𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑨 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒔 - 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 1

SCHOOL WREAKED OF TOXICITY AND GOSSIP, festering in the walls of the school. The rumours spread were poisonous, leaking out of the corners of the room and seeping into the brains of students that occupied it. Their rumours changed like the wind, flickering into new victims to humiliate.

Locker rooms had a bad reputation amongst the students at the school. In the boy's locker room, girls were unknowingly subjected based on their looks and their abilities. In the girl's room, it was all about, 'she's a slut' and 'has she gained a few pounds, or is that just me?' The drama was inescapable.

Priscilla was, luckily, never the talk of any drama. She was liked by a lot of people, though, she was quiet, so people had no reason to talk shit about her. Her friends, on the other hand, were a different story.

Robin Arellano was quite the talk of the school, mostly for his fights. Girls drooled over him and guys were scared of him - this was quite the opposite for Finney Blake. He was laughed at by girls, and picked on by the guys, but luckily for him, Robin was always by his side to protect him from anyone trying to hurt him. Finney rose above it all, and wouldn't fight back, but Robin and Priscilla just thought he was weak. And, Gwen, Priscilla absolutely adored the younger girl, she wasn't in any of her classes because of the one year age difference - so, Robin, Cilla and Finney were in their sophomore year, whilst Gwen was in her freshman year. But, they would hang out, as much as possible.

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Priscilla sauntered her way down the pavement, taking in the morning breeze, awaiting her friends to join her side. She was eager to get to school today, she had biology with Bruce Yamada, she wasn't exactly friends with the boy, more of a classmate - they enjoyed each other's company. He played baseball, alongside Finney, and was probably the most charming guy in the school to her, most of the girls were crushing on Vance Hopper or Robin Arellano - Priscilla had a huge crush on the guy.

She was soon shaken out of her thoughts by someone calling her name, "Cilla!" She turned her head, and was met with the small face of Gwendalin Blake, the two had been friends for years. She loved Gwen, she was such a badass, but to an extent. Cilla definitely did not enjoy when Gwen teased her about her liking for Bruce Yamada.

"Hey, Gwenny!" Priscilla vocalised, wrapping her arm around Gwen's shoulder, earning a wide grin from the girl. "I'm here too," Finney said, hoping for someone to notice him. Priscilla turned around, with a smirk planted on her face, "I know, don't get your panties in a twist, Finn." With this, the boy playfully glared at Priscilla, before catching up to the two, "You excited to see, Bruce-y, today?" He asked, in a sing-songy voice, "Gwenny! I told you not to tell him!" Priscilla turned to her friend, who just looked at her with a scared smile, "I'm sorry! I couldn't help it, and Finn was catching on anyway, because all you do is drool over the guy!" "That's not true," Cilla defended, knowing she was lying to herself, causing the two to slightly laugh, "Okay, sure."

The three trudged towards the school, the distant yelling became in more range, and the crowd surrounding two figures came into view. Cilla shot the two a knowing look, before they made their way to the front of the crowd, to an amusing sight. Robin Arellano in another fight, to the school, this was nothing out of the ordinary - Robin got into fights usually every other day. The boy looked up to meet his friends' gaze looking back at him, grinning slightly, before throwing a last blow to Moose's nose - normally Vance would deal with his shit, but he'd been getting to school in the middle of second period every day this week.

As the people surrounding continued their journey to school, the long-haired boy strutted over to his three friends, waiting for him with gleaming smiles, "Wow, Arellano, how many fights can you possibly have in one week?" Priscilla asked, playfully punching him in the arm. This caused Robin to let out a slight chuckle, and nudge her, "What am I on, now - 13? I think, I can fit at least 5 more in, by the end of the week," Robin joked.

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A/N - This is the first chapter of my new book!! Please leave all of your ideas in the comments for me to improve, I hope you enjoy this book!!

Also, the characters have been aged up into high school, because I don't really want to write about middle schoolers kissing.