Why? It's a Long Story...

Okay, so lately people have been asking me MANY MANY questions. SO, if you want to know more about my life, here's what you probably need to know to understand about half the things I do.(this might be a relatively long post, guys.)

It was the fourth of July and I was texting Mandi about her relationship with her parents. All of a sudden, she tells me that she has to walk to the parade. After tons and tons of explanations of what was going on with her and her parents, I came to the conclusion that she had just gotten kicked out of her house. After we made a deal a couple of months ago that if she ever got kicked out I would give her a place to stay, I found the reflex to go pick her up, and take her in. I picked her up after she discovered she had no cellphone service. She was in tears, I hugged her and told her it was going to be okay. We then went into the park, she didn't even want to do anything. All we did was walk around with water bottles that I had bought us. I suggested what I wanted to do, but she was so controlling and just did what she wanted instead...walk around and do nothing and have me follow her. This is when I noticed she's not a true friend. Sure I understood that she was going through a rough time, but that doesn't give her the right to treat me like crap. It was time to go home, Mandi kept refusing to get into the car, but we eventually got her in. When we got home, it was time to do some chores around the house with my step-brothers, Adam and Andrew. I started pouring cleaning fluid all over the floor so that we could mop it up, and so then we mopped it up, Mandi kind of did it with an attitude though. She really didn't want to be there... After we finished, she FORCEFULLY took my phone, and then started texting pretty much every guy she knew as she sat on the top bunk of my bunkbed. It was then time to go to see the fireworks, Mandi didn't want to go with us. but she did because she was forced to because she was going to live with us for the time being. When we got to the fireworks show, we set down our stuff, and then asked if we could to go the park because Mandi wanted to show me something. Of course having awesome parents, they said yes, but to be back before it got too dark. I agreed, knowing what she meant. We got to the park, and all she did was walk around and do nothing, just like before. I was starting to get confused. Plus, Mandi still had my phone...was she stalling? What was she texting people about? How boring I am or something? I had so many things going through my head. I started mentioning heading back to the ditch where my family usually is. She said she wanted to stay in the field like normal people. i said i wanted to go and be with my family and obey the rules, and started walking away not caring if she was following or not. By the time i was completely out of the field, I realized i had just stood up for myself the first time against Mandi. I was so proud of myself. She was behind me, with kind of watery eyes. She wouldn't speak. We got to where my family was, and then we sat down, I asked her if I could have my phone back. She asked why, and I said because it was my phone, and she's like WHY DO YOU NEED IT? and i was like: ITS MY PHONE. She started to tuck it into her pocket, and then i jumped out of my chair, and started to get it out of her pocket myself. She hit me and said: DON'T TOUCH ME! I said: "then give me back my phone" in a serious tone. She took out the phone as it vibrated, and started deleting every message on the phone...after she finished deleting CONTACTS off the phone, I finally got it back, checked the time, and put it in my pocket to watch the fireworks. Every time I tried to make a comment on a firework, Mandi was there...Silent and watching the fireworks with tears in her eyes. At the end of the show, she turned to me and commanded that we took her home. I automatically thought we'd take her there and then she was going to go find some other friend to stay with instead of me. No. NOT HAPPENING. I asked over and over: Are you sure? What do you think is going to happen anyways? She always replied with stuff like: I don't know. or Who cares? As we take her home, I get tears in my eyes as I imagine what could happen to her, what her parents will say to her. I give her one last hug, and she gets out and walks up to the front door, and walks in safely with not a comment.

One day, I was sitting around(during the summer) and then all of a sudden, i get a phone call from some unknown number...Not knowing whether I had made the right choice, I pick up the phone and say hello, and then I hear...his voice. I hadn't talked to James in forever. It was amazing to be able to hear his voice...I started to cry, and then had him tell me about what's been going on in his life for the past month or so. He had to go, and so we said goodbye. That's when I really broke down into tears. I had a complete emotional breakdown, and needed someone to talk to. I decided to call my best friend at the time, Mandi. Yet, she didn't pick up, so I needed to find someone else who was available to talk. I decided to talk to my new friend, Coleman, about the situation and emotional breakdown that I was having. Coleman and I talked it all out, and then I was totally fine. Then Mandi texted me asking what was wrong, and then I told her and she was just kind of like: okay whatever. How was I even supposed to reply to an "Okay whatever"?! I knew right then she didn't care about the situation, so I didn't think much of it when I posted on Coleman's wall thanking him for helping me out with it. Then...it started.

Rebekah Phillips: Hey Coleman! Just wanted to thank you for helping me out with that emotional breakdown! It means a lot to me, thanks! =)
Mandi: You talked to him about that and not me? Not cool.
Coleman: Hey no problem Bekah.
Rebekah: Mandi, I tried to talk to you about it, and it didn't really work. How am I supposed to reply to "Okay Whatever"?
Mandi: That's childish of you, I'm not going to fight about this over facebook.

Coleman: Mandi, it's not a big deal!

Mandi then Un-friends Coleman and I on facebook causing he and I to be in constant worry for the passing months. Around August, Coleman called me and we talked about a conversation that he had with Mandi that made him really really sad. (I can't really remember what they talked about...)

Mid-September, I decide to confront Mandi saying: Hey, it's your ex-bestfriend. Why do you think I hate you? I don't. Why do you think I'm spreading rumors about you? Because I'm not. She replies with: Who is this? I reply back with It's Rebekah. Mandi and I really really needed to talk this out. Who knows? Maybe this could save our relationship as bestfriends. Mandi and I start to talk and stuff, and then she basically says that everything is my fault for what I posted on facebook about having Mandi overreact to what I had said to Coleman. I told her I needed help and advice from other people. She said that she's getting called a slut, and that she needs to go die. I told her straight up that I had never said anything like that. I told her that she could even ask my friends if I would say such a thing, and they'd say no. At the end of our talk she just asks me: So does this make us friends? I said: In a way, yes.

School comes around, and then I find out my friend, Kaleb is dating Mandi. I felt pretty great about this because I've known about his crush on her for a while. My friend, Chelsea, found out that Mandi's been telling everyone that she's dating this guy at our school named Caden. Kaleb had no idea about this guy named Caden, so we decided to tell him. He was pretty devastated  but seeking advice, I decided to talk to Coleman about it and see what he thought. I left out some words when I talked to him about it though. I basically told him that Mandi was cheating on my friend Kaleb with Caden. I had no reply. The next week, I go about my daily life thinking: What's Mandi even thinking? Oh well, I'll just leave that alone. Then all of a sudden one day, Phebe Murray comes up to me and starts threatening me. She told me that she would effing kick my effing a word, if i didn't effing leave Mandi the eff alone.I told her I was leaving her alone and that Mandi and I hadn't talked since the halloween dance. Phebe then told me she saw the conversation, as I was confused, she walked away. My friend, Jarron stood up for me though. He said: Rebekah would never say that! She'd never talk bad about anyone! Jarron turned to me questioned me for a minute and then he was angry. Later I found out Phebe Murray had threatened Chelsea the same exact way. There was no way Phebe was going to get away with this without getting reported. Chelsea marched down to the viceprincipal's office and since he wasn't in, she left a note on his desk saying why she needed to talk to him. Chelsea pretty much just told the vice principal that Mandi was harrassing me and her using Phebe. Phebe denied everything and didn't get in trouble. However, Mandi got kicked out of our school thanks to Chelsea! =) I was glad because I knew she hated me.

A couple of days later, I get a reply to a text I had sent Mandi. Mandi had told me that I was the one responsible for everything going wrong in her life. Her skin cancer, her scars, her rumor problems, everything was because of me. What have I done to her? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The things I've been doing while Mandi has been quote-unquote SUFFERING? Okay, well I had an emotional breakdown, that's all. I just wanted to talk to someone else about it because she wasn't there at the time. By the time she contacted me, I didn't need to talk it out anymore. Next? I felt hurt by the way she overreacted about me talking to Coleman, and decided to post some of my feelings on Facebook. After that, I went to school with my friends, and met a new best friend, Chelsea. (oooo i'm such a bad person for getting a new best friend. -_- *sarcasm*) After that, Mandi started going to my school, and automatically some one starts rumors about her. Mandi assumes everything bad that has happened was me. Mandi tells Phebe about what bad people Chelsea and I are. Phebe cusses/threatens us to leave Mandi alone. And she's expecting me to feel sorry for her? There's no way in heck that I'm going to say "Oh Mandi, I'm so sorry for all the trouble my actions have caused you. Can you ever forgive me?" NOT HAPPENING. She just needs to look at the bright side of life, and stop being so selfish towards others.

Two days ago, I was just relaxing in my 5th hour class when all of a sudden, I got called into the vice-principal's office. Curiously, I started to walk down there. I didn't know exactly why I was getting called down. Could it have been because of Mandi or Phebe? Oh well...I was about to find out. As I wait outside of the Vice-Principal's office in a desk, certain people pass by and their thoughts are: What the fetch? Bekah doesn't usually do anything wrong. My friend, Kayla Phillips starts to question me through looks. Kayla walks past all the way, and then backs up slowly, and looks at me. She lifts up her hands and shoulders in confusion, and then I do the same. We did this to tell each other we didn't know what was going on if you couldn't tell.

I then walked into the vice-principal's office. The first thing I see? The resource officer. I was starting to get a little shaky...Why was the resource officer in there with us? I look over to my right, and see Phebe just sitting there. Here's how it went...

V-P: So Rebekah, Where were you this morning?
Me: School. Cafeteria tables talking to my friends.
V-P: Did you ever go into the bathroom in the cafeteria?
Me: No.
V-P: Phebe, did she?
Phebe: She did. I promise you.*nodding head*
Me: *shakes my head in dissagreement*
(thoughts: what the fetch? the bathroom? What happened in the bathroom? What's going on?)

V-P: Rebekah, did you ever see Chelsea this morning?
Me: Yeah I think so.
V-P: Where were you when you saw her?
Me: Well, the bell to go to class had just rang and she wanted a hug, so I hugged her.
V-P: Where did you hug her?
Me: The trailer right in front of the cafeteria just off to the left.

V-P: Where did you go next?
Me: my 1st hour class which is Mrs. Dayley's trailer.

V-P: Where's Mrs. Dayley's trailer?
Me: To the right of the cafeteria if you walk out of it.

V-P: Oh so just off to the side?
Me: yeah.
V-P: Okay.
Resource Officer: Okay, one of you is lying, and one of you is telling the truth. Do any of you want to change your stories?

Me and Phebe: *shakes head in disagreement*

Resource Officer: You do know that you're liable for my time and having to pull out the footage of that bathroom right?
Me: I guarantee you I was never in that bathroom at all today.
Phebe: She WAS.
Me: No.
Phebe: YES.
Resource Officer: Rebekah, do you know what has to happen if I find out if you're the one lying?
Rebekah: Am I going to get suspended?
Resource Officer: No, you're going to get expelled if we see you in that tape at all. Do any of you want to change your stories?
Me and Phebe: *shakes head in silence*
V-P: Okay, they're not going to change their stories any time soon. Girls, you can go now.
Me and Phebe: Okay.
Me: *gets up and walks to the door, holds it open for Phebe to walk through*

Phebe: *gets up and walks through the door*
Me: *walks through and closes door*
V-P: wait! come back in here for a minute.
Me and Phebe: *Walk back into the room*
V-P: It'd be best if you guys stayed away from each other for a while.
Me and Phebe: Okay, *walks back through the door*

I started to get angry...What happened in this bathroom anyway? All I knew was that I think the resource officer didn't believe me. She was going to look at the tape...call people in...stuff was going to happen. I didn't even know what was happening! I sit down in my 5th hour desk, silent. I needed to vent my anger to someone. The bell rings...First person I see? Dawson. He seemed like he was in a good mood. I didn't really care though. Sienna walks over, I pull her over away from our boyfriends and start saying everything I knew about the situation. She basically says to me: Don't worry, Bek. Phebe's just a bi***. You'll get through it.We all know you wouldn't hurt anyone.

I then see Chelsea...She's furious. It was obvious...she just came back from the V-P's office to get accused of something. I totally broke it. I was full-on ANGRY. We started throwing information in each other's faces. Still confused and angry, I get on my bus and sit next to Keely and Braxton. Them being confused, I had to tell them what was happening. We sat in a 3-seat together with my arms around both telling them what had happened in the last 10-15 minutes. No one knew what happened. 

The next day, I get called in..I told him what I knew and everything, and then he was like: so are you the slightest bit confused? I was like: I don't even know why I'm in here. He gave me a complicated answer, but I was able to sum it up into english: Phebe told us that you and Chelsea hit her in the bathroom. 

My reaction:  *wtf face* Okay? 

V-P: want to change your story? 

Me: No, because my story is the truth. 

V-P: Okay, you're welcome to leave. I know that you are taking this very well, I'm sure you're not in any trouble.

Me: Okay, thank you. *leaves*

I decided to tell my friend, Caitlin about what was happening between me and Phebe. She then told me an AMAZING bit of information. Phebe had asked Caitlin to punch her in the face and give her a black eye so that she could blame it on some girl. I knew right then, that Caitlin and I had to go back and talk to the V-P about this. So, during the transition from 1st to 2nd hour, Caitlin and I talked to the V-P. She told him the information, and later in the day, she got called in and had to sit there with 2 resource officers. At the end of the day, everyone started asking me questions about what lie Phebe could've came up with. Why it has anything to do with Mandi? Why? It's a Long Story. It's obvious that Phebe's trying to get me expelled because she's mad about what "I did" to Mandi. What did I do to Mandi? I have no idea.

Last night, I was just minding my own business when all of a sudden i get a message from Coleman on facebook. Here's what Coleman said word for word with no bleeping:
"Sooo I hear you like to try to get girls kicked out of school? Are you fucking dumb? Go take Ur dumb friend and lesbian out somewhere else instead of rigby because your retarded and watch my little pony which is a children's show! Don't talk to Mandi ever."

Coleman: you sure make my Mandi mad. Stay out of her life.
Me: Oh yeah? Name one thing that I've done to Mandi.Coleman was like: Spread Rumours.
Me: About what?
Coleman: Mandi cheating.
Me: Wasn't me. Plus, cheating makes her look bad anyways. I'm not the one who did something wrong and cheated on my boyfriend! Btw tell Mandi to leave ME alone and to stay out of MY life. She won't stop sending people after me, and she won't stop harassing me. So I've taken it into my own hands, and decided to block all her numbers and to block her facebook account.

(My thoughts: I don't need Mandi's Drama...I'm sick of putting up with her.)

Song of the Day: Never Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift.
Mandi, we're never ever ever going to be friends again. Deal with it, and stay out of my life.
Shout out of the Day: Mandi Thornton and Phebe Murray.
If you're reading this, don't bother reporting me because FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Stay out of my life, I don't want to deal with any of your stupid drama. Okay? Mandi, quit harassing me. It's not okay, and it's a form of bullying. Phebe, quit making up rumors about me. I know it's you, don't act like you don't know. There's no way I would ever beat you up in a bathroom. Sure, I want to, but all my friends know that I wouldn't even hit a butterfly! ASK ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME. Deal with the drama in your life, and look at the bright side, and maybe you'll get more friends.