All characters are 18 and high school seniors.
❥ Elizabeth Alardo craves power. She craves power over her school, and power over people. And soon, power over the nerd. With her Queendom being threatened, he couldn't come at a better time. Almost li...
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The morning was a little chillier than yesterday, and I ditched my car to walk with Ivan. He has on a beige sweater over a white button up and blue jeans, his backpack looked neat and set securely on his back. I like how it wasn't lazily thrown on and filled with wrinkled messy papers like most high school boys have. His tall, lanky frame really ties his nerdy look together.
"I got my acceptance letter from Yale today!" I excitedly announce, "what university are you planning on going to?"
He seems more comfortable with me today, but still refuses to make eye contact. Which I find kind of cute.
My question seems to surprise him, he briefly looks at me with an unreadable expression before looking down again.
"I- I'm not sure.."
"You haven't applied yet?" I gasp. "But we're about to graduate!"
He doesn't respond, only scratches the back of his neck. But my thoughts are interrupted by our school, making me stop in my tracks. He stops as well, confusion evident on his face.
The realization that I can't walk in with him hit me.
Wait..
Why can't I?
I'm literally Queen of this school, I can do whatever I want.
I gently grab his arm and start walking towards the school again. I let go of his arm before walking through the school gates. I don't want to send that sort of message.
Everyday since as long as I can remember, people would watch me. It's the price for being popular. I learned to ignore their watchful gazes but now it's more intense than ever before. I ignore them anyway, I can't let it seem like their gazes faze me.
"So what's your first period?" I make conversation as I open my locker.
"English, you?"
"Art, I think my class is on your way to the Language arts hall. Do you want to walk together?" I place my notebooks and textbooks in the locker.
"Yea!" He excitedly responds before clearing his throat and calmly tries again, "yea"
"Eliza!" Yusra's familiar voice calls out, I turn around to see her and Alejandra.
"Heyy!" I smile and give them cheek kisses in greeting.
Yusra and Alejandra's eyes dart back and forth between me and Ivan. "This is Ivan, my.." I pause, not sure what to call him or what I want to call him, "..friend. My friend. And this is Yusra and Alejandra."
I allow them to say their pleasantries as I grab my notebook and shut my locker.
"When did you get close?" Yusra asks curiously.
"We're neighbors." I smile awkwardly.
"That creepy empty house next to you?" Alejandra ponders, this time directed at Ivan.
"Yea.." his ears red from embarrassment.
"It's not creepy, it's gothic." I defend, "and it's cute from the inside."
"You've been to his house?" Yusra's eyes bore into me.
"Guess you moved on real quick." Alejandra smirks.
"I-It's not like that!" It was my turn to go red from embarrassment.
The bell rang, making my quickly grab Ivan's hand and drag him away. "We have to go to class!" I throw an excuse before running away, feeling flustered.
Students start staring and whispering even more than before, it wasn't till someone had the audacity to point that I notice my hand was still on his arm. I quickly pull away.
"Sorry about that." I finally say, awkwardly. "My friends like teasing me."
"I didn't mind." I glance at him, to find his face a deeper shade of red and an adorable smile on his lips.
"Y-your class." Ivan stops, mentioning towards the open classroom door. I was too caught up to notice.
"Right, thanks." I smile at him. "I'll see you later."
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Iju couldn't find a worse moment to walk up to me. It was lunch and I was working out the last few details of our revenge plans against Aanya with Yusra when she walked up to me. Now I'm outside the cafeteria listening to her jealousy filled speech.
"He's not who you think he is." She goes on. "He's really creepy. He acts all shy and stuff around you but he's two sided."
"If this is all you came here to say, then I need to get going." I respond dismissively, "I have more important things to handle."
"You should see the way he acts when you're not around. It's not normal, I'm just warning you."
I scoff, annoyed that I have to deal with her jealous antics. "He just has a cute crush on me, and you're just jealous. I don't have time to deal with this."
I text Yusra as I walk away, letting her know I'm posting the pictures from the anonymous account we made. It wasn't hard getting our hands on these photos. For someone doing something illegal and disgusting, they didn't cover their tracks very well. I found Aanya and Mr. Jacobs going at it behind the bleachers.
I post the pictures on the anonymous account story at first before following everyone at our school. I plan on posting the full video afterwards. With her cheer uniform, and their faces in full view.
There's no cameras at the football field so I know no one will figure out it's me. I smirk as I sit next to Yusra and Alejandra at our lunch table and prepare to watch the chaos ensue.
╭ ͡ ͡ ◝╮ ╰◟ ͜ ͜ ◞ ' , ' , ' ', ' , ' Sorry for the late update, I don't even have an excuse.
