Week 11 Storytelling: Sweet Revenge



A laptop. Source.

I didn't expect his new girlfriend to get transferred to a new school but that's what happens when you betray me. Alexandria Reynolds is my name and my daddy is a CEO of a very important company. I guess you can say I have his determination and work ethic. I also got his don't mess around attitude.

The day started as it always does. I brushed my hair one hundred times. I moisturized my face, then I put on my make up. By the time I was done, I always wanted to ask who the most beautiful was, but I knew it was me. Daddy says so too. Breakfast smelled amazing like it always does thanks to my housekeep/used to be nanny Gloria. She has taken care of me since I was born because my mother thought spending all her time at the country club with her tennis instructor was better than taking care of me. She spends so much time with Cliff the tennis teacher that she should be able to beat the Williams sisters at freaking Wimbledon. But no matter, I have daddy and Gloria to take care of and love me.

At school that day, a weird feeling loomed in the air. I brushed it off and walked to my locker to find my stunningly handsome boyfriend, Alec. Yeah I know, Alex and Alec. We get asked about it all the time. Alec is the ideal athlete and the sweetest boyfriend, but my goodness he is dumb as a rock. I like to think it makes him ever cuter. I didn't notice anything odd about him so I went about my day like I usually do.

*Buzzzzz* my phone vibrates in my purse. A very graphic picture of Alec and a girl that is not me doing explicit things pops up. I'm filled with sadness but that quickly turns into blind rage. It only took 5 seconds to realize the girl in the picture is the new girl Sienna. I had a bad feeling about her. I thought I made it VERY clear to her that he is mine. I see now that I was not and will be to ensure that he was mine. Of course I am going to embarrass Alec the way he did me but much worse. That won't be as far as I go either. She knew better and I am going to make sure that she doesn't get away with this.

"ALEX," I  hear Alec yell from across the lunch room.
"Hi babe!" I say. This game is going to be too much, I think to myself. I listen to Alec ramble on about how that isn't him in the picture and blah blah blah. At this point I don't care. I already saw him making eyes at Sienna. He really is dumb. It's truly astounding how dumb he is. I had to finish my day in rage without showing it.

The next I started my revenge plan. I got to school early to sneak into the principal's office. I need Sienna's locker number and I needed to swipe his laptop to plant it. I laugh internally at the thought of getting rid of Sienna. You're probably wondering why I want to get at her and not Alec. Well because I know it will bother him more than just out right embarrassing him. I'll probably do that too, but this girl knew better. One problem at a time.

36-05-27 on locked 455. The laptop has been planted. I didn't think it was going to be so easy to get into the principal's office so I had plenty of time to leave and go get donuts. Next time, the principal Cooks should lock his office.

I'm sitting in my first class when principal Cooks announces over the loud speaker that something has been stolen from his office. "What a shame," I say looking in shock. My next step is leaving a private note in the office of suspicious people who would've stolen the laptop. The list included some stoners, a couple known kleptomaniacs, Sienna, and a few others that wouldn't do it but it makes the list seem legit. The principal searched every person on the list lockers. What do you know? The laptop was in Sienna's locker. Shocker.

Sienna moved here because her dad is wealthy but nothing like my daddy. Her dad needed to keep his name out of the news so the principal dealt with the situation quietly but everyone in the school knew it was her locker that it was found in. Sienna was fully withdrawn from my school and transferring to another by lunch. Now to deal with the boy who thinks that I am dumber than he is.

I posted the pic on Twitter with a descriptive text about Alec's infidelity. I also tagged him on twitter  in some photos that will for sure have him hiding for a while. It was suspected that I got Sienna transferred. That is fine, maybe people will think twice about screwing me over.

Author's Note: This week I read the Celtic Fairy tale of  Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree. At first, I was suspicious of this story just by the title. After a few lines I realized it was the Celtic version of Snow White that is so popularly known today. I enjoyed reading it, I looked for similarities in this to compare it the modern story. I also looked for ideas that I could use in my story. I took the idea of the mother in the fairy tale betraying her daughter and made it my overall theme. Betrayal is always a fun topic to work with and to make people want to read. I incorporated a part of the original story that typically sparks recognition in readers. In the beginning, the part of her looking the mirror wanting to ask who is the most beautiful. I have noticed that my stories are getting longer. This one in particular. I just wrote until I felt like I couldn't write anymore. I like to allow my mind to run occasionally. I might have to go back and make this story shorter but I like having Alex's thoughts in the story to make it flow.

Bibliography:  Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892).