Chapter 1 - How it all began

My name is Nicole and this is the story about how my best friend became my worst nightmare.

Becky and I had been friends since I could remember. We grew up on the same street, went to the same schools, and hung out all summer when she wasn't out of town. I loved her like a sister until she decided to make my life a living hell.

The summer we turned 13, everything changed. Becky spent the summer with her grandparents and grew like 5 inches and lost all her baby fat and grew, admittedly, a really nice rack. She looked 15 or 16 while I still looked like a little kid. She had learned how to do her hair and makeup and was noticed by all the cool kids. She adapted to this new life extremely quickly and left me, and our friendship behind. Rumors quickly spread about me and I was mortified. I knew that the things I had told Becky in confidence was now her ammo and she was using it against me. What I couldn't figure out was why.

I confronted her one day near the end of the school year. We were walking home because we both took the bus and still lived on the same street.

"Becky why have you been treating me like dirt? What did I do to you? You were the one who blossomed and left me behind and I haven't even talked to you since last year."

She turned around and stared at me. The look on her face was dark. She came right up to me and got in my face.

"I'm going to treat you however I want you piece of shit. I'm better than you and you can go suck a dick."

With that she just turned and ran off towards her house. I stood there, dumbfounded. I started tearing up and walked home. I ran upstairs and shut my door and cried for hours until my parents came home.

My dad was furious. He yelled for me to come down to explain myself. I was beyond confused. I cleaned myself up and walked downstairs.

I was met with my mom and dad at the bottom of the stairs with the front door open. In the doorway I could spot Becky and her father. Becky's eyes were red and her father held a Ziploc bag with what looked to be a bunch of ripped up papers.

"Well? What do you have to say for yourself?" Her father said accusingly.

My mom looked disappointed and my father was beyond furious. I just stood there in silence trying to figure this all out. I was genuinely confused.

"What is it?" I choked out. Becky started to sob.

"Dan here says that you've been harassing Becky at school and making up harsh rumors about her. That she tried to ask you to leave her alone today and that you ripped up her homework and pushed her down." My dad snarled.

I couldn't believe it. I looked from face to face and that's when I saw her smiling. She was beyond pleased with what she had caused and that my parents were buying it. My mom saw me staring and turned to look at Becky who didn't notice until my mom had already caught a glimpse of her before she buried her face in her hands. My mom said nothing but looked and me and nodded as if to say, play along and she subtly tapped my dad on the elbow twice.

"I'm sorry Dad. I don't know what came over me." My father about blew a blood vessel and started berating me. He apologized to Dan about my behavior and they both left satisfied. My dad shut the door and turned to face me. He had calmed down and hugged me.

"I'm so sorry I had to tell at you like that baby, I know that you would never do anything like that. Plus she's like 6 inches taller than you. Now can you please explain to us what the heck is going on?"

I broke down sobbing. My mother came and joined the hug. "It's ok, Nicole, just tell us what's going on." She said softly.

So after about 20 minutes, a mild sedative (my mother's a doctor and my dad's a pharmacist and owns his own pharmacy), and a tall glass of water I told them everything that had happened over the last school year. My mom started crying and my dad's face grew more and more dark. I felt so relieved. Maybe it was finally getting this off my chest or the sedative or the fact that I no longer felt like I had to battle this all by myself.

"We're moving. I'll sell the store and we can move wherever you want to go baby."

"I do have several different invitations to work at a number of hospitals around the country."

I thought about it but ultimately just decided to sleep on it. Really, I was just planning my revenge.