Let This Go [part six]

"Hi!"
Katii shut her locker door and found herself looking at the smiling face of an amazingly pretty tanned girl with perfectly curled honey-blond hair. Katii vaguely wondered what a girl like her was even talking to a someone like her. She was straongly reminded of Ryann, from her old school.

Ryann was tall and thin. Ryann had the face of a supermodel. Ryann was popular. Ryann was the girl every boy wanted and the one every girl wanted to be.
However, Ryann hated Katii, which was strange because they used to be best friends in 8th grade, until so,ething happened and they fell apart. But what had happened didn't matter anymore. Katii found herself being Ryann's number one most hated person and vice versa.

"Hi," replied Katii. "Can I help you?"
The girl burst out laughing like it were the funniest thing in the world. "Oh, you're so funny, Kat!"
Katii raised an eyebrow. "Kat?"
"Your name's Katii, isn't it?" the girl asked, ignoring Katii's question. "My name's Colette. Call me Col if you want. Listen, d'ya want to sit with me and my friends at lunch today? You don't have to sit with those losers you normally sit with."
Katii frowned. "Losers? Look, they're my fr-"
"Pfft," scoffed Colette. "Friends, schmiends. You seriously don't want to be seen hanging around with them! Talk about doing social suicide!" She leaned back against the wall of lockers and twirled a strand of her expensively highlighted hair. "So we'll see you at lunch, yeah?"
"Umm..." Katii hadn't even finished her reply before Colette had adjusted her Chanel tote bag on her shoulder and walked away. Huh? thought Katii, turning back around again but she soon forgot about it when she spotted Josh starting towards her.
He kissed her on the cheek. "Hey you."
"Hey yourself," smiled Katii. "Listen, what do you know about Colette?"
Josh glanced at Katii. "Colette? Well, she's a total bitch. She rules the social scene around here, full stop. She's a prep - she hates us."
"Us?"
"As in Hayley, Zac, Jer, me..." Josh glanced at Katii again. "Why?"
Katii fiddled with the bow in her hair. "Just wondering. She just randomly came to me and started talking to me."
"Don't believe everything that she says." Katii was about to ask him what he was talking about when the bell rang and Josh gave her a peck before hurrying off to his class.

"Hi!" Colette gently bumped her hip against Katii's. They were queueing up for food, both with their hands full. Katii glanced at her.
"Hi." Katii paid for her chips and turned. She scanned the room for Josh and the others. She was about to start in their direction when Colette interupted.
"You're sitting with us today, remember?" she said, flashing her perfect teeth. "Come on!" She started off towards a larger table in the centre of the room.
Katii dithered, looking at Josh's table then back at Colette.
"Katii! Over here!" Hayley waved at her.
"Katii..." Colette was staring at Katii who then mouthed Sorry at Hayley before following Colette.

"Hi Col!" Another blonde girl with heavily mascared eyes smiled at them.
"Hey. Guys, I'd like you to meet Katii. She's from New York," Colette introduced. All the people around the table looked at Colette then at Katii. Katii noticed that they were a very good looking bunch.
"Hi Katii!" a gorgeous redhead greeted her. "Come sit here."
Obediently, Katii sat down beside the ginger, opposite from a dark haired boy. She noticed that he was really hot. He grinned at her.
"The name's Colton," he told her.She smiled nervously back at him. The redhead laughed and threw a paperball at him.
"Colton!" She turned towards Katii. "Ignore Colton, he's a total flirt. I'm Georgie, by the way."
"Georgina Patricia Rotherington," Coltonexplained. The whole table exploded with laughter.Georgie pouted prettily at him.
"Shut up! I hate that name!Everyone calls me Georgie though," she said to Katii. Katii smiled politely.
"So you're from NY?" asked a shiny haired brunette. She had the most beautiful hair Katii had ever seen. She nodded.
"Ooh, what's it like there?" asked Georgie.
"Um. Busy, loud. Cold," she added. Everyone around the table laughed.
"Isn't she hilarious?" cooed Colette. "I feel like we're sisters already!" she beamed.
"Except that you're from what, China?" asked Georgie.
"Japan," Katii corrected her.
"Oh! Sorry," she apologised.
"Japanese girls are always pretty," said Colette. She turned to the rest of the table. "Aren't they?"
They all nodded in agreement. "Gorgeous," said Colton, giving Katii a flirty look. Georgie rolled her eyes at Katii in a oh-here-we-go-again way. Katii giggled. "What? They are," said Colton. He grinned at Katii again.

"You know," the shiny haired brunette who was called Shona said. "You should totally come and sit with us again."They all nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, you won't need to sit with thegeeks you normally sit with," said Colton."Y'know, Josh freakin' Farro and all that lot."
"Music freaks," added Shona, flicking her hair over her shoulder.
"Yeah, I told her that as well," saidColette, turning towards Katii.
"Here, what class you got now?" Colton asked Katii. "I'll walk you there."
"He's just so sweet, isn't he?" Colette cooed. Her and Shona laughed.
Colton made a face and he gently steered Katii away from them. "I got gym class now," she told him.
"Alright." He fell into step beside her and they walked along in silence for a few seconds. He smiled at her. "So..."
"So."
Colton reached out and took her hand. Katii tensed. He gave her a look. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing. Oh look, we're here," she turned towards Colton. There was something very controlling about this guy, she thought. He grinned at her before bringing her hand up to his lips. She giggled and he let go of her hand.
"See you," he said,winking. Katii smiled back andpushed open thechanging room doors.

"So..." said Josh. He gave Katii an enquiring look.
Josh and Katii had gym together on Thursdays.Right now they were sitting on the bench, waiting for their turn on the rope.
The Rope. Every term, the gym teachers made everyone have an attempt at climbing the rope. They were supposed to reach the top, then climb back down again, but hardly anybody managed it. Of course all the jocks succeeded. If you made it, the teachers immediately treated you like their best friend. If you didn't, then well...
"So what?" Katii looked at Josh sideways.
"I saw you at the preps' table at lunch," he said slowly. "And with Colton after too."
"Yeah," said Katii. "And?"
"You don't want to mix with them."
"It's called branching out, Josh," Katii replied irritably. Josh got up as it was his turn on the rope.
"Yes, but with them?" He looked up at the rope and grabbed the bottom.
"What's your problem?" said Katii, watching him scale the rope and scale back down again with ease. He jumped back down. The gym teacher beamed at him and clapped him on the back.
"Me? I don't have a problem," he replied shortly. "It's your turn by the way."
Katii got up relunctantly and took hold of the rope. She started to haul herself up. Damn, my arms hurt, she thought. She dragged herself up halfway and managed a couple more centimetres before slipping.
"Shit!" she yelled and fell onto the floor. The gym teacher ran towards her. After a lot of fussing about, she turned back towards the class.
"She's OK!" and told the next person to do a better job on the rope.
Josh looked down at Katii. He took her hand and helped her up. "Just don't trust them, OK?" he said, watching her brush the dust off her sneakers.
"Yeah yeah," Katii waved a hand dismissively.
"And that Colton guy?"
"What about him?"
Josh paused. "Just...watch out for him. He's..." Katii waited for him to finish but he didn't. He just walked away, leaving Katii standing there confused.

Colton's what?

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