I sucked in a deep breath as I closed my locker door. Tuesday, and it was only midday. The week was a never ending torture chamber.

"Sup Riley."

I looked to my right. There was a tall guy with freckles and ginger hair leaning casually against the locker next to me.

I had no idea who he was.

"There's a new game we've made. Wanna play," He gestured to his mate that was standing across the corridor. The ginger looked back at me and grinned, "It's called Shove'vies!" He burst out laughing, slammed his hand against the locker and sauntered off.

I gritted my teeth. I'd been getting remarks like this all day and I guessed they wouldn't stop for some time.

I watched for a second as the guy and his friends laughed and hollered together, obviously they thought the joke was hilarious. Then I saw the demon, Sabrina Radford. She was walking down the corridor in my direction.

I opened my locker again and pretended to rummage inside. She would probably walk right past me.

"Goodmorning Riley... "

It was the afternoon.

The brat had walked right up to me! Instantly I felt myself grow hot as I looked at her in disgust. I felt physically repulsed by this girl.

"So I heard you and Margot broke up." She giggled and I slammed my locker shut.

"Get away from me."

She gave me a pouty look, "Naw no wonder she broke up with you. Someone has anger issues!"

I wanted to smack that stupid pout off her face.

"You know, I knew you guys were together," She shifted her position and leaned her back against the locker. She played with her silver necklace in her long fingers.

I sucked in a breath through clenced teeth. Pure hatred radiated from my core.

"But Margot just kept on refusing to tell me?" Sabrina mused, running a finger down my locker. She sighed, "Probably just embarrassed," She giggled again, "I mean I would be too if-"

"If you don't leave me alone I'll smash your head against this locker!"

Sabrina met my eyes and I saw for the first time what seemed to be uneasiness on her face.

I hated her! She was the reason behind all this! She had caused Margot and I to breakup! Without Sabrina, Margot would still be with me.

"Margot is a complete idiot for still hanging out with you. You're a good for nothing, selfish, brat! And I doubt you have one real friend in this entire school!"

Sabrina opened her mouth to retaliate but was interrupted.

"Sabrina you have to come and sign up for the-" Margot had appeared by Sabrina's side.

A sudden lump formed in my throat.

My body turned cold as I looked at her. I felt like there was a cinder block in my stomach.

She met my eyes.

I was slowly being torn in half.

She bit her lip and looked away, back at Sabrina.

"Come." She said and tugged at Sabrina's arm pulling her away from me. Margot wouldn't look at me again.

I stared down the corridor after Margot as she walked away with Sabrina. I felt my myself tearing up again. I forcefully swallowed the giant lump in my throat and took a deep breath.

No, I wouldn't cry.

Margot didn't look back at me when she walked away like I'd hoped she would. I prayed that she would glance back over her shoulder and we'd share an exchange of unspoken words.

That she would say "I'm sorry Riley" and tell me didn't mean what she'd said. That she would still want to be together and it was all just a miscommunication.

But no, nothing.

She did not look back at me, she didn't even hesitate in her long strides. She just marched on, with Sabrina in hand.

Margot didn't regret anything and that was slowly sinking in.

She had not called or texted. Her silence was the most deafening sound... The sound finality...

We were over.

And the pain was excruciating.

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I unwrapped my cucumber, cheese, and tomato sandwich and took a bite. I was sitting alone at a bench at the back of the school.

I didn't feel like sitting with my friends for lunch. They would just pity and pamper me like they did yesterday, something that I didn't need right now.

I just wanted to be alone.

Plus, sitting with my friends meant that I would have to pass by Margot's group, which I had no intention of doing.

I took another bite of my sandwich.

"Hey dude!"

I pressed my lips together as Skyler slid into the bench across from me. She enthusiastically placed her bread roll and purple soda drink on the table.

"How's day two going?" She asked unwrapping the plastic that surrounded her roll. She took a bite, "How are you feeling?" She asked through a mouthful of bread and what I guessed was ham.

I just sat there looking at her. I had stopped eating. She had ruined my beautiful bubble of isolation.

"Painful." I said bluntly.

Skyler nodded, "Yep." She took another bite. "Expect that feeling for another few weeks."

"Why are you doing this?" I asked coldly. "Why are you being my friend?" I was almost certain that Skyler had another motive here and I'd rather she was just honest, than try to wind me in.

She paused, her roll was halfway way to her mouth. I gave her a forceful look.

"Can I not be you friend?" She asked, raising a pierced eyebrow.

I thought about this. "Well yeah of course you can... but I thought you hated me after that whole mess with you, Margot and me."

She sighed. "Yeah I was pretty angry for a while, but" she took a bite, "I thought it was stupid to hold grudges," she swallowed, "you know?"

"Yeah I guess..." I said hesitantly, "So you promise me that you're not here with the intention of us getting together or something," I knew very well how Skyler was with woman, "because I've broken up with Margot?"

"Nah." Skyler shook her head, "Honestly I could just do with a friend right about now and I guess you could too."

I had other friends.

"Okay." I accepted her reason and took a large bite of my sandwich.

We sat there chewing in silence for a little bit. Skyler popped open her drink, gulped down some liquid and slammed it back down on the table.

"So what are your plans for this summer?"

Summer? I had completely forgotten about the summer holiday with all the drama and negative feelings. It was only a week and a bit away.

Margot and I had planned to spend most of the summer together. There had even been talk of us possibly going to Thailand to visit Claire. Now all of that had fallen away.

I dragged my bottom lip between my teeth and picked up my banana.

"Nothing much." I said peeling open the banana.

"Same." Skyler agreed.

"Margot and I had had plans but now that's over." I muttered.

Skyler asked, "How long were you and Margot together?"

I stoped peeling and paused to think about this for a second.

While I sat there and calculated, Skyler pulled out a cigarette and lit it.

"Five months." I concluded and continued to peel the banana. That excluded all the weeks before that I had spent Friday evenings at Margot's house.

Skyler let out a puff of smoke and whistled. I wrinkled my nose, disgusted by the horrible smell that was blown in my direction.

"Wow." She breathed, "That's a pretty long time."

"I guess," I said waving my hand about trying to clear the air, "I thought you said you were trying to quit that!" I complained pointing at the cigarette in her hand.

Skyker sighed, "Yeah I did. And I failed." She put the cigarette back in her mouth and drew in another breath.

"You know smoking can reduce your lifespan from up to 15 to 20 years." I said, repeating the words Margot had said to her uncle Michael when he had visited, he was a heavy smoker too.

Skyler shrugged. "Don't all the good things kill you nowadays?"

I let that sink in for a moment.

"Yes." I said, thinking about Margot. "I guess they do."

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A/N: wow, yes these have been an emotional few chapters!

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