"Get the fuck out of my space!" I yelled, turning to Shelly and two other girls that were occupying my chair and that of my friends.
Shelly stared at me and crossed her legs, a malicious smile appearing on her face.
"I need my own squad to be able to challenge Zen, the almighty Hiddenveil queen," Shelly said, turning to me.
"Do you remember saying that?" She asked.
I glared at her and she giggled.
She pointed to the girls behind her "This is Zoe and Chloe, my loyal subjects just like your Lisa and Diva."
"I bet you will make a terrible leader" Lisa said.
Diva scoffed, "Zoe and Chloe? your fellow weirdos and desperado."
"Bounce out!" I yelled, clenching my fist.
"Oh no my darling, your reign in Hiddenveil are over, no one fears your aura anymore." She said, snapping her fingers across my face.
"If she says bounce out then you bounce the fuck out!"
I heard a sweet but cold familiar voice behind me, I turned around and saw Ethan standing behind me while staring daggers at Shelly.
Shelly whimpered a bit and glared at him, she huffed and left with her two dummies.
"Ugh! so much for today," I said and sat down with my friends.
Ethan looked at me for a while before leaving for his basketball practice with Nathan.
"He's so caring" Lisa said and I sighed.
"What should we do to Shelly?" Diva asked, looking at me.
I rolled my eyes and massaged my temple.
"Let's leave her"
"Leave her?!" Lisa and Diva asked shockingly.
"What the heck is wrong with you?" Diva asked.
"I'm fine, nothing is wrong with me" I replied calmly.
"No, you are not, I'm beginning to start thinking that Ethan has a hand in this" Lisa said.
"Yes! ever since that guy joined Hiddenveil, you started deviating from the lifestyle that earned you so much respect." Diva said, glaring at me.
I chuckled, "The students don't respect us, they're only scared of us."
"Who cares how they feel?" Lisa asked.
"Certainly none of us do" Diva replied.
"I do" I said and my friends froze.
"The student body president campaign is around the corner, I need to earn the students trust in other to be voted in."
Lisa and Diva stared at me for a while and a sly smile appeared on their face.
"Bad girl!" they chimed in unison.
"How come you are always the smart one" Lisa said.
"A leader has to be smart in other to lead the subjects," I said and they yawned playfully.
***
Shelly and her new friends stomped into the locker room feeling so exasperated.
"Who the heck does that new boy think he is?!" Shelly asked, clenching her fist.
"I think he likes Zen," Chloe said.
"I think the easiest way to get back at Zen is by taking away everything she loves the most," Zoe suggested and a malicious smile spread across Shelly's face.
"Ethan must be mine!"
"From my observations Shelly, I don't think it will be easy having Ethan," Chloe said.
Shelly glared at her for a while and left the locker room as Chloe and Zoe followed behind.
***
"What's your relationship with Ethan like?" Diva asked, settling down at the cafeteria.
I forked in a slice of steak inside my mouth and took a sip of soda drink, "Ethan and I are just friends, he hasn't made his intentions known to me."
Diva stared at me for a while, "are you sure? I see the way he stares at you and his sudden desire to protect you is more than just a friend to me."
I laughed out loud and gazed at her, "go find out from him, if you don't believe me." I said and she rolled her eyes.
"By the way where is Lisa?" Diva asked.
"She's with Nathan at the dance studio,"
"Does Nathan have dance practice today?" She asked.
"Yes, wanna go there?"
"Of course, I love watching Nathan dance," she replied happily.
"I too also feel like dancing," I said as we left the cafeteria.
I and Diva entered the dance studio and saw Lisa on a standby watching Nathan and Ethan in a playful dance competition, I got carried away by Ethan's dance moves and somehow, I felt unknowingly proud of him.
"Hey Zen!" Lisa called out, snapping her fingers across my face.
I turned and looked at her still smiling.
"What?" I asked.
"You've got that dreamy face again," she said, giggling.
"She's proud of her baby boo," Diva teased and I pinched her lightly.
"I'm not, I'm only surprised that Ethan out danced Nathan," I said, still fixing my eyes on Ethan.
Lisa rolled her eyes and frowned, "at least, my boo still remains the best dancer in Hiddenveil."
"Just wait until Ethan decides to sign up for the upcoming dance contest," Diva said and Lisa gasped.
"Please don't let him sign up for the contest," Lisa pleaded, turning to me with her cute puppy eyes.
"You know that doesn't work on me," I reminded and she nudged me.
"Aww, looks like someone isn't confident in her boo's dancing skills," Diva teased and Lisa's face flushed.
"You two should just stop," she said, frowning.
Diva and I burst into laughter and she whipped us with her leather jacket.
"Hey ladies! wanna dance?" Ethan asked, coming towards our direction.
"Not really," I replied immediately.
"Even if they don't want to dance, you must dance with me," he said and held my hand.
"Save me," I whispered to my friends and they burst into laughter.
Diva pushed me slightly and I fell into Ethan's arms, "Dance away your soul, my love!" she said, winking at me and that was the first time since we became friends I ever felt the urge of burying her alive.
"You can never trust yourself around Diva," Nathan said and we burst into laughter.
"You guys should hurry up and dance, my phone can't wait any longer to video you guys!" Lisa said, bringing out her phone.
Diva played a music and we started dancing, we danced to the point that Lisa felt like dancing too, she hung her phone on the school's ring light in the dance studio and joined us.
I danced towards Diva and dragged her to the dance floor, "you can't be the only one not dancing." I said and she smiled at me and joined us at the dance floor.
we continued dancing until we heard the dismissal bell, we packed our stuffs and left.