Amber" demanding an explanation.

Little crybabyyy?

Zac recognizes me!!