Chapter 2

I inwardly groan in irritation as the warning bell rings, loudly might I add. Anyone with a perfectly working brain can tell that I don't want to be messed with. I'm wearing a pair of grey sweatpants and a black tank top. The easiest outfit ever. My mother's were trying to get me to stay home but I convinced them to let me come to school. Mainly because I've missed a bunch of work already. I'm in the middle of fixing my bun when I hear a horrid voice behind me. "Look what the cat dragged in" my ex-best friend says from behind me Seriously?! My first day back and I have to deal with this?! I slowly turn around to face my ex-friend who is surprisingly not alone. She's practically hanging onto my ex-boyfriend. "Cat got your tongue, sweet cheeks?" He retorts with the same wicked smirk Are they serious right now? "Listen, I'd hate to stay and chat so I'm going to go" I say emotionlessly as I turn around and make my way towards my first period They don't give up though. Of course they don't, why would they? "Aww, little miss popular isn't so popular anymore" she says with a squeaky voice What is she talking about?! I'm not even popular. Barely anyone even knows my name. "She's just mad she never got a chance to hop on my cock" he says Is he serious? His dick is so small that I had to take a second look at it! You know what, I'm not going to say anything. They don't deserve it. I will not stoop down to their level. I walk into class effectively cutting off their false remarks as I quickly make my way to my desk. My first period is environmental science so we have lab desks instead of singular desks. I sit at a lab desk by myself since people are too scared to come up to me. I think it's because of my resting face. My friends say that I have a resting bitch face when I'm bored or trying to focus on something. My real friends. Bailey and Faith. I actually met them this year when I was trying to find the band room. The late bell rings which effectively pulls me out of my thoughts. "Okay class, today we're going to be taking notes," my science teacher says A majority of the class groans out which causes me to make a confused facial expression. Why are they surprised? We've been doing this since the first day of school. I'm a sophomore if you didn't know. I have a late birthday which makes me younger than most of the sophomores. "Hanna, nice to see you could bless us with your presence today," my teacher says with a sarcastic tone "Can you please tell us what the atomic number is for beryllium?" She questions me I raise an eyebrow at her as if silently asking her if she's serious but she just continues to stare at me with an impatient look. I shouldn't even be surprised that she'd pull this on someone who hasn't been at school in two weeks. "The class is waiting, Hanna" she says impatiently Just as I'm about to tell this crazy lady that I'm not going to answer her question someone bursts through the door as if they own the place. As soon as she opens the door she stares around the classroom with a bored expression. She must be new, I've never seen her before. She's wearing a black tank top that is covered by a black leather jacket. She paired that with a pair of black skinny jeans and black booties. Her midnight black hair is tied up in a high ponytail. Wow. She's definitely a bad girl. That means she's bad news. I've read about girls like her. She could probably separate my head from my body if she so chose to. "Excuse me, why are you late to my class?" The teacher questions as if she was actually teaching something "I'm new, I just moved here" she states with a tone of annoyance as if it wasn't obvious that she's new The teacher gives her a skeptical look as she holds out her hand. The new girl walks over to her and places a pink slip in the teachers awaiting hand. "Miss Kingsbury, take a seat next to Miss Wilder" the teacher announces as she points towards me The new girls grey eyes land on me and she nods before making her to me. No, why me?! She can sit next to anyone else in this classroom! Oh god. My sophomore year is totally and completely ruined. "What's up, princess" she says in a mocking tone Is she serious, right now? "What did you just call me?" I ask her calmly as I turn to face her There's no need to let my anger control me. "A princess, it's a compliment" she says with an eye roll at my reaction "You hardly even know me, scratch that, you don't even know me so who are you to come in here and make fun of me" I question her with a glare She can have a careless attitude all she wants but it becomes a problem when she treats everyone else like they're the cause of it. "Calm down, princess, I'm not making fun of you" she says emotionlessly as she starts to write down the notes on the board I don't miss the slight tug of her lip. She finds this amusing?! "Yes you are and don't call me princess" I say before I turn around in my seat and start to copy the notes I can already tell that we will not get along. Not that I'm complaining. I can't help but think about something weird though. Why is it that when she walked into class I felt a light stirring in my chest? - Bailey, Faith and I are sitting at a booth in the cafeteria and guess what they can't stop talking about? The new girl. "Hanna, have you seen the new girl?" Bailey asks with wide blue eyes "Yes, I have and I wish I didn't" I state sourly as I shove another french fry in my mouth No you don't. Shut up. "What's with the sour mood?" Faith asks me as she averts her attention away from the new girl and towards me "It's nothing, I just think you guys shouldn't be gushing over her" I say as I avoid their confused glances "Hanna, you're lying" Bailey states "No, I'm not" I say as I continue to avoid their eyes "Wait guys, she's looking over here" Faith says with an excited tone of voice There's no way that she's looking over here. I slowly turn around and look in the direction where Bailey and Faith are looking. As soon as the new girls eyes connect with mine she smirks which causes me to roll my eyes back at her as I turn around in my seat. "Wait at minute, she's looking at Hanna" Bailey says with just as much excitement "Will you guys just shut up about her" I say as I shove three fries in my mouth "Shh, she's coming over here" Faith says which makes my eyes widen I swear to all the gods above. If this girl comes over here, so help me god. "Hey, princess" the familiar voice says Seriously?! I thought we were friends, dude. I slowly turn to face her and give her the best smile that I can muster up. "Please, go away" I request "Not a chance" she says thoroughly amused by my reaction "Princess?" Bailey asks with a suggestive tone as Faith wiggles her eyebrows suggestively "Nothings going on between her and I" I say with wide eyes I don't need anything being said about her and I's 'relationship'. Her and I don't even like each other. Plus we don't even know each other's name. "Wow, princess, so us being lab partners means nothing to you?" She questions with fake sadness as she places a hand over her heart "Nothing at all" I say emotionlessly I glare at her as if silently telling her to go away but she just continues to stare at with with obvious amusement. "Would you like to join us?" Faith asks as she motions towards the seat beside me that's currently holding my backpack Really, Faith?! "I don't know, I wouldn't want to intrude" she says Please don't intrude. "No, please intrude" Bailey encourages What is wrong with these two?! "Okay, if you insist" she says as she grabs my backpack and sits down before gently placing it in her lap "You two are dead to me" I mutter to both Bailey and Faith but they don't hear me as they continue to stare at the new girl I seriously need to get her name. Wait, no I don't because that'll make it seem like I care. And I don't care. Right?! "If you don't mind me asking, what's your name?" Bailey asks her "My name is Aurelia" she says with a bright smile Aurelia Kingsbury. Her name sounds so expensive. But I can't deny how beautiful it sounds. "Thank you, princess" she replies to me with a small smirk Oh god. She heard that. I can't believe I said that. I feel my cheeks quickly become warm as I awkwardly look down at my intertwined hands. "Ex-Excuse me" I say quietly as I slide out of the booth and quickly make my way towards the door I don't know where I'm going. I just know that I need to get out of here. I aimlessly wander the hallway until I'm stopped by my ex-boyfriend. Who shall remain nameless. "Wow, so you're stalking me now?" He questions with a tone of disbelief and slight amusement I roll my eyes at him as I cross my arms. "Leave me alone" I say as I go to walk around him only to have him block my path "You just can't get enough of me, huh?" He questions with amusement as his eyes rake my body up and down "Sorry, babe, I'm with your best friend now," he says with a shrug "Oops I mean ex-best friend" he says with fake sadness "Move" is all I say as I go to step around him only for him to block my way, again. "Why, are you trying to run away from your problems again?" He questions He's one to talk. "I'll tell you one more time, get out of my way" I say as I bump past him only for him to roughly grab my upper arm and yank me back so that I'm standing in front of him "You can't run away from this, Hanna" he says with an evil smirk I start to worry a little as his grip on my arm never falters. I reach my free hand up to pry his hand off of my upper arm only to fail. Instead he tightens his grip around my arm and uses his other hand to violently yank my hand away from previous one. Ouch. I start to feel a throbbing in my arm as well as my wrist. "Let go of me" I say as I yank to try and get out of his grip His eyes continue to roam my body sinisterly as if he's planning on doing something bad to me. "No, I think we still have some unsolved business" he says lowly "Get off of me" I say "She said to get off of her" the familiar voice says It happened so quickly that if you blinked you might've missed it. Aurelia's fist connected with my ex-boyfriends nose so hard that it threw him off his balance. He takes a few steps back and reaches up to grab his nose. "What was that for?" He yells out with a tone of frustration "Stay away from her" Aurelia demands with a hard tone I turn to face her only for my breath to get caught in my throat. She looks so powerful. Her black hair isn't in a ponytail anymore but instead lazily parted to the side as it flows around her face and down her shoulders. Her grey eyes are a smokey grey, as if she's trying to calm a fire inside of her. Her facial features are hard as she stands there watching my idiot of an ex try to stop his bloody nose, incorrectly might I add. I think she broke his nose. "You'll pay for this, Kingsbury" he says with a glare before throwing me a disgusted look and stomping off Aurelia quickly turns to face me but continues to remain emotionless as she examines me for any injuries. "How is your wrist?" She asks after she's done examining my arm I move my wrist back and forth only feeling a dull pain. "It's fine," I reply She nods her head. "Thank you for helping me" I say She deserves it. Without her who knows what would've happened to me. "You're welcome, princess" she replies with a slight smirk "Really, we're back to this?!" I question her "Fine, what's your name?" She asks genuinely I raise an eyebrow at her. I feel like this is a trick. "What?" She asks "Is this a trick?" I ask her with no hesitation "Really, what trick could I possibly pull right now?" She asks she with crossed arms I guess she's right. "My name is Hanna" I decide to tell her as I give in "Hanna Wilder" she says my name which causes my body to feel tingly all over Whoa. What was that? I stand up straighter to try and hide this feeling. My ex-boyfriend never made me feel like that. "Pretty name" she says as she tucks a strand of her black hair behind her ear Her eyes never stray away from mine as she does so. This girl is dangerous. I've never met anyone like her. Much less seen. I need to get out of here. "Thank you for your help, but I have to go" I say as I make my way towards the double doors "Hanna" she calls out to me "Yeah?" I ask her as I turn back around to face her "You forgot your backpack" she says as she slips my backpack off her back and holds it out for me to grab I blush with embarrassment as I awkwardly make my way towards her and grab my bag. Our fingers gently graze against each other which makes my breath hitch. That's so weird. My hand begins to feel tingly and my knees start to feel weak. "Thanks" I say as I grab the bag and place it over my shoulder before making my way towards to double doors. So many things happens today. My ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend started dating. A new girl came to our school. Bailey and Faith were practically bowing down at the girl's feet. My ex-boyfriend almost tried something with me. And finally the new girl and I may be on the road to acquaintances. I think I need a nap.