(1 Month Later, April 10th.)

Carie’s POV:

Things have been slowly going back to normal since Ariella’s return to Oak Hills. Ariella and Niall are back together, which is fantastic! I’m glad to see them as happy as they are again. Some things were off though… When Ariella left, she told us that there was a different reason to why she left, but didn’t put it into much detail.

I shrugged it off for now, but I will be asking her soon enough. Nicki and I have been worried about her. Ever since her return, she hasn’t been the same. It may be from her injuries that she had taken from her escape, or maybe something happened that was traumatizing for her, which was rare. Either way, I plan to get to the bottom of it.

Also, Brittney’s back… Yep... Whore of The Hour is back. Apparently the staff decided on anonymous vote to let her stay, since her parents are apparently ‘Filthy rich, and they would sue the school if they expel her.’ This is one bitch that you can’t ever get rid of, that’s for sure. If you push her off a cliff, she would just climb back up. She won’t stay down.

On another note, Drake and I are doing really great, but lately he has been nervous whenever he was around me, and sometimes he just ignores me completely... I did a little bit of snooping on him, and realized that he is only doing this whenever he is around me. He’s perfectly fine around everyone else. I even caught him talking to other girls at their lockers… Should I be concerned? Nah, it’s probably nothing. Right? He can talk to other girls, not just me.

I am currently at lunch right now with Nicki and Ari as we walk to our usual lunch table. Many students that we walked past were talking about prom that’s coming up next month and were very excited. If Drake and I aren't okay by then, would we even go to Prom together? I sighed and I slowed down my pace, the girls noticing as soon as I did.

“What’s up, Carie?” Nicki asked me. I shook my head.

“Do I stink or something? Do I smell funny?” I blurted out without thinking. They gave me weird looks mixed with confusion.

“What are you talking about? Of course you smell fine. Actually,” Ariella said, before stopping completely, tugging me by my arm so I would stop as well. She began to smell my right shoulder, ignoring the weird looks we were getting from passing students. I quickly became self-conscious. What if I do smell bad?

“You smell like strawberries. Good scent.” She said with a completely straight face. Nicki then smelled my left shoulder before agreeing.

“Why do you ask?” Nicki said.

“I don’t know, I feel like Drake is ignoring me... Did you know we haven’t formally talked in two whole days? He seems perfectly fine talking to everyone else but when I’m around, he acts like I’m a disease and just makes up excuses to leave me and just hangs out with the guys. Should I be worried?” I explained to them as we walked to the table again. They seemed to be in deep thought, before speaking.

“I haven’t noticed… Have you Nicki?” Ariella questioned. Nicki shook her head. I sighed.

“Just watch.” I said as we approached the table. The guys were just sitting down, and guess who else just happens to be sitting next to Niall, stroking his arm and twirling a strand of blond hair in her thin finger. She devil. Nicki and I looked over to Ariella who was trying to keep her anger in from the sight. We both gave her a look as if saying stay calm.

Ariella’s POV

As I watch Brittney continue to stroke Niall’s arm and flash a fake smile when she sees me, the girls gave me looks as if telling me to stay calm. So, I did. I walked up to them and placed my tray on the other side of Niall that was not taken up from her, or anyone. He looked over to me and smiled, showing off his pearly teeth. I smiled back.

“Hey.” I said, ignoring the daggers that Brittney was sending me through her cold stare.

“Hey Princess.” He said while taking the arm that was not held down by Brittney and wrapped it around my shoulders, bringing me into his side and placing a sweet kiss on my forehead. I wrapped my arms around his torso and snuck a glance at Brittney who was fuming as usual.

We all waited for her to leave since she usually would at this point. She ignored Niall’s protest from when I first saw her when I came back, but Niall won’t actually hit a girl. She always does this every day, yet it pisses me off on how she won’t stop coming back. She never quits… Ever. But today, she stayed. Don’t know why, don’t care. I want her gone.

By now, the other girls sat down. Nicki sat next to me, across to Louis. Drake was across from me and Carie took a seat next to him, next to Seth. Nicki and I both watched carefully as Drake became stiff as soon as Carie sat down. He started to play with his food and turned away from her. She shot us a look that read ‘See?!!’ We both gave her sincere looks. My focus went back to Brittney who hasn’t left the table yet. We all stared at her, and she stared back, while snuggling into Niall’s arm. He quickly scooted over closer to me, but she followed.

“She wants to play that game? Fine by me. That’s strike one. If she gets to three I’m going to beat her ass down to the ground.” I muttered quietly enough so only Niall could hear. He chuckled and held me tighter, while placing his head on top of mine. I relaxed at his gesture.

“What are you all looking at?” she questioned everyone else at the table.

“We’re looking at a skank that won’t leave the table. And hoping that it won’t come back again tomorrow…” Nicki muttered. We all began chuckling as she never usually speaks up like that, but when she does, it’s pretty hilarious.

Brittney did her usual shocked face, but stayed in her seat. By now, she would’ve stormed out of the lunch hall with some random guy behind her. Why won’t she leave? She then intertwined her fingers with Niall’s, and placing the joined hands on the table. Niall tried to remove his hand from hers, but she has a pretty hard grip.

“Strike two. See what happens, bitch.” I muttered. Niall’s arm went from my shoulders to my waist as he pulled me in closer. He placed light kisses on top of my head to calm me.

“You might want to leave now Brittney, there’s actually for once a of couple guys over there that are drooling for you right now.” Drake said jokingly. She rolled her eyes at him, which made Carie mad, and link her arm with his that was on the table. He looked down to her and smirked. She didn’t see it though as she kept her gaze on Brittney who still refuses to leave. Why won’t she leave us alone…?

“Find your next idiot at another table, please. Maybe the jocks table.” I said politely to her while sending her one of my fake smiles.

“I already did them. Not much fun. I want a challenge, and I think Niall here fits those details perfectly...” She said as she leaned closer to Niall and placing her fingers in his chest, stroking them up and down, slowly going down while licking her lips. Niall grabbed her hand before it could get any lower. He was about to scold her but I beat him to it.

“STRIKE THREE!” I yelled.

Everyone quickly looked at me, probably because I had fumes coming out of my ears. I got out of Niall’s grip, up from my seat, and pulled on Brittney’s hair to pull her away from him. She stumbled to the ground before getting up furiously and went to defense as she began clawing at my face. She had incredibly long pink nails. I pushed her down to the floor and straddled her tiny waist so I could beat her ass down. Everyone in the lunch hall was chanting ‘fight!’ before breaking everything into a food fight. Spaghetti and soda was flying through the air. Some of it hit my back but I couldn’t care any less. I was about to take my next swing until two strong arms pulled me back up and away from her. She got back up on her feet as well and was about to punch me while I was held down, but Josh held her back by grabbing her waist, separating us.

“She’s not worth it baby, just calm down.” Niall whispered in my ear, while backing to the table, taking a seat. He pulled me onto his lap and stroked my back with one hand while the other was around my waist with a stronger grip so I couldn’t escape this time. The girls, Louis, Drake, and Seth I quickly relaxed physically but my mind was going wild, pictures of me beating her ran through my mind, and how I would have enjoyed causing her the pain she made me go through all these years. Head Mistress soon came in, furious.

“What is going on here?” she yelled. Everyone became dead silent as she approached us. Once she saw the situation, she understood what happened.

“Ms. Reynolds, how many times does this have to happen? If this happens again, I will-“

“What? Expel me? My mommy and daddy are rich, remember? They will sue you personally for expelling their only daughter from the school.” She said cutting her off while smirking. Everyone in the room oohed. She looked around the room with a mad face, signaling quiet. She looked back to Brittney.

“Then you would be perfectly fine with doing some volunteering then.” She said. I smirked.

“What?” she shrieked.

“As in, you’re going to help the janitors clean up this mess, today, after classes are over.” She said to her. She then looked at me. “So are you.” My mouth opened. I was about to protest but she didn’t let me speak since she put up her hand, signaling me to not argue. I nodded my head. She then addressed the rest of the student body.

“Will the person that started this food fight, please speak up. If you do not, then I will look up through the security footage, and you will be punished greatly.” A hand in the back slowly made its way up. Keith, I think that’s his name, raised his hand. He was about Niall’s height, had light skin, and had black hair with light green eyes.

“Ah yes, Mr. Simmons, of course. You will be joining the ladies in cleaning up the hall as well.” The bell then rang, signaling that lunch was over and was time to head to class, yet no one moved.

“Back to class everyone! Chop, chop!” she said.

Everyone scurried out of the room. Niall released me slowly and allowed me to get up. I looked over to Brittney as she got herself out of Josh’s grip while placing a slip of paper in his jacket’s pocket that he always wear and walks away. I took note as she walked, acting as if she had a big ass to swing even though there’s nothing there. Josh looked down and reached in his pocket and grabbed the paper. I walked over to him and we both read the words written on it in at the same time.

‘Call Me. Xoxoxo'

Her number is listed in the bottom. We both rolled our eyes at the same time before laughing simultaneously. Niall then came up and wrapped his arms around my waist, I looked up at him and he smirked down at me, before he read the slip.

“Is that what she gave you as well?” I asked him. He nodded his head.

“But I threw it out, so I don’t have it anymore.” He said to me.

Josh looked down at the paper once more before crumbling it up and walking over to the nearest trash can, throwing it away as well. He and Seth then got their bags from the table before waving goodbye as they walked to class. The rest of us got our bags as well. I stood with Louis, Niall and Nicki as I watched Carie walk up to Drake, hugging him from behind before he had the chance to put on his backpack. He was startled at first but then quickly hugged her back, before getting out of her grasp. He gave her wave with a wink before speeding off. She looked confused. Honestly, I had enough of this. I waved at her to come over to us.

“I’m going to talk to him.” I said to her. She looked at me wide eyed.

“You don’t have to Ari…”

“There’s got to be something going on, and I’m going to find out.”

“Your curiosity is kicking in again Care Bear.” Louis said from beside me. I rolled my eyes jokingly. Niall’s face was confused. “It’s honestly cute how you’re always curious. But I could talk to him for you. Whoever I have to talk to for whatever reason.” He shrugged. I shook my head.

“It’s alright. He and I are in the same class, remember? So I could talk to him. You’re going to be late to your class anyways.” I reasoned with him. He nodded his head before he slung on his bag and walking over to Nicki, since they were in the same wing they were going to walk with each other.

“If you want me to talk to somebody don’t hesitate to let me know alright?” he asked me, turning around. I laughed and nodded my head. ”Bye Care Bear!” He said to me.

“Bye Teddy!” I said to him. Then they started walking away. All that’s left was just Carie, Niall and I.

“’Care Bear’? ‘Teddy Bear’?” Niall asked me. Carie and I both chuckled slightly.

“Tell you about that later.” I said to him. I then faced Carie.

“If you do talk to him, tell me what he says?” she asked me. I nodded my head.

“Of course. But I would have to go now in order to do that, so bye guys!” said to both while placing a peck on Niall’s cheek before speeding out to Drake. We were going to Mixed Martial Arts so he can’t get away from me.

Notes

Think this is a filler... Sorry I didn't update on Friday/Saturday... I wasn't feeling well whatsoever. I got sick >.< I am now starting feeling better... Thank the lord...

So I decided to add another character into the story :) Keith Simmons. If you guys want, I'll put him with the rest of the main characters, but idk. Up to you guys :P ( I tried linking it with his name in the chapter, but it didn't do it, so I probs did something wrong idk what though, so this is what he looks like and sorry about the huge size....)






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