Pet School: The Biggest and The Boldest

Chapter 2: Layla

Week 1 Monday | After school
Layla's POV
Aina and I are at a shop across from my new school, DSP. "Alright Layla, these are frank greens." She lead me to a shelf with the frank greens, they were water bottles. They looked... I don't know... not that special. "Aha get this one." She took one off the shelf. It was tan with a hot pink lid. "This is perfect! Pink's your favorite color right?" No it's not. I hate pink. My favorite color is purple. She bought it for me and we left. "You're coming over to my house, right?" Aina asked me. I was pretty sure I was, that's what my owner told me. I nodded. "Do you ever talk?" She then asked me. I do talk. I'm just thinking right now.

Tuesday Week 1
Coco's POV
All anyone can talk about is one of the new girls. Layla. She's Aina's cousin. Layla's been hanging out with Aina, Amber, Delilah and Glitter. Frankie, Maggie and Nova have also been telling everyone how rude and mean she is and she's just like her cousin, Aina. With the same 'trying hard to be cool' trait. Apparently she said something to Nova, but it's not bothering her that much because she doesn't seem too worried. I haven't actually seen who Layla is yet, I don't really want to see her if I'm being completely honest. What should I eat today for lunch? The same special lunch items remain for the whole year, forgot about that. The same requirement about the 1 fruit, 1 veg, 1 treat and 1 drink are still in place. Beef pie, strawberries, cucumber, a loin treat and an avocado smoothie. I went to my table. I sit in between Akira and Izzy and on one side and Katerina and Paisley sit on the other side. Akira's fan girl came to us. "Oh hey Poppy." Akira said. "Hi Akira! I was sick yesterday so I was so sad I couldn't see you but today I can see you. Can I sit with you? Pretty pleaseeeeee?" Poppy can be annoying and has a cute face when she wants something because she's a kitten. "Sorry Poppy, we have no more seats left." I said quickly. "Yes you do!" She pointed to the extra spot next to Paisley. "We use that seat for storage!" Izzy said and she dumped her folder on it. Poppy sighed. "Fine. I'll be back tomorrow though. I'm going to sit with Leonardo and Riley." "Wait! Poppy!" Katerina called out to her. Poppy turned around. She twitched her head. "Is Riley a boy or girl?" Katerina asked her. Of finally and answer to that question. "Riley's neither. They were born intersex." Then she walked off. Katerina looked puzzled. "What's intersex?" Katerina asked us. "It's when you're born with both genes I think?" Paisley said. "Guys! They're coming!" Akira said. The who's, cafeteria quieted down. Aina, Amber, Delilah, Glitter, their dogs and a new cat walked into the cafeteria together. The new cat must be Layla. She was fluffy and color pointed. She didn't look like Aina, she had fluff but not as fluffy as Aina. The whole cafeteria stared as they sat in their seats with the popular boys. "Why you all staring? Get back to lunch." Amber said to us all, which we did. At the end of lunch I went to get my things for science class. I was walking down the hallway, when I sensed someone running behind me. Whoever was running bumped into me and I fell to the ground. Ouch! I hit my head hard on the cold floor. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry! You okay?" An unfamiliar voice. Who is that? I got up to see Layla. My mood changed as I saw her face. She was not sorry. "You're not sorry. You meant for it to happen. You're just like your cousin." I said and walked off. I turned around and saw her walking down looking at the ground. She didn't look mean. But I'm not going to fall for her manipulation tricks like I did with Amber. No way. But of course I had to talk to her more. "Hey. Come here." I signaled her to come to where I was. She fearfully walked up to me. "Listen, I'm sorry but I'm nothing like my cousin, I promise." Layla tried to reassure me. "Maybe you are, maybe you aren't. What class have you got?" She looked surprised. "Science."  Cool same class as me. "Do you know where to go?" She shook her head. "Follow me."

Layla's POV
This cat is nice. "I'm Coco." Coco is her name. I figured she already knew I'm Layla so I smiled back. No one else is being nice to me like she is. Maybe she can be my friend? Or is it too quick? Maybe she already has friends. Cool friends. I'm not cool. But Coco seems cool. Cooler than Aina. I got a message from Aina.
Aina: WHY ARE YOU WALKING WITH COCO?!
Aina: you know what?! Never mind, we'll talk later!

What's wrong with Coco? Is she bad? All the cats and dogs Aina hates are nice, why's that?