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“You're right, Kendra.” She laughed weakly. “God, if you want to know my opinion…”

“I don't!” But she ignored me.

“Your life will be miserable, Winfrey. It will be pathetic, because you are afraid to let people get close, that is the truth.”

“Jazmine and Sidney have been good friends.”

“They don't know you! Besides, I'm sure it's because, deep down, you don't see them as competition, because if you did, you'd make their lives hell, just like you did mine for years.”

I snorted and got up.

“I still hope you fall from the pyramid and break your neck, you bastard” Those were my last words before leaving and heading to the bathroom.

I needed to throw some water in my face before going feral and punching her in the face right there, because I would never admit that that snake was right about anything; and that, deep down, the cruel words had been true. Maybe I really underestimated my roommates, but not because I thought they were insufficient, it was just because… fuck. It was difficult not to do so after spending so many years in the world of sport. That whole environment was like a fucking jungle, we knew who could really threaten us and that little bitch made me feel like that. She did it all his life.

She did it because she, in fact, was the perfect cheerleader.

The girl with good grades and a boyfriend.

While I was always the girl with the iced heart, but not by choice, just out of... fear.

Veronica would never understand that. I hated her with every bone in my body because she was something I would never be.

“Hey, Ken?!” Jazmine's voice came from behind me.

Sidney appeared next.

“Don't listen to her…” Said the girl with black skin.

“She was very cruel…” Jaz pointed out.

I sniffed.

“I know how to be worse than her!” I declared angrily.

“Or you might be better than her, you know... just for a change.” Sidney pointed out, but that wasn't what I wanted to hear.

“I'm still going to end that sewer rat.” It was at this sentence that Sid and Jaz seemed to give up trying to convince me otherwise. “You don't understand, she's... fuck, she's mypersonal nightmare. It's something I shouldn't have brought from the small town I've lived in my whole life.”

“Kendra, she's not a threat to you.” Sidney insisted one last time.

“Yes, she is! She is because she is… perfect. And I... I'm a big mess...”And a big coward, my mind added.

Jaz tried to get closer, but I pushed her away, locking myself in one of the bathroom stalls, alone.

Going to a college party by myself was not the best idea, but the truth was that I needed to be alone. Furthermore, Sid and Jaz seemed upset by Veronica's comments about them. I didn't deny my vision and I didn't owe them an apology, it was the opinion of a third party, but even so, it seemed that a conflict had arisen between the three of us.

That's why I also needed distance from them. Colleen refused to come to the party, so all I had left was my own company and a restless mind.

I took another sip of my cherry drink, trying to relax as I swayed and moved subtly on the dance floor. Alone, a little melancholy and clearly depressed.

I wanted to laugh.

So this was rock bottom? Crap!

At some point, I felt hands grabbing my waist and I was ready to turn around and throw the drink from my glass in the person's face, until my eyes met Martin Jeffery.

“What do you want with me, piece of trash?”