The Middle School Tale

Chapter 4

The Jealousy

Then I heard Gabriella. She had lost it! She started screaming and throwing a temper tantrum! I could just hear what she was thinking! "I can't believe her! I'm better than her!" That was probably what she was thinking but she said it out loud also. She wasn't my only friend. I had a few other friends also. Like Karen and Amy! Yeah... I guess they were my friends. But Gabriella had really lost it! She accidentally (I think) knocked over Stephan's soda! Then she stormed out of the movie theater while still screaming words I couldn't understand or wanted to understand! My head was off of Kyle's shoulder by now, and Stephan was staring at me. He looked really hurt. Or he knew something that was hurtful to him or someone else. Maybe like Gabriella. Kyle seemed really embarrassed and I felt bad for him. He just witnessed a 8th grade female breakdown. Stephan left the theater. Right then, the "Silence is Golden" came on the movie theater screen and you could still hear Gabriella yelling in the distance! No one had the nerve to laugh. EVERYONE was staring at me and Kyle. Then the movie started. The first split second was someone getting murdered. And it really surprised me so I yelped and, without trying to, clinged onto Kyle. Everyone was still in shock at what Gabriella had done and couldn't believe it. It was almost scarier than the movie! And then everyone except Kyle looked at me with anger in their eyes. I didn't know what was going on, so I asked Kyle.

"I'm not mad at you Kandy. But everyone else is."

"Why?!" I almost yelled because I was so confused.

"Apparently, Gabriella really likes me and she said that you only went out with me to make her mad."

"WHAT?!" I screamed. "That is so not true!"

"She told it to me on IM and then sent the chat to everyone."

"Oh my god." I felt like crying.

"She also said... that you don't even like me and that you were just pretending."

"I-I...I..." I didn't know what to say. Because that was true before but now I think I'm starting to like him for real. And that will probably get Gabriella even more mad! And I didn't think that was possible! I could tell Kyle was hurt.

"HEY!" We heard a man yell from the back doors of the movie theater. "That's her!" Everyone turned their heads to see a young, African American man with a lot of tatoo's. Him and his gang were all glaring at me with determination in their eyes. "Oh. My. God." I breathed.