It had been two weeks since Erica went to school because of what happened in the girls’ restroom which Olivia and the three girls caused.
No one even noticed she was gone not until she got the courage to show up at school on a Wednesday. Some of the people at the hallway threw curious and contemptuous glances at her while the others simply did not care about her existence nor her absence.
The poor girl was wearing an oversized hoodie and a pair of baggy sweatpants. Her hood was pulled over to try to cover her pale face. While her tormentors continued to live life and have fun, Erica had her mental health almost completely damaged. All of her life she just wanted to have a peaceful life with true friends without having to be the target of bullies, but life was really unfair that she could not have that.
While walking at the hallway, there was only one thing that she was hoping for at that moment and that was to not meet or be seen by the four main girls that had been terrorizing her since day 1.
Unfortunately, her prayers were not heard.
“Well, well, well! Look who it is!”
Some of the students turned their attention to the center of the hallway as the freshman had to stop on her tracks because of the four girls that blocked her way. Torture, once again.
“I almost forgot you existed if only you didn’t show up here again,” Lana said and let out a laugh while looking at her like she was an object of ridicule.
“I actually she died,” Mia spoke.
“Hey.” Ashleigh stepped closer to her and held her chin to force her to look at her in the eye. “Are you ignoring us?”
Erica did not utter a word in response as she just stared back at the latter with exhausted eyes—and that was definitely a mistake.
“Did you just glare at her?” Mia let out a dramatic gasp, placing a hand over her mouth. “How dare you?”
“You are just a useful piece of shit. How dare you look at me like that when you are just nothing?” Ashleigh snarled as she painfully poked her chest with her index finger, making the latter step back as she continued to do it.
Olivia just stood there with her arms crossed across her chest as she was getting bored while watching them when something caught her eye. She raised an eyebrow in amusement as she dropped her arms to her sides and walked toward them, making Ashleigh stop as she turned to look at her with questioning eyes.
“So, this is what you’ve been doing for the past weeks?” Olivia let out a scoff as she forcefully grabbed her arm and looked closely at the latter’s scarred wrist. “What, you come back to school to show these off for attention?”
“Fuck you!”
Everyone at the hallway let out a loud gasp in surprise when Erica suddenly pulled her hand away from Olivia and shouted at her with rage. Gasps were let out once more when the freshman was not able to glare at the older girl much longer as she got slapped hard in the face that she fell back on the floor.
The blonde crouched as she leaned in to her ear and whispered, “No matter what you do, you will never win. You can hate me, but you can’t do anything to me. Why? You are a pest trapped in a box in which I would be filling it with pesticide. You will always be nothing, Erica.”
Olivia saw a teacher approaching them from afar as she tightly held the younger girl’s arm and pulled the both of them up. She then placed her hand around her shoulder as she watched their science teacher walk toward them with his face being filled in utter confusion.
“What the heck is going on here? Why is it so crowded? You, what happened to you?” he asked when he turned to Erica.
“We’re just playing around, Mr. Jensen. She accidentally tripped and fell on her face hence her face,” Olivia said with a wide smile on her face as she painfully squeezed the freshman’s shoulder. “There’s nothing to worry about.”
Their science teacher glanced between the both of them before nodding his head. “Okay. Just be careful, okay? And all of you, go to your classrooms!”
Erica watched their science teacher leave, watching all of her hope die. Her bottom lip was bleeding, and she knew that he knew what was really happening. Yet he chose to turn a blind eye to it.
Life was an asshole.
The blonde then patted her shoulder as she gave her a smirk before walking away with the three girls when the bell rung while the other students that were watching decided to head to their classes as well, leaving the poor girl at the hallway.
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The blonde was unsure whether she was imagining it or the world was really put in slow motion. Their music teacher was speaking and writing on the blackboard too slowly. The leaves that fell from the trees were flying slowly outside the window. The hands on the clock were moving slowly. Everything was literally going slow and Olivia felt like she could die out of boredom anytime.
But then all of a sudden, screams were heard from outside which awoke everyone in the classroom. Even though their music teacher did not give them permission, everyone got up from their seats and ran out of the classroom to see other students leaving their classrooms and running downstairs so they followed.
Ashleigh, Lana, and Mia naturally joined Olivia when they saw her as they went downstairs to see what on earth happened in the middle of a drowsy class. Everyone went out of the school as they stopped when they saw what it was that caused the other students to scream in shock.
The blonde and the three girls froze on their spot when they got to see what was on the ground outside the building.
Erica’s body was lying on the ground. Lifeless. In a pool of her own blood.
“Okay. Everyone, get back!” one of the teachers shouted as the other teachers blocked the students from coming closer to the body.
“Oh my god. Did she seriously jump from the rooftop?”
“No way!”
Olivia could hear every word that the other students were whispering to each other as she just stared at the freshman’s body on the ground, not knowing what to feel at that moment. It was her first time to actually see a lifeless body in real life, right in front of her, and knowing that she was most likely to be the reason why the girl made that decision was because of her made her mind go blank.
“Hey, Olivia!”
The blonde blinked multiple times as she turned her attention away from the lifeless body when she felt Lana pat her shoulder, bringing her consciousness back. She briefly glanced around her and saw some of the students throw glances at them before they went back inside the building.
“The teachers are telling us to get back to our classrooms or else they will give us detention,” Mia uttered as she nodded her head toward the building.
“Oh,” was what Olivia could only say before she immediately turned to head back inside the building without throwing one last glance behind her.
The four girls were quiet as they walked across the hallway with their minds still stuck on the lifeless body that still had not been moved from the ground outside the building. They were aware that the students were starting to make rumors about them being the reason why Erica decided to end her life so they did not bother uttering a word while walking back to their classrooms.
Suddenly, a person stood in front of them—specifically Olivia which stopped them from their tracks.
“Olivia, hi.” It was Rachel.
“What are you doing?” Ashleigh frowned.
“Don’t think too much about what happened, Olivia. No matter what they say, I will always like you and I will always be by your side. I know the truth is that you’re really a good person with a heart of gold,” Rachel said with a bright smile on her face, totally ignoring Ashleigh.
Olivia clicked her tongue as she looked around before returning her attention back on the girl across her. She glared at the latter before speaking, “Shut your trap. The last thing I’d want right now is a new problem who is trying to suck up to me.”
“Huh? I-I’m not trying to suck—” Olivia let out a scornful laugh, which stopped her from finishing her sentence.
“Oh, please. I’m so sick of you talking to me every single damn day like we’re even friends. Maybe you’re right about me being a good person because I just kept letting you off the hook for the past weeks. But now? No more good person Olivia.
“You’re pathetic, Rachel.” Olivia took a step forward to her and looked directly into the fearful eyes of the latter. “You have nothing but a pitiful life. So, stop making people think we’re friends. I don’t make friends with pests.”
Olivia then walked away from her without looking back with the three girls immediately following her from behind while Rachel was left there alone at the hallway in shock at everything the blonde just told her with tears beginning to fall from her eyes.
As soon as Olivia arrived back home, she did not wait for ten minutes before leaving. She quickly left her things and changed her outfit before running out of the mansion to look for the one person that she desperately wanted to see at that moment.
It was another day for them to add yet another sin on their list of sins. But there was something different than usual about the day.As soon as the partners met by one of the benches at the street, Dakota immediately felt a dark cloud surrounding them which was unusual because she felt like there was always a bright light around them whenever they meet. Olivia was always cheerful whenever they meet, and it always made Dakota think about how she looked exactly like a happy golden retriever especially with her blonde hair make the image perfect.Today, Olivia was a sad little puppy that made her heart ache at the sight of it.Dakota met her old social studies teacher from when she was a freshman in high school yesterday. That teacher had always been notorious for humiliating students whenever they get a low score in tests, and Dakota happened to be a victim of his back then. It was her first time to get a D for a test as she was not able to study the day before because of her mother wh
They stood across each other with their faces only a few inches apart while they stared at each other’s eyes. The other might not know it but both their hearts were beating in a fast pace.Dakota did not expect the blonde to do that as she had been frozen on her spot for nearly a minute. Shock was all over her face along with the red tint appearing on her cheeks as she blinked multiple times. She could not believe what just happened and she felt dumb when the first thing she thought of was I’ll only believe that it really did happen if she kisses me one more time.Unfortunately, their romantic eye contact moment was interrupted when a person abruptly sprinted past them followed by more running people. Instinctively, Dakota pulled Olivia by the waist to the side when she almost got hit by the people who were carelessly running on the sidewalk.“You damn thief! Get back here, asshole!”The two of them leaned back on the exterior wall of the stationery store next to the claw machine in e
There was so much going on in the past hour. It was like sitting on a bench outside a building being set on fire while everyone was either panicking about the fire or shouting at each other about other things unrelated to the fire. On the other side, there was an explosion caused by some electronics and people were crying for help. And she did not know what to divert her attention to because of everything happening at the same time.But that did not literally happen, of course.Olivia sat on the couch with her eyes stuck on the coffee table in front of her as she let every word that was entering her right ear leave from her other ear.An hour ago, the people who witnessed the incident asked her if she was fine out of concern and one of them even volunteered to take her to the hospital to have her wound treated in which she accepted since she lost a lot of energy from fighting her classmate who just literally lost her sanity. Olivia did not know who to tell them as her guardian since 1
“Are you sure it’s safe?”The sun was still brightly shining from above which meant that it was not exactly a good idea to do anything illegal—unless one is brave enough to do it with the ability to not get caught or with the intention to get caught.Olivia had no idea what they were going to do when the Spade siblings pulled them out of the ice cream parlor as soon as they were done eating their ice cream to hang out. She literally did not expect stealing a car to be a part of their hanging out.“Everything we do is safe as long as we don’t murder a person.” Leo tittered as he casually leaned on the car with his arms crossed across his chest, not making it obvious that he was actually hiding her sister from picking the car door lock.“Don’t worry. If we get caught, we run.” Dakota placed her arm around Olivia’s shoulders as she gave her a smile of reassurance.“But what if—”“And it is time to go.”The blonde turned to Lia who stood back up properly and flashed a proud smile on her f
Days went by as things were back to normal ever since the day when the four of them had fun on the beach in Eggsea. Dakota, Leo, and Lia continued on with their lives stealing from different people and stores since that was how they could only live anyway. On the other hand, Olivia was back to school like nothing happened.As soon as the police caught Rachel, Anton did not hesitate to make her expel from school. Not wanting to create any noise at school, Olivia shut her mouth about what happened as her father also ordered everyone who knew about it to not let anyone know about it.The students in Tulip High were just left in confusion on why Rachel suddenly got expelled from school. Since the actual reason could not be dug out, they started to create their own theories which became rumors. Some said that Rachel turned out to be a secret drug dealer which was why she goes to class 30 minutes late sometimes, while others said that she could be a psychopath behind the cheerful personalit
The digital clock on the bedside table read 3:30 a.m. when the blonde sat up to look at the time while catching her breath.After her meeting with the now gang boss, Olivia had started having dreams again. But they had all only been nightmares. Nightmares about everything that happened ten years ago—the regrets and guilt that were only coming to eat her up just when a decade had already passed.Olivia turned to the other side of the bed as she saw Theodore sleeping peacefully while facing the ceiling which was something she could never do. Not wanting to disturb him, she carefully slipped out of the blanket and left the bedroom.The blonde let out a long sigh in relief after successfully closing the door behind her without waking up the man in the room. She walked to the kitchen as she headed straight to the refrigerator to pour herself a glass of cold water. A glass of cold water was what she needed after yet another nightmare that had become a one-week streak.Olivia placed the glas
She had just calmed herself down, and she was just feeling hysterical again. The last thing she wanted to see was the woman who had just triggered that specific memory of hers.The middle-aged woman gave her an innocent smile when their eyes met but the blonde swiftly turned away as she started to break into cold sweat. She quickly put her things back in her bag as she made her way out of the bathroom.Her pace was fast as she tried her best to not look obviously anxious while heading to her office. Olivia did not want to raise her head as she would just glance at their feet and walk past by the people, wanting to avoid any social interaction as much as she could, given the current state that she was in. The blonde walked faster until she ended up bumping on a person.“Hey, hey, hey. What happened? Are you okay?” The blonde looked up and felt a sense of relief when it was Theodore who held her gently on the arms. “Talk to me, Liv. Hm?”When Olivia did not utter a word as a response, h
High-pitched moans filled the room along with sounds of utter wetness. The room had soundproof walls and did not have any windows—basically, the room was all for the two women only. No disturbance, no distraction. Just sexual pleasure.Whenever Dakota enters that room, everything that had been weighing in her head would temporarily disappear as she would only focus on the pleasure that she would be getting from either a man or a woman. It was like getting off reality for a while.But it was different this time. There was something else in the room aside from sex.“Fuck. That’s right, baby. Right there,” the woman beneath the criminal uttered, panting.As Dakota continued to thrust her digits inside the woman, the face of another woman suddenly appeared in her mind as she felt mixed emotions at that moment. She could not completely concentrate on her job as her mind started to fly elsewhere, leaving that unholy room.After a decade of not seeing the blonde then seeing her again recentl
In another place. In another fate. In another universe. Dakota wakes up on her squeaky single bed. It is another day to start the day. She gets up from her bed and heads straight to the bathroom to begin brushing her teeth. Her clothes that she will be using for the day is already prepared inside her small wooden closet. If only her room is only for herself, she would have bought a bigger closet. Dakota looks at herself on the mirror one last time once she is completely ready to leave. She runs her hand through her newly dyed orange hair and lets out a sigh, realizing what her new hair color means. A new hair color means a new chapter. And the new chapter in question is a new semester. Dakota walks out of the dormitory and joins the flock of students entering the university where she studies at. Her dream is just beginning as she stares at the huge logo of her university at the gate. “Hey! What time does your class start?” She looks at the person who suddenly appears next to her
The venue that was filled with delightful laughter and loud music was now filled with screams of terror and gunshots. The sudden change was like parkour.It seemed that it was going to be the biggest war to occur in Flyve City as the two most powerful gangs all came to fight.“Dead Soul vs. Blood Trouble” was about to be included in the future history textbooks.Dakota pulled Olivia to hide behind a rectangular that was pushed down to serve as a barricade instead of a furniture to hold food. She would take a peek and shoot the enemies that she could see, while the blonde would use whatever object she finds near her to hit whoever tries to get close to them. They were being great teammates. It was no wonder they became partners in crime.“Fuck you,” the blonde hissed as she hit the man’s head with a silver pot as hard as she could which caused him to fall unconscious.Olivia was panting from the exertion as she stared at the man lying on the floor in his unconscious state. A body was s
Just when the blonde thought that she was already completely falling into the void, the light came reaching out to grab her hand. Everything that happened all at once in one night was doing more to her than devastation that it was like each of them were throwing attacks on her until she ended up on the edge of a cliff—until she lost her balance and started to fall down to the never-ending hole with no one to catch her.Until she came to catch her.Olivia felt more than a hundred times better as she let herself totally fall into the taller woman’s embrace, wishing that the latter would just hold her and never let her go forever until she becomes okay again.The green-haired woman did not speak as she just hugged her tightly and gave her gentle pats on her back, letting the blonde cry as much as she wanted to. There was nothing that the gang boss could do but to just be there for her—because that was what Olivia only needed at that moment. Someone to hold her and make her realize that t
It all started on their sophomore year in high school. Theodore and his possessiveness of Olivia.They were already teenagers which meant that they were hitting puberty. The moment when hormones are developing to a new stage.“Give me your number.”Classes had just ended and they were all leaving school when a man with a man in junior year stopped the blonde from leaving. A smirk painted on his face as he shoved his smartphone toward the girl who absolutely no interest in the guy that was standing arrogantly in front of her.“Bold of you to assume I’d give you my number,” Olivia scoffed. She was about to walk past him when he moved to stop her again, making her roll her eyes. “I said, no.”“Oh? You’re being disrespectful to your senior.” He gasped, acting shocked at her response. “Girls like you need to be taught a lesson.”“What if I teach you a lesson?” Olivia threw a glare at him. She had to look up a bit because of their height difference.“In a kinky way?” His smirk grew wider as
A week passed by quickly since that day.Even though Dakota had always been softhearted to Olivia to the point that she could overlook every mistake she does, it was a first for the gang boss to stop being clingy for a while after a conflict.Dakota was speechless and shocked after finding out about how Olivia had to do things that she did not want to do for the sake of protecting her and their two friends. Dakota knew that Olivia was a changed person, but never did she imagine the blonde to be selfless for a decade just for her.The possibility of the two of them being in more danger by being together again made the gang boss suddenly snap back to reality. They were not the main characters in a love story with a happy ending, that was the fact. Dakota loved Olivia, but she was just realizing that it was wrong even though the thought of that hurt her a lot.The gang boss drove the blonde near the café that was near the hospital after finishing their lunch which happened quickly unlike
Everything that happened seemed to be fast. It felt like the first day that the blonde started to date Theodore was yesterday. It felt like the day that Theodore first confessed his feelings for her was just two days ago. It felt like she was just suddenly brought to the future in a split second with how everything had not been done processing yet.The blonde stared at the orange soda in the glass that she was holding as she swirled it around, watching the bubbles produce because of the release of carbon dioxide from the soft drink. She was told to watch TV to kill time though she did not even bother turning it on. Her head was currently full that she could not bear to let more things enter her brain from the television which contained plenty of things.“Hey, are you okay?” Olivia looked up and saw the green-haired woman with a curious and concerned look on her face as she sat down next to her while placing their food on the table in front of them.“Yeah, I’m fine,” the blonde replied
There were plenty of eyes around especially as it was daytime and the place was literally close to the hospital. Because of that, it really had become more difficult to meet up even though they wanted to.But it was not like that would stop them.The blonde walked in the café with a blank face. She had a natural posture and a calm expression on her face as she went to order a cup of cappuccino at the counter. It was currently work hours so there were not much people in the café except for people who were either having their break time from work or were just jobless.Olivia gave the barista a brief smile as she thanked him for her coffee before walking to a vacant table that was on the corner of the room, far from the entrance. She took out her phone and sipped on her coffee as soon as she sat down.“Do you even ever get a drink other than cappuccino?” On the opposite side of the room was a green-haired woman in a black leather jacket seated at a table while facing her laptop with a cu
The blonde was in deep concentration, processing the documents that started to stack because of her absence for a week. She realized how taking leaves at work were not always fun because the happiness would only stay for a specific duration, and she would later be in hell that’s hotter than before once she goes back to work.Olivia did not even notice someone entering her office because of how busy she was with her eyes glue on the computer screen, switching from the device and to the documents that were on her desk. She nearly jumped from her seat in surprise when the person knocked on her desk, making her finally look up and acknowledge the person’s presence.“Oh, Theo,” Olivia uttered as she leaned back to her seat and took her cup of coffee to take a sip on it. It was a good thing that the latter came by to her office because that would mean that she had to stop working for a while, which means that that would be her only break. “What’s up?”“Why didn’t you tell me that you had a
What was more romantic than a dinner reservation in a fast-food restaurant with a neat table that was fixed with a candle and folded napkins? Homemade dinner that would be cooked together.The rest of the night together was supposed to be romantic with the two women cooking their dinner together at the gang boss’s home.But it was not as romantic as expected.“Am I supposed to cut them like this?” asked the blonde after struggling to have her third cut on a single piece of potato.“What does it look—oh god.” The green-haired woman pursed her lips in as she gently pushed the latter aside and took the knife from her. “You’re even holding it wrong.”“Oh! I was?” She could not believe that Olivia was genuinely shocked at her statement.“Yeah. It’s basic knowledge that knives are held by the handle and not the blade,” Dakota spoke with a smile on her face to not make things serious. “It’s okay. I’ll handle it here. Just go wash the lettuce.”“Roger.” Olivia then went to the sink to finish