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Nataliya- 5 Years Ago, Then

"Oh my god, look who's looking at you." Carner whispered in my ear as we plopped down onto one of the tables. 

I roll my eyes at him, "Carner, you're probably seeing things."

"No I'm not... Jackson's staring right at you... and grinning."

I freeze, my hand stilling on top of the grape I was about to take. "What?" My voice comes out shaky and rasped. I feel Alex's eyes trail over to me from across the table.

"Seriously, one of the most popular boys in school is staring at you, I mean Alex is popular but he hangs out with us... Which kind of ruins his reputation to underneath Jackson but hey, he has is fangirl....."

I zoned out after he reached 'staring at you' Jackson didn't like me. It was obvious. I was lying, whoring, no good, slut to him. He was probably only staring at me to do a rerun of what he had already done. 

I feel Alex's stare on me as Carner continued ranting or doing whatever he was doing until the bell rang and that conversation was put to an end.

Now, my first priority was to get to class as fast as I could before Jackson caught up to me. I muttered a quick goodbye to Carner and Alex before I was off. I could feel the steady beat of feet behind me as I crossed the hallway, taking the shortcut Alex had shown me.