Karma

I faded into the background of this last event before the crowning ceremony. I just wanted to be alone and just watch on. This wasn't as exciting and glamorous like the others. It seemed more like a house party. I never really enjoyed parties but I liked being around my friends but the more and more we grow distant and go on to do our own things it feels less enjoyable. They would go off to be with their partners or other group of friends and I would just be around. They didn't seem to notice how much it affected me and it wasn't their job to. I also went on to find my own people to hang out with outside of them but that ended up backstabbing me.

This party was a joint event meant for the subjects aka the people voting. The school rented out one of the many halls we had for this.

Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves except me who just stood in the shadows sipping on something. I was glad Daniela was enjoying herself. Surprisingly she pulled in a majority of the votes for someone ill favored. She may just well be crowned. She was beaming with this new found attention.

I listened to her go on and on about all her plans, all her ideas and how perfect she hoped she would look. She was getting one of her dreams to come through. For some not liked by many it was something she would remember for a long time.

There was nothing really special about the thank you other than the queens and how grateful they were to the people who voted. There was nothing to sway them, no fancy favors, no gimmicks, no fighting everything was just like a normal party.

Lorel and Daniela's plan didn't seem to go off yet but it seemed like it was already set in motion. I was given no timeline on when it might happen because they said I might warn him. All I know is they plan to ruin his dream of acting. He was never really big if you don't consider a young role on Broadway real acting. I wasn't really thinking of him but sometimes I would find myself looking over at him and sometimes he would be staring back. Yeah I would feel guilty about whatever happens.

Lorel crossed through the crowd in my direction.

"It's happening!" She screamed excitedly over the music.

"The first move. It's happening."

"And what is that exactly?" My phone vibrated in my pocket and it seemed like the whole crowd received the same thing. An article popped up on my screen showing me a casting of the new season of Over My Dead Body. He made it.

"I am gonna suck the happiness out of his life. Give me until after the crowning ceremony. This isn't about him." She was smiling from ear to ear excitedly. No one seemed particularly happy for Aaron because they knew him. Everyone knew he was involved so nobody except his close friends hugged and congratulated him. I looked closely at the article to see who it was written by.

"Nadia Mendez?"

"Yeah, she knows." She smiled. "I don't have to do much from here. People are jealous and hateful and this would take care of itself." She was right as the week went on Aaron began to get the cold shoulder from the members of the drama club and his friends seemed passive aggressive with him. Ebany in particular was fuming. They were applying for roles in the same show and she never got so much as a call back or extra role. Every single evil bone in her body was searing as she made up scenarios to ruin his image and then she remembers what damaging material her boyfriend has.

"You still have those videos?"

"Huh?"

It wasn't just her, it was everybody before his professional career could start. People were already talking about him online, bringing up his reputation. When someone would gush about him in online the replies would be filled with things like

"You don't know him."

"He isn't even nice in real life."

"Fake."

"Weirdo." And they would elaborate when asked. People conspired together to ruin him. People said nepotism, saying his dad invested in the production of the show. Some said blackmail because of his reputation. He made it seem like he wasn't affected by the harsh glares he received in the hallways and the questions on his twitter and the snake emojis filling his instagram but he was angry and irritated no one seemed happy for him.

"The articles are coming!" Lorel sang in my ear. "Do you know how many people are calling my sister talking about him? I thought I would have to release the vids but I don't have to do anything when people are coming for him."

"Oh I just sent her documents about the whole lawsuit even though we settled a while ago."

"See when we said we were talking revenge for you we meant nuclear. He would be able to come back from this because watch." She pointed over to Aaron who strolled down the hallway with a smile plastered on his face while people threw verbal tomatoes silently.

The first article which was Daniela's lawsuit accompanied by the police report came out and his accumulated fans he got in the past 5 days lit the internet of fire. People dug into it to search his instagram and twitter to find his old tweets which were linked to the chronicles twitter account. He was ripped to shreds. He didn't even show up that morning because he had to go on a press run.

This all came at the expense of the show. It wasn't even the first time an actor from the series had to leave the same character Aaron was to play. It was played by an Actor who was exposed to be a bully and he did a lot of heinous things leading to people online saying the role is cursed.

He was grasping at straws and lashing out at everyone at school saying;

"Can yall not be happy for someone?" No unfortunately. He asked Daniela why she would do all that when he never did anything to her physically or verbally and asked if they weren't friends.

"You took advantage of my drinking problem and took pictures of me and shared it online at the expense of my status. No friends don't do that." Post talking about his behavior poured in until the morning of the crowning ceremony when the videos dropped and spread everywhere online and this was worse than when the police report came out because this wasn't public knowledge no one knew about these videos this was new information and surprisingly from his own friends himself the videos dropped on the chronicles account. This is when being exposed really came into fruition. He didn't even know when he came in the morning until he opened his locker to stills of the videos falling out and loudly the audios played all along the hallway mocking him. He just stood still unable to move.

Not just loud verbal tomatoes came his way but physical ones in the form of random junk like pencils or paper, snacks, food, all sorts of things. Nor me, Lorel and Daniela expected the video to be released because they didn't do it and were just as confused as I was but it clicked it was probably Mormon joining in. We were close to it I guess. This also came at my expense as well because now people knew. Another article dropped bringing everything together titled; Aaron Wilson used to get paid to manipulate people, an anonymous source says.

The one article that makes or breaks him quickly came in that held weight on everything, one from the series creators.

Over My Dead Body producer and director say they would no longer be working with Aaron Wilson.

"I think I can enjoy my day now." Lorel beamed as she spun around with her phone in hand. I didn't feel happy in any way, just sad. I shouldn't feel bad for him because it's all warranted but I couldn't watch him basically be stoned from every angle. It probably took a toll on his how in the span of two weeks everything was just piled on him and he was dragged across the internet by not just people that he doesn't know but people he saw everyday. Not a single person other than his Dad was happy for him. He didn't even get to film one episode or do a proper interview with the cast. Everything came and went fast for him. He was shunned and ridiculed everywhere.

Eyes were on me now because of the content of the videos and I didn't know how to speak about it. I wasn't too happy for everyone to see me as what Aubrey described.

"You said he's like weak minded is that true?"

"Yeah."

"And he has an ego too? He's not gonna fall for me because he's straight but he'd be really flattered if I liked him or something. Tell him I like him. It would make him uncomfortable for a while but he would be too afraid to bring it up."

"Does he have to know your sexuality?"

"Of course not. Just mention the crush."