"THAT'S IT for now. Band dismissed!" Traze hears one of the band members calling out, but her mind is drifting somewhere far away.

His Royal Highness, Prince Jaehyun, my dream man just looked at me for the first time. It's all so vivid in her mind. She can still remember how the Prince looked at her when she wrapped her handkerchief around his arm. When he flashed a smile, showing his dimple, she felt like her heart was about to melt at that moment. "He's even more gorgeous up close," she murmurs to herself, thinking about the Prince again.

"Traze!" Someone snaps his fingers infront of her, startling her from her reverie.

She looks up and sees the band's manager, Doyoung looking at her with brows creased. "Did something hit her head?" Doyoung asks, turning to Izzy who is now standing up from her seat.

"She must be thinking about His Royal Highness again," Izzy teases, chuckling.

"You mean the Prince? But who among the three?" The lead guitarist, Kun asks in confusion.

Haechan, the youngest in the band who plays the keyboard butts in. "Ah! Is it Prince Jeno?"

"Don't you think he's too young for her?" The vocalist, Taeil answers.

"Or is it Prince Johnny?" The one playing the bass guitar, Winwin asks this time.

"Guys, this is not about anyone!" Traze answers, standing up.

"Oh she's gone mad!" Doyoung speaks again, earning a glare from Izzy. "What?"

"You heard her. It's not about anyone," Izzy says, patting her friend's back. "Now what is it, bun?"

Traze frowns at her bestfriend. She doesn't want to explain to her because she's just gonna tease her even more anyway if she'd tell her about Prince Jaehyun.

"Don't tell me it's about that guy at the pub," Izzy exclaims, eyes wide open.

Traze shoots a glare at Izzy, thinking about that incident. "What? No! Definitely not!"

"Wait... guy at the pub?" Kun asks back.

"Are you dating someone now? Why aren't you telling us?" Haechan interrogates, being the nosy kid that he is.

Traze lets out a sigh, just to silence their curious minds. "Don't mind me, guys. I'm just tired."

"Well we better head home now. It's getting late and we already have classes tomorrow," Taeil reminds everyone, as they fix their instruments and prepare to head home.

****

WHEN Monday morning comes, Traze arrives at their school earlier than usual. She just feels good today. But the moment she reaches her locker, a group of 'wannabes' comes up to her, ruining her supposedly good day. "Well, if it isn't Ugly Earthling! Are you gonna work again tonight serving customers at the pub?"

Traze doesn't need to turn around to look at them because she already knows them very well. Maggie, the leader and her two sidekicks, Coleen and Jasmin comprise the group of 'Wannabes', who are frustrated celebrities and obviously just wants attention from people. She can't understand why high school always has to have this kind of group. "And are you gonna fail this semester again, Mags?" Traze counters, smirking at her nemesis.

Maggie's brow shoots up. "What? Don't you even dare insult me Traze! You're just some... pathetic little lesbo trying to fit in. And guess what? Nobody wants you here, aside from your lesbo friend. Or should I say girlfriend?" She ends up with a sneer, turning to her friends who do the same.

Traze isn't fazed by Maggie anymore. She got used to it because ever since middle school, Maggie had been bullying her, unsuccessfully, if she might add. "I don't have time to chitchat with you girls. I actually have better things to do. So, bye!" She closes her locker and proceeds to her room.

She feels relieved that when she enters inside their room, she finds her friends laughing at something on the corner. "And then he got away!" She hears Izzy exaggeratedly narrating another story, as the others intently listen and react.

"Morning, everyone!" Traze greets them, sitting on her chair.

"Traze, you're late!" Taeil says, pointing at his watch.

"I came in early but you-know-who just had to ruin my day," Traze says, sighing.

"Speak of the devil!" Izzy points infront, as Maggie and her friends strut their way inside the room.

"The Queen is here! Make way servants!" Maggie exclaims, then finds Traze, looking at her. "And I meant you, Traze!"

Traze just rolls her eyes. "Whatever."

"How's your servant mother doing at the Palace?" Maggie continues, smirking.

"What? Don't you dare insult my mum!" With that, Traze stands up from her seat, ready to attack Maggie, but Izzy pulls her hand to stop her.

"What is going on here?" Their teacher asks in a loud voice, startling everyone.

"It's Traze, miss," Maggie says, pointing at Traze, who has her eyes widened in disbelief.

"She was insulting my mum!" Traze exclaims, gritting her teeth in anger.

Their teacher looked at the two. "That's it! Detention for you, Patricia Collins. See you at the library at 5. Now everyone sit straight and we'll start the class!"

****

AFTER their last period, Traze prepares herself for the detention which she honestly thinks is unfair, since Maggie was the one who started to insult her mother. But since Maggie's parents have a huge contribution to their school, she's always being treated like a queen and that means no detention for her ever.

Sighing, Traze grabs her bag and heads out of the room. She suddenly feels nauseous and dizzy, but she just ignores this. Before she leaves, she hears Izzy saying, "Just sleep there."

"Will do!" Traze responds, laughing and waving at them.

She makes her way to the hallway and drops her books inside the locker. Just then, someone comes running towards her. "Traze!"

She turns around and sees the brothers of Taeil and Doyoung panting hard, upon reaching her. "Jisung, Haechan, what's the matter?"

The two kids catch their breaths, then look at her in worry. "Your mum... I think she's ill," Jisung says.

Haechan punches Jisung on the arm. "No, she's not just ill. She's really ill."

Traze creases her brows in confusion, trying to process what they're saying. If her mum is ill, then she should've called her. But then, she remembers that her phone is broken and she still has no budget to get it fixed or buy another one. "W-what... do you mean? How did you know?"

"We were with Chelsie earlier when your mum called. She rushed immediately to your house," Jisung answers.

"Wait, are you alright? You look pale," Haechan points out.

"I'm fine. Thank you for telling me by the way," she finally says, ditching her detention. If she'll get another detention for ditching it, she doesn't care anymore.

She makes her way out of the school grounds and decides to stop by at a pharmacy to buy analgesics and pain medications. She only has a limited allowance so she has no choice but to walk her way home. If only her phone is working, she can just call Izzy or any of her friends for back-up, but screw her broken phone, she can't even use it now that there's an emergency.

Just thinking about the distance from her school to their apartment makes her want to just give up. But knowing that her mum is there, waiting for her keeps her stimulated. This is the first time that her mum actually went home because she's sick. She's hoping her mum's sickness is just a simple flu or fatigue because if not, she doesn't know what to do anymore. Living without their dad has been hard enough for them. She can't afford to lose her mum this time.

As soon as Traze crosses the street, a speeding motorbike suddenly comes her way, almost hitting her on the side. She suddenly collapses on the ground, remembering a voice of a guy exclaiming, "Bloody hell! Why aren't you looking your way?"

She has no energy to counter at him anymore. She feels so dizzy that she wants to throw up so she just let him carry her, as she closes her eyes and dozes off.

A/N: Can you guess who hit her with the bike? It's pretty obvious. haha XD Oh by the way, have you watched the performances from Asia Artist Awards? It's great to see my bias groups together. (EXO, BTS, SVT and NCT!) Anyway, I'm still waiting for NCT's comeback and I really really hope Johnny will debut already. I feel bad for Hansol though because he seriously has no schedule at all. *sighs*

Please do vote and comment on this chap if you liked it. Thank you so much! ^^

Question: Why does high school always has those 'mean girls?'

~neoluv