Two Cheers for High School!

The past is a hard thing to look back on. There are always events that we get stuck on and we wish that we could go back and change it, but we can’t. All we can do it hope we won’t make that same mistake again. These events always seem to happen in high school, especially with relationships. How do I know? I know because I’ve been there. I’ve seen the same scene play out time and time again and each time everyone makes the same mistake. Trust is always an issue along with being a “real” couple. Being in high school is not easy especially when you go to a small college prep school where there are 500 students from grades 9 to 12. Gossip spreads so fast, but the key is to ignore it, don’t deny it just ignore it.

I hate high school, I mean I love my friends but I hate the whole aspect of relationships! When I was a freshmen I met this girl…she was new her sophomore year and well, we hit it off right away. I thought I was the shit because I was dating a sophomore, I mean we hung out every weekend and everyday after school and during the winter after her basketball practice. She was so hot and funny and perfect, but no one else saw her like I did. My friends hated her, and she was the one of the most popular girls in school, but the bitchy girls. I knew she was like that, but I was one that could put her in her place when she’d take it.

“hola mi novia” she said coming up behind me at my locker and wrapping her arms around my waist but I moved away

“Ashley stop it” I told her putting a book in my bag

“what? what did I do?” she asked confused

“don’t kiss me all the time in school.” I told her flat out

“I didn’t even kiss you” she told me “I just did this…” she said wrapping her arms around my waist again

“yeah well stop it” I told her slamming my locker

“hey stop it” she told me holding my “Spencer…” she said pulling me in front of her “…don’t be mad at me okay? I’m sorry”

“whatever it’s fine” I told her giving her a quick kiss by my locker

“Spencer…” my friend Kelsey said coming by my locker

“hey what’s up?” I asked her

“are you going to Nick SaintJohns tonight?” she asked me

“yeah I think so…” I told her

“sweet you want to meet up here and drive together?”

“yeah but I’m not DD” I told her

“ugh fine I’ll get Claire to come” she said making me laugh “oh shit, but I have to go to practice so I’ll see you later” she said

“can you not be so awkward?” I asked Ashley

“what? I didn’t do anything”

“you just stood there” I told her

“and what am I supposed to say? I don’t know her”

“I don’t know…maybe walk away next time” I said

“yeah? Sorry my timing is off…I’ll walk away now” she said going down the hallway and I just hit the locker and called her “what?” she asked answering her phone

“don’t walk away from me” I told her

“oh please that’s all you ever do” she said

“no, I walk away when you’re being a bitch” I said

“which is apparently all the time” she replied

“no it’s not…you’re being so stupid right now”

“how am I being stupid Spencer? No matter what I do around you it’s never good enough” she told me

“you’re making a big deal out of nothing…and walking away was so rude and I’m sick of it Ashley, you need to grow up”

“I need to grow up? Spencer don’t call me until you grow up” she snapped then she hung up her phone

Now lets go back to my junior year…Ashley and I broke up summer going into my sophomore year and we didn’t talk for nearly a year straight. Actually we’re still not really talking…I’m dating this girl from an all girls school, her name is Kristin and Ashley…well she hooked up with some school skank and they were obsessed with each other and the school always talked about them. Ashley and I were totally fine with each other until one night we were at a party

“oh my god” my friend said coming up to me

“what? what happened?” I asked her wanting to know about the gossip

“you can totally hate me for telling you this, but Ashley’s totally hooking up with Becca Campbell in some tent outside” she told me “don’t be mad at me…”

“I’m not mad at you…” I told her kind of pissed off “are you sure?”

“uh yeah someone totally saw them go in there together now all you hear is like a consistent moan” she told me

“ew gross” I replied “okay I’m so over this” I told her

“you want to go?” she asked

“yeah…” I told her then we left the party and drove back to my house and sat in my bed all night just talking about everything

“well…are you like jealous?” she asked me “I don’t mean that trying to sound harsh…”

“no I know you’re not…” I told her “…I’m not jealous just disappointed I guess…”

“do you miss being with her?” she asked

“I did…I mean if we were going to date again we’d need to rebuild everything…” I explained “…when we were together I mean you know we were on totally different pages with our relationship” I said

“yeah…I know we had plenty of conversations talking about it” she said making me laugh a little

“but yeah I think if that’s what she wants…the non committed thing then she should go with Becca, because I really loved her and she just shot that to hell” I said

“yeah but you’re better off now…you guys were the most dysfunctional couple like ever” she said laughing “…plus I was always afraid to go by my locker after school because you and Ashley would be fighting or making out…so I kept my books in Kyle’s locker” she told me and I started laughing so hard “but I like Kristin…if that counts for anything”

“no it does…” I told her “…I just, I don’t know sometimes with Kristin everything is so by the book you know what I mean?” I asked her

“yeah, but you have fun…” she added and I nodded

Too bad these stupid memories kept coming back and biting me in the ass. I hated seeing Ashley around school because she was always following Becca around, or Becca was always around her. They had all these stupid pictures together on Facebook and it pissed me off so much. But anyways, all hell broke loose the night of Kristin’s prom when she kept trying to control me because I had “too much” to drink…

“Kristin get away!” I told her

“Spencer…seriously calm down” she said

“if you’re not going to dance with me then just…bye” I told her and she laughed at me “no no I’m serious”

“oh you’re serious?” she asked then I just walked away with Kelsey and we were so drunk we just laughed at everything and we were out of control

Now we’re to the complicated shit going on…well, I’m still with Kristin, but something else is going on because of Ashley…I was going from first block to my second when I stopped at my locker and there was a note in it and I read it quickly because it didn’t say much

Spencer,