All Chapters of The Selfie Secret: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

After my shower, I grabbed my phone from the desk.I turned it on, and my heart soon sank. My online boyfriend had sent a bunch of angry texts and was saying he wanted to break up.Scrolling up, I saw the reason: a photo of my roommate, Sadie Ferguson. It was a disaster.Her face was shiny with grease, and her forehead was a constellation of bright pimples.Her smile showed off yellow teeth with a hint of a chili pepper stuck between them.I almost dropped my phone, feeling sick to my stomach.I tried to explain it was not me, but he had already blocked me.Fuming, I turned to Sadie and demanded, "Why did you use my phone without asking?"And who gave you permission to send that awful photo?"Sadie just rolled her eyes and snapped, "As if your plain face could keep a guy's attention. I did you a favor by using my photo, and you don't even appreciate it!"I was at a loss for words. My face might have been plain, but I had been listed among the top ten prettiest girls in middle

[Seriously, ugly girl, you blocked me?][Just wait. I'll show everyone your account, and you won't be welcome in the music world anymore!]It was Carl's secret account.I looked through my old songs, and the comments were overwhelming.[An ugly girl with no love life shouldn't be daydreaming with music.][You're always trying to get attention with your voice. Isn't that gross?][I thought a voice like that would belong to a gorgeous girl, but it's just a loud, obnoxious person. It makes me sick.]I unblocked Carl.I saw his latest posts.[Here's the account of the ugly girl from yesterday. She's been sending me pictures, trying to bother me. Everyone, watch out!][She's from the music academy. If she shows up at the music festival, we've got to teach her a lesson.]Carl was too embarrassed to admit we had had an online fling, so he claimed I was bothering him.His mindless followers invaded my comments.I tried to explain that Carl was mistaken, but they would not listen.

Finally, the voice on the other end warned me not to sign up for the music festival, or else they would make me regret it.I hung up quickly and saw that my phone had blocked a bunch of spam calls.Soon after, my phone would not stop buzzing with call after call.I had to shut it down.I had no clue how my number got out.Thinking of Carl made me think of Sadie.I stormed out of the bathroom and confronted her during her live stream."Why did you give out my number?"You know your boyfriend doesn't like me, yet you still help him pick on me online!"Sadie looked away, feeling guilty.When I interrupted her stream, she got mad and pushed my hand."Why'd you turn off my stream? I'm about to go live with my big fan at ten!"Getting picked on online isn't a big deal."She slapped my hand so hard it turned red, but I just stared at her."If your boyfriend keeps trying to stop me from going to the music festival, if he keeps getting people to pick on me online and mess with my

I was so disgusted that I threw up everything I had eaten the night before.I was still shaken by Sadie's antics as I waited for Mabel in the classroom.Mabel saw how pale I was and thought I was just nervous. She tried to reassure me."Don't worry, you're going to do great. Just be yourself and you'll get a top spot."I nodded, took a deep breath, and tried to relax.The big college music festival had a scoring system, and the judges were the best musicians from all the schools.Hank, the crowd's favorite, was there too.His voice rang out clear and nice, calling out the names of us who were competing.When he called out Sadie's name, everyone looked around with curiosity, and the students from Future Tech University got super excited.People from other schools were wondering what the fuss was about.They boasted with pride."That's our senior Carl's girlfriend. Rumor has it she's drop-dead gorgeous with a voice like an angel!"The thought of a beautiful girl had everyone

The crowd let out a collective sigh."We thought Hank was out of breath from a love confession.""But this offer's even better, considering Hank's connections to the big leagues.""Isn't a career more important than a fling?"I nodded, intrigued."I'm interested."A smile played on Hank's lips.Amidst the playful stares, Carl dropped out of the contest.I took first place.As I stepped down with the trophy, Carl was waiting."Can we talk?" he asked.I gave him an icy look."We have nothing to discuss. You and I are nothing."Carl began, but his words trailed off."No! You were my girlfriend, and it was just a big mix-up that made me lose you. I never meant to hurt you. You're the one I really love!"Sadie shook as she ran over."Carl, what are you saying? Was everything we did together just a lie?"Carl was so mad at her that he just blurted out, "It's all your fault, stirring up trouble between me and Summer. I only took your side because you said she was being mean t