chAPter ThirtY
A/N : Hey! First of all, I want to say thanks a ton to everyone who came back to read this chapter! :D I realize how long it's been since I updated. Same excuse as always, real life got busy. Sorry guys! Anyway, here's the chapter, so enjoy! And leave votes and comments if you want to! xoxo
PLAYLIST : Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift
I woke up the next day with a sleeping hand from holding the phone in my hand all night. Seeing the phone in my hand brought back memories of last night's conversation with Derek. I remembered saying weird stuff and making a fool of myself. I wrinkled my nose and shook my head. Thinking about it would only embarrass me.
Did we end the conversation or did I just doze off while we were still talking? I probably dozed off while he was still on call. I tried to remember the reason he called me. I think he said something like being bored. Eh, he probably called another girl after I slept.
One glance at the alarm clock showed me how little time I had to get to school. I hurried along but arrived late to school as usual.
I was looking less and less forward to school. There were a lot of things going on in school that I wanted to stay away from. Like Shayna and Derek's relationship. Then there was Cabe. I should've been flattered with all the attention he was giving me. Cabe was one of the popular guys in school. But no! And Suzy - the bully in my biology class. Gosh, she never got tired of passing the same old snide remarks. It was beginning to get on my nerves.
Since I ratted her to Mr. Crosby for stealing Olive's assignment, she started being meaner towards me. I so wanted to get back at her. And I did get a chance to do just that.
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The day passed by slow as a sloth and eventually, it was the last class of the day, biology. Everyone had left and I was still sitting inside writing down some notes. After getting my work done, I grabbed my books and stuffed them in my backpack. I was the last one to leave the classroom.
I got up and started leaving, when I noticed a bright pink object sticking out from under a desk. Wondering what it was, I went to have a closer look and saw that it was a diary. One of the students must've forgotten it or dropped it while leaving. I picked it up and flipped the cover to check the name of the owner so I could return it to them.
Wow!
I was surprised to see the name of the person the diary belonged to - Suzy Fowler. Suzy kept a journal? Astonishing!
I realized that I was holding in my hand Suzy Fowler's diary. An involuntary chuckle escaped my mouth. The thoughts of all the times Suzy humiliated either Olive or me, came back to me. I just struck gold. I got the chance to get back at her. I could do with her diary what she did with my pics.
As soon as the idea entered my head, I rejected it. I mentally scolded myself for thinking of stooping to Suzy's level. I wasn't going to do that. If I didn't want to return it, I'd just leave it where I found it. So, I left it on the desk.
The thought still lingered in my head. Maybe I could read a few pages? I was tempted to know what Suzy could write in her journal. There had to be a reason that it was me of all people who found the diary. Maybe I was supposed to get back at her. If I had something against her, I could make her stop bullying people. She made me and several others the laughing stock of the class on numerous occasions. Didn't she deserve to be one too?
Oh god! What was I doing! This isn't me, a small, healthy part of my brain kept screaming. But the rest of it encouraged me to continue doing what I was doing. I flipped the pages and started reading a random entry.
Suzy's handwriting was illegible, to put it politely. It'd take a lot of concentration to make out what she wrote. I tried reading a page or two and was immediately disgusted by it.
It wasn't really a journal. All she wrote was horrible stuff about other people and how she enjoyed putting others down and how she wholeheartedly believed that everyone was supposed to do her bidding. There was no personal stuff.
What was I expecting to read. I shook my head and put the diary back in it's place.
I heard footsteps in the hallway. They grew louder in the silence. Whoever it was, was coming right in this classroom. It could be Suzy coming to take back her diary. It was now or never. I'd never get a chance like this again. People deserved to know how mean Suzy was.
If everyone in school read this, it would expose Suzy. Maybe it would stop her being mean. Yes, I liked that thought. People would know what kind of a person she was after reading this.
Where was my phone? I felt my jeans pocket for it. Nope, it wasn't there. I slid my backpack off my shoulder and threw it open on the table. My phone was buried deep below my books. I'd never make it. The footsteps grew louder. I stuffed my hands inside and rummaged through the backpack until my fingers felt the cold metal and I pulled it out. With my heart beating wildly in my chest, I opened the diary to a random page and clicked a few pictures.
When I was finished clicking pictures of a few pages, I put the book back under the desk, just where I found it. Now it looked like I never even found it.
The footsteps were still coming in my direction. Why was it taking so long for Suzy to come in? Were the hallways always this long?
What if I got back at Suzy by posting the pics online like she did to me? She needed a taste of her own medicine.
Do I do it? Do I not? Probably not. Or maybe this was the only way to stop Suzy. There had to be a reason why I, of all people, found the book.
If I don't do it now, I'd never be able to do it. Somehow I found the nerve to do it.
I clicked the button. There. I'd done it. I posted the pics online anonymously. I let out a shaky breath which I didn't even realize I was holding. I had a bad feeling about it but I still did it. I had a complete badass moment. I turned the phone off and tucked it in my pocket.
Then I dumped all my things in my backpack and started leaving the classroom. Once outside, I realized that the footsteps belonged to the janitor who was mopping the floors.
When he entered an adjacent classroom, I quietly slipped past him so that I don't get questioned as to why I was hanging back in here after everyone left.
I left the school and reached the parking lot at a sprint. I saw Tiffany waiting for me in her car in the parking lot. Walking up to her, I got in the car and slumped on the seat.
"Why are you so jittery?" Tiffany asked, while stepping on the gas.
"I am?"
"Yeah."
"Um, I ran down the stairs."
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I didn't tell anyone about posting Suzy's diary online. I knew it wasn't a morally right thing to do, but it wasn't even a bad thing. I didn't post anything personal. I just uploaded the pics where Suzy wrote about bullying everyone.
Before going to bed, I turned on my phone to see who'd seen the pics. Turned out, a lot of people did. My eyes went down to the comments section.
Anna, did you write this?
No, I didn't!!!
I know that handwriting. It's Suzy's.
Woah!
Really @suzyfowler ??
Poor guy
Who's diary is this?
I don't believe this! Is this even true?
Wow and no one in school knows about this?
This looks like something @savannahEd would do coz he dumped her
I was confused reading the comments. What were these guys talking about? I continued scrolling down.
You deserve the shitty family!
No he doesn't!
How naive r u? U'll realize when he dumps you
What was this? I continued scrolling down alarmed. Was I even on the right page? I took a look at the pics I posted. As I read them, my breath caught in my throat. I was horrified by what I read.
What had I done! I made a terrible mistake! He's going to hate me forever.
A/N : Thanks for making it till here! Please bear with me if this chapter looks rough. I'm writing after a long time. I promise to make the following chapters better :) Have a nice day peeps! xoxo
Next chapter coming real soon.
# What's your current favorite movie?
Mine is Infinity War! I watched it last last week and it was spectacular! Though, I also had a few weeping moments :((
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