Insatiable

Three

"Haley, where have you been? Brianna said you weren't in fourth and you didn't walk with me after lunch. Why are you coming from the parking lot?" Camila asks me as we head to the field for practice.

"It was nothing, C. Don't worry." I sigh, hiding the fact that it most certainly is something. They would all kill me if they knew I ditched a class, especially for Shawn Mendes. He is an enemy to all of us.

"Come on, girls. We are teaching Abby a lesson. She was caught with filth." Kayla says, leading us to a circle of our girls around Abby. Abby is new to the school and the squad and she had to learn our rules pretty quick.

"What's the problem, K?" Camila asks. 

"Abby was seen talking willingly to Dylan O'brien." Gasps flit around the group. Dylan is basically second in command to Shawn in the punks. Dylan is hardcore and it's rumored that he is a gang member.

"Maybe she just didn't know?" I offer in her defence. Abby doesn't look scared like she should. These lessons start with ridicule and end in the girl running suicides until she is throwing up.

"We are not to associate with the scum of the school. We were very clear with her at the beginning." Kayla says. I shrink back with guilt. I saught after Shawn. I was with him all of fourth next to his motorcycle. 

"But, I have a class with Shawn. He is my lab partner. Does that make me at fault?" I ask, scared of the response.

"No honey. We all feel so sympathetic for you because you don't have a choice but you know how he is. You don't go out of your way to talk to him. Abby here decided she would talk to Dylan." Kayla smiles sweetly at me and I smile back, but it's fake.

"What if she has a class with Dylan?" But I go ignored by Kayla.  Abby, however, notices my input and smiles.

"Why can't I talk to who I want?" Abby asks, a mistake on her behalf.

"Because, Abigail, if you are caught talking to someone like Dylan, or Niall, or Shawn, you are putting the whole team on their level. And we are much better than they are." Kayla says. The other girls remain quiet while Abby is being attacked.

"I haven't met the others but Dylan isn't that bad. He's kind of sweet." Abby defends.

"Then I'll run it out of you. You will not be part of this squad and a friend of the punks. Suicides, now." Kayla demands calmly. Abby stands defiantly against her.

"No."

"What?" Kayla asks, anger dripping into her voice. 

"I said, no." Abby declares. The girls gasp again, looking at her in shock. No one says no to Kayla.

"Then hand in your uniforms." Kayla says.

"Fine. All of you are robots. I don't want to be a part of this team and I had sex with Dylan so fuck you." She smiles and walks off the field. The other girls are looking at her in disgust.

"Who would want a punk?"

"I know, they are gross."

"Who would even talk to them?" Me. But it doesn't matter. I can't keep letting myself talk to Shawn. He means nothing to me. And anyway, I have other problems to worry about, like who I slept with friday.

"I can't believe I helped her at that party. She is sick." Camila grimaces. Is that how she would think of me for talking to Shawn?

"I know, girls. We were kind to her. But, we won't let this bring us down. She was poison to us. If she was willing to talk to them, she was willing to bring us down and we don't need that.