𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 - 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞

twenty-four

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"𝙄'𝙈 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝘽𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍."

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐃 and for the Year 11's, the beginning of their mock week. After giving Missy some final good luck wishes, Mollie and Nas made their way to lesson, which happened to be double biology with the brand new teacher. Nas sat down beside Naveed and offered him a tight smile, leaving Mollie to take the remaining seat next to her, which also happened to be next to Riz.

"Hey." She smiled at the boy. Despite seeing him a few times over the winter break, it was still nice to see him back in school.

Upon hearing her voice, his head shot up and he nodded back with a grin. "Alright, Mol."

"Thank God you're here. I thought I were gonna be stuck third wheeling them two all morning." She smirked, nodding her head subtly towards the brand new 'couple' who were awkwardly chattering beside her.

A playful expression of hurt took over Riz's face. "Are you saying you only wanna sit by me so that you're not a third wheel, and it has absolutely nothing to do with my amazing company?"

"Sounds like someone's got an ego. You better be careful or else your head won't for through the door." She joked, before nudging his foot under the desk with her own. "I'm only joking. I guess your company isn't so bad. There are worse people I could be stuck by."

Riz smiled softly as a rush of heat filled his cheeks and he tapped her foot in return. "Yeah, well I suppose you're not the worst biology partner, either."

Mollie, too, felt a gentle smile appear on her face at Riz's compliment, but just as she reached out to playfully tap his foot again, she was distracted by Nas' voice.

"Excuse me, Alya, what did you just say?"

"There's no denying it, is there? Everyone in the school knows you're a slapper." The room fell silent as Alya muttered, looking Nas up and down with disapproval.

"What is?" Nas asked as her eyes filled with confusion.

With a dry chuckle, Alya gestured between Nas and Naveed. "You two are sleeping together. Go on, is it true?"

"Oh, you little bitch." Mollie muttered under her breath.

"Tell you what, Alya, it is none of your business what I do!" Nas fumed.

"So much for respecting yourself, eh?" Alya quirked an eyebrow. "Seems those gori friends of yours are really rubbing off on you."

While Mollie let out a loud scoff, Nas spoke through grtitted teeth. "Well at least my dad keeps it in his pants."

"Cow!" Alya exclaimed as she reached forward to grab a fistful of Nas' hair, causing the class to erupt into a loud chorus of cheers and shouts.

"Right, that's it." Mollie muttered angrily, springing out of her seat to lean over towards Alya. Before she could, she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders pulling her back. She peeled her eyes away from the fighting girls to see Riz holding her back. "Let go of me, Riz. I need to teach this girl to keep her big mouth shut."

"Mol, come on. It's not worth it." He shot the Wilson girl a pleading look and gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze. "She's only trying to get a reaction."