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8.

It hadn't occurred to me before, but I now feel I should warn you before reading.

The following chapter may be upsetting to some readers.

It's never my intention to upset anyone, and I may be overthinking this, but still, please read with caution.

Thank you.

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That night, Mia went to bed but sleep didn't come, instead her mind wondered back to where it all started...

*Flashback*

Like it was for many others, high school wasn't the most pleasant of times for Mia either, and it was all because of Sebastian and his friends.

They weren't in the same year, with Sebastian being older than her, but he was best mates with Mia's brother, Aaron. Due to that reason, the two of them often ended up being in each other's company, but that didn't mean the two were fond of it.

To Mia, Sebastian was the egoistic playboy. He was loved and idolised by practically everyone in the school. All the guys wanted to be him and the girls wanted to be with him. He was the guy. Sebastian was essentially the star of the school, that much was clear, even the teachers loved him.

Mia wasn't jealous of the attention that he got, she was basically a wallflower and preferred it that way, but she didn't like the arrogance that Sebastian had. He always made it seem like he was better than the rest and it bothered her.

Despite Mia's brother being best mates with Sebastian, he wasn't like that at all. He was in a steady, happy relationship with his girlfriend Melissa, who Mia loved and got along with.

To Sebastian, Mia was such a goody-goody. He knew from Aaron that she was a quiet girl, nose always in a book. He didn't really care about her, she didn't exactly mean anything to him, but he disliked the way she looked at him, those brown eyes full of judgement.

From the limited amount of interactions that they both had with each other, Sebastian could tell that Mia didn't like him, which was fine because he didn't like her either.

Sebastian always got a look of judgement from others since his family was rich and just from that, everyone already made an opinion about him. Aaron was the first guy who didn't, which is why he was one his best mates, yet his sister was a different story.

Mia didn't even know who the Carter's were, she just disliked Sebastian's actions and his general personality. He would tease others and pull pranks, it irked Mia.

On one occasion, Darren, a friend of Mia's confessed to her that he liked Beth, one of the girl's in Sebastian's group. Unfortunately, Sebastian and his mates overheard this and made a mockery of Darren's feelings in front of the whole school.

After the whole incident, Darren refused to speak to Mia, not even wanting to see her face. He thought she must've been the one to tell them, since she was the only one he confessed his crush to.

He didn't move school but transferred his classes, so that he had none with Mia. Little did Darren know, in the process he broke Mia's heart since she had a crush on him, but the guy would no longer look at her. She lost him, due to a prank orchestrated by Sebastian.

Since that moment, Mia dislike for Sebastian grew even more.

However, that was nothing compared to the one day that broke Mia.

Tucker was another one of Sebastian's and Aaron's mates, although Aaron wasn't so fond of the guy.

He was dating Victoria and the pair were a toxic couple. They weren't nice at all and despite Sebastian never insulting Mia directly, Victoria was never one to hold back, only in Aaron's presence did she bite her tongue. Victoria disliked Mia, and although there was no concrete reason to do so, it just stemmed from the way Tucker would look at the girl, full of lust.