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Chapter 23

Valeriana's pov

Sophie threw a burrito towards me. I caught it. I rip the wrapper off before biting into it. I nod my head as the flavors swarm my tastebuds. I nudge Jaylin with my foot before showing off my burrito. Jaylin rolled her eyes. She was eating a meatball sandwich. This school had awesome food.

"Damn, that lunch lady knows how to make a mean burrito," I say.

"It can't be that good," Jaylin says. I stare at her in disbelief.

"Have you tried it before?" I asked, shoving my burrito towards her. She shoves my hand away from her. Ellis looks at me before looking at his girlfriend.

"She won't eat after you," he states. My eyebrows furrowed.

"Why not?" I asked.

"She's a germaphobe," he says. My eyes widened.

"You're lying. The way you two kiss it's impossible to be a germaphobe," I say with a gasp. Sophie laughs while sitting next to me. Her back leaned against the table behind us.

"Yeah watching you two kiss is like watching you try to swap mouths," Sophie laughs, causing me to join her. My hand was still in the aisle that was between us. Someone leaned down and took a bite from my burrito. My eyes narrowed when Alice stood up.

"Santorelli!" Mrs. Allen shouted. Alice chewed her food. I mean my food. She smirked at me. I stood up.

"The fuck! Why you gotta ruin a good ass burrito for me?" I snapped. I toss the burrito onto the table before pushing past her. I didn't get far when Alice spun me around and kissed me.

"Santorelli! I said to get away from her!" Mrs. Allen shouts. I shove Alice away from me and stare at her. I turn around and walk away. Glaring at the principal. My brothers' table all stare at me to make sure to be ready if they need to intervene.

"Can't you see I'm fucking trying. I don't want the fucking bitch near me! Keep this bitch of a niece you have away from me and we won't have any damn problems. Keep yelling my name or bothering me and I'm going to bring my problem with your damn niece over to you!" I shout at her. I stop in front of the principal. "While you're staying out of my business get me a new damn burrito," I say. Her eyes widen and she scoffs. I take a step towards her. "Today, old bitch!" I shout. She scrambles to the line. She returns a moment later and hands me a new burrito. Her hands shaking as I snatch the burrito away from her. I stormed out of the room. My hand clenched tightly as I walked down the hall. I turned back around only to see Verena a few feet away from me. She shook her head.

"Nope, you're not going back in there, little love," she says blocking my path. My eyes narrowed on her. My jaw clenched. I wanted to go back in there and beat the principal and her niece up. My hand clenched tighter. I wasn't going to cool down by beating their asses with Verena in my way. Verena opens her arms for me. I take a deep breath before walking over to her and wrapping my arms around her tightly.

"Damn, you're a lot stronger than you look," Verena winced. I loosen my hold on her as she rubs my back. "See you're already relaxing, little love," she says.

"Your presence calms me," I mumble into her neck.

"You know your carefree and happy side is cute but your I'm going to fuck you up side is sexy," Verena says. "I mean it's also scary because damn, when you glared at me I almost didn't open my arms for you. I'm glad I did," she states.

"I'm glad you did too," I say before placing a light kiss on her neck before pulling away from her. Verena smiles at me. I rip into my burrito wrapper again. "Have you tried this? It's sooo good. I was enjoying it up until that bitch stole a bite. Like how do you just go up to someone and take a bite of their food like that?" I asked. Verena squished my cheeks together between her index finger and thumb. I tried to smile but since my mouth puckered it was hard.