Lost in my own thoughts, I slowly walked down the hall to the cafeteria for lunch. My stomach grumbled when I got a whiff of the food.
I was interrupted by a girl with strawberry blonde hair, a huge smile across her lips.
"Hi!" The petite girl sang, snapping me out of my trance like state.
"My name is Natalie. You must be the new girl? What's your name?" She greeted politely, sticking out her hand for me to shake.
"I'm Kendra," I smiled back, shaking her small hand.
"It's nice to meet you," Natalie replied, the smile still spread across her lips.
"Do you have anyone to sit with?"
I shook my head in reply, my stomach rumbling once more.
"You can come and sit with me and my friends if you'd like?" Natalie giggled, pointing to a table across the cafeteria.
"That would be great," I shrugged, a smile forming on my own lips.
Natalie grinned and grabbed my forearm, leading me to the back of the queue.
After ordering a bagel and a soda, Natalie guided me back to a table, two girls already vacated there.
"This is Laura," Natalie explained, pointing to a brown haired girl wearing a simple sweater dress.
"And this is Amy," she smiled, gesturing to the tall tanned girl with dirty blonde hair, who, in my opinion, Amy could pass off as a runway model.
I gave them a stiff nod and sat down eagerly wanting to devour my bagel.
"So Kendra, how do you like our school so far?" Amy asked, sinking her perfectly straight teeth into a chocolate muffin. I looked up, swallowing down a mouthful before speaking.
"It's okay. I had a run in with Hunter which ended with him falling on his ass," I chuckled, watching their reactions.
"And apparently the queen bee isn't a fan of me," I mumbled with a shrug. I didn't care much whether I was liked or not by people.
"You knocked over Hunter? I am impressed," Amy admitted, her eyes showing just how in awe she was. "As for the queen bee, she won't do much to you. Maybe make a bitchy comment or spill food on you but I think that you could handle anything she threw your way."
I smiled up at Amy. She seemed like somebody I would like to know a little better.
"I don't know who was more surprised, Hunter or me? He's like... Over 6 foot tall. I have to admit though, I was proud of myself," I bragged with a smile.
We lapsed into a painfully awkward silence.
I raked through my brain to try come up with something interesting to say, rather than let the silence last any longer.
Thankfully Natalie broke the silence.
"So Laura, are you ready for the party tomorrow night?" Natalie asked with a smile, running a hand through her hair.
"I am. Kendra you should come along too," Laura inquired with a smile, her eyes twinkling under the fluorescent lights.
"Yeah, and you can get ready with me. I have the perfect dress for you!" Natalie squealed, clapping her hands together in excitement.
"That sounds good," I smiled.
Natalie was very bubbly and friendly, normally I would hate girls like her but she was different.
"I need to use the restroom," I muttered, regretting the amount of soda I had drank in such a short amount of time.
With my hair covering my eyes as I got up from my seat, I turned around, crashing into the blonde haired girl from English, her plate of food flying all over my face, and evil smirk across her dark lips.
"Oops, I didn't see you there Kendra," she hissed with a fake smile across her lip, shrugging her shoulders.
A frown formed on my face, my eyes narrowed like sharp daggers. My hands curled up into fists.
With a clench of my teeth, I raised my fist, aiming for her face. Before my fist connected with her nose, my arm was pulled back.
The look of panic on blonde girl's face immediately vanished. Frowning, I lunged at her, my hands almost gripping her shoulders. But instead, I was hauled over someone's shoulder. I tried to get a look at whoever had a hold on me. I glared intently when my eyes met a head of messy blonde hair.
"Hunter, you ass! Let me go and kick her in the face!" I snarled, thrashing my arms about, trying anything I could to get his arms to shift enough for me to move.
"No can do Princess. I don't want you getting suspended on your first day," he chuckled, walking out of the cafeteria with me still held firmly over his shoulder.
"Thanks baby!" The blonde haired girl called out after him, twirling her hair flirtatiously.
"Amber, you and me are never happening ever again!" Hunter shouted back. The look of rejection on her face made me smile.
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Hunter carried me through the hallways, towards the front of the school. He walked out the front door and through a car park where he put me down me down beside a very expensive looking car.
"Princess, I want no more fighting," he explained although it sounded more like an order.
I laughed, shaking my head.
"I will fight whoever I want, especially if they do something like this to me!" I hissed, pointing down to my ruined shirt.
"You know, I didn't peg you as the fighting type," Hunter chuckled, shaking his head.
"We need to get you a new top," he smiled, opening up the car door, gesturing towards the passenger seat.
"I'm not ditching school!" I snapped, crossing my arms over my chest, planting myself firmly on the ground.
"Don't make me throw you in," he winked, a small smile across his lips. "I might accidently feel your boobs."
I sighed and got into his car, pulling the seatbelt across my body. He jumped into the other side.
"Don't worry Princess. If we get caught, I'll take the blame."
"Oh, you are my hero," I said sarcastically.
Hunter sped out of the school car park, his radio blaring Thunderstruck loudly.
I sang along with the song, smiling. I looked over at Hunter who kept glancing at me, his eyes filled with shock.
"You know AC/DC?" He asked, tilting his head, his eyes flickering back to the road.
"I do."
"My princess, aren't you just full of surprises," he chuckled, shaking his head with a smile.
"I'm not your princess..." I grunted back at him, looking out the window.
"We'll see about that."
We both sat in silence, letting the time pass as we made our way to the mall.
"Forever 21 have some nice things," he suggested as we pulled up into the parking lot.
I furrowed my eyebrows, looking up at him, my head tilted slightly.
Hunter rolled his eyes, answering the question I had bottled up inside my head.
"I have a fifteen year old sister."
"Oh god. I feel so bad for her. Being related to you must be awful," I teased, sticking my tongue out at him.
"Oh shut it Princess..." He muttered, wrapping his arm around my shoulder. "Let's get you something clean."
With a frown, I shrugged his arm off me.
We made our way around to Forever 21. I watched Hunter walk into the store, making me wonder how many times he'd been her.
Minutes later, Hunter walked back with a hooded plaid shirt in hand.
I had to admit, it was perfect
"What do you think?" He smiled, holding the shirt up proudly.
"Not bad," I shrugged, trying to hide how much I really did like it.
After trying it on and finding it to be a perfect fit, I went up to pay.
Just as the cashier asked for $19.90, Hunter came up behind me and placed a twenty dollar note on the counter.
I tried to protest, but it was too late. The bad boy had just bought me a shirt.
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Big shootout to wolf_at_heart07 for the editing of this chapter :)