Chapter 1
The Lakeside Pact. That was what we called it. Us three eighth grade girls, well on their way to freshman year, decided to get back at some of the guys that had hurt us. Ever heard the saying, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." Try applying that to vindictive, twisted, and angry middleschoolers. Yeah, I shiver too. We brought the heat and we carried drama in our back pockets.
Before I tell you our story I have to tell you the history. It's a long, turbulent journey fraught with with confusion, heartbreak and inconvenience (in the words of Lemony Snicket) So I'll just give you the good parts. Lets start with Chance. He was my dads girlfriends son. Well, long story short he moved in with me, went to my school, and all of my friends fell for him. Including me. Complicated right? Well, he's a good guy and all, but he knows we all like him. That's trouble, guys tend to get big heads. He decides he has to pick one of us. His options: Me (Nelissa). Then Hannah. Morgan. Then there is Karmen. I love my dear friend but it seems to always be her that guys like. And she has a boyfriend.
Can you see where this is going? He choose Karmen. What was his next move you ask? Exactly that, a move. It didn't work out between our parents and he left. Basically dropped off the face of the earth besides communication on Facebook. We were all left pining over him while he moved on. Then slowly, in a sense we did. We realize it wasn't his fault and during the situation I never once blamed him. Now though, I have the urge to be vindictive. My friends agree.
On to the next victim. Do you remember Karmen's boyfriend Zack? Turns out he's a lying, cheating, bastard who thinks he can take advantage of my friend. Fool me, shame on you, screw my best friend your dead meat. So she broke up with him but I had more in store.
Finally, we are at my favorite part. Note: at the beginning I said three friends but there were four of us. Hannah didn't join. Anyways, I said we weren't the poster children for junior playboy bunnies, all of being overweight in varying degrees. We wanted to change that. I was the only one who had a birthday in the middle of summer. June in fact but I decided to put it off until July. That way we would have more time to get in shape. We were wearing bikinis to my next swimming party.
Here is where revenge comes in. chance had a best friend Jeff. You see I never met Jeff in person, but we become friends over the internet. It's customary to invite friends to parties right? Don't want anyone to be left out. Then, wouldn't it just hurt all of Chance's little feelings if all of the girls that used to like him, and are gorgeous now, were all over his best friend? Then Zack. Karmen had to suck it up here. She needed to play like she wanted to go back out with him. Invite him to my party, then watch him watch her hang all over some other guy. Maybe even throw Chance a bone because Zack hates him and would steam at seeing them together.
I'm going to skip the months between making the pact and the actual party because its nothing I want to relive. Dieting, exercising, counting calories, counting points. It was traumatic. In the end we pulled it off. We looked great, we were excited, and the drama in our back pockets? Well, it was time to pull it out.
Okay, so chapter one is done. Do you like? If so press that little word at the top that says like. Review, review, review. Tell me if I should continue or put this in the recycle bin on my computer.
