𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 - 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞

thirty-five

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"𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙀𝙉𝘿 𝙐𝙋 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝘼
𝙈𝙐𝙍𝙂𝘼𝙏𝙍𝙊𝙔𝘿 𝙆𝙄𝙎𝙎𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙔𝙊𝙐
𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙏𝙊𝙄𝙇𝙀𝙏!"

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"𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐓𝐑𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆? I mean, one of you has got herself a boyfriend, the other one is engaged, and the most action I've had in the last few weeks was chasing after some random girl that stole my sister's trainers." Nas said with a huff as the three girls walked towards the Quad.

Mollie chuckled, an amused expression on her face as she reached out to poke Nas' side playfully. "Isn't that how all epic love stories start, though? I mean, for all you know, you might see her again and fall madly in love. Just imagine if you saw her-"

"Over there." Nas muttered incredulously.

"You wish, Nas." Missy chuckled, but the black-haired girl simply shook her head and pointed a finger across the Quad.

"No, I mean she's literally over there. That's her." Nas said, her nostrils beginning to flare with anger as she started to make her way over. Rushing along after her, Mollie and Missy followed Nas' gaze to see a girl chatting with Candice Murgatroyd. And, sure enough, she was wearing a pair of shiny red shoes on her feet.

"I'll be having those back please." Nas snapped, causing the redheaded girl to give her a look of confusion. Growing impatient, Nas spoke up again, this time through gritted teeth. "Those are my sister's trainers, and I saw you take them at the mosque."

"It weren't me." The girl replied defensively, squaring up to Nas.

"You know it was you, you were all dressed up like a chicken." Nas shook her head, which only angered the girl more.

"It. Weren't. Me." She fumed, taking a step closer to Nas .

At this point, most of the nearby students were congregating around the scene, desperate for some sort of drama to kick off on a Monday morning. Razia, in particular, wore a smirk on her face as she watched on from the side.

"Go on, Nas, let the lesbian have it!" She taunted.

Mollie looked to Missy with wide eyes, completely shocked by the venom in Razia's tone. But before they had time to do anything, their attention was diverted as the new girl launched towards Nas and grabbed a fistful of her hair.

"Woah, woah!" Missy yelled as she ran towards the fight, Mollie hot on her heels.

"Let go of her!" Mollie screeched, assiting Missy in grabbing the girl's camoflauge jacket to try and pull her off as Nas. But as she did so, she felt a different pair of hands yank her away and she came face to face with Candace Mugatroyd.

"Start on my cousin, and you start on me." She said through gritted teeth, pushing Mollie back slightly.

"Pretty sure she started on Nas first, brainbox." Mollie muttered sarcastically and rolled her eyes, pushing Candace back by her shoulders as the crowd grew more excited by the second. The two girls grappled for a moment, with Mollie resorting to pulling a strand of Candace's hair to try and escape from her grasp.

Noticing the commotion, Miss Keane rushed over to intervene, closely followed by an unfamiliar teacher with a stern expression. But just as she went to break up the fighting, the whole Quad went silent as the new girl's elbow collided forcefully with Miss Keane's face. As she clutched her nose in pain, the new teacher approached Nas and the red-haired girl with a look of fury.