AIRYN Chapter 10: 16 Reasons Why My Best Friend Hates Me

This is not the end chapter!

“I don’t want to calm down!” Rayna screamed shrilly at the teacher. The teacher took her down to the principal’s office while she grabbed the air, pointing at me. Partly, that was my fault. I had gotten her angry and wound up. I had decided to betray her. But I didn’t care. She deserved it after what stress she had caused me.

Walking to my next class, there was a folded up note on the floor near my locker. Carefully, I unfolded the paper and my eyes widened. Rayna was really that miserable. She had made a list of why I hated her. At this point in the school year, I didn’t exactly hate her. But I was on the verge of hating her. She just seemed paranoid right now and I was also on the verge of forgiving her. Since she’s been both ways lately I didn’t know what to believe.

The note had nine reasons why I might have hated her. Even though I didn’t hate her, I added a few more reasons and then stuffed it into her locker across the hall.

        10. You screamed at me after I didn’t accept your apology.

        11. You’re blaming my best friend Leesa for this.

        12. You’re avoiding the situation.

        13. You won’t even ask me about what happened with Summer.

        14. You try to act like me and if you didn’t make me so angry in the past few months then you would know that I hate it when people copy me.

        When I turned to go to my next class, Rayna was looking at me from the principal’s office about fifteen yards away. She had seen me putting it in her locker. Our exchange in glances lasted a while and then as she walked over I looked away at the vacant hallways. We were going to be late. But did we really care if there was an apology coming? No, we didn’t.

                “What’s in my locker?” she asked suspiciously. She opened her locker and looked inside. The note sat there on her textbooks. She started reading it. Then she wrote something on the paper. When she handed it back it had two more reasons or ideas on it.

                15. That I’m even writing this list.

16. You’re also mad at me because I’m too gutless, spineless, weak, and scared to apologize and when I finally get the nerve I mess it up like I always do and I hope you know I’m sorry.

After I read it, I looked up and she looked into my eyes. “I truly am sorry,” she whispered. “And to prove that, I need to show you something.” She took my hand and I actually followed her. Rayna showed me inside the principal’s office. It was wide room with fuzzy, blue carpets and fancy desks made of granite. The latest, newest computers there was, was there on the granite. Behind the desks were six video monitors that showed security cameras’ views. I had never been inside the principal’s office or the office before at all. She pointed to the guy sitting behind the desk and he clicked something on his computer.

Suddenly, the sixth TV fuzzed out and showed a small clip. Rayna was walking into the bathroom. I could hear her from inside the bathroom, fumbling around, putting on makeup and so forth. Then Leesa went inside. I could hear them talking.

“Rayna is that?” It was Leesa’s voice. “Nice dress.” The TV fuzzed a little and it blocked out some of the conversation.

When it came back on, I could hear Rayna say something. “Actually we stopped being friends in like sixth grade. Then we became sisters.” I could almost hear her smiling. Leesa walked out with an angry look on her face. As she walked away, I could hear Rayna’s laughs. The TV fuzzed up. Looking away from the TV, she tapped my shoulder and there was another clip showing on the TV taking place in the main hallway. I was standing there waiting for something. When Leesa showed up in the camera, she was looking pretty angry.

“I just heard something from Rayna, your so-called best friend,” she sneered, flaring her nostrils. Then I remember what happened. She was angry because she claimed she got into an argument with her mom over her cell phone and then along the way she had a piece of information from me. Rayna didn’t think of me as a best friend. She thought of me as a sister and I had ruined it.

I pointed at the TV. “Is that what really happened?” I asked. She nodded and we hugged.

“So I’m your best friend again?” she asked desperately. Her eyes watered up.

I sighed. “Not exactly. Now that I’ve gotten to know Leesa better she’s my best friend. But you can always work your way up to the top.” I gave her a flashy smile and spun around to go to class. Okay, sure, Leesa mixed her words around. But that was in September way back when i didn't know her as well. She had changed since then. She just let her jealousy get the best of her.

Again Rayna tapped me on the shoulder. In her hand was a hall pass claiming I was in my nurse. After hugging her again I ran off to go to class. I smiled a mile long and I didn’t care what happened to me with the happiness my former best friend gave me just then. I didn’t even care if the teacher didn’t believe that I actually had I pass. I didn’t care one bit.