This is the other side, the answer to the first part I wrote, which can be read here.

I also posted on FF and AO3.

Whether this actually answers anything about the first part... eh, I'm actually planning on writing a story that involves this entire situation. 

Anyways, enjoy.

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“My name is xxx”

On the first day of school, we all introduced ourselves. My teacher made us all speak about ourselves, and we forced to talk about our families, if any siblings are in school, and all that nonsense I don’t really care about.

“My name is Chelsea,” I introduced myself to the fifth grade class, feigning a smile I always displayed. “I have a big brother in high school and a big sister in middle school. I also have a little sister in third grade. My parents are divorced. My mom works in a retail store, while my dad is a truck driver.”

I stopped speaking because I didn’t like to talk about myself. I did try my hardest to act cheerful because everyone saw me as a cheerful girl. I guess that started because my older sister always told me to smile, so no one can ever hurt me when I’m sad.

After I sat down, this girl started speaking.

“Hi. My name is Sabrina. I just moved here with my dad and my baby sister, so I’m new to this school.”

She stopped speaking afterwards and sat down. My teacher had wanted her to speak more, but Sabrina refused.

Weeks later, during recess hour, I played tag with the other children, some of whom I called friends. As I ran around to save myself from being “it,” I saw Sabrina sitting next to a tree on the grass, reading a book. I saw the design of robots on the cover and immediately recognized the type of book she was reading. Completely ignoring the other children, I went straight towards her, interested in what she was reading.

“What are you reading?”
“I’m reading Gundam.”
“Manga?”
“Yeah.”
“I read manga too.”

From that moment, I had met my best friend for the next six years.
~~~

“Hey, Chelsea.”

I heard Natalie’s voice as we walked out to the buses together. She noticed my facade has fallen as I pondered deeply.

“Sabrina doesn’t talk to me anymore,” I muttered.

“Huh?” Natalie grew confused. “Did you do something?”

“I don’t know,” I shook my head. “I don’t think anything has happened, but for the past two weeks, Sabrina has rarely said anything to me. I try to make conversation with her during class, but it leads to an awkward silence.” I sighed. “I don’t know what’s going on anymore.”
“Maybe,” Natalie began to think about it. “Could it be that he has said something to her?”

“I doubt so,” I told her. Soon, I felt the phone in my pocket vibrate. I took it out, and I saw I got a message from Sabrina. I read it, and Natalie noticed the blush on my face paled as I read what she sent me. I registered bits and pieces of the text in my mind, but I was unable to comprehend what I read.

It took six weeks until Natalie finally read the text message. She tried to console me, telling me it wasn’t my fault and Sabrina wasn’t a good friend. It wasn’t until much later that year when I finally believed Natalie.

~~~

For the 2016 election, my school hosted a debate night, which also included food and games to play. Natalie and I came together, and we spent two hours conversing and battling in cards. Soon, Natalie received a message from her twin brother.

“Chelsea,” Natalie called for me as she read the message.

“What is it?” I wondered.

“Sabrina and Mark are dating.”

“What?”

When I got home, I lied in bed, remembering my past friendship with Sabrina. In fifth grade, we always played together, making a promise that we will always be friends no matter what, and we wouldn’t hide secrets from each other. We told each other everything. Then I remembered the last text message she has sent me.

“Chelsea, I had wanted to tell you in person, but it hurt so much to think of what I need to say, so forgive me for saying it all in text message. I’m sorry, but I don’t feel I can be your friend anymore. I just feel pressured, having to deal with all of your problems, and I need to relax. Please forgive me, but I feel I’m useless to you.”

As I fell asleep, I recalled everything Sabrina said about me concerning the drama that happened the year before. She always told me she was on my side, and the other side was illogical.

~~~

Yeah, she said she was on my side, and he was illogical. Boy was I wrong. Even after she ended her friendship with me, she never left his side.

I met him through Sabrina during the first year of high school. At the time, I thought he was really sweet and caring. Overtime, he became my first love. Boy, was that a mistake. When he found out I liked him, he rejected me nicely and told me he’d always care about me.

That was a lie.
~~~

I never understood what was happening. It felt like when I tried talking to him, he was growing colder to me. He kept telling me my cheerful behavior was annoying, even though I grew up with this cheerful attitude for years. He also didn’t like that I spoke coldly about Julia. He probably didn’t see what I saw: a two-faced manipulative girl. Then, when he ended his friendship with me, he told me he was just going to keep his distance, and when he comes around to it, he’ll talk to me again. He said he felt he was hurting me more.

Yeah…

Only one day after he said that, my little sister returned home to tell me he and his friends hosted a bonfire in a public park, chanting over the great achievement he has made: getting rid of the psycho witch… me.

Obviously, I never spoke to him again.
~~~

“What he did with was wrong,” Sabrina commented after I told her about the bonfire incident. “It was also wrong of him to tell you he was distancing himself from just and he’ll talk to you again, only to do that.”

“I know that,” I muttered. “I can’t deal with him now. I have other problems to worry about.”

“Chelsea, you need better friends,” Sabrina comforted me. I nodded, knowing she was right.

I had always believed she was the greatest friend I ever had.
~~~

I should’ve noticed it. Even though she had agreed with me that what he did was wrong, she never stopped talking to him. She always sat with him at lunch, and they always made each other laugh. Of course, I never tell people who to be friends with and who not to be friends with. I told myself it wasn’t right of me to tell her she should end her friendship with him just because of what he did with me.

I should’ve also noticed that she seemed to want to be with him more than she wanted to be with me, her best friend and her very first friend when she moved to this area.

I never said anything.

I assumed everything was okay.

Thanks to my poor judgment, I had no choice but to watch her leave me behind for him.
And then the two became lovers. My former best friend and my former crush fell in love and began to happily date.
~~~

When Sabrina sent me that text message, Natalie had told me I deserved better. At the time, I always said it was my fault that Sabrina left me.

After the two started dating, I realized that Natalie was right.

It wasn’t really my fault, was it?

Sabrina thought a manipulative liar was a better person to be with than someone who has been loyal to her for so long.

When she sees she made a terrible mistake, she’ll be sorry. She’ll probably come to me and say she made a huge mistake in leaving me and apologize.

No matter what happens, I won’t accept her back.
~~~

Sabrina found her perfect match in that boy.

It was better to forget about it. I went to the movie night with my sister, and the sappy romance movies they played made me cringe so much. I got sick of them all, reminding me of Sabrina.

I kept seeing a girl who would say she was always by my side, only to leave me for someone who became petty to me. Feeling weary, I left the room to clear out my thoughts.

I really don’t need her anymore.

But why does it still hurt?

Yaaay part two!

Ahhh... now I'm both more confused than ever, and understand it better than before...I think. It could be that this runs much deeper than it first seemed. Rarely is anything as simple as it seems, and I love that these two pieces, when put together, show that. Nice work giving them actual depth. :3