"Okay, so we'd start from where you have your next class" Clover started as soon as we left our Chemistry class. We went through the library, the cafeteria, the gym, other rooms where I had my classes, the school hall and other places. It was a big school after all.

We finished our tour just in time for our next class which we didn't have together. My class was on the other side of the school, so walking there took me quite sometime. Luckily, I wasn't late. I got there prior to my teacher's arrival at least. This class was just as noisy as the last. The teacher came in seconds later and the class began.

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I'd never wanted a class to end so badly as I did my last class before recess. I was hungry because I didn't have breakfast that morning and my teacher, Mr. Brown was a middle aged man who was hardly audible. It was so frustrating and boring not to mention tiring because my stomach kept grumbling, which is why I had already gathered my stuff five minutes to the end of the class and as soon as the bell rang, I immediately left the class. Right after the teacher, of course.

Funny thing is...I think I forgot the way to the cafeteria. I knew it was on the other side where I had my first period but I totally forgot where the cafe was. So there I was again, wandering like a lost sheep, a very hungry one at that, too shy to ask for directions.

I had wandered for a few minutes before I finally found it. I did a quick scan of the cafe to see if Clover was already there, but she wasn't so I walked straight to an empty table and began to eat my lunch. My eyes kept wandering to the entrance to the café so I could spot Clover as soon as she entered and wave her over.

After some minutes, she hadn't come, so I gave up. My attention was brought back up from my food when there seemed to be a commotion. I looked up to see a group of three boys and two girls, one of which I recognised from my Chemistry class, walk in. Were they the cause of the commotion?

"Oh, Steve looks even better than he did yesterday" I heard a girl tell her friends from the table next to mine.

"I know right, even Peter looks hotter" her friend sighed "I'd so go out with both of them".

"Yeah, in your dreams. They'd never ask you out"

"I know" she sighed dejectedly "tough luck".

"I don't know about Peter but Thomas definitely has my heart" another friend said "He's hot and nice"

"Nah, I like bad boys like Steve" the first one said.

"I think we can all agree that Blake is the hottest and the nicest" said another one.

"Definitely" they all agreed.

Okay, seems these boys had lots of admirers and I'm guessing the girls do too.

"Of course they do" Clover replied suddenly appearing in front of me. I didn't even notice her come in.

"What? Did I say that out loud?" I asked Clover.

"Yep" she replied.

"When did you get here?" I asked.

"Like 2 minutes ago when your entire focus was on the cause of the commotion"

"Who are they?" I asked "Why did their entrance create such a ruckus?"

"Oh, they are members of the basketball team" she started to explain "The boys, of course"

"Steve Harper, the blonde one is the captain, Peter Harrington, the brown haired one is the deputy and Thomas Freeze is also on the team. They're all best friends so they move around school together. As you can see, they're basically eye candy so yes, they do have lots of admirers. The two girls are Cynthia Bells and Stacy Flinn. They're your typical high school mean girls and they're also cheerleaders. They stick around those three like parasitic flies on a host." She finished making me laugh.

"Including you?" I asked noticing her lingering gaze on them, or rather on Thomas.

"What?" she asked confused.

"Are you also one of their admirers?" I asked.

"No...I mean...of course not" she stuttered, her cheeks heating up.

"Oh come on, Clover, you're as red as a tomato right now" I teased.

"No, there's no way I could like any of them" she said, her mood suddenly changing.

"Why?"

"Nothing, let's just drop it"

"Okay, I'm sorry" I said putting my hands up defensively.

We ate our lunch in silence and soon, the bell rang. We left the café and headed to our various classes. The rest of my classes passed by and the day was over in a flash.

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I woke up the next morning with a heavy stomach, I had too much of my mom's pasta last night. I dressed up lazily but was ready just in time for my mom to leave. She dropped me off at school and thankfully, by the time we arrived, my stomach was back to normal.

I met Clover by our lockers but we didn't have the same class for first period today so when the bell rang, we left for our different classes.

I came out of my first period class to meet a terrible sight. Right there, in the middle of the hallway, Clover's books were everywhere, some were even torn and their pages were scattered all around. People passed by but not one stopped to help her pick them up. That was probably because of the two girls from the cafeteria and two others who were towering over her and throwing mean comments at her. No one wanted to get involved in such, well, except me of course.

"Little miss nerdy is gonna be late for class now" Cynthia said snickering. I had come to know she was actually head cheerleader which explains why she felt the need to always be seen with the Captain of the basketball team, Stiles was it? Stephen? Steve? Yeah, Steve.

"Oops, I hope she doesn't get punished by the teacher" another teased. I was pissed. Too pissed. I went over to help Clover who was already red from embarrassment, or was it anger. She couldn't even look at me.

"Oh look, another loser has come to help" Stacy said.

"Shut up" I said standing up to look at her heavily made up face, making her gasp.

"What did you just say?" She retorted

"I told you and your skinny ass friend to shut your mouth" I repeated, this time a little louder.

"How dare you?" She screeched.

"How dare me? No, how dare you? How dare you tear her textbooks and scatter them all over the floor like this, don't you have any manners?" I was beyond pissed now. I don't know if you've noticed but I have a little bit of anger issues. Okay maybe a lot.

"You don't know who you're talking to" one of the other girls said.

"And quite frankly, I don't care. I don't want to know about people who treat fellow people like this" I replied

Clover was done picking up the textbooks and the pages of the torn ones by now and was tugging on my hand to stop me talking but I wasn't having it.

"You'll regret this, I promise" said Cynthia as she turned to walk away and the others followed.

"Piece of sh*t" I muttered as I turned to Clover "Are you okay?"

"Yes I am, for now anyways" she shrugged.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"What do you mean 'what do I mean'?" She asked "Obviously, I wasn't so detailed with my explanations yesterday. Cynthia Bells is the daughter of one of the major shareholders at our school and trust me, they call the shots around here"

"So what? Doesn't mean you should let her treat you like dirt"

"Daniella, it's better to just avoid her and let her do what she wants. She might be a dumb blonde but she sure knows how to make use of her dad's power in this school" she replied making me snicker.

"Did you just call her dumb?" I asked smirking.

"Yeah" she whispered dramatically "I might let her tear my textbooks and throw them around but that's only because I don't want to get suspended or maybe even expelled, thereby tainting my school records. Harvard will never accept me then"

"Whoa, she can do that?"

"Yep"

"Doesn't matter, she still shouldn't treat people like shit" I shrugged.

"Never mind that" she said rolling her eyes, probably tired of explaining to me "The second period bell just went, we'd better head to our classes"

We exchanged books from our lockers  and headed for our once again, separate classes.

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Hey guys!! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I don't know if you got it, but the reason Clover was nervous in her Chemistry class was because Cynthia was also in that class and Cynthia bullies her. There won't be much bully scenes though. Please don't forget to vote, drop comments and shareeeee. Thanks.  ♡