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Although Sarah tried to redeem herself, the
class was much colder towards her after what
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Her speech was a disaster.
The sentences were awkwardly worded, and
she misused several idioms. Her speech just
focused on how great she was. She talked
about her awards and honors, but she didn’t
mention one thing she’d do for the class. The
students started chuckling and making faces.
Sarah mumbled her way through her speech
and walked off stage, totally defeated.
I saw her glare at Tiffany, who immediately
looked down at her feet.
The votes were tallied, and I won the class
representative position.
Even though Sarah’s numbers were much
lower, she still managed to snag the treasurer
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The meeting ended, and I checked my phone,
seeing a bunch of messages from Michelle.
[How did it go? Sarah didn’t give you any
trouble, did she?]
[Even if you didn’t win, it’s okay. Your speech.
was great. Someone as awesome as you will
shine no matter where you are.]
My heart melted.
Michelle had to attend a club event today and
couldn’t be there for me.
I sent a “hugging” emoji, about to tell her
that I had won, when a hand grabbed my
shoulder from behind.
“Ashley, so sorry I’m late. I missed your
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“But you still did it! I knew my girl was the
best!”
It was Nick, my ex–boyfriend.
Oh, wait, now he’s my current boyfriend
again.
The guy was cute in a clean–cut kind of way. With his white shirt and perfectly styled hair, he stood out in a crowd of guys all tanned
from summer training.
I subtly moved away from his touch, smiling politely. “Thanks for coming to pick me up.”
But inside, I was cringing.
In my first life, Nick had pursued me since high school. He even changed his college
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plans and came to G University, just to be
near me.
I
I was so touched, that I said yes.
But then he listened to Sarah’s BS and
became suspicious of me. Add in my refusal
to stay over at his place, and he eventually got fed up and dumped me right when my depression was at its worst.
The worst part was, less than a week after our breakup, Nick was dating Jessica, thanks to Sarah’s meddling.
I found out after I died that Jessica had a crush on Nick the minute she saw him.
To win her sidekick over, Sarah pushed her old boyfriend into Jessica’s hands.
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plans and came to G University, just to be
near me.
I was so touched, that I said yes.
But then he listened to Sarah’s BS and
became suspicious of me. Add in my refusal
to stay over at his place, and he eventually
got fed up and dumped me right when my
depression was at its worst.
The worst part was, less than a week after
our breakup, Nick was dating Jessica, thanks
to Sarah’s meddling.
I found out after I died that Jessica had a
crush on Nick the minute she saw him.
To win her sidekick over, Sarah pushed her
old boyfriend into Jessica’s hands.
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But now that I had shut down her claims
about my sickness, what else was she gonna
try this time?
I was genuinely curious.
