Love Me Badly

stares and glares | four

Today is the day she dreaded as she walks the halls of Hallbridge High on the Monday after a juicy, gossip leak. What high school student didn't love gossip and rumours, then coming back to spill all the tea to their friends on the next school day?

Her heels click against the tiled floors of the hallway, her head held high as she hears the murmurs and whispers of everyone around her. She notices people intensely staring at her but then quickly looking away when she manages to catch them in the act.

Kelliana can see groups of freshmen and sophomore girls staring at her in pity and awe while the junior girls glare at her, some snickering as they whisper to each other when she appeared in their view.

She scoffs as she stops and eyes them down intimidatingly, her gaze intense enough to make a girl cry. The group of juniors realised they were caught and immediately became tense as they straightened their posture, their eyes looking everywhere but at the senior in front of them.

She crosses her arms and stands in front of them, her height giving her an advantage as she towers over their puny, little bodies.

"Since you guys are younger than me, I'm not even going to bother giving you the satisfaction. Have fun trying to grow up", Kelliana says to them as she smirks at how nervous they are, one is even physically shaking.

She leaves them be and turns at the end of the hallway, reaching the row of lockers to her own. Lucky for her, there was no one around and this gave her time to let her guard down a little.

She took a deep breath as she opened her locker and began applying her lip gloss while staring back at her reflection in the mirror she placed in there. She made sure to look extra good today, with her dark red hair in soft curls around her heart-shaped face, her dark olive eyes complimented with lashes and eyeliner that made them appear bigger. She had on those jeans that Dean loved, his eyes always gazing at her ass. She was hoping to flex them in front of him, as soon as she sees him of course.

She may have appeared as a fierce and strong woman the outside right now, but on the inside, she lowkey shitting herself.

Gina came beside her and shoved her phone in front of Kelliana's face, startling her with her sudden intrusiveness.

A picture of Kelliana and the girls from the club last Saturday, wrestling each other flashed before her eyes.

"This is getting sent everywhere. Everyone's talking about how you ended up in a fight against six girls at a party and that you nearly killed someone", Gina explained as she tore her phone away from a stunned Kelliana.

"Is that really how I look when I fight?", Kelliana utters, cringing at her ruffled hair in the image.

"Of course that's what you notice first", chuckled Gina as she opened her locker next to hers and began shoving her books in.

"You know I don't care about rumours anymore. I've decided to live with the fact that I'm a bitch and that they can say what they want about me. That's their problem."

"I know, I know", Gina says with a slight exaggeration. "But it's just funny to hear what they say."

They both couldn't supress their laughter as they walked to their first class together. Kelliana couldn't help but search for Dean in the halls but he was nowhere to be found. She bit her lip out of habit and sighed as walked inside the classroom, her mind drifting off as she sits and waits for the day to end.

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The bell rang for lunch and Kelliana walked to the cafeteria to meet up with Gina there.