Chapter One: It's Just Another Day

“Great, another day”, I say to myself as I get up and get ready. I mean, I would be excited, if I weren’t a total geek. Trust me, I’m not the only one who notices it either, everybody does. I hear them whispering behind my back, and It’s kind of sad. You see, Parkel High School, the school I attend, is the craziest thing I’ve ever been through. Walking through those doors every weekday morning is insane. I feel like I’m walking through a jungle full of wild animals trying to attack me and prey on me, like I’m their meat.

It’s my Senior year, and so far, I’ve made no dent in my reputation at that school. I feel like this year, I should be different, I should change. I always ask myself, “Who am I kidding? I’ll always be this person.” Then I tell myself to snap out of it Jenna. Oh by the way, that’s my name. In case you haven’t guessed. Yeah, I know, the name is lame too, right? 

I lay back in my bed and sigh. I’m a loser. I’ve never had a boyfriend, yes, you’ve read that correctly, never. I don’t wear any makeup, putting it on is a challenge to me even. I have nothing but what people call those thrift store, only unnoticeable people wear clothes, I wear those huge glasses that I have to constantly push up because they’re too big for my abnormally small head, and oh yeah, I only have one friend.

I guess having one friend isn’t bad. Especially since she is my best friend. Her name is Jessica. Pretty name, right? It’s because she is pretty, and she is everything opposite of me. How we’re friends is beyond me, but we are, and yes, this friendship is actually real. It’s funny how we met. Well not really, just that cliche way that most best friends in high school meet. We were in Alpha room, and we sat next to each other. We hit it off when we were talking about how creepy the Alpha room teacher was. We were those two girls in the corner snickering and laughing and whom everybody else wanted to be quiet. From that day on, I knew that we were going to be seeing more of each other, not only because she was in all of my classes, but because we really clicked, and I knew that I could count on her to be a real friend to me.

I guess I’d better get right to the point though. Jessica wants me to go to her house today. I’ve been wondering all night what for since she insisted on waiting until I got there to see. I should be getting ready now, but I feel like walking out of my house would be social suicide. Therefore, I should just lay in my bed all day, right? No, I can’t. I can’t let my best friend down. I told her I’d be there, and so, I guess I’ll have to be there. Getting ready would be the best thing to do, but why should I get ready when everybody says that I look like I just got out of bed anyways? Might as well go just like this and show everybody the difference, or the lack of difference depending on who sees me.