Short Story #53: What Goes Around Comes Around

Mariah marched down the school hallways, her expression livid. Since she was one of the more popular students in the school, the crowd of students cleared a path for her. Despite her $5,000 blouse having an ugly red stain, she still maintained respect among her peers, though in her case, most people feared her because somehow, she had the dirt on everyone else. So, if anyone were to even smile at her misfortune, she would remember their faces and the next day, the victims would be too scared to even leave their house.

But enough about popularity, Mariah did not expect this to happen to her all. No. Not to the fashionable sweetheart Mariah (to the public's eyes). She was just minding her own business by eating her lunch with her usual clique when suddenly, a huge container was thrown in her direction and all its contents burst open, spilling all over her favourite outfit. Her look and sound of alarm must had been so loud because everyone else in the canteen mirrored her shocked expression and loud gasp.

While everyone else wondered who would dare to even do such a thing, Mariah had no shred of doubt in her mind that it was the school's troublemaker, Jason. If you ask anyone, including the teachers, they would say you would best be avoiding Jason.

Jason had an infamous reputation of being a person who just did not give a damn about others' feelings and dignity. In other words, Jason could target anyone. And that included the school principal and the school's most popular girl. Or one of the most. Madison was the most popular girl and she did not use blackmail unlike Mariah. Also, Jason's targets all had something in common. They were all jerks. Jason was kind enough to avoid those people who were goody-two shoes and all-around nice.

And it was about time Mariah received her just deserts as a payback for all the misdeeds that she had done. If you asked Jason, Mariah was way worse than a prankster and troublemaker. Mariah was a conniving and shameless girl who would not think twice about humiliating someone if she thought she did not get the so-called respect that she deserved.

What Mariah deserved was to be hit by a bus. But today, staining her expensive, exclusive blouse would just do.