Priceless (A MIKA Fanfic) (Remake)

Chapter 27

The next morning, my first lesson at school was PSHE. I was sat in my seat next to Charlotte and near Jade, wishing I didn't have to sit with people that made fun of me so much. The teacher gave out our worksheets, and I opened my coursework on the computer to pretend to work on it. As usual.

While I was trying to add more to my coursework, I heard Jade and Charlotte mention my name in the conversation the two of them were engaged in. I listened in on what they were saying, trying to make it look like I was concentrating on my work and not eavesdropping.

"Did you hear that Victoria and Mica aren't dating anymore?" I heard Charlotte say.

"If only you knew," I thought, smiling to myself at the memory of Mica falling asleep beside me the night before.

But how did Charlotte even know about us? She didn't have any lessons with me other than this one. I guessed that news just travelled quickly in this school. And she might have had other lessons with Jade, or maybe Emily, so they could have told her.

"Yeah. I'm glad they broke up, they were an awful couple anyway." Jade said with a laugh.

"It's so weird that anyone would love either of them, though. Victoria doesn't speak, and Mica is just strange." Charlotte said.

"Well, they're both weird, so I guess it figures." Jade said with a shrug of her shoulders, still laughing.

"Yeah." Charlotte agreed.

"Let's talk to Victoria about it." Jade said, looking over at me.

As I heard her say this, I felt that same horrible feeling make its way into my stomach once more, and I prepared myself to be made fun of, like yesterday when they picked on me in this same lesson.

"Victoria, how do you feel about Mica breaking up with you?" she asked me.

I didn't answer her, and I tried my best not to start crying. I didn't know why they even spoke to me or tried to get me to talk, because it was obvious that I couldn't.

"You must be really upset." Charlotte said, putting on a fake caring voice, when it was obvious that she didn't care at all and she was just trying to get me to say something.

Then Jade turned to her and whispered something in her ear, and she burst out laughing. She turned to me and spoke again.

"It's no wonder he stopped dating you, though. You're so boring. Who would love someone that doesn't talk?" Charlotte said.

Her words mirrored those of Mica's when he had pretended to break up with me that day, and I suddenly wondered if it was true. Who would actually love someone that doesn't talk? Maybe he didn't love me.

"He does love you. He's told you that he does many times, and what he said was just an act. He loves you," I told myself, trying to push away the negative thoughts.

"You know, I should date Mica. I don't even like him, he's weird, but I would be a better girlfriend for him than you. At least I actually speak." Jade told me, laughing again.

I suddenly had an awful vision of Mica and Jade being together. I pictured Mica kissing her outside the English classroom instead of me, and Jade kissing him back. My throat tightened and it became hard to breathe. I could feel my heart hammering against my chest, beating so loud that I could hear it. I clutched the sides of my chair, trying so hard to breathe properly and calm myself down.

Then Jade and Charlotte turned back around to talk to each other, the both of them still giggling. I sat there, trying to take deep breaths to stop myself from panicking again.

They were right, though. I was actually a really bad girlfriend. I wasn't pretty, and Mica would probably rather date someone who looked somewhat okay. I wasn't a very fun person to be around, and I was actually very boring. I also probably bothered him with my problems, and he was probably sick of having to help me through everything that happened to me.

Mica deserved so much better than me. I wished I could be a better person for him, but I couldn't. This was just the way I was, and I couldn't change that.

When the lesson ended, I was relieved to get away from Jade and Charlotte. Feeling awful about myself once again, I walked as fast as I could to my next lesson.