A Girl Like Her Page #3

as maybe

you've told me about.

Uh... I... like I told you,

we were friends and...

it's just that now

we're not, in high school.

I don't know;

we've both gotten older

and made different friends.

It's not anything personal,

it's just...

we both... just went

different ways.

Yeah, that's

understandable.

Mm-hmm.

There is some testimony

about when you

get around Jessica,

things kind of change.

I don't... think

that anything ever changes

when I'm around Jessica.

I behave the same

with her as I would

anybody in the halls.

Maybe if you knew what it's

like now in high school,

like, girl world now,

with being popular

and everything, it just

is a lot different.

People don't really know

what it's like to be me

and I don't mean that,

like... rudely or,

like, thinking a lot

of myself, but it's just

people don't understand

what it's like to be popular.

I'm just like any other

girl in high school.

I think that perspective

is kind of important.

Would you be willing

to be a part

of this story

that we're telling

about the American

high school?

And would you be

willing to be the face

of that stereotype of

the popular girl

that not a lot

of people understand

what it feels like, the

pressures of feeling...

- Yeah.

- that popularity and

living up

to that popularity?

But I want

to caution you that

what you put out there,

the world is gonna see.

The real you.

Like, the...

I don't know, like,

- the popular-girl perspective?

- Absolutely.

OK.

...work this thing?

Holy crap.

- How do you...

- Is it by the red button?

Yeah. OK.

OK, so today is Day One

of Avery's life.

Her documentary?

I don't know.

- This is my girls!

- Hi!

Is everybody... wait.

How do you...

I don't know.

It's backwards, so...

- OK. Hello, ladies!

- Hi!

These are my main b*tches

right over here.

Ha ha! Hey!

What did you guys do this

weekend? What did we do?

- Partied, of course.

- Partied.

And made out...

hooked up with this guy.

Emily.

- Oh, my gosh.

- Ex...

- Seriously?

- What the...

Oh, look! Wait!

Hold on! It's Brian!

Brian! Brian!

Wait, wait, wait! Hold on!

- Hold on! Brian, wait, wait.

- Hey, Brian!

Hello! Hi. How are you?

- Hey, Bri!

- Hey, Brian!

- Hi Brian!

- Freak.

- Oh, God.

- Bye!

Brian, just say hi.

Just wave, really quick.

- Freak!

- Wave really quick! Hi!

- Bye!

- OK.

That didn't really work out.

As you can tell,

I have losers for friends.

- Hey!

- So... ha!

- That is not fair.

- Love you, too!

So, Day... ha! Day One

kinda... kinda sucked.

So we'll try again tomorrow

if we feel like it.

I don't know. OK!

OK.

Think it's on.

OK, so...

my name is Avery Keller,

and this is my first...

video... journal thing, so...

yeah, I don't really know

what to talk about.

I...am a normal

teenage girl.

I have my 4 best friends...

Maddy, Tessa, Kayla, and Emily...

and they're...

super fun.

All right,

so my girls and I

want to show you what it's like

to be the sophomores...

the popular sophomores...

of South Brookdale,

so let's take a look.

South Brookdale

pride! Ha ha!

- Hey, Trevor!

- Hey, Avery.

- Hey.

- Hi.

- Who was that?

- I don't know.

I pretty much just

hang out with them at school.

It's not like a clique

or anything.

It's just... I don't know,

it's just who I hang out with.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Have you ever talked

to any of them?

- No.

- Hey.

- Is that her locker?

- Oh.

Jessica's locker.

So, anyways...

- Hey, girls!

- Hi.

- Like your shirt.

- Thank you.

- Don't like yours. No!

- Ha ha!

You know, I think

that people, like, take it

that I'm being a b*tch because

I only hang out with my friends,

but... I don't know; I just

don't have any interest

in making

any more friends, so...

it's not, like,

anything personal.

I hate my hair today.

It looks cute.

I don't have enough time.

Here, you do it.

Yeah, I don't... I want to do

my eyeliner really quick.

So, yeah, this is our girl time

because we never have

enough time because we're

always running late.

So we use this bathroom

as our "getting ready" bathroom,

and nobody comes in.

And that b*tch blocks

the door.

Yeah, Maddy!

Hi, dolls.

So usually no one comes in

because they kind of know...

- Right. What the...

- that this is our place...

Excuse me.

Get the... out.

That is why

she blocks the door.

This is high school.

Nothing...

nothing different from any other

high school you'd go to.

People joke around, and people

mess around and have fun.

It's just how

high school is now.

I don't really do

any school activities.

I used to, uh, I used to dance.

I have my trophy for dance,

and my mom would love it

if I did dance still

because she's annoying

and she loves to control my life

and she would've liked

if I did Pom this year,

but I didn't... didn't

want to do that.

Nose in the books, guys.

Nose in the books.

I got you

for another 20 minutes.

Twenty minutes.

Oh, my God.

This class is so boring.

I literally hate public

school, and this is why.

Because we don't

learn anything.

Do you see this?

And she is texting me.

I actually like school.

I do. I get good grades

because I cannot wait

to get out of this place.

I just want to go away

to college.

I cannot wait

to be out of my house.

But... I don't know.

Other than that, I'm just

your normal teenage girl,

living out

the high school dream.

OK.

It's getting late, honey.

Listen, why don't you

go home and stay with Gabby

and I'll stay here

tonight, OK?

Hmm?

I'm OK. I'm staying.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

OK.

Good night,

Jessie-bell.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

- It's OK, honey.

- I...

- It's OK.

- No.

It's not OK.

It's not OK if I...

- If I would've known that the...

- What?

I didn't know

those pills were there.

I didn't even know

that they were there.

- Honey...

- How did she find them?

It's not your fault,

all right?

You listen to me.

Listen to me.

- I saw those pills...

- The pills were there.

I saw them

in the cabinet.

I didn't throw them

away, either, OK?

Do you think

it's my fault?

Are you sure?

- No.

- OK.

Then it couldn't be

your fault, OK?

We'll find out

what happened, OK?

But this is not

something you did.

You're a good mom, OK?

It's not gonna stop,

you know?

It's... it's not like

it's just at school.

It's on my phone,

it's online.

It just consumes

my life, and I just...

I can't concentrate

on anything else,

no matter how hard I try.

No matter where I go,

no matter what I do,

she always... she just...

She just always...

finds a way to get at me.

There are some allegations

that Jessica was being harassed.

"Bullied," actually,

are the words

a lot of your students

were using.

I don't have any...

knowledge of that

right now.

That's just...

um, at this point,

I'd put that in a rumor.

Kids tease each other

and call each other names

and are mean to each other

all of the time.

Do you guys have

a zero bullying policy

in place here?

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