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           MONDAY HAD ARRIVED AND of course, Storm didn't feel like getting up to go to school. She hated Monday's, and she hated how the weekends would feel like two hours instead of two fucking days. Her and Damian at one more week to finish their project. All they had to do was get the supplies to make the model of the cell and then they were done.

As soon as she was done getting ready, she noticed her parents had left early today, assuming that they would eventually return that night. A ding from her phone alerted Storm, informing her that she had a notification. Clicking on it, the screen immediately went to her messages where Trevor had just texted her. He was picking her up again today.

Well, damn. I'm glad I got dressed on time instead of rushing to put on this rich ass uniform.

Storm grabbed her backpack and finally made it downstairs and out the door, in which Trevor was waiting for her in his car. She adjusted her glasses on her face one more time before getting in.

"Well look who's ready on time today," Trevor teased with a smile.

"Excuse me, fuck off!" Storm jokingly replied back to him. "You doing okay?" she asked. She knew he would still have to feel some type of way after what went on that day. Although Trevor was the oldest between the two of them, Storm still had that older sibling personality with him. Not like he minded. Trevor actually found it funny how she had those 'motherly instincts' when it should've been the other way around.

Trevor only shrugged his shoulders with a neutral expression. He didn't seem sad about it, but he definitely wasn't happy. "It is what it is at this point."

He eventually switched back to his usual energetic self and started driving. "By the way, you never told me. Did you throw hands?"

Immediately Storm's face scrunched up with her lips slightly parted. She had forgotten to tell Trevor about Blake coming back. It slipped her mind after talking to Robin that night, which she also never mentioned to Trevor. "I would've ..." She vaguely stated.

Trevor, still confused, pressed on to get more information than that piece of shit she just gave. "And...? What was stopping you?" He questioned Storm, still keeping his eyes on the road in front of him.

She took a breath, knowing damn well Trevor was going to lose his shit after telling him this. "So you know how Blake moved right after we cut ties last year...?"

"What about it?"

"Yeah, well that dickhead moved back here and now he goes to our fucking school." She told him.

Trevor snapped his head in Storm's direction, his eyes widened as if he just found out the world was going to end. "Dude, what the fuck!"

"I was literally gonna punch Cameron until that fucker grabbed my arm and scared that son of a bitch off like I asked for his help or something." Storm scoffed and crossed her arms, rolling her eyes at the memory. God, she hated him. She hated him so much. He actually had the nerve to even come in close contact with her in the first place. The fucking audacity.

"Why's he back in Gotham?" Trevor confusingly asked. He remembered when Blake had suddenly left that day and hadn't came back since.

Shrugging her shoulders with a hint of irritation, thanks to the fact Blake was going to be spending the next year in the same school as her. "I don't know, he told me it was his mom's decision and that he didn't know I still attended this school."

"You had a whole conversation with him?" The boy asked with a surprised expression on his face.

"Hell no, I told that asshole to fuck off." Storm immediately answered Trevor's question without hesitation. There was no way in hell Storm was going to even allow herself to hold a whole ass conversation with Blake. It was just never going to happen. Ever.

Trevor was the only other person who knew about what caused Storm to hate Blake although the three were close. Key word, were. All she wanted to do now was avoid him as much she could, even if it meant avoiding him for a year straight.

"I still find it fucked up how he left out of nowhere and now he's suddenly back. What reason does his mom have to bring him back here?"

A sigh escaped Storm's lips as she began to slump back in her seat a little. "It ... doesn't matter anymore. What's done is done. It'll be better if I just worry about myself. I'm just not gonna associate myself with him, okay? Blake is a waste of my fucking time, especially after that fucking fiasco with Ace." she stated with so much venom and hatred in her voice, it almost had Trevor scared for her.

All it took was some shit like that to fuck everything up. However Storm tried her best not to think of it anymore. It was already problematic as it was and she didn't need to be reminded of such troubling memories.

She noticed Trevor's worried expression. Afraid that she was ruining the mood, she changed the conversation by asking Trevor, "You got practice after school tomorrow? I wanna go stuff my face with burgers, but I can't today because I have to finish this damn project with Damian."

Smirking, Trevor responded, "Oh, that Damian."

"Trevor, shut the fuck up please." Storm pressed her fingertips together and turned her gaze towards her best friend as her mouth formed into a straight line.

His hands still on the steering wheel, Trevor's spoke with his voice cracking a little bit. He was still smirking and it was clear he knew what he was doing. "I'm not doing anything!"

Storm's left hand immediately balled up into a fist and connected it to Trevor's shoulder with an intense amount of force, resulting in Trevor screeching in pain while Storm smirked at him back.

"I didn't hear you. Say that again." She put her hand up to her ear. Trevor used his left hand to rub his right shoulder as he kept that arm on the steering wheel.

Trevor groaned. "Man, that's abuse! How dare you?"

"Yeah, yeah. Call it whatever you want," Storm replied with a smirk still plastered on her face as if Trevor crying out in pain was amusing to her.

They had finally made it to Gotham Academy. As usual, there were students all over the place; some talking to their friends, not caring about whether they were late or not, while others rushing to get inside to their first period classes. Storm and Trevor had finally parted ways and Storm was on her way inside the building.

She was glad she wasn't really friends with the girls there. Many of them were rich, snobby brats who were way too full of themselves. There was always some type of unnecessary drama going on; it mainly had to with stupid gossip and rumors spreading around every five seconds. Their parties were the worst too. Never. Again.

Storm remembered the middle of her freshman year when this irritating brunette girl had came up to her, talking about how this Rebecca girl and this other guy named Noah was heard having sex in the bathroom stalls. Storm's exact response was, "Why are you exposing their sex lives to me? That's literally not my problem." They were so fucking messy and Storm didn't have time to deal with all of that fake shit they had going on.

And don't even get her started with the boys, in which most were just as dumb as rocks. Storm assumed some of them just didn't get enough attention at home for them to be acting like some assholes there.

Getting ready to walk into the building, she felt a hand on her shoulder so on instinct, she quickly turned around to see who it was. Let's just say she had the most disgusted look on her face. Blake stood in front of her and he got ready to talk. "Storm, can we please talk—"

"No. And don't ever fucking touch me or I'll drag your ass around this school."

"It's important." He tried to tell the girl, but of course he knew how stubborn Storm was.

Storm gave him a blank face with her plumped lips slightly parted. "Since you can't seem to grasp what I'm saying, I'm gonna have to say it like this. Whatever you have to say to me, whether it's about what happened, or why you keep trying to talk to me after I told you to stay away from me the first time, I don't fucking care. I'm not in the mood to deal with your ass, and it's gonna stay that way."

"Storm," Blake tried to explain himself, but Storm just wouldn't let him.

If this asshole doesn't stop talking to me ...

"Leave me the fuck alone." She simply said. The less words she said to him, the less she would have to curse him out. He was really going to have her unleash her anger issues, which was a rare thing, towards him.

All of a sudden they heard someone clear their throat from right beside them. Storm and Blake snapped their heads to whoever was trying to catch their attention. It was the same teenage boy that Storm would rather talk to than Blake.

His emerald green eyes darted towards Blake and gave him a threatening look. His arms were crossed and he was leaning against the wall next to them. It was like he was daring Blake to say another word towards her.

"I need to talk to Anderson," He began, squinting his eyes at Blake even more with that same scowl on his face. "Alone."

He looks like he's about to kill somebody ... what the fuck ... ?

Storm could see how Blake tensed up at Damian's tone, feeling threatened by the young boy. He slightly growled at the fact that he couldn't talk to Storm. He looked at Storm and back at Damian, questioning how Storm was interacting with such an intimidating boy. He eventually gave up and left the two alone.

Damian walked up towards Storm as his eyes minimally softened. "First time seeing you that pissed. Old friend of yours?" He sarcastically questioned Storm.

"No, he's my ex. Don't even get me fucking started." Storm blankly told Damian, pinching the bridge of her nose, irritation still present. "But thanks, I guess."

Damian only shrugged as if it were nothing. "I can't stand people who don't know how to take no for an answer. We still have the rest of the week to finish this project, so we might as well get the materials we need today." he replied to Storm in his usual dull tone.

"Oh yeah, I was gonna ask you if we could just go over your house after school so we could finish it. I can just text my parents and tell them that I'm going over your house and I'll be back there later." Storm stretched her arms out, still a little tired.

"I don't live in a house—"

"Shut up, demon spawn. You don't have to remind me that you're rich." She rolled her eyes.

Rolling his eyes back, he grumbled at the brown skinned girl, "I told you not to call me that."

Storm only shrugged her shoulders. "Ah, well too bad. Blame your brothers. They're the ones who introduced such a catchy name to me. By the way, they're at the manor, right?" she smirked at Damian.

"Don't even think about trying anything. Knowing you, you would just continue to provoke them even more."

Crossing her arms, Storm asked, "And how are you so sure about what I'm gonna do?" and Damian growled in response, almost regretting making conversation with her.

She had to admit. Annoying Damian on purpose was like the most entertaining thing for her to do. It was kind of like payback for being rude to Storm in the first place, so Storm could care less about how annoyed he was with her.

"I'm leaving." Damian said to Storm as if he were just tired of her. He began to walk off leaving Storm by herself.

"Bye, demon spawn ... "

"Stop calling me that."

"How about never?"

THE DAY SEEMED TO go by quickly and Storm was ready to leave. There were some moments where she would catch Blake near her direction and she would just simply walk away before he got the chance to make it towards her. She didn't know what part of 'leave her alone' he didn't understand, but it was starting to get really annoying. She told Trevor she was going to the store with Damian so they could finish their project at the Manor again. Her parents were aware of what Storm was going to be doing after school, so everything was cool.

Based on her last experience at the Manor, it wasn't really bad there. Damian had some really cool brothers that she didn't mind hanging around. His family was nothing like how the media made them seem. But after meeting them for the first time, it was completely different.

Storm waited directly outside the front of the school building, the same spot where they talked earlier. She'd been waiting for ten minutes straight.

For someone who's always here on time, he sure moves slow as hell when it's time to go. Where the fuck is he?

She looked around once more through the crowd of students, attempting to find the dark haired boy with the weird shaped hairline. Storm rolled her eyes in irritation and dragged herself back into the Gotham Academy building to look for Damian. Who knew what the hell he was doing right now. The two had already discussed that they were going to meet at the front entrance again.

As soon as she made it to the first corner down the hallway, she had finally found Damian. Storm saw he was on the phone with someone and smacked her lips because now she had to wait until he was done, and Storm was tired of waiting on him. Leaving him be, she sat down and waited behind the corner, her back against the locker as she took out her phone to occupy her time.

It took another seven minutes until Damian was done and walked by. Storm cleared her throat to get Damian's attention, in which he was already aware of. "That must've been an important phone call since you had to leave me waiting outside for fifteen fucking minutes straight." she bluntly stated.

"That's probably because it was, Anderson." Damian sarcastically said back with the same dull expression that filled his face.

Storm rolled her eyes, ready to leave the school. "Come on idiot,"

"We're going shopping."

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published ... !
06/28/2021

author's note ... !
* protective damian has
entered the chat *

yall probably already
figured blake was storm's
ex but just pretend like
yall didnt 👀 and when
storm said she was gonna
have to deal with him for
another year it's cuz blake
is junior while storm's a
sophomore 😭

also don't worry about
damians grudge towards
bruce , he'll get over it soon
... or probably not yall know
how that mf is 💀

and sorry for keeping y'all
waiting for two months 🌚

anyways make sure to vote
and stuff ( might be some
spelling / grammar errors
here and there but i don't
double check my shit so lol )
<3