RIING! RING!! The bell rang as it was time for class. "That was fast." Clara said while walking through the school hall going to their class along with Riley and Stacie. Riley nodded her head with out answering as she threw a gum into her mouth.
"That's the eighth piece of gum now." Chloe said.
"Yeah I know, nothing feels good when I see the irritated face of Alexia, I'll be popping it loudly until she gets...."Riley stopped talking as she got closer to class, they greeted the teacher and they all went to their seats. Good for them, their seats were on the same row.
Alexia looked at them with a disgusting face Clara and Chloe just behaved like they didn't see her but Riley just smirked and patted Alexia on the head followed with small gum on her hand.
Alexia panicked, because she felt Riley had placed something on her head, until she put her hand on her head but before she could say something, Riley had closed her mouth stopping her from reporting. "Don't dare! Just go to the bathroom and clean up." Riley said in a low voice.
Alexia looked at her, her eyes burning with hatred. "You.." she said. "Yes me." Riley said with a devilish grin on her face. Alexia just stormed out of the classroom, Riley held the urge to laugh.
"What's going on there." The teacher asked. " Nothing much ma'am" Riley said as she sat on her seat.
"Hey buddy sit down I think you're going hard on Alexia these days." Clara suggested. "Yeah, it's ok to forgive her." Chloe added. "Can you hear yourselves? Don't you guys know what she did to me, I mean us?." As Riley spoke you could see the fire in her eyes. "Don't you remember how she made us... me especially, cry during our elementary? Even when we were growing up I thought I would not
see her again after our elementary, but she kept following us causing trouble. She made us prank toys, Alexia embarrassed us in front of everyone. She made our lives living hell!!"Riley's eyes were red now.
"Calm down it's in the past now. I understand that's why we are here for you, we are your best friends." Chloe Concluded. "It would be hard to forgive, she made me change like this, looking like a boy. You can here people talking about me, the way I look, my dress code; I guess this is who I am for now, not forever." Riley sighed heavily as she started to calm down. Her friends consoled her but as they did, she felt like a baby.
Feeling irritated, she told her friends she was okay trying not to shout at them. She doesn't want to feel like this, feeling little. She was now a big bad girl not the kid that they could bully. But she had her rules of playing the bad girls thing game which were; No distractions, No boyfriend and No bullying of innocent students.
Yes of course, her two best friends were also part of the 'Bad girls gang' just that they were soft hearted and easily forgave. But Riley was the opposite she showed no mercy to those who hurt her and she took revenge without looking back.
One would think that she is a boy if they didn't look at her closely always on boys clothes no makeup, earrings, baggy clothes,etc. Yet...she loved it, she loved the new her, the new lifestyle. She didn't give a damn about what people say, but sometimes, it hurts when she thinks about it.
She saw their teacher infront of the classroom, "Hello students, we have a new student who joined us today. Jace, please come here and introduce yourself." Miss Mariam said as she smiled at Jace and he stood up his seat, walked to the front of the class smiling back at the teacher.
" OH MY...." Almost everyone gasped at the sight of him, he was too good looking to be true. Riley could hear whispers around her even her best friends were drooling at him. She felt disgusted, the guy was hot but what was special about him, he was only human. This was awkward.
The boy cleared his throat and there was total silence, so he began"I'm Jace Newton, nineteen and I hope you all would welcome me as a student of this class."
"WTF!! Even his voice was charming and it could take millions of breath away." Someone said behind Riley.
Riley just scoffed and took a look at the person behind her. When she saw the girl who was ogling at the 'Jace', she couldn't help but laugh out loud. It was the class nerd.
How can someone like Jace like a person like that, he was a tough bad guy she could sense that very well. Riley thought.
The girl's smile almost reaching her eyes showing her scattered teeth with yellow spots on them. But as she studied her, Riley saw that the nerd was giving Jace a seductive look but it made her look like a duck.
This time Riley held her laughter, she just ignored the nerd. As she was talking to Clara and Chloe about the new boy, she felt someone's gaze piercing hard on her skull. She looked and turned to her side and saw Jace looking at her lustfully, biting and liking his lips.She looked up at him in his eyes and she was drowning in his aqua blue eyes .
" Hey I'm Jace, what...."He got interrupted by Riley "Yeah, I know your name and I am Riley Handerson." She told him sarcastically. Jace was surprised by the way she answered but instead of getting irritated he felt interested in talking to her. "Hmm, you're giving attitude huh. Can you talk more politely and nicely?" Jace asked. "Are you telling me that I am rude. I am sure you don't know me, I am feared. But you, you don't know me yet." Riley said in anger.
"You're interesting, so you are threatening me?" He laughed because he found it amusing a girl threatening a boy. He looked at the beautiful girl on boy clothes he guessed no one has told her she was beautiful or maybe her friends had. Why was he attracted to her. He felt warm spread through his heart. It's been long he had felt this way.
He heard the bell rang it was almost time for closing, he guessed it was the warning bell.
Riley's heart raced at the way he smiled and looked at her, he was lost in his thought. Wait, why was she feeling like this? impossible!!
She shoved off the feeling , maybe she liked him, maybe because she thinks he likes her despite her rudeness, she liked that kind of person . Maybe it wasn't bad if they broke the rules of her 'gang'.
The bell rung, making it wake Riley and Jace out of their thoughts. Today's class was short. It was just 3 hours teaching. Riley packed her things into her bag. Chloe and Clara chatted happily about what their schedule for tomorrow, Saturday. Meanwhile, Riley was lost in her thought. She was thinking about Jace. She knew she should not be doing this 'cause she was known as 'the bad girl'.
"Earth calling, Riley." Chloe and Clara said in Unison. She just smiled as they giggled about her. What would she had done without them. The two sisters kept her company during the bad and the good times. They were the best.
"Now tell us, what were you thinking about? you are always the one doing the talking." Clara asked. "Nothing much, I was just lost in my thoughts, but no big deal babes."
They were about to bade farewell to one another when they saw Jace. He was strikingly handsome. Chloe and Clara saw Riley smiling while looking at Jace. "I can see you have a thing for him, do you like him?" Clara asked. "How can I like a boy like that, he's so arrogant."
"You were ogling at him just now, but remember our rules, I am sure you have feeling for him." Chloe added. She was the sensitive one among them. She is smart, optimistic and very observant.
Riley felt her cheeks heating up. She was blushing!! Her friends caught her blushing. " I don't want to be soft soon but I like him and I sense his a bad boy... just what I wanted."
"See you on Sunday." Chloe and Clara said in Unison. "I'll be expecting you." Riley replied.
Just as she was going home she noticed someone behind her, walking towards her. "Not him again" she mumbled as she slightly blushed. She used her hair to cover her blushing face. "Hey, pretty."Jace blurted flirting.
'This guy annoys me'She thought. "So you walk home?" He asked. "Yeah I do everyday." Riley replied. "Wow, I love walking home even when my parents don't allow me. I tell them I am no kid, but they won't listen, they'll say it's for my safety." He concluded. "I think they're right, it's for your safety." Riley said, smiling. It was what she never experienced, it was a good feeling. We chatted a while, I got to know he and his family just moved in this town.
"Alright, see you on Monday this is my house." Jace told me . "You..... You're my neigh-bor?" Riley said almost stuttering. "Really, I never knew."He said with a devilish grin.
