chapter 3 The Queen Bee

The cafeteria was louder than I expected. Voices rose and fell. Laughter rang out from every corner. I balanced my plate carefully following Amily and lily as they scanned for seats. That's when I saw him again. Nuel sitting near the window sunlight spilling across his shoulders like the universe wanted to show him off, wanted to make my heart flutter, my cheek and ears red. He was leaning forward, listening intensively but not to one of his friends. IT WAS HER. She was there,the girl from the fountain.

Her skin is bright and smooth,her hair hair shimmered under the light, every strand falling perfectly into place as if she'd stepped out of a magazine,her blazer was sharp and ironed well,her nails painted a glossy red and her smile........ That smile was dazzling the kind that pulled all the attention in the room without even trying,the kind that gets head turning.

Amily followed my gaze and raised an eyebrow. " ohhh so that's her ." my stomach twisted, fear gripping my chest as I mustered to ask " her who?""the one you've glaring at like she stole your favourite dessert "I'm not glaring." I said quickly but my voice was too defensive and loud. The whole cafeteria looking our way. Amily smirked not buying it.

The girl laughed at something Nuel said tossing her hair back with practice ease. Even her laugh was perfect (arggggghhhhhhhhhh) sharp, confident,full of a kind of power I could never fake.

That's Danielle," Lily whispered as though sharing a secret."people are already calling her the queen bee. She was a big deal in high school. I think rich, popular, scary-smart,call attention to herself, sociable with boys, confidence and bold."

I swallowed hard, my appetite disappeared. Of course she has a name like Danielle. Of course she already had a reputation. Of course she was exactly the kind of girl a boy like Nuel would notice. Of course all the boys will love her. Of course my Nuel is already attracted to her.

"Don't worry" Lily said nudging me "she might look shiny and cute but not all things that glitter is gold, shiny doesn't always mean sweet. People like that...... They usually have cracks underneath."

Maybe lily was right. But sitting there, watching Nuel smile at Danielle as if she was the most interesting person in the world but sitting there watching them so close together the knot in my chest tightened and angered all over and not feeling comfortable . Amily could see my uneasiness and tried to cheer me up but it isn't helping at all. Lily also tried in her our way by bringing up the latest campus gossip but I wasn't intrigued,my main focus was on their table 😔 how close together they were. Arghhhhhhhhhhh how I wish I could go over to their table and know why they are so engrossed in whatever they were talking about 😑 and after thinking for awhile all I could see were the cracks in myself. Arghhhhhhhhhhh this is frustrating 😪💔😔

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