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almost eighteen, we should live a little. Do you have any idea how hard college will be for us?”
    “Well, Johnathan seems like he would be perfect for you then, if that’s what you’re looking for. I don’t want anything to do with him, he is not my type anymore. So, feel free to try and get his attention, right along with all the other gals.”
    “Seriously, you don’t want him?”  She asked, bemused, as if I had said the most irrational thing she’d ever heard. I was not going to be one of them, those girls that are so head over heels for a guy who mostly look at them as just a quick lay. Or even worse, just to be popular and wanted by so many, and not be really interested in them at all. I knew in that instance what I needed to do regarding him, and it would be for the best.
    “No, Blair, I don’t want him. He is forgotten, and I don’t want to focus anymore time or energy on him than I already have. I think he’s a player, but I don’t really know him.” The words stung as I spoke them because I didn’t really know him, and here I was, crying over him and lying to my best friend on his behalf. I would ignore him, and go on about my life, while all the other girls continued to swarm him. I would not let him turn me into someone I didn’t want to be, I would avoid him at all cost. I knew who I was, and if that wasn’t good enough for Mr. Johnathan Asshole Pierce, then so be it. My life would go on, with or without him, or so I thought.
     
     

Chapter 4
     
    Three months later…
    TWO MORE HOURS left and spring break would officially start, and I was thrilled. This was a time when everyone was happy to be at school today, because we all knew we would have a week and half off right after. I loved seeing my classmates happily walking down the hall, laughing, joking, and making plans to see each other. I knew I would have a boring spring break, I had no plans so far, but that was fine. Blair would be out of town, and I would be here alone with my family, but I had much to be happy about myself. I had already received my early acceptance letter from both of my top two schools, and in that alone, I intended to celebrate during my spring break in some way. A smile had been plastered on my face since I’d received those letters a few days ago, nothing, I mean nothing, could break the trance that I was in. I went to my locker and twirled the lock, realizing that this lock would soon be useless to me. Soon I would be out of here, and on my way to the school of my choice, and that made me start to giggle to myself. “What’s so funny?” I turned towards the sound of the voice to my right, and my smiled slowly turned into a deep frown. It happened so slowly, and so in-depth, that he actually looked affronted by the time I registered who was speaking to me.
    Johnathan Asshole Pierce. Only this guy, can turn my emotions upside down in a matter of seconds. He hadn’t spoken to me since the stairwell, and I was glad. He had turned out to be a real jerk, running from girl to girl in our school like a dog in heat. Ever since the rumor about his trust fund got out, it spread within a few days, and every girl wanted to try their hand to be with him. If he was wanted before, well this tidbit of news, really upped the ante. Most of the girls failed miserably to keep his attention, after only a few days, or a week even, and it was a sad sight to watch unfold. One day he would have a new girl on his arm, prancing her around in the halls like she was a prized horse, she would look so happy and excited. Then a few days, or a week later, that same girl would now be walking the halls alone, sad and heartbroken. He was definitely making his rounds, and I just couldn’t comprehend why he was breaking up with them so fast, but it was none of my business. I already had my brief encounter with him in the stairwell, where he teased me and made me feel wanted, just to make me feel heartbroken later, so I didn’t need to see