Riley could not believe what she was reading she wanted to scream her head off,she wanted to explode. She read on,and discovered that it was all she had written in her little black notebook.
"Oh,no!"
She was panicked,she searched for her notebook,but it wasn't in her room,"mum must have taken it"she shrieked,not wanting to believe that was true. But everything happening now was real,and she could do nothing about it.
"If I delete that post now.."she was thinking but her mum and brother came in her room,and she freaked out,she almost dropped her phone.
"Are you alright? You seem pretty shaken up"her mother said,only making her more edgy.
"No,why would you say that?"Riley asked,making her mum suspicious.
"Just came to tell you to get some shut eye, tomorrow is school"Her mother said.
"Alright,good night"she sharply said and ushered her mum out of the bedroom.
She panicked like crazy,she rolled in bed all night long,she was beyond shy and embarrassed she wrote the most intimate things,which were only for her alone,but now,the entire school had found out.
"He must have read it and thought am such a weirdo,or worse,a creppy person,or a maybe even a stalker!"Riley panicked.
"What if he stops sitting beside me,oh no,or he moves away"she thought.
"How am I gonna go to school?"she thought,she wished that she had fallen sick tomorrow and the sickness would last three years,when the news would have weared away.
Her mind was a humble of thoughts,she had no sleep at all.
"Maybe it won't be all that bad..maybe nobody even read that article"she thought trying to comfort herself.
She picked up her phone and looked at the number of views,"one thousand views and seven hundred comments!"she yelled.
"Are you good up there?"she heard,her mom was asking from the dining,well yelling anyways.
"Yeah mum"she yelled back,as calmly as possible.
"What am I gonna do!"she thought,her thoughts and questions kept on flooding her mind,making her loose all chances of sleeping,she stated awake all night. Occupying her mind with thoughts of Raley,what would have been his immediate reaction. She was so obsessed with him that she wanted to write about his face,but of course writing got her into this. Getting out of this one would be tough.
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The next morning was not no help,her stomach churned,how was she going to face everyone. Charlene couldn't even keep her anonymous,she was hopeless.
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No doubt all eyes were on her,she felt like the ground should just open up and swallow her. She clutched unto her bag, nervousness radiating all over her face.
She knew she really was the hot topic,everyone's attention was completely on her,right from morning assembly up till Lunch time.
Luickly,Raley and the team were all busy doing runs,and practices for the game next week.
She was about to pop when mike,her best friend came up to her holding a tray.
"What the heck happened?"He asked her,"I...I have no idea how it happened,I just fell sick,and wrote into my black notebook but..."
Mike cut her off.
"So,that's what you've been writing in there,how did it get on the site?"he asked,"am thinking my mum took it to school,thinking it was my other notebook"Riley said,still very worried.
"What am I supposed to do?"she asked.
"okay,I think that you have to calm down"Mike said,and she took in deep breaths. "Next,I think you should not bother yourself,besides,my brother did not see it till this morning,the team have been really busy"Mike said,referring to Marc his brother. Mike was the artist and Marc was the jock,and Mari their sister was the singer in the family. Three triplets.
"He's seen it?"Riley asked trying not to scream her head off.
"Yes,but if he's just seeing it now...am sure Raley hasn't seen it yet,beside,he's busy memorizing all the plays and stuff they do"Mike said,he had very little knowledge on Football.
"Yeah... that's right...yeah...am sure he doesn't even read that stuff anyways"she said trying to calm herself down."What if someone shows it to him?"she asked,but it seemed like Mike wasn't even paying her attention,she wrinkled her brows,but all her concentration shifted when a hand tapped her shoulder.
She felt something warm course through her,she squirmed,and looked over her shoulder,and yes he was there.
She jumped out of her seat,facing him fully,her breath shaky.
"Can we talk?"he asked her,three guys behind him,one of them was Marc
"I'm...Raley"he said and brought out his hand to shake hers.
She stared at it,then at Mike,everyone at the cafeteria was fixated on them.
"Tell me am still dreaming!"she said,thinking she was thinking but didn't realise she said that out loud.
Mike hit his head with his palm,and giggles were heard about the room. Now she wanted the ground to open up and swallow her up.
"Why notebook! Why!"

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