Was I Just A Bet?

(1) Life's best day?

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I yawned as I forced my body out of the bed. Today was my mathematics test and I studied until 2 A.M . And the headache I feel was no less than that felt after hangover. I slide hair behind my ear as I collected all the notebooks and paper that had at least 30 formulas. Test is gonna be okay , it will be good and everything would be fine. Being positive is all I need right now.

I heard some song, I didn't even care to pay attention to, blaring out of the my really nice sister's speakers. I stuffed cotton rolls back into my ears like I did last night to study. Argument with her in the morning would not really be a good start. She does this humiliation every time dad is out of the town so I have become used to it. Period.

Putting back my geeky big glasses for the sake of clear view I collected all the books according to my Monday's Timetable yawning again like goofy. Monday is a b***h. I will just go in hibernation after I get back from school.

Hurrying the brushing part I took a quick shower. The best part is that my shower is soundproof because I just can't stand loud music. That is another reason I avoid parties. First is nobody calls me but I am totally used to things like that. Being alone is the best.

Okay no , it is not good at all. I just keep telling myself 'cause I got no friends. Obviously nobody would like to be dragged in the humiliation with me done by my lovely sister. I have lost about 5-6 of them because my sister loves to see me alone and humiliated. Not giving her the utter satisfaction I have just quit making friends.

I walked towards my bathroom as I got out of the shower taking out a pink and dark pink lined top along with blue jeans. Adding my comfy blue shoes to the outfit.

I stared at my reflection in the mirror. I have long brown hair which I leave open always ( that helps in hiding my face from the rest of the crowd) I have almost round face with black eyes, straight and little nose with chubby cheeks. I glanced at my normal outfit , top and jeans. If only mirror could speak I could hear it saying 'Perfectly nerdy and boring'.

Yes I am nerdy , damn boring and not best at socializing. That's what I am used to hear. Definitely I am not like the other girls of my age, who are sexy and hot of course and almost every one of them have a boy friend. I didn't have a boyfriend in my whole big life ( literally 16 years have passed). Hey , do I sound desperate? Well, I am not. A boyfriend would be one hell of a headache and I already have my sister.

Grabbing my bag' one strap and putting them on my shoulders I went downstairs only to be met by my sister, Rachel. Rachel Mae, the queen bee.

"Hi gee- oh Gabriella" Rachel said in her perky voice. It wouldn't need genius to recognize how fake it was. "Ready for the test?" She smiled at me. Rachel was a blonde and she resembled mom a lot which was the reason she was so beautiful. I , on the other side , was like my dad. Rachel looked good in anything she wore , the fact remains the same today too when she wore a blue floral dress. But you don't judge the book by its cover, do ya?

"No , I am not going to show you a single answer Rachel , don't even try" I passed by her after replying in a boring tone.

"Go to hell geek. I don't need your help, half of the class would be dying to show me answers" She said , back to her Rachel self. I told ya, don't judge a book by its cover.

But seriously , why would anybody miss a chance to friendship with Rachel Mae , the hottest queen bee of the school? She would definitely pass the test. She doesn't need to study a thing. Her fans are spread all over to collect the dust she leaves behind her. Dorks.

Taking an apple and gulping down mixed fruit juice I walked out of my house towards my Volkswagen Beetle which I was gifted on my birthday. Yeah my dad was definitely very rich.

I drove to school while Rachel had a lift from Nathan Wagner, who is our neighbor ( just the guy next door ) and rumors are that they are dating. Nathan Wagner is known to be baddest boy of the school who is hot of course, the reason Rachel sticks by him. He has brown hair which are always messed up ( which makes him look hotter ) and his jawline is appreciated by every girl.

He was the first guy I had a crush on about 3 years ago. And he doesn't even know if Gabriella Mae named girl exist on Earth except the fact that Rachel Mae have a step sister ( yup that's what she tells everybody ) who looks like me. Well why would he even care about me? Guys like him look around for girls like Rachel and not someone like me unless they want their homework to be done. That's the thing I don't appreciate at all.

I stopped in front of Eastside Charter School, the best school of the town. Grabbing my bag I started walking towards the exam hall passing number of students and internally pitying their condition right now. Half of them had colors off their face. And half of them were pacing back and forth, probably learning the formulas. This is what happens when you study at end moment.

I recalled all identities in my mind. Then before finally entering the hall after the bell ring I took a deep breathe. I want everything to go alright. I really want the Head Girl position ,and for remaining in the competition I needed to be among top 10 girls. And being the first just increases my chances. If I become the Head Girl I would have the power to control half of the things in the school and I can get recognized ( if not popular. And the most important I can make my father proud.

Taking three pens in my pocket I sat on the allotted seat.

"15 minutes for reading and then you start. If caught cheating , the paper would be cancelled right away" Mrs. Stefens announced in her bold voice that could make the whole student body stop chattering. She was black haired middle-aged confident lady with cat specs that suited her a lot.

With that question papers were being distributed. I took a deep breathe again and looked at the sheet. SET A.

Avoiding the rules and regulation ( which everybody knows) I read the 1 markers. They were easy-peasy as expected. I directly skipped to 4 markers , which consisted of real tricky question. Two of them took 5 minutes of thinking each , but after cracking the solutions they seemed too easy. Correct after 15 minutes answer sheets were passed among the students.

"Your time starts now" Mrs. Stefens said as soon as the bell rang I started solving the 1 markers ( half of them I had done earlier). I had only 2 hours and 20 question to complete ( which were all not easy-peasy). I did away with 10 of them in 1h 30min.

I glanced up from the answer sheet to take out other pen as the first one wasn't working properly. As expected Rachel was being helped by Davis, who is obviously very intelligent. Not only her, almost everybody was cheating. Chits were being passed from one corner to another, even answer sheets were being exchanged and many other extreme levels of cheating were being performed with the new invigilator ( as Mrs. Stefens had gone) being completely clueless about it. Seemed like she couldn't get enough sleep last night. Getting back to my work again , I scribbled the leftover Section D in the remaining time.

Just 5 minutes after I finished the bell rang so I couldn't revise the whole paper. But well , I could attempt all the questions.

Giving no extra time ( which is very rare in our class ) teacher started snatching papers from the students ignoring their pleads. Rachel passed the paper to the teacher easily without begging for another minute. Well, so did I. I have to stop comparing.

As all the papers were collected we were asked to walk out of the class. After that it was our choice, either we study in the school or get back to home. Definitely I was going home ( and then into hibernation).

Picking up my belongings I started to walk out before being stopped by a girl ( who I had never seen before)

"Hey, you forgot your pen. Its yours, right?" The unknown girl asked politely showing me a gel pen.

"Yeah, it is. Thank you" I smiled before taking it the pen. She grinned back. She had big brown eyes and cute nose with caramel hair. She looked nice and approachable.

"O Never mind , whats your name?" She asked while reaching for her white and blue bead bag.

"Gabriella Mae" I smiled at her. I was a little surprised because such direct friend approaches are quite unusual in my life ( since I have such an awesome sister)

"No her name is geeky Mae" Damian shouted before escaping the room with his friends who were laughing at what he said. Geeky Mae , Geeky Gabriella and nerdy were my usual nicknames ( which everyone thought was my name). I rolled my eyes from the group of idiotic legends. I have stopped fighting back ( C'mon how many do I fight with? ) and they are correct. I am nerdy , geeky, boring and whatnot. Also, I don't real mind being called a geek. After all its another word for expert.

"Gabriella is such a pretty name. My name is Mia Watson. I am new here" she led a hand forward, even after hearing ( and ignoring) what those jerks called me. I gave a faint smile before shaking hands with her.

"Bye Gabriella. My mom would be waiting for me. It was nice to meet you. See ya soon" She smiled and waved at me before going outside of the room. She was new and didn't know about me ( my sister basically) , so that might be the reason she approached me. I need not to care about that , soon she will join someone else and leave me as soon as she knows about me ( and demerits of being with me).

But for now, she left because her mother might have arrived. My mother would have come to pick me up too if only she was there. My mother died after giving birth to me , so you know what burden I carry along. And my lovely sister doesn't make it easy, reminding me almost everyday that I am the reason behind my mother's death. She isn't wrong, no doubt I am. If only my mother was there , I would have been able to tell someone how my day went, what's the reason behind my mood, what all happened. But unfortunately I have none to share my feeling with ( which is the reason I like staying quite - it actually helps ). My father, being a busy businessman, is usually off to some official trip and when he is not we get to see him at breakfast in the morning. So I never had such bond with my father which he knew but never did anything about it.

Clutching on my bag strap I started walking out of the school.

"Hey geek , I forgot the keys in the morning. Just give me the ones you have" Rachel spoke rude while blocking my way.

"Aren't you staying back?" I asked as if bored enough for another conversation.

"No, I, Venus and Diana are going to my house" Rachel said " just give me the damn keys"

Venus and Diana are the queen bee's cronies ( and follow everything she does). Venus is as dumb as an ass and Diana is the most sluttish girl I have ever seen, seriously. Rachel is nothing like them, she is clever and not a ho. She was hard to catch which makes her the queen bee of the school. I could never understand what she got from hanging with hags. And their today's hanging point was our house so my plan of going home is cancelled ( I cannot bare their sight and vice versa). So I would go in the basketball court, sit on the stairs in the corner.

"I want the keys today" Rachel said clicking her brows up. I searched out a bunny key chain which had two keys in it. I took out one and gave it to her. "Dork" she said glaring at my bunny key chain. But I find it cute. After that she left with her cronies following her.

Settling down on the corner most seat located alongside the basketball court which had huge playground starting just at its end. Away from the chattering people and the mostly boys playing soccer and basketball I opened a Sydney Sheldon after stuffing earphones in my ear. Don't let me down was the song that was playing , I liked its beat so it was first in my playlists. Hiding myself through my hair I concentrated on my book.

Suddenly the music stopped bringing me out my world. Well, nothing was wrong with my phone. Someone had removed them from my ears. I looked up to see the person who wouldn't let me have some peace in between of the hectic life. Nathan Wagner.

C'mon you day dreamer.

Grabbing back my specs that I'd removed I wore them back again.

Still Nathan Wagner.

And till now he was sitting beside me. And oh my god his deodorant smelled really strong and cinnamon ( it was so good). His face was totally blank. I couldn't get what he was up to.

"Gabriella Mae you are my new girlfriend from now onwards."

"What?" I looked at him utter disbelief. What was he saying? Just wake me up from this dream. I went completely out of words that I couldn't make a sensible sentence and mumble only 'what?'

"Don't worry, only for a month. Its a bet" he smirked as he said (more like whispered 'cause it was audible only to me). I looked at him with my face at complete lack of colors.

Then I heard 'wohoos ' and 'yeaahhh' from the crowd that now surrounded in the basketball court. A bet ? What? What is going on? Just when I opened my mouth to demand for answer he woke up and started walking away with his two friends , not before turning around and winking at me.

Rachel will hang me.

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