Queen of the Court

Chapter 22: Spread like Wildfire

I was a little hesitant to return to school Monday. I was worried a bit about what people would be saying, especially after the thing with my sister's concert and the song and then the photos of the trip. I had worried that people would have all kinds of negative things to say. It wasn't till I got to school that I remembered, people are gonna stare, people are always going to have something to say, so I better make it worth their while. I had said that i was gonna cut the hiding stuff out, and stop playing so humble there was no reason to when everyone else was making waves.

"Let's see where the day goes, we're playing on my game board now" I smiled to myself and headed to my locker to begin the routine that had become so normal to me and the rest of my friends. I opened my locker and took out my extra books and after a few minutes Hyoga's familiar presence was behind me, his arms loosely wrapped around me and I laughed "Good morning" I smiled "You missed me that much?" I asked as he rested his chin on my head

"Yeah I did" he laughed

"You literally saw me yesterday and then we talked last night" I say shaking my head stepping away from my locker as I closed it waiting for the others now

"I still missed you" He said leaning against the lockers crossing his arms while we watched the students "So did you think about what I said?"

"The whole thing with Eve? I asked turning to him and he nods and I give a grin "I'll give it a shot, I'll be kind about it at first but if she comes for me then I'll blow it up" I say

"There's that fire" He grinned "I think Japan really helped you"

"I definitely feel better about things, and myself. You guys have shown me that there's no reason that I should keep hiding my most authentic self" I say waving as I saw Tae and Garram "Morning you guys"

"Morning" they hum

"Rhena, your pictures from the trip look so good, did you not take any with Hyoga though? I didn't see them" Garram says and I shook my head

"No I did but I didn't post them. I kept them for myself, I didn't have any that fit the vibe of the other pictures" I explained

"Aww no fun I wanted to see them I'm sure they were cute, oh well." she shrugged there were only two people missing now

"Hey Tae, have you seen TJ and the others?" I asked normally I saw the three idiots walking through the halls causing problems but its been quiet

"TJ disappeared as soon as mom dropped us off. I thought I saw Mirae with Wooin but I could have been wrong and I haven't seen Noah at all" he said

"Why would Mirae be with Wooin?" Hyoga asked confused at the paring

"She's his cousin" Kailan answered as she joined the group Minhee behind her "Noah is their cousin too"

"They're all related?" I asked surprised hearing that

"Mhm, Mirae was nothing like them in terms of bullying, that is until she met Eve. Eve changed and influenced her." Kailan further explained

"Noah and TJ used to be Eves best friends but they got into a fight and have hated each other since" Tae chimed in

"So they are all connected?" Hyoga asked

"No wonder their attitudes are all similar" I sighed and looked at the time "We should get a move on if we don't wanna be late" I told them as I walked a little ahead of them towards our class. I was just waiting for the confrontation to come. Eve had something to say I was sure and there was also that conversation from japan with Kiro where it was cut short "Hmm wonder what would have been said' I thought to myself as I tried to pay attention to the lecture in class. First hour we started our final review unit for the year and it shouldn't be too hard, the class would be an easy A for me. I didn't know exactly where in the class I would place but I was pretty sure I would be top three again. Then it was on to second hour. I had second hour with Hyoga, Kiro, Wooin and Eve.