They are the group no one dares to mess with, with a school that stands behind them.
She is the girl who opposes them, and the girl who might just lose everything.
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Beaumont Academy, a prestigious school housing only the m...
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Ellie made a return to school on Thursday. She was waiting cheerfully at the front of the school for Alaina at a bench, waving to her. Judging from the smile on her face, it seemed the feelings from Monday morning had passed, much to Alaina's relief.
"Alaina! How are you?" She didn't wait for her to answer.
Ellie clung to Alaina's arm, resting her arm on her shoulder, eagerly sharing something. Alaina had a hard time keeping up with the topic as she excitedly went on, but she caught the main idea. Despite not having had too much in common, she was a good friend and she was happy to have her company again.
Ellie was going on about this sale from a Valentino that had started the previous night, and how she'd stayed up and been one of the lucky few to order a keychain from the site before they had sold out. Alaina nodded supportively, listening to her friend, even if she couldn't relate to her elated mood over her success. She pulled out her phone to show Alaina a picture of the keychain, it was a pink pom pom with a glittery cat and other pink shiny ornaments decorating the chain.
"Wow that's uh . . . pink," Alaina commented, not knowing what else to say. Still, Ellie was happy her friend was listening and responding to her, and her mood couldn't be crushed after obtaining an exclusive product before anyone else.
The two walked down the hall together. Students were on about their usual chatter, shooting glances towards Alaina and Ellie. "Did anything interesting happen while I was out?" She curiously asked, her smile a little nervous. There was no way several days had gone by without a new topic to buzz over.
Alaina shrugged. "Well, Brendan and Cordie stopped by the cafeteria and—"
Ellie's mouth dropped open, "No way!" First, it was Cordelia showing up to their classroom, and now it was her and Brendan coming to the cafeteria. It went without saying that it had never happened before.
"Yeah, we just talked a bit and they ended up inviting me to go shoot arrows with them," Alaina continued, turning to Ellie who clasped her arms like she'd just been the first to hear some juicy gossip. In fact, she was the first, no one had known about the invitation to the range until now.
The trace of a smile forming on her face, faltered at once. Ellie's hands tight around Alaina, she was losing her friend to the V4. "The V4 invited you to go out with them?" She questioned aloud in disbelief, more heads turning towards the two with the outburst. "They must really like you," she added.
"It was just a one time thing, really," Alaina assured, nervously eyeing the curious faces listening in around them. "I think they just felt bad about all the things Damon's been doing." Alaina wrote it off as nothing, but deep down, she knew—as did the rest of the school—this thing with the V4 was developing into more than just some pity repayment.
"Damon must have been there too, huh?" Ellie asked quietly, looking timidly at her feet.
"Oh yeah, he was. You should have seen him, he had this one arrow that missed the target completely," Alaina laughed, recounting the moment. "If only I could have taken a video, it was hilarious, and he—"
