Trouble

Dahlia's POV.

Another monday morning at Phoenix Crest High, and everyone was clamouring to be seen, showing off their expensive luxury item, and pictures of trip they had taken during the weekend.

Me? I was just trying to get to my locker safely without being noticed but at that, I failed woefully because no matter what i did, i always drew unwanted attention to myself.

I cleared my throat and adjusted my glassed atop the bridge of my nose praying that no one would notice the dark circles around my eyes due to lack of sleep from the previous night.

Those nightmares were wild and i couldn't bring myself to go back to sleep because I felt like if i did, i would keep having those nightmares, or worse, the stalker in my garden would climb up my window and try to strangle me in my sleep.

Well, whatever it was, I didn't want to take any chances, so i stayed awake the whole night.

I got to my locker and as if all the problems in my life weren't enough, I had to come across Dorothy also known as queen bee, and her little minions-Vicky and Tessy.

"Hi Sweetheart". She pushed a strand of hair away from my face, and tucked it behind my ears almost too carefully.

With an eye roll, i said to her. "Whatever it is you want Dorothy, i ran out".

"I'm just here to say 'Hi' to an old friend". She sneered.

Old friend indeed!Me and Dorothy used to be best friends. Or at least she faked being my best friend.

She was part of the reasons why i agreed to be Malik's girlfriend in the first place.

She knew that I was just a bet but kept that fact away from me because it was all her idea.

So 'friends' wasn't a proper word to describe our strained relationship.

Not in the mood to deal with her attitude, I flashed her my most sarcastically-friendly smile "Hi back. Now move on to your next victim and let me breath fresh air".

simultaneously, and with an awkward pose, her minions clapped their hands in the air and then snapped their fingers. "Rude".

Such dramatic barbies.

Dorothy smiled, obviously impressed at their little show of stupidity. "Let's go girls. Dahlia-The-Poop isn't worth our presence anyway".

I knew she was up to no good.

She flipped her hair and before I could say Jack they were out of my presence.

Thank God

The first class for the day started without any interruptions, but exactly ten minutes into the class, the Principal-Mrs Donald- A pretty woman in her forties walked into the class.

A smile almost appeared on my face as i recalled how close she and my mother were. They were both elected into the school's council together before my mother passed away.

"Good morning student" She said in an Irish accent with a beautiful smile on her face.

I personally felt like people who smile all the time had no problems in their lives or perhaps they did have problems but decided to hide those problems behind layers of fake smiles.

I wasn't like that. I didn't know what it meant to be happy or to hide my problems behind smiles. I preferred hiding myself away from the rest of the world in my own little space.

"So..." she continued "We have three new students joining us today. They are transfers from their former school abroad. Come in boys".

Like I said before, I guess it had something to do with years of practice because someone needed to explain to me how these boy knew to walk and act in sync.

They walked into the class, flashed the principal and teacher a quick smirk before facing the rest of us-students.

The introduction went by in a blur and I couldn't care what happened to them. They were the least of my problems.

The only thing I cared about was staying far away from them especially Ares-Arthur King.

He was bad omen, in fact all of them were.

They found seats at the back of the class, and something kept pushing me to look back at them but i didn't.

Soon enough, the English class was over and as soon as the teacher left, Dorothy, Tessy, and Vicky approached the boys.

"Hi. I'm Dorothy. Dora for short".

Her minions clapped and snapped their fingers "Purr, and that's on period".

Don't they ever get tired of doing that shit. It's so embarrassing.

The boys remained quiet, and for the first time since they entered into the classroom, i glanced at them.

Right in your face, sweetheart.

This place was beginning to get boring. Listening to Dorothy tell the boys uninteresting facts about herself, made me wanna puke. I mean who cared about her thousand carat diamond wristwatch?

I swung my bag over my shoulders and as I took the first step away from my seat, I felt someone intertwine their hands with mine.

"Hey sweetheart".

Oh Heavens, not again.

"What do you want"? I whispered

Speaking to Malik was not on my Monday list but like they said there were events that were way beyond our control.

Well, I agreed with that saying but my only problem was that this event was happening in the front of the whole class.

And tell me why everyone was suddenly so quiet?

"I want us to go get lunch together". He said loud enough for the whole class to hear.

"Why on earth do you think I would want to get lunch with you"? I replied just as loud. There was no way i was going to let him embarrass me one more time.

"Because, I am the only guy who is mildly interested in you right now. He moved closer to my face and whispered. "You kind of lost your value after that video of Us went viral. Not like you had any importance before that".

Before I had the chance to reply him I felt a strong arm pull me so fast away from Malik.

What the hell was wrong with people and pulling me however they pleased? One minute i was having a conversation with Malik and the next second, I was standing by someone elses side".

"She's having lunch with us, today".

I looked up to see Ares staring at Malik with very deadly eyes.

"Stay the fuck away from her if you want to keep your hands". He warned. "Let's go"

As we reached the door, i pushed him off me. This young man had a lot of audacity.

He tucked his hands back into his pockets and raised his brow. "You're not coming"?

Why was his voice always this deep and husky?

"It's not lunchtime yet. Besides, I don't want to eat with you".

Great! Now the whole school had something to talk about. Once again, i'm trending topic. Just great!