16: Royals at school

Sarah

Here I am with a shovel in my hand, in a cemetery, digging my own grave!

Okay fine, greatly exaggerated.

But I may as well be doing that with the decision I'm about to make. I'll probably be dead by the end of the day. I wasn't at all certain about it... But come on, when have I really been certain about anything in my life?

One thing I was slightly certain about though was that I was making a huge mistake being here. And I made a huge mistake agreeing to be a tour guide in Rory's little suicidal tour group. I still had a voice at the back of my head telling me it's a terrible idea. Casey warned me to stay away from Connie... But here I am, at the parking lot with Rory, about to begin this tour.

I was freaking out, for different reasons of course. It was enough that I had to be social for God-knows how long. Add the fact that I had to do this with Kenzie. This tour might basically be the last thing I do before my life comes to an end. I heard Rory mention something about Crown Academy's President studying here ... And just my luck, it happens to be Connie. If Kenzie doesn't kill me out of spite or whatever, then I'm pretty sure Casey will. Either way,I'm a dead girl walking.

I'm actually starting to consider the fact that I might be some sort of bad luck magnet or something. When people out there are attracting live and adoration, I'm attracting bad luck, pain and misery... A hell lot of misery!

“Sarah?”

“Huh?” i looked at Rory who was staring at me with a somewhat worried expression.

“ You didn't hear a single word of what i said, did you?” he perfectly raised a single brow.

“I wouldn't exactly put it that way... I mean I heard you call my name,”

“ You know you can't afford to zone out like that during the___”

“ Yeah yeah I know! And I won't! I was just... Working through some last minute jitters... That's all,”

“ Don't worry,” his voice softened as he comfortingly placed his hand on my shoulder,“ You've got this... I know you do. And if you're worried about Kenzie, then don't! She'll be on her best behavior,”

Kenzie and best behavior are words yiu don't exactly put together in the same sentence. I can only imagine how she took the news when Rory broke it to her. Who would have guessed that we'd be forced to actually get along?

“ Kenzie? On her best behavior? I highly doubt it,”

“ I had a serious talk with her. And I'm pretty sure she wouldn't risk tarnishing her name simply because she slightly dislikes you,”

“ Dislike is putting it lightly,”

“ You have to out your bad blood aside for now Sarah,” I simply loved how he said 'for now', like Kenzie and I were free to kill each other afterwards, “ I've already gotten Kenzie's promise that she'll play nice... Now I have to be sure that you will too,”

“ It's Kenzie we're talking about here... She breaks promises almost as often as she breaks hearts... Which is actually pretty often. How  sure are you that she'll keep this promise?”

“ As sure as I am that you'll keep yours!” he said, a bit too confidently if I may add.

Kenzie isn't usually reliable. She changes her mood and mind faster than you can say 'shazam'. So I was really curious as to what Rory told her to convince her to 'play nice'.

"What did you offer her?" I was really curious... I just had to ask, and he chuckled at my question.

"Offer her? I didn't have to offer her anything. I just had to sweet talk her a bit and she gave in,"

"Sweet talk Kenzie?"

"Zie and I have been friends for a while. Our families go way back! It's more like a uh... Friendly favor,”

“Friendly favor... Sure,” that would of course explain why he's the only person in the entire school who calls her 'Zie'. But if their families have a history string enough to keep Kenzie off my back for a day, then by all means! I don't mind.

“I'm here! I'm here!” Kenzie joined us, panting as if she's from running a marathon. Respects to her cause she's wearing really high high heels.

“You're late!” Rory said glancing at his watch, and Kenzie chuckled.

“I'm not late... The both of you are just early,” she said, at which Rory rolled his eyes. It was pretty hard to argue with that.

“Kenzie, Sarah... You ready?”

The both of us briefly looked at each other. I'm pretty sure she doesn't want me here as much as I don't want her here. I expected her to give a snarky remark like she always does everytime we cross paths... But nothing came.

“I'm ready... ” she said confidently, “Are you Sarah?”

Was I? Was I ready to bring my life to an end for some extra credit? Was my academic performance more important than my life? It was! I cared more about getting perfect grades then my own life... Even though I would not really be here to enjoy the benefits. If Casey was going to end my life after this, then so be it!

“Sure. Let's do this,”