Vivienne
“Run!” I heard the guy hissed at me while we were running together.
I looked back and saw a group of guys running towards us. It seems I've got myself into trouble. What is happening? Why are those guys running after him?
I hurriedly took back my arm from the guy and ran the other way. I saw the group of students runs in his direction. I finally get away from them. Catching my breath, I leaned on the concrete wall of the building while hugging the helmet.
The helmet?
Oh, my!
Only then I realized that I am still holding the guy's helmet. Whoever he is, I don’t want to entangle my life with him. I already had a hard time dealing with my own problems.
The next day, I went to school, but things get worse. They threw my stuff at the backside of the classroom. My chair and table were pushed to the side.
No one wants to talks to me, or they’ll be in trouble as well. The rest didn’t want to hang out with me anymore. Actually, they opt to bully me. And whenever I tried to fight, they make it harder for me to survive.
I know who had planned all this: Carrie and the rest of the girls in our group. Since I came back to school after my father’s death, they became so mean to me.
I decided to sit quietly on my chair as I waited for our teacher to come. I saw Carrie and Lyzie were smiling slyly at each other. I know they were planning something evil against me. I must brace myself. But the first subject was done, and nothing happened. I was about to stand up and went to the comfort room when I realized I couldn’t move from my chair.
“How was it being glued in your own seat, loser?” Carrie approached me, wearing that wicked smile on her stupid face.
The girls followed Carrie.
“You bitch!” I hissed at her.
Carrie's face turned grim. Then, she gave me a hard slap on my face—the hit stings. I could tell her palm made a mark on my face already.
“Go on and fight.” Carrie challenged me.
“If I were you, I'll behave, Vivienne. You can’t win over us. You were just a nobody.” Lyzie slyly said.
I hold my temper. I can't fight them. I have no match with them. For sure, my life will be a living hell if I tried to fight them.
“You’re so pathetic. Where is that queen Vivienne you’re calling before?” Carrie smirked when she noticed I didn’t dare to fight back.
“There’s no such name like that in the campus queens list.” Mindy mockingly said.
“Let’s go, girls! I don’t want to waste my time to a girl on the slumps.”
I have no choice but to rip my skirt that glued in the chair. Good thing I wear cotton shorts under my skirt. I ran towards the locker room to get changed. I could not forget how the students laughed at me.
I cried in one of the cubicles in the comfort room. I don’t know how long will I survived this kind of life I have in KHS.
I went home at lunch and didn’t dare to attend my afternoon class. I waited for Mom to come home. I know she has many things to figure out, a lot of problems to fix, but I had to laid mine as well.
“Mom—”
“Let’s talk, Vivienne.” Mom cuts me off.
“I want to transfer into a new school, Mom!” I yelled. I was talking so fast. I was afraid that my words would never be heard.
“You mean into a cheaper school?”
“Anywhere. I just wanted to leave KHS.”
“Fine.”
I was so glad to hear that! Maybe she knew how things are getting hard for me. It was not easy to adjust to our new life now. We are broke. We are really, really broke.
It’s been so hard for me, for Mom, and especially for my younger sister Vianna. How can we suddenly adapt to an impoverished life?
“But I won’t allow you to enter a cheap school. Good education is the only thing I can provide for you and Vianna.”
I felt relieved. Whenever Mom chooses as long as it wasn’t in KHS. I don’t want to see my ex-friends anymore.
Mom gets me a schedule on how to get a full scholarship at Brixton University. The University was in the heart of L City and away far from KHS. It's a good thing as long as I can escape my miserable life in KHS.
Raylie:
I was so bored. I decided not to attend my next class. After all, I can pay all the professors here to give me a good grade. I can even buy the graduation if I wanted to.
I yawned as I lay down the window sill of the library on the second floor. I love it here. I can see who’s coming. It wasn’t that long when I noticed a girl walking her way to the administration building.
“Whoa! I knew her!”
I suddenly stood up and took a better look at the girl.
“Yeah, right! She’s helmet girl!”
I suddenly laughed at myself as I clearly remember the scene. It’s been a week since that day I slide my motorbike because I avoided a girl running on the street.
“What helmet girl, you're saying?” It's Thore who approached me.
I would not be surprised if the twins will come and join me as well.
Well, that’s how our friendship goes. Where the one goes, the rest will follow.
“He must be daydreaming again.”
And I was right. There comes the twins, Loki and Logan.
“Yeah, it seems Raylie was bored again. What are we going to do here?”
“Oh my God! The Titans were there on the second floor of the library building.”
A female student suddenly yelled, waving at us on the second floor. The three waved back with a smile on their handsome faces. They seemed to enjoy the flashes of cameras around us.
“Oh gosh! They’re so handsome!”
“The twins were fascinating!”
“Thore is the most handsome!”
“Raylie was the most gorgeous among all the Titans!
Titans. That’s how our group called. Maybe because we belong to the wealthiest and most influential families in L City. Actually, our families were the biggest sponsors of Brixton University.
I got bored and dismissed the students who were suddenly coming and taking our pictures with their smartphones.
“Come. Let’s get out of here.” I said and went my way out of the building.
We rarely come to school. We can still get grades even we seldom attended our class. Well, money works.
“Where to?” Thore asked as they followed me.
“At the administration building.”
Raylie “What are we doing here, Raylie?” Logan whispered. All the three were tiptoeing as if looking for something or someone. “I was looking for helmet girl,” I said while looking around the lobby on the ground floor. “Huh?” Loki frowned at me. “Is that the girl you said you run away with when Jax group chased you?” “Exactly,” Thore answered, leaning on the wall near the registry office. “Why don’t we just asked the command department to track the girl down?” Loki suggested. “And what the hell did you need in her? Don’t tell me it’s because of your helmet?” “Give it a rest, you brute. You can buy even a hundred pieces of the same helmet. Why still chase for the girl?” “I was just curious why she’s here. The last time I saw her, she wears Kingstone High School uniform.” I honestly said. I was just curious. That girl must be wealthy too. KHS isn’t just an ordinary s
Vivienne I've been walking for almost half an hour. I can’t see where my classroom is. It’s my first day at Brixton University, and I think I am lost. The University was so big. It’s four times bigger than KHS. They have college extensions, that is why. I've been asking some students about my classroom, but they keep giving me the wrong way. I suddenly felt something wet down. My eyes grow wide. Oh, my! Is it the day? I checked the date and remembered when did the last time I have my period. “Oh my God! It must be today!” I am starting to feel stomach cramps. This must be it. I run towards a building, holding my stomach that was hurting. I might find a comfort room there. But I didn’t saw someone was coming my way. I was too focused on my goal of finding a washroom. I bumped into something hard. No! It’s a man. And his phone was thrown on the pavement. “What the heck!?” My eyes g
Vivienne “You!” The guy with the same face yelled. “You are the one who broke my phone! How dare you escape with me?” He angrily pointed at me. “So, that’s what is she talking about earlier.” Logan laughed and brushed away the guy. “She was asking me if my phone has broken. I was weirded out at first. But now I guess she thought I am you, Loki.” “Grr! You must pay for running away from me.” Loki hissed at me. “How did you get her, Logan?” “I’m sorry,” I said before Logan could say a word. I bowed, holding the hot compress. “I was in a hurry awhile ago. But I'll pay for your phone's damage.” “Silly girl, my twin wasn’t asking for money for the phone, but the compensation of escaping him.” Logan laughed at me when I gave him a questioning look. “He… what?” “You escaped him, and you paid the price.” “Can we talk about it later? I need to attend the class.” I handed the hot
Vivienne “Know your place, bitch! You are not supposed to hang out with them.” “Szane was right, Vivienne. Titans were the untouchable students of Brixtons. They were the most famous students who came from well-off families. Actually, their families were the biggest sponsors of this University. Only elite students were supposed to be with them. And not someone like you, whom we don’t know where you came from.” “Looking at her, she looks like she came from slumps. I heard our new classmate was under a scholarship program.” Another girl stepped closer to me. She even tried to smell me and pulled a disgusted face. “So, that must be the reason why she stinks.” “Yeah. I could smell garbage here. Let’s go, girls before we could catch any virus coming from this rat.” The girl named Szane disgustingly said and turned away from me. I felt terrible. What did I do that they seem to hate me at the very first time?
VivienneJax leaves me on the concrete pavement and stands up to meet Raylie. I don’t know if I should be thankful he came and fix his mess with this crazy guy. Or should I just yell at him for bringing me into this situation? But my stomach aches like crazy I tried hard not to collapse in pain.The group of students takes the plunged towards Raylie. Things went out of control. I just realized they were fighting each other. Jax group have paddles on their hands while Raylie wasn’t armed with anything. But I was surprised by his strength that he quickly finished them alone. Students, together with Jax runoff while throwing a lot of threats and curse towards him. It was just then that the school security came to our aid.“Tss! Weakling!” I heard Raylie smirked.He approached me. “Hey, are you okay?”“What do you think?!” I snarled at him.I suddenly winced in pain when I fe
Vivienne It was Thore. My mouth fell open as I looked up at him. He was so tall, over six feet, and such a handsome guy. His warm eyes were as if sparkling while gazing down at me. “Are you hurt?” A gentle but cold voice came over. His eyes were warm, but his voice was cold. But I know he was better than his friends. “Huh?” I was suddenly trapped in my own little world for about three seconds before I finally managed to answer. “No. Not really. I was chasing my scooter that your stupid friend threw.” Thore chuckled a bit and looked around us. I just realized that there are four shining cars lined on the street. “Who among them? They were all stupid.” Thore jokingly asked and glanced at his friends. “What? Who is stupid?” Loki impatiently complained. “Hey! Move your cars, you idiots!” An insolent voice roared. That was coming from the fourth car. I saw Raylie’s head peeping outside the car window.
RaylieI WOKE up feeling irritated the next day. The scene at the school still lingers in my head. That girl’s words bother me a lot? I should not care, right? Why would I feel guilty over something that happened already? I could not change it anymore.“Young master… it’s time to get up. You'll be late to school.” I heard one of the maids knocked on my door.Sheesh! How am I going to attend school when I haven’t got the right sleep?“Leave me alone! I'm not going to school!” I yelled without getting up.“Young Master, your professors said the examination was near. You have to attend school, even for just a week.”“Sheesh! Damn it! One more word and I'm going to fire you! And I swear, you'll never get a job anywhere in L City!”The door suddenly went silent. Good thing it did. That was always the magic word for our maid
VivienneI AM ON my way home, driving the scratched scooter. I asked Vianna to take the public vehicle in going home. The scooter was still in a bad shape, I only opt to bear with it. Just like now, it suddenly stopped running. I tried to start it again but didn’t have any luck. I decided to guide it by hand until we reach the nearest auto shop.I sighed heavily while waiting to get my scooter fixed. I shoved my hand into my pocket only to fished a small card. It’s the schedule for the quarterly examination. And it will be next week. It would also mean that I need to update my tuition fee payment until this month, or I would not get the examination. Even though I was under a scholarship program, I still need to pay the miscellaneous fee and that was a big sum of money.We have lots of expenses right now. Mom's salary from being a service manager in a fast-food wasn't enough to pay all the bills. I don't want to bu