Letters To Shay||✓

chapter two.

The ride to school was very uncomfortable, no thanks to the grumpy driver. I could have sworn the driver smirked when he opened the door for me, and he took his sweet time to go through every pothole and speed bump, making me feel sore all over as I got down from the bus. He flashed me a wicked grin when I scowled at him.

Charlotte was already waiting for me at the school's entrance. We did the special KOD handshake and walked to the assembly hall. As we turned towards the hall, a girl stepped in our way, giving Charlotte and I a stern one-over, and said, "Stephanie wants to see you. Now." The girl and I locked eyes for a couple of seconds, both of our eyes cold and uninviting. She looked away and nodded at Charlotte. I watched her leave with a tight frown. God, the nerve of that bitch.

Charlotte tugged at my arm. "Come on, Key. Let's go."

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After swimming against the crowd of students towards the opposite direction, we finally arrived at the empty classroom that nobody, except KODs, used. My heart was hammering against my ribcage and eardrums. If there was anyone in this school I was scared of it was Stephanie. Beneath all the picture perfect prettiness- golden blonde hair, small lips, pale skin, size two body, was an evil, manipulative bitch that had everyone in this school at her mercy. Even the teachers were scared of her. As much as she frightened me, I hated her. She made herself boss over everybody, pulling on their strings like her little puppets, and using us for her evil dirty work. Had I known what sort of crazy bitch she was, I would have ignored her when she approached me. Ugh, I hate making mistakes.

I let out a shaky breath, my tough demeanor slowly cracking. I turned my head towards Charlotte, who was staring straight ahead. If she was as scared as I was, she didn't show it. She's used to Stephanie, so maybe she can handle it. But I'm not. "What do you think she wants?" I whispered to her. She half shrugged and let out a heavy breath. She put her hand on the door knob, turned it, and pushed it open. "Only one way to find out."

It took me approximately five seconds to adjust to the darkness. Someone flicked the light bulb on behind us and slammed the door loudly, causing me to flinch. My eyes roamed across the room. The big majors of the KOD were sitting in a semicircle, with a larger chair against the wall. On it sat the KOD queen herself, her wavy hair swept to the left. All heads simultaneously turned towards us, their eyes boring into ours. Charlotte and I exchanged looks and turned to face the KODs sitting before us.

"Charlotte, Keyonna," She started, calling my name with unnecessary emphasis. What was she up to? She stood up and immediately two girls, a brunette and redhead- her ladies-in-waiting, followed her, as she walked up to us. What is this, an episode of Life of Royalty? It was twisting my insides. "Glad to see you here, really!"

"As much as I would love to say the feeling was mutual, seeing you with all that makeup disgusts me." I bit on my tongue. She looked at me with cold, stony eyes. I locked eyes with her, a pout similar to hers on my lips. Charlotte pinched me, trying to get me to stop but I ignored her. I didn't like Stephanie one bit, and I wasn't going to let her scare me too hard. At last, she raised her chin and flicked my rude comment away with her wrist.

"I suppose you know why I called you both here." She turned towards Charlotte. "You had a mission and it seems to me like you're not doing it." I rolled my eyes. She called me here because of the boy toy thing? Char shook her head. Here we go.

"I am, Stephanie. But Keyonna here," she said, jabbing her thumb at me, "is as stubborn as a rock. She turned down Jason, Max, Steve..." She paused. Why did she pause? "And Duke." Stephanie widened her eyes and looked at me. I shrugged innocently and looked away. She looked over her shoulder at the aforementioned boys for confirmation. They nodded. Bastards, the whole lot of them. Ethan, the King to the Queen of Bitch-dom, stood up and walked to Stephanie's side. He whispered something in her ear that made her eyes shoot towards me at an almost impossible speed. She nodded and slowly smiled, to which the corners of my mouth tugged downwards. He returned to his seat. Stephanie whispered to her ladies-in-waiting and their thumbs started flying across their phone screens. Curiosity was burning inside me and I was itching to find out what these beautiful devils were up to.