I Hid For Days To See What Everyone Do

I headed to the place where I was hiding. Mrs. Jenny’s House, the old lady who lives next door. She’s been away for a while, visiting her son who lives in another state and I snuck into her place. It turned out to be the perfect hiding place, neither my parents nor the police thought of searching it.

I got to the house and went through the kitchen's back door. I made sure not to turn any lights on, so no one would notice that someone was living here. I slightly pulled the curtains and checked our house. Everything was normal, for now at least.

Oh you are asking why am I doing this?

It all started a month ago at my highschool. Suddenly, being popular was about having expensive stuff. And by expensive, I mean REALLY EXPENSIVE! Things only my friend Tess could afford because her dad was a millionaire. She bought this designer bag that cost 20,000$ and brought it to school.

All the girls wanted to take a picture of it and all the boys wanted to flirt with Tess because they thought she would shower them with gifts. You know, since she got the money.

And it worked! Tess started dating James, the most popular boy at school. I was jealous. ِActually all the girls were jealous. So they started doing the same, buying expensive stuff and showing them off hoping it’ll catch a guy’s attention, or any attention for that matter.

But I couldn’t do the same. My parents were far from being rich. They worked really hard and they barely made it from month to month. I knew I couldn’t do anything about it. Yet, one day, while we were in the sports class, Anna, an old enemy of mine called me out:

“ So Karen, how come we’ve never seen you bragging about something! Are you homeless?”

I was caught off guard by her nasty comment. I felt all the girls turn their heads to look at me. My face turned red, I wasn’t sure if it was from anger, or pure embarrassment, but I managed to say: “ I choose not to, I’ve got standards you know!”

Anna laughed sarcastically: “ yeah right mother Teresa! We all know it’s because you are poor! You’ve got nothing!”

I should've just let her comment slide and not make a big deal out of it. But oh no, she woke the giant in me. I couldn’t keep my mouth shut, so I responded: “ oh yeah, just watch me!”

Anna responded: “ oh I will, homeless girl!”

I went home feeling defeated. What did I get myself into?How will I prove her wrong? I literally got nothing!

I tried convincing mom. I begged her to get me 200$ to buy a fake designer jacket. She looked at me as if I was the craziest person in the world: “ 200$ for a jacket? Are you insane? Do you know how many hours I work to get that money?”

And before she finished her lecture about working hard and appreciating every penny I get, I went to my room slamming the door behind me! She didn’t understand how hard it was to be a high school student, she knew nothing about the social judgment there!

The next day, I pretended to be sick. I didn’t want to go to school and face Anna or tolerate her nasty comments. Mom left me in bed, she was too tired to argue with me in the morning. Later, I went to get some breakfast, and just as I was about to open the fridge, I saw dad’s credit card on the kitchen counter.

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