Alison was going to turn to someone else, but she had only come to the school for two days and she didn't know everyone in her class yet, let alone which one was better at math.
Before Alison could find someone to ask for help, Selina, who was sitting at the desk ahead of her, suddenly turned around and raised her eyebrows smugly. "I told you earlier that being friends with Alexa will cause trouble for yourself sooner or later! This time you got punished standing outside the classroom, and next time you'll probably have to confess your fault in front of the whole school!"
Alison was a shy girl. The punishment had only been over for an hour, and Selina was rubbing her wounds.
Alison's cheeks reddened with anger. Just before she tried to say anything, Alexa threw a workbook at Selina. "Selina, why are you so mean? I just copied Alison’s homework. I'm much more decent than you. You copied someone's essay and won a prize with it, but when the story was disclosed later, what did you do? You pretended to be wronged! Shame on you!"
Selina felt so humiliated. The smug smile on her face was gone. Her face turned pale. Staring at Alexa, she almost burst into tears.
Alexa took her workbook back and went on, "I'm warning you if you dare carry tales again, I’ll post all those ugly things you did in middle school on the school forum. Let's see who's more disgusting!"
Selina was scared. She grabbed her bag and ran away.
A girl asked Alexa what Selina had done in middle school, and Alexa waved her hand," What are you gossiping about? Do I know you?"
The girl was frustrated and got angry." Selina is right. You're just jealous. You can't stand people better off than you, so you want to start rumors about Selina!"
Alexa was amused, "When did I start a rumor? Who just pleaded with me to tell her about Selina? But when I didn't tell you, you said I made up rumors! I think you're a liar!"
The girl couldn't argue with Alexa, and she took her bag and ran away.
Alison was blown away. She thought Alexa was awesome. Neither of the two girls could argue with Alexa.
And although Alexa had just threatened to expose Selina's scandals in middle school, when the other girl asked her, Alexa didn't say a word.
Alison then thought about what Selina said about Alexa yesterday, and she didn't think Selina was trustworthy.
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