Annie and Genny are talking on their way to school. They are strolling on the sidewalk.
"So Will took you home?", Genny asks.
"Yes", Annie answers with a groan as it was not the first time Genny was asking that question since she told her how she got through yesterday.
"Why are you sounding like that? You don't realize how surprising this is, do you? Will's car is only for showoff, he never gives anyone a lift except Ricky and by extension, me of course".
"Even the Le cinq guys?"
"Very rare"
"Wow that's..…. I don't know, he's so sparingly nice apparently"
"Yes, that's the word for it"
"So why is he being overly nice to me?"
"I don't know", Genny answers just as Annie's phone rings.
"Hello? Who's this?"
"It's Will", the caller replies.
"Oh! I didn't sa
Will meets Annie on his way inside and she smiles at him. He smiles back though angry about Bianca and stops beside her."I saw you and your girlfriend", she taunts and he frowns."Annie""Someone's in a bad mood, fought with your girlfriend?""I've told you she's not my girlfriend""Fine, I'll stop", she says finally coming off her playful mood. "Why are you angry?""She's being annoying""Bianca?""Who else?""Come on, let's find an empty class. You look like you need to sit", she suggests and drags him off before he could reply. They enter a class and sit down close to each other. "Tell me about Bianca, How is she being annoying? How'd you get stuck with her in the first place?""You shouldn't bother with that""We always talk about me whenever we're together. It
Will draws out the chair beside him with a smile as Annie comes close to his table. She sits on the chair and drops her tray."Hi guys""Hey Annie-B", Bob greets and she laughs."What the hell is Annie-B?""Will won't let us call you beauty Queen also so I had to create my own name for you""And that was what you could think of? So petty", Will comments with a frown."Why won't you say so when you're so possessive about her?", Kenneth who had come to like Annie says and Annie laughs."Genny didn't come with you?", Harrison asks."No,she sat with Rick today""Starting to like her? She's someone's girl", Dave taunts and they all laugh excluding Harrison of course."You are stupid for saying that", Harrison tells Dave and everyone on the table laugh at him again."Whoa chill
Annie finds out that Carrie and Brenda live in the same neighborhood as she and Genny so on the morning of the next day, Brenda and Carrie come to Annie's house and meet her having breakfast. Annie's father, Bruce Porter was the one who welcomed them in."Look at her still eating like a princess, do you realize you have to go to school?", Carrie queries and Annie laughs."Don't go all elder sister on me, I'm an only child. Besides, A girl has the right to eat.", Annie argues and they laugh including her father."I'll be upstairs sweetheart", Bruce says and leaves them alone."You really are a daddy's girl", Brenda teases.Annie soon finishes eating and after informing her father, heads out with Brenda and Carrie. They walk ahead and meet Genny on her way to Annie's house."Hey Genny", Annie greets with a wave and smile on seeing Genny."Hey", Gen
Genny is dressed up for school on Monday morning and is about to leave her room for breakfast when she receives a text message from Annie. "I'm in front of your house, let's head to school", the text said. "Why don't you go with your friends? It's the ABC girls with no mention of Genny", she texts back. "Come on Genny, don't be like this", Annie replies and she ignores the text. "Come out please", Annie texts again. Genny ignores her again and stuffs her phone into her bag before walking out of the room. She heads to the dinning area and meets her parents eating. Her father, Mr. Frederick Houston was a businessman who was rarely home while her mother, Grace was a stay-at-home mom. Mr. Houston had promised to set up a supermarket for her when Genny graduated middle school as Genny was their youngest child but was yet to do so, now postponing it to when Genny graduated from
Annie collapses into her bed and groans exasperatedly."Remind me never to go to Genny's house again""I told you guys they were crazy. See what you get for insisting?", Genny mocks."I can't believe I promised to help my mom work in her daycare on Saturday for this", Carrie grunts and Brenda bursts into laughter."You did that?", Brenda says in between laughter."She wanted me to go shopping for her, it was the only way I could escape it", Carrie whines."Oww… don't be too sad. What if I come help you out? Children love me", Annie offers and Carrie beams."Really?""Yes""Arghh I'm so relieved. Maddie is going out on Saturday, I was really scared of being alone in the daycare""I would have come too since it's my fault you're in that mess but I doubt my wonderful parents will agree"
Bianca walks into the class on Monday morning with a wide smile."Hey everyone, party at my house, Wednesday night, everyone's invited", she announces and everyone cheers.Genny and the ABC girls enter the class in the middle of the cheering and are puzzled. They begin to head to a free seat ignoring the noise."Hey Annie", Bianca greets and Annie turns in shock. "Aren't you going to come for my party?""Umm…. I don't know""Come on, just say yes. It'll be fun, besides you haven't attended any party since you joined us""I…""It's also a celebration for the competition we won on Friday. You were the one who contributed to us winning the competition, you should be there""Umm…. okay", Annie replies and Bianca smiles widely. Annie sits near her friends with a puzzled look. "Have I just made an oath with the devil?""Most likely", Genny replies
Annie walks downstairs to meet Brenda and Carrie who were waiting for her with a smile."What the…..", Carrie exclaims."Look who was telling us we overdressed", Brenda says and Annie laughs."I really thought so but then I realized I have never partied since I got here. You guys are the ones showing me the ropes""Good you realized", Carrie replies and stands up. "Let's go rock that party""Will is so going to die today", Brenda yells and Annie who was already downstairs slaps her shoulder.They arrive at Bianca's house and meet the party already booming. Bianca welcomes them in with a smile."Hey ABC girls", she yells and Annie smiles."That name has really come to stay huh?", Carrie says and Bianca laughs."Where's Genny?""She couldn't make it", Annie replies."Oh no, I'm so sorry. I really wished that she would come"
Will and Carrie enter the kitchen and find Annie and Jake heavily kissing making them pause in shock. Will only snaps out of his daze when Jake begins taking off Annie's dress and he rushes to drag him off Annie. They begin fighting and Carrie rushes to Annie."Annie? Annie! How do you feel?""Why are there two Wills?", Annie stutters and Carrie slaps her face gently."Annie!", Carrie yells and Annie laughs."Why do you sound so worried? I'm fine….", Annie is saying when she slumps to the floor."Will!!", Carrie yells. Will pushes Jake off himself and rushes to Annie."Annie, Annie look at me", Will shouts shaking her body. Carrie gets water from the sink and pours it on Annie's face making her jerk awake. "Annie?", Will calls as her eyes open."This Will sounds real", Annie murmurs and he exhales."Beauty Queen,
Will finally realizes Bianca's intent as Annie puts up her hand. She wanted to make Annie angry with him. Why was she such a sneaky bitch, he complains internally. "Annie, I really didn't", he tries to explain but she puts a finger to his lips. "I told you to shut up, didn't I? I know what she did. I saw her jump on you immediately we came out. She is trying to make me jealous, I know" "So you don't have a problem with that?" "I would if we were dating, but not with you, with her actually. But since we aren't dating…..", she trails off and shrugs. "So you're okay with it because you know that I won't cheat on you?", he asks. "If you mess around with Bianca, it doesn't mean you're cheating on me. We're not dating", she replies and his countenance sinks. "What can I do to make you trust me?" "It'll take a lot of time Will", she replies and he exhales. "Hey Carrie", Will says after a brief silence. "So you finally notice me now huh?", she replies. "Well it
The cheerleaders are standing in the field two days later to vote for their new head-cheerleader. The previous day's nominations had declared Annie, Bianca, Carrie and a grade ten student named Brittany the final candidates. While Bianca viewed the election as a competition and had been walking around all day asking people to vote for her, Annie and Carrie felt totally unbothered. "Okay I want Annie, Bianca, Carrie and Brittany to stand in a straight horizontal line", their coach orders and they act accordingly. "Now all those voting for them should just stand behind them", she commands and everyone starts choosing places. When they are done, Maddie and other grade twelve students who were on the team count the number of people who stood behind each contestant. Grade twelve students were not allowed to vote, they could only participate in nomination. "Okay. At the end of this voting exercise,I am pleased to announce the results. Brittany has 39, Carrie has 41, Annie has 50 an
Will is turning about in his bed at night. He previously didn't think he would be so affected if Annie rejected his love but now that she did….. he couldn't sleep, he couldn't even pick up his phone without wanting to re-read the message she sent to him just to check if it was real. All his music suddenly seemed annoying to him but he was bored as hell. "Argh…. why did I fall in love in the first place?", he complains and curses. He had already drank three bottles of beer but suddenly lost interest in getting drunk and stopped. He was trying to keep in how hurt he felt but it was consuming him on the inside. He is still tossing about in his bed when his phone rings. He picks it and it was Annie. He tries to ignore it like he did the previous night but she seemed to be more persistent today. He switches off his phone and tosses his pillow away exasperatedly. He groans and continues tossing around in his bed. He is finally about to sleep off when he hears the doorbell. He frowns
Annie walks into school hurriedly with Brenda and Carrie. Annie had woken up late making them late and now they only had a few minutes left till their class would begin. They all rush to their lockers and grab their books before heading to class. Fortunately, they get in just before the teacher enters. "Good morning students", the teacher greets and the students reply half-heartedly while some do not reply at all. Only a few students replied eagerly which was usually Annie's clique but not today. Upon entering the class, she had looked around for Will and found him bowing his head on his desk. Maybe he was really sick like she had previously assumed. She turns to look at him again and catches him staring. She smiles on catching him and he turns away. She felt her countenance sink as he turned away. Will didn't usually turn away when she caught him staring even before he confessed his feelings. He would always wink at her or chuckle and after confessing his feelings, he could ev
The ABC girls walk out of school together heading to the school bus. The cheerleaders were having their final competition in Boston. They enter the bus and head to the backseat together. "Hannah, come sit here with Bianca", their coach orders and Annie frowns. "I'm serious", she adds on seeing she was reluctant. Annie joins Bianca in her seat which was almost at the front of the bus. "Get in, I don't want to seat by the window", Bianca snarls and Annie rolls her eyes. She had already wanted to seat by the window so was glad Bianca didn't like that spot. She sits by the window and sets down her bag. The bus had just started the journey when Annie's phone beeps. She checks it and sees it was a message on WeChat from Will. "Just saw the bus leaving, good luck with the competition", he texted. "Shouldn't you be in class?", she texts back. "I'm in class", he replies. "And you're texting me?" "I miss you already", he texts and she smiles. Bianca peers into her phone and see
Will and Annie sit beside each other inside the dark cupboard. "Why didn't you agree with me? We could have skipped this", Annie complains. "I wanted a few minutes with you, it's been almost a week since we talked", he replies and she is quiet. "I don't know what it'll take to make you accept my feelings" "It's not my fault that I don't trust you" "So you actually believe that I love you?" "I don't know", she admits just as he draws closer to her. "Hey we're already tight enough, why are you drawing even closer?" "Can't you tell?" "Tell that?" "I'm about to kiss you" "No way I'm letting you show off my underwear for a stupid game", she says but he was already straddling her before she finished. "Will, stop", she stutters. "Just let me Annie, for tonight, I won't talk of it after tonight", he pleads then kisses her. She refuses to open up so he sucks on her bottom lip begging for entrance. He breaks the kiss when she doesn't still kiss him back and is
"Football meeting at the locker room, right now", Kenneth tells Will and Rick as they enter school, making them begin heading to the locker room. As they open the door, they are glitter bombed and the football guys laugh at Will's shocked expression. "Time to showcase our newest trophy", someone yells and Will grins. He walks to the center of the gathering where the trophy they earned the previous night stood. He lifts the trophy and they begin to cheer as he takes it to the transparent glass cabinet where they stored their trophies. He keeps it inside and the cheers heighten. He shuts the cabinet and turns around. "Who just won the championship?", Will yells. "The Brooklyn Giants!!!", everyone yells in reply. "I said who just won the championship?", he yells again and they give the same reply in a louder tone. "Damn guys, I'm so happy. I don't even know what to say" "Say you'll attend the party at my house", a grade twelve student, Travis says walking towards Will. "N
Will trudges into his home and collapses into a cushion, shutting his eyes for some seconds before standing up. He walks towards the refrigerator in the dinning area to bring out a beer. He sits on one of the dinning chairs and opens the beer, taking several sips before putting the beer down.He still couldn't believe what happened, it was all a spur of the moment. He really thought that he was still yet to accept that he was truly in love with Annie, but he found himself telling her he loved her in the next moment.He hated the idea of being in love because he felt it was no fun, full of responsibilities and getting hurt was inevitable once you were in love but he had slowly come to realize that love could be fun after Annie had already stolen his heart.He was right about the hurt though, the rejection hurt like hell. He couldn't remember when last he wanted to get drunk but now he found himself wanting to get drunk because
"What is going on with you and Will?", Annie hears as she is keeping her books in her locker and turns. It was Jake. "I don't believe we are close enough for you to ask me such question", she replies and he forces her locker shut to get her attention. "Maybe I messed up. I shouldn't have worked with Bianca, maybe I shouldn't want you back after what I did. But, it happened already", he says with a shrug. "I'm not saying what I did was right, but what I'm saying is that I'm sorry. We can just be friends. I still love you though but I like being your friend better than this position we're in" "Jake please, I don't have the energy for this" "I know you don't, I can see that your disagreement with Will is draining your energy, and Will's too" "Don't get me started with Will, I already feel guilty enough" "What happened?" "We kissed. I've been