Devil

-26-

-Goddess-

I could tell Nicotine was still pissed about the encounter we had at Burger Burger Bun, but I was trying my best to lift her spirits up. My phone buzzed and I peered down at it, slightly annoyed. I shoved a crunchy onion ring into my mouth and scrolled through my phone until I got to my Messages.

Legend of Korruh: hey
Me: it's been a min. I haven't seen u in forever
Legend of Korruh: I been working on getting my dough up for when I move out.
Me: that's respectable. wsp?
Legend of Korruh: Lavigne's daughter and that girl fought again. As soon as could locate where she was Ik I should tell u. She appeared at da school.
Me: okay, where are they both now?
Legend of Korruh: at the school. The girl's name is Thomkeesha Walter.
Me: and wat school do they both attend again??
Legend of Korruh: piss
Me: what?? 💀
Legend of Korruh: pissh**
Me: tf-
Legend of Korruh: Perry Island Street SH
Me: bet. Have a nice day.
Legend of Korruh: 👋🏼

"I got some news," I said with a fake cheery voice, sliding my phone into my back pocket.

"That sounds great," Nico commented sarcastically. She seemed more like her normal self and that was great. "The girl Lavigne's daughter fought showed up at the school for round two." Nico gasped in surprise. "They're both still at the school. As soon as they get out or leave, I want somebody to get them and bring them to us. I think this warrants an interview for little Lavigne especially."

"So no waiting to see if Daddy Lavigne is dead?" Nico asked me. "No waiting," I shook my head. "And I can ask Legend about that."

"Oh Legend," a smile broke across Nico's face. "I haven't heard from her in a minute." I nodded in agreement, a tinge of jealousy welling up in my stomach at Nico's sudden smile. "What's the name of the girl? We got anymore info on her?" Nicotine asked.

"Thomkeesha Walter," I told her.

"Hmm, name isn't familiar but that don't mean shit. She might not even be who she appears to be."

"I wonder if little Lavigne won," I smirked, looking out the window.

"She sounds like a feisty one," Nico commented.

"I smell a threesome," I joked.

"Shit maybe," Nico agreed. "Only if shawty 18 or above doh," she added.

I text Legend again, asking her a few things.

Me: I got a few questions. 1) what is Lavigne's daughter's first name? 2) how old is she? 3) who won da fight? 🤧 4) I forgot yo name...remind me. 5) is Esla's father dead
Legend of Korruh: typing...
Me: take ya time. 💀
Legend of Korruh: Esla. Just turned 18. Esla. Korruh. Hasn't croaked. 😂😂
Me: thanks. We should all chill some time
Legend of Korruh: name a time, and I'll fit it in
Me: bet. I wonder what else u can fit in 😎

"Welp," I said, putting back up my phone. "What did she say?" Nico glanced at me. "The daughter won the fight," I said after a long moment. Esla, Esla, I rolled her name through my mind. It was different and I liked it. "Yeah, what about the rest of the things I asked?" Nico inquired.

I shrugged, not wanting to tell Nicotine everything. There was something about Lavigne's daughter that felt oddly personal to me. "We should hang with Korruh- Legend soon," I corrected myself. "Hmm, I'm sure she don't wanna see Main Event ever again, so we'll have to find somewhere else," Nico said thoughtfully.

"Without racist or homophobic people," I added, trying to sour Nico's mood since she was so happy about the mention of Legend. "Yeah," Nico agreed with a grim expression. I smiled to myself, letting Esla's name sail through my thoughts.

We pulled up to PISSH after a long debate about whether or not we should be the ones to kidnap the high schoolers. "I'll get the winner," I grinned, "and you get the loser." Nico rolled her eyes and eyed the campus with mild disdain. "Stafford Blue looks better," she sniffed.

"Yeah and it also has a lot of rich, white families," I added. "I like PISSH, it's something about it that's so real." Nicotine rolled her eyes, "Lemme find out you a pedophile, liking this high school and its students."

"Shush," I playfully shoved her.

"I like you like this," Nico said out of the blue, smiling at me. I scowled but didn't respond to her.

"I wish we had an inside person at the school, an adult and a student so that we could know more of what's going on. I can't shake the feeling that all our worries aren't over," I said more to myself than to Nico.

"I think that Lavigne's daughter or the girl she fought has more to do with the attacker than what we think."

"Yeah, we eliminated the shooters and his friends, but maybe there is something more."

"Or either we turned it into something more," Nico looked from my eyes down to my lips.

"We need to know who our enemy is, or we can both go down," I said slowly, letting her watch my lips.

"Crashing in the waves," Nico muttered lightly, leaning towards me.

Yes I meant to make this Goddess' POV, after each of Nico's chapter's, I'll repeat the POV that was before Nico's chapter each time... (Ex: Esla's POV, Nico's, then Esla's again, then I'll resume my regular order... if there's any confusion- type it in the comments) ❤️