Chapter 4

Several minutes later, we are eating our food, and no one has bothered us yet, thank goodness. Shelby gets a little less stiff in her seat and relaxes. She has been about the professors, giving me a run-down as she called it.

“Professor Longworth doesn't like when students answer without raising their hands, and professor MacLaine doesn't like when students come to her class unprepared. Both will kick students out. The rest are straightforward to get along with, but just watch those two, okay? They are the mean, grumpy ones that shouldn't even be teaching to begin with.” She explains as she finishes up with her breakfast.

Right as I'm about to take my last bite, I heard someone shouting. I quickly turned my head to watch some black-haired boy standing in front of the knight's table. Suddenly, the one on the right, the one I stupidly let myself drool over in the courtyard, my stepbrother, leans over, grabs the kid by his shirt, bringing them nose to nose, saying something. I can't hear what exactly, but his lips are moving. I can't see the kids' face from here, but my stepbrother pushed the black-haired boy back, making him fall on his butt in front of everyone.

I look around and realize that the professors are acting like nothing at all happened. I'm watching them, giving them the benefit of the doubt that someone will help the boy, but nothing happens. A few students around us laugh. It's mainly the girls that laugh.

The Knights just sit around and stare down at the boy, as if they are daring the kid to say a word about what just went down, but he doesn't. He stands up, dusting the back of his pants off before rapidly walking away from their table.

Smart boy.

“You ready to leave”? Shelby asked me before immediately standing up and grabbing her tray.

Might as well before it's us getting laughed out.

“Lexi” I hear my name being called. I hurry and look around, thinking maybe one of the professors has called me, but they were not even looking my way.

Maybe I'm hearing things.

“Lexi Ramsey!” Comes, a deep voice that I know has to come from a boy.

What the?

“Oh, shit. Hurry, hurry, let's go,” Shelby mumbles before throwing her tray down on the table and attempts to grab my arm, I guess, to haul my ass out of the lunchroom.

I slowly and easily shrug my arm out of her grip and look around again. I'm a bit confused. The professors are not looking towards me, and the other students seem to be looking around for whoever Lexi Marcella is.

Who's calling me?

Sighing loudly, I swing my gaze to the Knights, and, sure enough, they are both staring right at me.

I swallow hard, getting nervous. How the hell do they know my name? Shit, that's a dumb question. If they run the school like Shelby said they do, they probably asked a professor.

'And, of course, the fact that your stepbrother is one of them,' I growled inside my head.

“You heard us,” another deep voice snaps.

“Stay here” I hurried and ordered Shelby, keeping my gaze locked with both of theirs and trust me, it wasn't an easy thing to accomplish because even from across the lunchroom, I can see the hatred for me in their eyes.

My fight-or-flight thoughts are kicking in, and I'm thinking I should flight right about now.

She whispered, with a look of horror on her face.” Zane's your stepbrother, right? Surely, he won't embarrass you in front of everyone,”

Yeah, I expect she wants to do the same as me and flight away from this damn place, but I can't let them think I am scared of them. That will only make matters for me worse.

“I know nothing about him, Shelby,” I informed her. “We have not met each other yet. I didn't even know what he looked like until you said his name.”

“We should leave Lexi. You don't want their attention” She fussed as she tried to grab my arm again, but I didn't let her, they want to see me, well, I guess it's time to put on my big girl panties and see what the hell they need being they think they just embarrassed me.

“Stay here,” I ordered Shelby again before walking away from her, heading towards the boys, who each looked like they were not happy with my decision.

They each have snarls on their faces the closer I get, like I dare to want to speak to them, but they are the ones that announced my name.

A few steps later, I'm standing in front of their table with my hands on my hips, staring up at each of them.

“You called?” I asked with a snarl of my own, playing on my face, while giving them a face like this is taking up my time.

“We did,” grunts the one with the blonde hair I now know is Alec.

I don't understand why they felt the need to call me over like this, and I don't give a crap. At the moment, I crave nothing more than to get this shit over with, so I can head to my dorm. I need to unpack my suitcase and I wish to relax before my first day of classes.

“And?” I snapped, flinging my hands up in the air.

They called me, and now I'm here, but yet, neither one seems to want to talk with me. What the hell was the point of calling me?

“You have an attitude. You better stop running your mouth before I make good use of it” Snarls the brown hair boy, who now I know is my new stepbrother Zane Blackmore.

How did I ever find him cute? I need to reevaluate my taste in boys.

Use my mouth?

What the fuck?

I know he isn't referring to me sucking his dick. It's probably std infested.

“No, thanks, I may throw up on it,” I smirk at him.

“She must not know who we are” grunts the Alec with a dismissive look on his face.

Ugh, I hate that facial expression like I'm nothing, just to show them I am scared of them, I hop up on their table and sit down turning my body to the side I make eye contact with the two before landing on the one running his mouth who just so happens to be Zane.

“You called and I'm here. What did you want?” I asked sweetly and shrugging my shoulders like I don't give a shit who they are, but on the inside my heart's pounding at me to retreat.

“Listen, you little bitch. We own this fucking school. You keep being rude, I'll have you on your knees in front of me begging, and it won't be for your pleasure either” Zane growled.

Well then.

Mr. Fucking cranky.

“What. Did. Y'all. Want?” I asked again, this time having to stop myself from grinding my teeth together as I started to feel frustrated at this stupid situation.

“We needed to introduce ourselves” Alec smirks at me and I want nothing more than to lean over and slap it right off, but that probably won't end well for me.

“Okay?” I shrug, standing up to walk away. I had enough. They wanted to introduce themselves.

What fucking game are they playing with me?

“Don't you wish to know our names?”

Oh my God, I have to actually fight the urge not to laugh.

“I don't give a shit about your names!” I snarl at them, turning back towards them, and leaning over their table. “Leave me the fuck alone, now”

“Alec Crestwoodl” the blonde-haired boy speaks up smirking at me before licking his bottom lip.

Gross.

“Zane Blackmore and make no fucking mistake. You don't belong here at my school, and you don't belong in my family. Your mother is a whore that was just after my father's money, and he was too up her pussy to see it. Run along” Zane Blackmore snarled before waving his hand towards the other students clearly, dismissing me. “And if you tell my father about this, I will make your life here your own personal hell,”

“Don't push us,” Alec added.

Fuck them.

I turn without a word and walk the fuck away, leaving them chuckling behind me. I don't know who they think they are to talk to me this way.

I quickly head back towards Shelby, grabbing her arm with my hand, my suitcase with the other, and drag them both out of the cafeteria, leaving the Knights behind me.

What the hell just happened? He knew I was his new step sister and that's how he wanted to treat me the first time we met? He even thinks my mother's a whore who just wants his father's money.