shelves at the back of the class She turned her back to the class as she crouched down to look at the books I looked over at Vanessa She was looking down at her desk Everyone was talking about her and she knew it Courtney reached up and pulled her long hair into pretend pigtails Then she made a grunting sound Everyone laughed even the boys Mrs Case stood up What she asked the class Courtney had her hands on her desk now She looked innocent The teachers never knew how mean she was to everyone else Mrs Case turned back to the shelf I know it has to be here somewhere She knelt down next to the shelf I looked over at Vanessa She was taking
out her pigtails first one and then the other She put the hair bands on her wrist Then she opened her backpack and took out her brush Psst said Grace She pointed at Courtney Courtney was pretending to brush her hair But the look on her face was just awful She held her chin up and closed her eyes She was acting like she was a beauty queen This made the class laugh even louder Settle down said Mrs Case She stood up and brushed her hands together I just can’t find it She walked over to Vanessa You can share books with Sara for now said Mrs Case Who me I looked up at Mrs Case Okay I muttered You’re such a nice girl Sara said Mrs Case Then she walked to the front of the room Okay class open your math books to
page 157 You’ll need a pencil and paper too There was a flurry of activity as everyone got ready for math Finally we could stop looking at the new girl I remembered how terrible that felt Courtney turned and looked at me She puckered her lips three times in a row A kiss up Courtney thought I was a kiss up It wasn’t like I had a choice But I knew what was coming next Courtney didn’t like it when someone else got attention She wanted to be in the spotlight at all times If you took that away from her she always got back at you somehow
Dumped Scraape Vanessa pushed her desk next to mine I mean they were touching and everything There that’s better Now I can see the book said Vanessa Everyone in the class turned around to look I was starting to get uncomfortable Good thinking Sara Mrs Case finally said Courtney glared at me I was the center of attention again She didn’t like that not one bit I knew trouble would be coming my way later Grace turned her head sideways as if to ask what are you doing
