DIAMONDS ❀ SCREAM

2 | LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

      The blissful minds of the five teenagers had broke when Emma Duval walked alongside her boyfriend, Will Belmont towards the wooden picnic bench which they had claimed prior. Her brows furrowed as she gracefully took a seat across the three members that had surprisingly arrived early to school. Ava sat next to Jake, her head rested against his shoulder blades while she scrolled through her phone. The group chatted about the supposed new English teacher, upon arrival, Emma's nervous behavior had already dipped the mood between the teens. Her awkward stance adding onto the tension that lingered between the seven.

"Hey testicle left and right, what's got you two so down in the dumps?" Ava raised a brow at the power couple, but it seemed as they were in no mood to talk. The duo had acknowledged the teens sitting around them, but it seemed as though they had been lost in their own minds. In an attempt to start a conversation Ava turned to Jake, and grabbed his lukewarm coffee, waiting for him to complain about her stealing his drink; but it was as if all the energy had been drained from him.

The silence was finally broken by Riley as she ranted about the supposed new english teacher, releasing a sense of relief. Eventually Emma cracked, her head twisting behind her as she watched Audrey Jensen argue with a few students.

"I thought we agreed to trash that video." She started, turning back toward the group.

"Oh common Emma, she was bound to come out one day. I mean look at her." Brooke started, the comment causing the Ava and Riley to raise their brows, both of them silently deciding to stay out of the argument in order to avoid the cross-fire.

"What's the big deal if she is a lesbian" Jake hummed, his eyes catching Emma's. The potent smell of his cheap coffee was the only thing that Ava focused on at the moment, though her eyes shot between the boy and the girl staring one another down.

"Okay, the big deal is it wasn't her decision to tell the world." Emma argued, making the Fitzgerald boy scoff and grab the half drunken coffee from Ava's warm hands. She flashed a look towards Will, a bemused look gracing his face.

"Hey, I wasn't the only one on that group thread! And I did delete that video." Jake stated, letting his empty cup fall onto the table with a thud. "After I sent it to P.J. Girl on girl is his demographic."

Ava rolled her eyes as Jake playfully hit Will across the table, the two laughing childishly at his statement. She pushed Jake's shoulder, forcing him back to the topic on hand while Emma did the same to Will. Though her shove was less playful than the inky-haired girl. Ava raised a brow as the silence ticked by, Emma let out a loud huff before continuing her little rant.

"Do guys even understand the term viral?"

"I don't see Nina anywhere." Riley burst, her arms extending in exaggeration as the teens searched for the the familiar red-headed queen bee.

"You know she did the wide release." Will grumbled, his hands rubbing the tense shoulders of the now red Duval.

"Of course it was Nina," Brooke finally spoke up, through her concentration was pushed onto a single strand of blonde hair, as she examined the straight strands with a glare. The six awaited her speech against her so called 'best friend' as it seemed she rehearsed one every night. "She's as spoiled sociopath with no impulse control, I mean she's probably ditching right now to avoid your good girl wrath."

"Well Audrey doesn't know that. Right now she's probably having the worst day ever because we managed to ruin yet another teen life because Nina thought it would be fun. Great job guys, she might have no impulse control but we on the other hand do." Ava started, glaring at Emma as she sunk into the bench. "Emma you think preaching to us will undo the fact you were in the car while Nina filmed the video? No, it won't. So stop complaining. I'm out of here. Thanks for ruining my morning Em, glad to see your still in love with your ex."