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KIM walked to school on her own. It was usual for Kim to tag along behind the scooby gang on the way to school. Dawson had avoided her as much as she had avoided her parents. Her parents, who were now fighting every waking hour of the day. Instead, she played Viva Forever by the Spice Girls through her old walkman, as a way to replace the chattering of Dawson and Joey that she would normally listen to.
When she reached the school gates, she removed the headphones from her wavy black hair and stuffed it in her back, knowing that Mr Peterson would confiscate it if he caught sight of it. Her red tennis shoes jogged up the steps to school. She was immediately invited by a swarm of loud teenagers that she tried to push herself through. She held her books for her first two periods, english and history, close to her chest as she squeezed past Grant Bodean and his moron squad. The gossip and cheers were a static blur as she solely focused on reaching her locker.
Behind her, Justin caught sight of her midnight black hair through the crowd, removing himself from the moron squad. The boys hollered loudly at his sudden departure which he ignored. His hand grasped her shoulder, slightly pulling her back for attention. Kim was puzzled by the hand until she looked up at who it was connected to. "Hi."
"You're friends with Pacey right?" He asked in urgency. He gripped his bag tightly with one arm as it hung over one shoulder. There was a mixture of worry and concern in his eyes but about what was lost on Kim.
"Uh kinda." She answered hesitantly, unsure of where this conversation was going."Why? What's going on?"
The two began walking slowly towards Kim's locker. Justin leaned in closer, not wanting to broadcast the information further around school. "Grant just told me this weird rumour about Pacey and Ms Jacobs. About them being like, together."
Kim's feet scuffed the floor as she froze in her tracks. The boy slightly knocked her shoulders at the unexpected stop. She looked at him, trying to hide her panicked face with an incredulous one. "What? That's ridiculous." She laughed nervously. Justin narrowed his eyes, not finding her calm exterior believable. "Why would he think that?"
"Everyone's talking about it. Apparently Kenny Leaverton overheard Pacey talking about it while he was smoking in one of the stalls."
Students began to squeeze past the two, mumbling curses as they occupied the majority of the hallway. Kim's head hung back as she moaned. "Oh god." As if her life couldn't get more hectic, Pacey had to screw up.
Observing her reaction, Justin's face dropped. He dashed forward so he was right next to her ear. He asked in a hushed whisper. "It's not true, is it?"
Kim's head shot forward. "Of course not." She scoffed, her face still inconvincible. Her eyes caught sight of Pacey. By the look on his face he was completely oblivious to the gossip circulating about him. "I mean, look at him, it's Pacey. He likes to think he's a hotshot but no one actually wants to date him." She assured the raven haired boy.
