Six Secrets - Noa Olivar

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Jules froze in her place as she looked over the other girls she'd have to suffer with for the next hour, her eyes went straight to Noa. She hadn't seen Noa for almost three months and the girl, well frankly the girl looked the same. Jules didn't expect her to look different but she also didn't think her first encounter back with her would be in detention. She felt her legs finally able to move again, as she walked over to the table and sat down across from Noa. Noa had peered up from her phone for a second before going back to it, not really caring much as Jules lowered her bag to the ground only to be met with another surprise. "Mouse?!" Mouse looked up from her laptop, as her eyes widened as she didn't think she'd be seeing Jules here. "Hey." Mouse said awkwardly. Jules crept over to her casually as Mouse leaned forward. "What are you....what are you doing here?" Jules asked. Just as Mouse was getting ready to answer, the Librarian came over to them all, causing each girl to look up from what they were doing. "You will sit here for an hour. No exceptions. Your time starts now." She walked away in a huff as Jules got a chance to look around the table to see all her cell mates. There was Imogen from her history class, Tabitha from film class, Noa, Mouse, and another girl, Jules didn't know her well but she thinks her name is Faran. She didn't know how these five random girls were here alongside her but she was definitely curious. She couldn't be the first to speak though, she could feel her heart in her chest, and so she went into her bag and pulled out her book as she laid back in the chair and began to read from where she was. She was reading "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder." And she really likes it so far. She liked the mystery and thriller to it, there was nothing more she could really say. She also enjoyed a good female lead, she obviously is a feminist and enjoys when a female is the detective.

In the middle of her chapter, her eyes came up from the pages, as words finally escaped Imogen Adams lips. "This is such Bullshit. We don't deserve to be here, Tabby." "Hey wait aren't you two the ones who destroyed Karen's spirit queen posters?" Faran had asked. Jules raised an eyebrow confused. Karen's posters were destroyed, when did that happen. She must really not be good at looking at details otherwise she probably would've seen them on the way here. "As much as we wish we could take responsibility for that, unfortunately no. We were framed." Imogen replied. "So who do you think destroyed them then?" Jules asked. "It was obviously Karen. She's out to get us. Especially because she's still mad at me because she thinks I kissed her boyfriend, even though I made it clear to her that Greg kissed me." "Wasn't that party like six months ago?" Noa cut in. "Yeah. But it's Karen Beasley. She never lets anything go. Plus I also threatened to run against her as spirit queen." Jules couldn't forget about that. Though that was the only fight she wasn't in today, she was glad she got to watch it unfold.

Few hours ago

Jules sat down at an empty table in the back of the cafeteria. She looked at her disgusting processed food and ultimately made the decisions that tomorrow she was going to start leaving for lunch. Sure it would be more money to eat out but the stuff that was sitting in front of her, wasn't good. She grabbed at the sandwich which was slightly soggy as she hit into it, immediately regretting it as she felt pain trying to swallow it. She dropped it and grabbed the bag of chips, before pushing the tray away from her, so she wouldn't have to smell the food. She pulled out her book that she had just barely begun and laid back against the wall, with her gets up on the seat, as she plugged her earbuds in and began diving into the chapters. She hadn't looked up and a female voice, screaming,caused everyone's attention to turn. "ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS KAREN?!!" Jules looked up to see Imogen Adams, who she had previously seen in her first period history class running down the middle of the cafeteria to Karen Beasley's table and Karen rose to face her. Jules couldn't hear too much of the conversation but she did hear Karen say "you don't belong here and I'm not the only person who thinks that." Imogen turned around to face everyone, "well I'm not going anywhere." She states. Everyone's faces, gagged. She then turned to Karen stating that she was going to run against her for spirit queen, before stealing someone's food and rushing out. Jules sat back as a smile ran across her face and a slight gasp escaped her mouth. Jules was baffled by what she had just encountered, she never thought a pregnant girl, let alone Imogen would have the balls to step up to Karen like that, in front of everyone on top of that. BADASS! Period. She laid back as she re-opened her book, knowing damn well if Imogen was telling the truth about running against her, she'd have her vote for sure.

Present

"Wait- so both of you are here because of Karen?" Jules asked. Both Imogen and Tabby nodded, making Jules fall back in her seat. "Unbelievable." She muttered to herself. "Karen told everyone I put razor blades in her shoes, and now, I'm kicked out of swan lake." Faran suddenly said. "Are you serious?" "That is some hardcore ballet shit!" Noa looked on, so confused. "It wasn't me, it was Karen. She put those in her own shoes to frame me, all because I got the lead in swan lake over her. And of course Madame Giry believed her. She would never believe me. This whole school is made full of Karen's. I honestly don't know how Karen hadn't gotten canceled yet." "You know, now I'm thinking Karen landed my ass in detention too." Noa suddenly cut in. Everyone looked over at her as she pulled her legs down from the table. "Well, you know how I have to take daily drug tests? Well today I found out that I failed mine, and they found marijuana in my pee. But I bet the bitch got her sister to spike my pee or something. I mean her sister works in the nurse's office, how could she not be responsible for this?" Jules didn't know if she actually believed her. I mean, this could be Noa's way to deny her previous actions and make her believe that she's not guilty when she literally just got out of juvie. Jules wasn't going to say anything, at least not in front of everyone, but she knew she probably would approach Noa later. "Karen said I put a dead rat in her bag?" Mouse suddenly said. "What the fuck?" "Are you kidding?" "Did you?" Faran asked. "Of course not, it was Karen. She has called me rodent ever since I introduced myself on the first day of school." "Are you okay?" Jules asked. Her tone had gone soft, as she actually felt really bad for Mouse. "Yeah it's fine. She probably did this because I called her a basic Barbie and told her to fuck off." "When did you do that?" "In between third and fourth. She tried approaching me again but after the fight we both were in this afternoon I realized you're right. And I'm not gonna be putting up with her shit, at least not easily." "I'm glad Mouse." Jules said. Mouse let out a weak smile and tried to keep herself contained. She enjoyed her talks with Jules, and she wanted to get to know her. She's never really had many friends due to her sheltered life and now she feels like she may be close to having one. "What about you Jules? Why are you here?" Noa asked, her arms had become crossed. Jules stared into Noa's eyes for a second before she realized she had been staring too long and looked around at everyone who were staring at her. "I-umm...Karen told principal Clanton that I put a red slushie in her locker, destroying everything in it." "Did you?" "No. Karen did it. On the first day of freshman year, Karen dumped a red slushie on me. And after a fight I had with her this morning, she obviously did this to make me look bad. She wanted to get me in trouble. All it really gave me though was serious déjà vu." "That's vile." Faran said as she slowly rubbed the side of Jules's arm. Jules let out a faint smile, pleased with the sympathy people were giving her, but at the same time, knew she didn't need the sympathy. "So wait- were all here because of Karen?" Imogen asked. "Supposedly, we're all here because of karen." Jules corrected her. "I can't believe we're gonna let that witch get away with everything. We need to do something." Tabby said. "Well what can we do?" "Revenge. Who's in?" Imogen asked. "Hell ya. Let's fuck shit up!" Noa yelled. "I'm in with whatever." "Me too." "I guess we're doing this." Jules said. "So what do we do?" Tabby asked. "Well that's easy. We should kill Karen Beasley."

Note; I know this chapter isn't that long but I wanted them meeting in the detention to be a solo chapter since it seems crucial to the plot lines coming up.
Also the way Jules cares about Mouse 🥺❤️
JULES AND NOA REUNITED!!! Finally!!!!

Also thank you guys for over 800 reads! I cannot believe how much this has surprisingly blown up. Can't wait to keep updating this for all of you. Also if you want to read anymore of my work, you can always try reading; Little Miss Perfect, A Kelly Aldrich fanfic from the show Society. Love you guys 😘