Things Just Got Better by Patricia Nelcy (little bear else holmelund minarik txt) 📖

ball?” Amanda said with a kiddy voice.
“oh you still believe in Cinderella Amanda? I thought that was so first grade but then again, it takes blondes a really long time to get things.” I replied snidely then rolled my eyes and pushed past them. Violet had her jaw open while looking at Amanda and me back and forth. As soon as we got to somewhere far from Amanda, I squealed. I could not believe myself.
“Om-effing g! I cannot believe what you just told her that?” Violet said in a hushed tone.
“I know! What if she rips my head off?”I asked with a worried tone.
“She won’t. Trust me. Now that she knows that you can stand up to her she is not going to say peep! Did Addy give you some smart remark conditioner when she washed your hair because you just ultimately burned her life.” Violet said in awe with her eyes wide open. I squealed again, shook out the sparkly feeling, and started walking again. The sparkly feeling that I had shook off began to resurface again. I saw Vincent walking down the hall looking at me in amazement. He was wearing a navy long sleeve crewneck shirt with light faded jeans. He was so breathtaking it hurt to look at him but you could not help it. Within seconds later, he was in front of me smiling.
“Hey beautiful. You look extra beautiful today.” He said looking down at me. He gave me a sweet kiss that was short and meaningful. Violet looked as if she was going to faint over Vincent so I squeezed her hand so she would come back to reality.
“So, you must be the famous Vincent. My name is violet; I am Cassie’s best friend.” Violet said with her hand out for a handshake. He accepted the handshake then turned to me. I smiled for no reason, again. He took my hand and entwined his fingers in mine. Stop beating dang it, I told my heart. We started walking in the hall when I glanced over at violet. She seemed so uncomfortable it made me want to cry. It was always me and Violet. Until now of course. But seriously, she needs to get a boyfriend. I know it sounds somewhat snobbish considering that this is my first boyfriend; she needs to get with the program. You can’t seriously let one boy topple all your hopes for guys people! Violet looked around, saw Margie, and ran towards as if she had something so important to say to her. She just wanted to leave. I don’t blame her.
“Whew! I never thought she’d leave!” Vincent said. I looked at him while heat boiled in me a little bit. He sounded as if he wanted to get rid of her. I just rolled my eyes and pretended as if I didn’t hear him. It started getting quiet again so I brought up the time when I gave Amanda a smart remark back at her. He just nodded and continued to look straightforward. Obviously, he was bored. Then I started making fun of the Supremes saying things like they sounded like a Greek singing group. He stopped me then looked at me and started to speak.
“Why do you fun of them?” Vincent asked. The heat in me boiled a little more.
“Uhmmm let’s see. They constantly make fun of me, they get on my thickest nerves, and you saw when they made fun of me!” I pointed out looking at him straightforward.
“No, you got it all wrong. Amanda made fun of you, not the rest of the entourage.” He replied. I looked at him incredulously. How in the name of all things that is sane, could he just point Amanda out as if she is the only rotten poison of them? They all are the same! I didn’t realize that I boiling mad with anger. He put his arms on my shoulders and told me to “calm down”. Who would calm down when their boyfriend was giving favors to rotten seeds of a beautiful garden? I think I need a chainsaw; I have the sudden feeling to cut someone’s head off. Probably Vincent’s. I looked past Vincent to see Jennifer Mittone walking towards with absolute stride. She was by herself with her HTC Evo in her right hand and her jimmy Choo black suede medium shearling shoulder bag. She was wearing a BCBGMAXAZRIA blue wool striped turtleneck sweater dress with a Calvin Klein black wool blend double-breasted military coat that looked incredibly chic on her. She also had Fendi black suede cap toe ankle straps pumps and right there I realized that she was short. She stood in front of me and to the back of Vincent until she tapped him to turn around. He turned around confused to find Jennifer pursing her lips, which made her red lipstick more noticeable. I wondered what did she want and where was the rest of the posse?
“Ok listen up. Amanda thinks that was rude of you to do that because it’s kind of messed up to crack on her because she is blonde. It’s practically not her fault ok. And, she wanted to tell you Cassie that you did a nice improvement. I seriously never thought that hair was going to be tamed.” She joked lightly. I smiled only a little because a) she knows my name and b) she thought I looked nice. I noticed that Vincent was eyeing her big time. Practically eye raping her. Huh.
“Tell Amanda that I’m not saying anything until she comes here and talks to me face to face.” I told Jennifer. She raised her eyebrow then just shrugged. She turned her heel around then started walking towards her clique. I turned to face Vincent, but he wasn’t looking at me. He was looking at Jennifer’s long legs. I gave him a little tap on his cheek and he was completely startled to see me standing there.
“Uhmm why are you looking at her please? After all I am your girlfriend.” I told him with my eyebrow raised. He sighed then leaned in to kiss me. The kiss was somewhat like urgent and impatient and it really bothered me because he has been acting all weird ever since he saw violet.
“Look, I gotta tell you something. You know that group of girls that you can’t stand? Well, one of them is my just recent ex. I mean like minutes before I went out with you.” He said with a hushed tone while looking down at his shoes. Now I know why they looked shocked yesterday.
“Which one?” I asked.
“Guess.”
“Amanda?”
“Uh no. I wouldn’t want to try.”
“Jennifer?”
“Nope.”
“Final guess. Cara?”
He looked down and murmured yeah. I seriously had a feeling he had dated one of them. Still, it didn’t excuse the fact that he was drooling over Jennifer’s legs.
“So why were you staring at her legs?” I asked.
“Before I started talking to you, I was flirting with Jennifer. And now, she is completely ignoring me.” he said sadly. I looked at him dumbfounded as if I couldn’t believe him which I couldn’t. Vincent was a get-around guy. It was something that violet and I had make up for boys who flirted with girls too much. In addition, the sad part was, he wasn’t even ashamed. I was about to say something until someone tapped me. It was Amanda. She didn’t have a threatening look on her face as she usually does for me but she looked relaxed. She also didn’t look so primp as usual. She was wearing Wyatt grey jersey ruched long sleeve top with casual dark tinted stretch skinny jeans and Christian Dior light grey leather ballerina flats. She had her hair in a chignon with a grey bow on it, she had on M+ J Savitt jet, and crystal drop earring that complemented her silver hammered jet stone cuff.
“What you said this morning was really offensive.” She said bluntly. I really felt like slapping her at times like this.
“Well you are mean to me like everyday so who should be pissed? Me.” I responded. She squared her eyes then huffed. She then turned her eyes to Vincent then rolled her eyes.
“Ok, ok. I’m sorry. I’m sorry for making fun of you and I probably won’t be doing that often since you look like a decent human being now. Nice clothes too.’ She said while playing with my hair. if I had a description of how I felt, it would be a book. No homo.
“I forgive you. Under one condition.” I told her. She huffed, again, and harder.
“What?” she asked annoyingly.
“Tell me where you got those earrings.” I told her while smiling. She smiled back then said, “Bergdorf’s” and we laughed. Things were definitely getting better.
When it was one o’ clock, we had computer class which meant “chat time” for most people. Most of those people were violet and me. The fun part was that you could chat with anybody if you wanted to. I checked my messages and was surprised to have a message from Cara. I held my breath and clicked ‘read’.

From: carachicflick@branfordacademy.org
To: cassieclassie@branfordacamedy.org
Subject: watch out gurl
I could c that ur datin Vincent. I just wanted 2 tell u 2 watch out. He likes 2 roam ‘round so dnt feel as if ur in love aright? Vince wanted 2 b wit jenny first so at anytime he mite break up wit u.since u n Amanda r cool with each otha ill let u know if he is ‘bout 2 cut it off. Reply if u understand.
I blinked twice to make sure I was seeing the right message. Vincent was a roamer. Cara was giving me warnings. Amanda and me were cool. There was so much to contemplate in such little time. it then occurred to me that Amanda had this class with me. I remember her username being supremechic#1. I went to the chat room and it brought up the people I could chat with meaning that I could chat with more than one person. I then clicked on all the Supremes chat usernames. I so wanted to talk to them all at once.
Chat room!
Only for Bradford academy

Cassieclassie: hey Amanda
Supremechic#1:hey.u nvr wrote me b4
Cassieclassie: that’s bcuz we nvr had talked u know
Supremechic#1: o yea. we r cool now rite?
Cassieclassie: sure nough. R we friends?
Supremechic#1: I woodnt say friends but acquaintances u know
Cassieclassie: that’s cool. U know im going shopping with vi 2day?
Supremechic#1:oh that’s cool. U so changed ovrnite cassie. It’s like magic really. Good job though
Cassieclassie: thnxs a lot. That really means something u know
Supremechic#1: o thnx u. n anotha thing, watch out 4 ur boo

I looked at the screen and rolled my eyes. Cara said the same thing, and I get it.
Cassieclassie: cara told me the same thing
Supremechic#1: good. cuz when they were dating he was tryin 2 get Jennifer
Cassieclassie: well then! I should break up with him?
Supremechic#1: the earlier, the better
Cassieclassie: y do u guys hate each other so much?
Supremechic#1: I don’t just hate him. I loathe him
Cassieclassie: what’s the difference?
Supremechic#1: none. I just felt like writing it. I hate him bcuz he almost made me n cara stop bein friends bcuz we had both like him.
Cassieclassie: I thought he just came to this skool?
Supremechic#1: o no. he has been here 4 a long time. he wuz just always with cara n he is very shy guy 4 a playa
Cassieclassie: o. do u have any idea how stupid I feel rite now?
Supremechic#1: im guessing a whole lot rite?
Cassieclassie: o yea. How do I know he is gonna roam?
Supremechic#1: he isn’t the kind