Chapter 3

Regina’s POV

   The drive to my school was a twenty minute drive and soon I was in school already, I got out of the car and it seemed as though everything stopped as eyes were fixated on me and other girls that tried to be friends with me smiled and waved in my direction.

It was as though I ruled blackheart high school, I dramatically flipped my hair as I walked into the school building and made my way to the locker room, I heard the woes of other females and I could feel the guys turning to take another look at me.

Not only do these students loved me, they respected, envied and feared me a lot too, Regina wasn’t someone anyone would want to mess with, I blew my bubble gum and bursted it as I got to my locker, opening it and picking out the books I’ll need for class from it.

“Holy shit! You scared me.” I jumped as I closed my locker door to find a boy standing behind it, he had huge glasses on and was also holding a bunch of flowers.

I did nothing to hide my disgust as he stood in front of me with a smile, I raised an eyebrow, probing him to say whatever it was he wanted to say or get the hell out of my way.

“I.. this.. it’s..” He stammered and I was already getting disgusted.

“You’re in high school and you don’t know how to complete a sentence?” I asked as I popped my gum again and rolled my eyes, I liked how I was making him feel.

I could see that he felt intimidated by me from how hard he swallowed.

“I bought these f-flowers for you and thought to congratulate you for b- being a senior.” He spoke as if he had something hot in his mouth or would get disciplined if he wasted any more of my time.

I couldn’t hold back my laughter and I watched as his face flushed in embarrassment.

“This is the most stupidest reason for getting flowers I’ve ever heard.” I finally said amidst laughs as I collected the flowers from him and dumped it in the trash can right in front of us.

I made a gesture with my hands for him to get out of my way and he scurried off without looking at me. I smiled as I adjusted my skirt as I walked to class like a pageant queen.

I slowly stopped walking as soon as I had just done to the kid who had given me those flowers. It was exactly how I had treated him in my past life.

Was I supposed to have collected the flowers from him in this new life? I asked myself in confusion as I chewed on my bottom lip.

I looked ahead of me and saw Angie and a few other girls making their way towards me with a smile on their faces. Angie looked extremely disappointed that I didn’t dress according to the code but I honestly didn’t care.

“Regina,” she called, she usually called me by my full name anytime she was angry at me for doing or not doing something, “We had a deal.” She added on a pout and I covered my scoff at the last minute on a cough.

“I wanted to keep my end of it but I changed my mind at the last second , plus, this is way better than what we agreed on.” I answered, not caring that I’d just hurt her and the other girl's feelings.

She shrugged it off after a little while, because there wasn’t anything she could do about it. We all made our way down the hallway after that.

The boys from the soccer team complimented my clothes as I walked and I couldn’t help but feel proud of myself as I chewed my gum and walked, greeting the important ones and completely ignoring the less important ones.

“Someone saw Nelson the nerd bring you flowers.” Angie said and the rest of the girls laughed, I wasn’t really concentrating but I also wasn’t oblivious to what she’d just said, I heard her clearly but I was still in a state of deja vu.

“Reggy.” Angie called as she nudged me, jolting me out of my thoughts and bringing me back to the present.

“What?” I asked as we got into the class and I proceeded to find my seat.

I know that I’d just been given a second chance but how and why still remains a mystery to me, everything still seem new even though they’re all old.

I’ve lived this life before, I knew what would happen next, it was all completely strange considering I was the only one there that knew what would happen in the future.

I was brought back to change it, since I know about my best friend and boyfriend, I could stop everything from happening all over again. I could avoid all those silly mistakes, but how?

How was I going to stop being friends with my best friend?

“You’ve been unusually quiet and reserved and this isn’t you, babe.” Angie’s voice seeped through my mind like some sort of liquid, interrupting my thoughts and forcing me back into the classroom that was nothing but torture.

The class was soon over and I couldn’t be more grateful. I've always hated history class and knowing that I was going to be taking it again was the part of this second chance that I hated.

It was our lunch break and we made our way to the cafeteria. I'd placed my order and gotten my food as I walked to the spot I usually go to eat with my friends.

I munched quietly on my food as I stared at the cafeteria door, I was waiting for the door to open and reveal Jason, I knew what to expect, I knew what was going to happen.

Jason would walk in and the entire cafeteria would be gawking at him as he made his way to our table and sat with us. Besides his girlfriend, we’ll all get out of the cafeteria together and at some point, they were going to kiss.

I remember every single detail.

I tried to tear my eyes away and concentrate on something else but I usually end up finding myself looking right back at the door, waiting for the moment he’ll walk in.

The door opened and like the first time we met, I saw Jason Byers, I smirked to myself as I remembered how I used to bully him and intimidate him, he never deserved any of the treatment I’d given him, he made his way to the food stand shyly to place his order.

I’d only stopped bullying him when Angie told me there was a thing between the two of them, and it would be disrespectful and a little bit out of line to treat my best friend’s boyfriend like a puppy.

He was part of us now and I had to accept him whether I liked it or not.

But, I never did accept him.

I still talked to him rudely and never acknowledge him, which is why it’s exactly more confusing to me that he had jumped into the pool in order to save me, in the pool which I had died in.

I never treated him nicely, so why would he ever do that?

Time paused as Jason made his way with his tray of food around the cafeteria, making his way through the multiple students seated at different tables. Pairs of eyes fixated on him and if mere looking humans could move humans, Jason would have fallen on his ass now. His dark hair fell back perfectly and the first two buttons of his shirt popped open, his pitch-black eyes piercing through his glasses, and for some weird reason, his gaze unnerved me, unlike how I’d only felt irritation before when looking at him.

I averted my gaze after that.

There was nothing different about him, he looked the same, his huge glasses that was resting on his face but also complimented his handsomeness.

I was never attracted to Jason. For years, I’d tried to make life harder for him by bullying him, and that was that. I was out of his league, so we were never friends.

Sure, Jason wasn’t ugly and if he’d involved himself in the sports the popular boys in our school were involved in, he'd definitely have a lot of girls dying for him.

I shook the thought out of my head as I remembered that he was Angie’s boyfriend.

I smiled at the memory of Jason chasing after me like a puppy chasing after his master for its treat.

I’ve never liked him and I had no idea if it was a personal, offhand decision or it was because of the fact that our parents weren’t on good terms, I know deep down inside me that it was the latter.

I closed my eyes as I remembered the first time he’d confessed his feelings for me.

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   “I like you a lot, Regina.” Jason finally said after moments of waiting to hear what he wanted to say, it wasn't news anymore. I knew he liked me and before now he’d always do his best to get my attention, which made his crush quite obvious to my friends and I.

We never believed he’d actually take this huge step.

I kept staring at him, maintaining eye contact that was difficult for him to maintain. I watched as he played around with his fingers while he talked and it all was amusing to me.

“Will you be my girlfriend?” He asked and that seemed like a blow to me, it wasn’t just a blow, it was more like an insult, a disrespect.

“I’m going to pick those litters.” I replied and he looked around as he ended up looking back at me in shock and confusion.

I would never touch dirt, not even as a punishment.

“What?” He asked as he tried to move closer to me but the stare I shot at him made him stop.

“I thought we were saying the most impossible things?” I asked as I rolled my eyes, “Me and you is equal to never. What the hell made you think I like you enough for you to come here and ask me to be your girlfriend?” I asked, almost raising my voice at him.

“But... I...” He struggled with what he wanted to say, making me even angrier as he spoke. I warned him never to bring up anything like that as we would never work and I walked out on him, leaving him alone to his thoughts.

I would occasionally call him whenever I was around my friend and mimicked him the way he’d asked me to be his girlfriend, they’d all laugh except Angie who seemed to like him a little around that period.

It wasn’t up to a month that she told me she and Jason were now dating so I had to stop being the bully I was to him.

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   He sat with us at the cafeteria and they both started being mushy, making my stomach ache a little, Angie doesn’t really deserve what she had.

Jason is definitely too good for someone as vile as Angie.

Lunch break was over and we all stood to go to our various classes, the next period was free for me and Jason walked with us as we got to our locker, waiting a little to have a chat with his girlfriend and just as I’d remembered, they soon started kissing.

Ditching the duo because I didn’t want to see them kissing this time, I walked out of the hallway to find a spot to think, I needed to clear my head, I needed a plan.

How do I get back at those evil people behind my death?

The sound of a car that drove into the school yard interrupted my thought.

I glanced up at the car and out of it, slowly feeling my entire countenance change while the hair on my body rose to attention, as the car opened as I can perfectly remember, and out came Dean Parker.

My future evil boyfriend. The devil I fell in love with, and the one who had killed me.