4 Avoiding Plastics

Mira didn't need to go the Announcement Board to see which class she would be in. She knows it from her past life. Star section. She wasn't surprised. Despite all of her stupidity in her past life, Mira was quite intelligent when it comes to academics. She was always included in the top ten of the school's ranking, her name never dropping bellow the top 3. But although she was smart, her self confidence was close to zero, which made her easy to be exploited in the past.

Her so called 'friends' she treated sincerely turns out to be a bunch of liars who only befriended her for the benefits of having a smart friend. Mira will never forget how much she paid for the so called 'friendship' of these people.

'Lets see if they will be able to do the same thing this time.' Mira thought.

"Mira!"

Mira turned to see who called her. Her heart turned cold upon seeing who it was.

"We're in the same class again! Isn't that great?" Jenny said.

In her past life, there were a total of four person who pushed her down into the abyss. This woman, who was supposed to be her 'bestfriend' was one of them.

She naively believed most of the things this woman said, believing that despite how Jenny treated her sometimes, she believed that they were true friends. What a poor judge of character she was! Not only did this woman didn't help her when she was down, she even stepped on her. Uncontrollable revulsion surge within her.

"Hey. Mira, are you listening?" Jenny said, her tone was one of impatience and rudeness.

Mira took a deep breath to control her emotions and to avoid herself from slapping the girl beside her. She put a smile on her face before facing her.

"Hi Jenny. How are you?" She said while smiling mildy.

As much as Mira wanted to get away from Jenny, she knows that she cannot do that, not while she was supposed to be on good terms with her. She will have to find a reason for her to get mad on this girl. It looks like she will have to learn to be plastic for a while.

Jenny rolled her eyes on her in annoyance. "Whatever. Lets go. Can you help me carry my books?"

Mira remembered this moment. Its good that she prepared for it.

"Im sorry Jenny, my hand actually hurts. I was cut by a razor blade this morning." She said while showing her left hand which is wrapped in a bandage.

"Isnt just a razor cut? That's nothing."

"Im sorry, my mother told me not to use it to carry things for a while because it might get worse." Mira refused to do another favor for this girl even though her excuse was pathetic, its the only thing she can think of as of the moment. She was prepared to argue with Jenny until she wins.

Jenny stared incredulously. "Are you actually saying no to me just because of a small wound? I thought we're friends. You can already see that Im having a hard time carrying all of my books."

This girl was really making it hard for Mira to act nice. Friends? What a mockery to Friendship. Mira was about to stop acting nice when she heard someone speak behind her.

"How rude. She is already carrying her own books, and you still want her to carry your books for you with her wounded hand? Are you actually friends?"

Both Mira and Jenny turned around to see who it was. The girl who spoke was completely unfamiliar to Mira. She tried to remember if she already know this girl from her past life, only to comes up blank.

It was Jenny who spoke first. "What did you say?"

"Why? Im just telling you what I think. You dont seem to see her as your friend. More like a servant?" The girl grinned sarcastically.

Mira wanted to applaud on the girl's comment but she stopped herself and stared questioningly at Jenny instead. Seeing her look, Jenny became flustered.

"O-of course not! What are you saying?! Anyway, what do you know? Its completely none of your business!" Jenny rebutted, her face flushing.

"Ow. Maybe its none of my business, but can you please be not in the way? You're blocking the announcement board, preventing us from looking at it. You're not the only one who needs to look at it, you know? Also, can you please not raise your voice? You're attracting a lot of attention, Which is embarrassing, by the way."

That's when Jenny noticed that people were already watching her, while some have been talking how embarrassing she is. Facing this kind of situation, Jenny didnt know what to do. In the end, she ran away with her face red. She even forgot to call Mira, her only thought is get away from the other students' stares.

Mira smiled coldly. She wasn't even doing anything serious yet, but Jenny was already running away close to tears. What more when if Mira intentionally creates trouble for her?

"How embarrassing."

Mira turned to look at the other girl again. This girl is so small, yet she could speak sharply like that. She found herself liking this girl more and more.

"Sorry about that." She apologized.

The girl shook her head. "Nah. It was nothing. Why are you even friends with someone like that?"

Mira only smiled apologetically while thinking, 'I wont be for too long.'

The bell rang, signalling the students to start going to their own classes. The other girl waved her hand in goodbye.

"I'll go first. See ya." She said before walking away.

What an interesting person. Mira thought while she is walking to her own class.