Emma's Pov

"Why can't Elizabeth just stick to her damn self? Why does she have to mess with every new guy who comes here," Holly mumbles and I look up to her with wide eyes

No one else seemed to hear her but me so I clear my throat softly, continuing to scroll through my phone.

"Why so quiet Ems? You haven't really said a word since we started talking about the mystery boy," Mya questions with a smirk on her face wiggling her eyebrows

Her and Sarah giggle lightly, but Holly grips her pen tighter between her fingers.

Why is she acting this way?

Shaking my head, I hear my mind reply with,

"I'm fine Mya. Worry about yourself getting an STD from all the peedawackers you've been swallowing."

and I keep it to myself smiling softly knowing kindness messes with her more.

She looks taken back but recovers quickly mumbling "whatever" under her breath.

"Ugh!" Holly suddenly exasperates standing up leaving the rest of us surprised

She grabs her things and walks off to the opposite side of the cafeteria and I look towards Sarah and Mya, hoping they'd have an answer, but they look as shocked as I do.

"Um, well that was something," Sarah states breaking the silence and we all agree rising from the table to grab lunch

When we finally make it up there, we see Holly sitting at a table by herself with her head in her hands, and I tap Sarah, nodding towards her. But she shakes her head silently telling me to let her have some space. So we do that, order our food, and make our way back to the table.

"Should we continue about the new boy?" Mya asks weakly and the both of us look towards her with a flat glance

She smiles wickedly which causes Sarah and I to laugh and Sarah snorts, making the table erupt in more giggles.

We earn stares from other students but we ignore them, and Mya sticks her middle finger up at them making their faces red with awkwardness.

"Hey it's our senior year... Don't you think you and Elizabeth need to settle what happened?" Sarah whispers to me and I throw her a look of distaste

Only Sarah knows of what happened between us and it drives her crazy that we haven't dispersed it. But I know why we can't, and that's enough for me to stay away from her and the past.

But it's also because of the power we hold against each other. Her parents are in charge of the school board, but mine are in charge of Clark Enterprises, who funds Springfield High, so she doesn't like that I'm "over" her.

"No, we're going to keep our distance. Hopefully she doesn't try anything," I hushly reassure her and she smiles softly and we both turn our attention back to Mya whose still flipping random people off

Sarah and I shake our heads at her laughing softly, and when I close my eyes for the slightest second, a pair of light blue eyes appear reminding me of the sky.

Reminding me of hope.

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Mateo's Pov

"Where in the fucking hell bat shit are we going?!" I yell in the completely empty halls causing her to laugh hysterically

We've been going back and forth trying to make the other laugh, and I finally got her to crack. It's been a long 20 minutes.

While walking with her, I've actually realized that we have more in common than I thought. Just like mine, her parents hate her with every bone in them, and when I asked why, she didn't answer. But she did say that it all started when she first got to highschool, because of the "mystery girl", Emma.

"Okay okay you win. Who knew you cursing would have made me laugh?" She questions teasingly and my pride engulfs

It's nice talking to someone whose almost the same as me, and her expression is a mixture of bubbly yet relaxed. Because of me. The thought makes me smile but once I see a bullet lunge itself across my mind, I'm reminded of why we're here in the first place.

Her "helping" me.

"I know right I am quite the charmer. But we've been walking around for a while now, so why don't you tell me what plans you have?" I ask quirking up an eyebrow

She looks hesitant for a while then shakes her head, deep in thought.

"Oh, it's nothing. Just wanted to be the first person to give you a tour around the school. Since you're new..." She replies nervously and I quirk an eyebrow in amazement

Where was the feisty girl I met 30 minutes ago?

"Well thank you, but you could've just asked and I still would've came. And tours can come later, my main priority is Emma," I reply with an edge and I visibly notice the feistiness return, yet only in her eyes

"It's always going to be her huh..." She mutters under her breath but I hear her clearly

"The fuck are you talking about?" I ask walking closer to her

Her face turns into a grimace as she places her arms around her small frame before turning around.

"You can respectfully take your priorities and shove them up your ass," She whispers before walking off, her long auburn hair flowing as she strides

Scoffing heavily, I turn around as well gripping my backpack straps tighter. I wonder what that was about?

"Hey, what were you and Manipulabitch talking about?" I catch suddenly and turn seeing a blonde guy that I instantly remember from homeroom

As he walks up to me, I realize that he said something about a Manipulabitch.

"I'm sorry, a who?" I ask curiously and he chuckles

"Elizabeth, I meant Elizabeth," He corrects himself and I look at him confusingly

"The red head?" I question and he bursts out laughing

"Nah the purple head," He replies sarcastically making me roll my eyes

"We weren't talking 'bout nothing dude," I answer dismissively and he raises an eyebrow

I shrug and continue to walk away, but when he calls after me again, my feet plants themselves into the sparkly multi-colored tiled floor.

"You sure...? Cause she's the school's whore bro. Welcome to Springfield High."