Chapter 3

School was over! But unfortunately, we had detention. I sat in front of Kayden, glaring at Sarah who was ranting on and on about how she got 3k followers on Instagram.

Well, I'm that jealous friend who has 700.

"You know, Cleo, you never really post steamy pics." She turned to me. "What do I know? You're the one who knows how to pose like a freaking model. All I can do is just smile sweetly in photos and make weird faces." I said back. It was the truth, though.

Sarah could be a model if she wanted to. She could come up with a pose in one second, while I was like a rigid sack of potatoes.

"I could teach you. I mean you've been stuck at 700 followers." She said in an almost mocking tone.

"Don't be a bitch about it because you're at 3k. I don't wanna learn." I said with a shrug. "You're jealous?" Jeremy asked and I glared at him. "No, I'm not. How many followers do you have, Kayden?" I asked, diverting the attention from me.

"Um... I checked last night. About 900k." He said. "I'm guessing I'm the only one who hates k and says thousand instead, huh?" Jeremy laughed . "900k?!" Sarah yelled. "I'm a part-time model so..." Kayden replied.

"Yeah, sure." I rolled my eyes, doubting him. "I don't need you to believe me, Cleo." He said, emphasizing my name arrogantly and I just rolled my eyes.

"I actually kinda ship you two." Jeremy said. I looked at him with disgust. "No way." I shook my head. "Do you hate me? Or is it that time of the month?" Kayden asked. It was that time of the month, but he didn't need to know that. Besides, it was the last day of it.

"I don't hate on people. You just happened to hit me in the hallway, make me extra late and get me in detention." I said with a fake sweet smile. "You would've gotten detention anyway. You were already late. You're a strong grudgeholder." He stated.

"Yes, I am." That, I could agree to. The only person I could forgive easily, because she was extremely stubborn, was Sarah.

"Why don't we just talk about what we like doing?" Sarah suggested. "It would have been better if you had said our hobbies." Jeremy said.

"Sorry, Kayden. He has OCD." Sarah said. "I see." Kayden replied.

''Well, I like painting and playing the guitar." Kayden said. "Ha! Classic." I laughed.

"What do you mean classic, Cleo?" He asked. "You look like the boring type." I said mockingly, even though I didn't mean it. For some reason, he seemed to be grinding his teeth against each other.

"I. Am. Not. Boring." He said, pausing at each word and walked away. Was it normal to walk away from detention? Was it normal for detention to be missing a teacher?

Welcome to our school.

"What's his deal?" I asked. "Maybe, just maybe, you were being a little too mean? Go easy on him." Jeremy said. "You were right, Jeremy. I totally ship them." Sarah said.

"Coming from someone who has been all over him since he showed up? Shocker." I said, meaning it. "All over him? I was being nice. Maybe you're jealous. And he likes you... sorta." She said. "No, he likes you." I said back.

"Wrong. Cleo, if you noticed, he loves calling your name after each sentence. You're a cheerleader, who would want her?" Jeremy asked, pointing at Sarah. "Well, if she's such a cheerleader, why does she have 700 followers and how many do I have? 3k!" She snapped her fingers.

"I said don't be a bitch about it." I murmured.

"First, it's 3 thousand, not 3k. Secondly, you only got Instagram-famous because you got a pic with Shawn Mendes. And 3 thousand followers isn't even that much." Jeremy said. "It's not my fault. I told you guys to come with me to Hollywood for a weekend vacation, and what did you say? It was too extra. So guess who has the 3k followers to say it wasn't extra? Moi. And it is much, for the record." She argued.

"Before the three thousand followers, you were always a bitch." Jeremy said.

They glared at each other for five years. Okay, twenty seconds.

"You two are cute and I ship it." I giggled. They stopped glaring at each other and started glaring at me.

"To think I'd date a bitch." Jeremy said. "To think I'd date a hot quarterback, and I swear I wanted to say asshole." She said. Her face was growing red in embarrassment.

Aww, they really were cute.

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