Beth's POV:

I made it through the first day of school. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it still was not that fun.

Once Addie drops me off I head straight to the kitchen. The teachers didn't give us any homework since it was the first day. So I go and turn on the TV. I put on some random reality show and start spacing out. For some reason I start thinking about Harry and his gang.

I remember. A couple years ago Addie had a thing with Niall and he told her all of this. When we were in the 8th grade, Harry and his friends got mixed up with the wrong people. They taught them to fight, shoot, drink, etc. They all got tattoos and some piercings all around their bodies. One time, they were going to do some sort of robbery from another gang in the next town. Once they all got there, it was a total disaster. Harry got shot in the shoulder, I think, the leaders of their group were killed so after it was only Harry, Liam, Niall, Louis, and two other boys they were training. After that, the boys had some sort of falling out with the other two guys and Harry started his own gang with his boys.

They became the main gangsters in town, the boys became the best fighters, shooters, drinkers, everything they should know how to do, and trust me they do. The cops don't arrest them because they are underage and they haven't done anything wrong, or at least what the police know about. Let’s just say I’m pretty sure they’re good at covering their tracks.

They are dangerous sure, but only if you mess with them or the people they care about, which is mostly each other, no one wants to get on their bad side. When they do bad things, and whatever these things are, Harry makes SURE that no one finds out about it. They don't go around school beating up people or anything, again not unless you threaten them.

Sky is pretty much only dating Harry because she wants everyone to know that if someone messes with her she can do something about it. Though, the way Harry acts around Sky from what I've seen, he may not do much if someone were to threaten her. Truth is Niall is a real chatter, I am curious to know more, too. More of the reasons why all of them decided this.

After I have a shower, I go straight to bed and dread the next morning when I will have to deal with Mandy yelling about her new lab partner, but she didn't even show up to first period at all today, and Harry is sitting with me, and if Sky finds out, which I'm sure she will, things will not be good, because, god forbid, any girl talks to her boyfriend.

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I wake up the next morning and get dressed for another day. I run downstairs and text Addie saying I want to drive my car today, I feel like I should. I don't like the feeling of it just sitting in the garage, the thought is just sad.

When I pull up to school I head straight to my locker. Addie's already there.

"Hey why didn't you want me to pick you up? It makes me sad." She fake cries.

I laugh, "My car looked lonely in the garage all by itself." I laugh, opening my locker. She smiles.

"You're weird." She says as the bell rings.

I shut my locker. "I'll see you at lunch, I have good food today. Mum's out of town so I bought a bunch of junk food." She smiles.

"Okay bye, Bethy."

"Bye, Addie." I hug her and walk to class.

When I walk in, Harry is already there sitting in his seat on his phone. I sit down in my chair next to him.

I know he'd rather sit next to anyone else besides me, I mean except for Weird Ben. He would probably rather sit next to Mandy.

"Good morning." He says and puts his phone away.

"Harry you know you don't have to talk to me. I know you're only sitting here to get out of sitting next to Ben." I say and he smiles.

"All I said was good morning Beth. And I don't really care who I sit with as long as they don't try to feed me play doh." He says and I can't help but laugh.

"Alright whatever." I turn to get my notebook when I hear an awful voice.

"Hi, baby!" Sky says and enters the classroom with Mandy.

"Sky what are you doing in the classroom?" Mr. Johnson asks.

She turns to him, "The bell hasn't rung yet Mr. Johnson. Thank you." She says rather aggressively and turns back to Harry.

"Hi, Sky." He says and she kisses him. I stare down at my notebook.

"Hi, Bethy." She looks at me. I wave. She rolls her eyes.

"I can't believe you have to sit next to her," Sky loudly whispers. "Wouldn't you rather sit with Mandy?"

"Not really. Mandy has an annoying voice and Bethy and I have become quite close friends." He says. Fuck. Thanks Harry. You just gave me another reason to hate school. Sky is going to kill me.

Sky glares at me. "Well I better be getting to class then." She says and grabs Harry's face and kisses him. I roll my eyes, it was definitely more than a kiss. It was disgusting. I turn again until I'm pretty sure she's gone.

"Why do you go out with her?" I can't help myself from asking.

"She's hot. Why? Jealous?" He mocks.

"No, I just don't see why you're going out with a whore. It doesn't seem like much of a bad boy thing to do. Actually you don't seem like much of a bad boy, or at least your attitude." I say.

"Is that so?" He asks me sarcastically.

"Yes." I say and look back at my notebook.

"Okay well what about these?" He rolls up his sleeves to show multiple tattoos and what look like knife scars.

"What are those from?" I ask but regret it, I don't want to get on the bad side of him.

"Knife fights, some are from bullets skimming my skin, that's from a game we used to play. This one is from a cigarette bud. The others are from fights." He says pointing to each scar. And this is only on his arms, I can't imagine what the rest of his body looks like. I'm honestly surprised he told me.

"Okay, these are pretty bad." I give in. He smiles.

"So, Bethy," He says and I cringe.

"Bethy?"

"What? Addie and Sky can call you that but I can't?" He laughs.

"No Addie has been calling me that since we were five. And Sky's a bitch, she knows it bugs me when other people call me that, so that's exactly what she does. The only other person who calls me that is my mum." I laugh.

"And me. As of now." I just roll my eyes as the bell rings signaling the beginning of school.

Notes

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