Let Me Die

It's NOT Nice to be New (Arianna)

The arriving day could've been the annoying day, for all Arianna knew. Just because she wasn't some famous movie star, or a dentist that had been seen by at least a million people, Arianna was as special as a piece of lint at Zahdashian Academy, the name of the academy coming from the town's founder.

And the fact that she lived in the oldest, rumor-filled house now, didn't raise her popularity a single bit. If Nina had been there, she would've said, "You see all those people?? Their called haters. And haters are some sh*t!!" and that would've been it. But no. Nina wasn't there. She was back at Gana Point, probably texting her boyfriend Robin. Robin was pretty cute, but he definitely went better with Nina.

Nina made everything PERFECT.

It was kind of how Nina worked. Sometimes I would see her making a craft--lets say a cootie catcher. The glue would fall, the cutting would shift, and it would look like my usual artwork. She'd leave, and then 2 seconds later, it would look like Leonardo De Vinci had stormed his magical, professional paintbrush all around it. The same thing worked with boys...except Austin Mahone would replace Vinci. I walked through the glass hallways, observing everyone from a different view. Suddenly, I bumped into a girl with short black hair. "Excuse me" I squeezed behind her.

She turned my shoulder around and her dark black eyes stared into my light green ones. "Jamie wants to be you" and that was it. Was it a Zahdashian joke to mess with the new kid? I walked away, breathing heavily.