AMELIA Falling For My Best Friend

AMELIA: Falling For My Best Friend

Written By

Okwuma Esther (Esther~Writes)

Chapter One- AMELIA'S POV.

The school Gym was packed with students; everyone seemed excited as they watched the cheer team practice their end-of-year parade.

Loud pop music from one of Taylor Swift's popular jams played in the background as the girls danced.

It has been one busy summer, and I couldn't believe I was finally done with the school year and by September, I would be in my finals. My eyes darted around the gym as I watched guys gush over how sexy the cheer team was.

Not to lie, they were all hot, including the guys, with the hottest one being Valerie, the cheer captain and my nemesis. I could not help but glare at her with jealousy brimming in my heart; Valerie was the queen of Ravers High School. She was the typical blonde queen bee that was super rich.

As much as I hate her at times I wished I had her perfect body so that I would be out there with them. I love cheerleading, but unfortunately, I wasn't built for it.

Valerie changed her boyfriends like how she changed her expensive designers. Valerie stopped her flips as if sensing my gaze, then looked in my direction. It wasn't hard to spot me out among a crowd of students because of my appearance which I would describe as always sticking out.

A challenging smirk graced her lips, and she purred in her annoying, pitchy voice. "Amelia honey, do you want to try a flip? You can join the team if you can do one flip." She taunted then did a simple flip that got everyone laughing.

Now, everyone's attention was on me, Amelia; I was popular in school, but not for the right reasons. My hands clenched listening to her mocking tone.

She turned to face me with a smug look and her hands crossed under her bosoms. "Oh, I forgot you can barely work with your weight, and if you do a flip, you will most probably break the floor." She insulted me in front of everyone, and there was a roaring laugh.

"Wait don't tell me miss fatso wants to be on the team."

"She needs to step down on those burgers."

"She is too overweight to join. How would they carry her? The entire team can't even lift her!"

Following the queen bee lead, derogatory comments were now targeted at me. My hands clenched with my head bowed as I heard every one of those comments hit me hard in the heart, burning my chest with suffocating tears that threatened to spill over.

All I wanted was to watch the cheer practice for the end-of-school season game, but miss fatso was also not allowed to do that.

"Please stop," I mumbled, trying to stay strong, but the comments even got nastier.

"Aww, she can't talk. Don't tell me her mouth is too heavy to move. What a complete waste of space." Valerie's favorite minion and best friend, Hazel, sneered. That was enough, my fragile heart could not take it anymore. I tried but I couldn't.

Tears welled up in my eyes, but I refused to let them see me cry. I stood up quickly and stormed away.

"Make way for Miss Fatso before she flattens you!" Hazel's voice rang out, sharp and mocking. Laughter erupted behind me, but at least they parted to let me through.

Where was Dylan? He was usually the only one who ever stood up for me.

"Don't cry, Amelia. You're not fat, just plus-size," I kept whispering to myself as I hurried away. Well, hurried was a generous word. It felt more like escaping.

The gym door slammed shut behind me, and I pushed into the crowded hallway. People moved aside, but I kept my head down, not wanting to meet their looks of disgust.