Destiny

Chapter 1: Change

It's been five years since I moved here from Akron. I haven't seen or spoken to either of my parents. My Aunt tells me that their doing fine and they really care about me. I've grown to not really feel affected by not seeing my parents anymore. I mean what did I really expect though? They haven't even tried to reach out to me. No letters, no phone calls no anything. They didn't even come to my eighth grade graduation. Their dead to me. I know that sounds really harsh but it's really hard to just be left by your own parents with any explanation. I was so caught in my thoughts that I didn't realize that my class was empty. I looked around and grabbed all my things walking into the hallway. All the seniors are talking about prom and all everyone is talking about is if they'll find their soul mates by then. I rolled my eyes not really caring if I go to prom in general. Plus it's only like the 2nd week of school. No rush.

I walk into the cafeteria scanning the crowd looking for Z. Unfortunately Michelle decided to ditch us and not come to school today. Pretty upsetting right but I'll get over it. I continued to look around the cafeteria until I saw that she was outside. I tiptoed behind and and covered her eyes imitating the voice of a guy. "Guess Who" I had to hold in my laugh as I felt her jump at the feel of me covering her eyes. She removed my hands and turned around and laughed glaring at me. I looked at her calf frowning at the bandage wrapped around it.

"Did you try to remove it again" Referring to her crow wing infused cross. She's been trying to get her tattoo removed since the beginning of our junior year. I never understood why though. Whenever I would ask her she would get really defensive about it which was something new. I always knew she was never a fan on finding out who her soulmate was but now it's became worse. As much as I don't believe in them I still feel like they are apart of who we are. No one knows about what she's been doing except for me.

I could see that her calf was beginning to swell so I walked into the cafeteria to get an ice pack before the next class would start. I looked around wondering which one of the people in this cafeteria could be my soulmate. I felt my shoulder be bumped and without looking up I apologized to caught up in my thoughts. Before I knew it I was snatched back in front of this dude I never seen before. He held this glare on his face that showed he wasn't a nice guy. "Watch where you're going" I could feel the whole cafeteria's eyes on me and this stranger. I rose my eyebrows confused on what the issue was. I already apologized. I could heard the soft whispers floating around. I looked down seeing him crinkle my shirt. I began to feel irritated as I roughly removed his hands from off me. I was trying to stay out of as much trouble as I could. I was already two strikes away from being suspended for fighting Ari last week. I don't need any new problems.

"I already told you sorry. Take it or leave it" I walked past him and went to the back of the kitchen and got a bag of ice. On the way back all I could think about who that guy was. Maybe he's new? I don't know. I walked back to see Z eating some of my cantaloupe. I snatched the bowl from her and tossed her the the homemade ice pack and just sat thinking about past events.

"Ugh here comes Ari to be the bug she is." Z rolled her eyes in the process. It always seem like Ari was obsessed with Me, Z and Michelle cause I swear we were the only ones she would try and start a fight with. I was stuck between deciding if I wanted to walk away from her or sit there and see what she wants. Which is most likely nothing. Eh I'm going to stay she is not about to ruin my lunch...Again!

"Did you guys hear I found my soulmate last weekend" She smirked at Z as if she was taunting her. I rolled my eyes not really caring about what she said. Ari was always the type to try and trigger a reaction out of Z. She knew that Z was the more hostile one. All i could do was shake my head at her stupidity. She glared at me as if trying to tell me to back off , but I'm pretty sure everyone is tired of her bullshit. I mean I am so I know everybody else is. A few minutes later her little minion comes scurrying after her. I never cared to ask her name because if she was associated with Ari it meant she was just as bad. I could tell that they were trying to start something with us. I could tell that Z wouldn't be able to handle the situation if it was to go left.

"Did you try removing your tattoo? How Stu-" before she could finish her sentence I had cut her off.

"Ari! Watch what you say or there will be a problem " I crossed my arms getting irritated the more she talked. I could see a smirk forming on the corner of her mouth. I closed my eyes trying to calm my heart as it began to race. I was really trying to avoid any conflict with Ari but it didn't seem like I would be able to. I was trying to find a way to defuse the situation without making it worse than what it already was. I was so caught up in my thoughts I was too late to see Ari in my face.

"Ari come on we don't need" Before her little minion could finish her sentence Ari had pushed her back and got back in my face.I never truly understood Ari's big idea with accepting our tattoos she has always been like this since 7th grade. It really makes her unlikable in my opinion. She would always make fun of us saying we didn't like our tattoos because our soulmate doesn't exist. I always felt that she was simply contradicting herself but I never paid much attention to it till now and now it has really became really annoying.

"Brianna stay out of this and mind your business they need to learn" she glared back at Brianna and looked at me. Every time I tried to walk around her she would just walk in front of her. Before I knew it Z came up behind her and grabbed her by her hair and pulled her backwards on the ground.

Out of the corner of my eye I see Brianna launch towards Z and my instincts kicked in and I grabbed Brianna who ended up hitting me in my eye. A crowd began to form around us as punches were thrown from left to right.

I saw Z lying on the ground in fetal position and Ari began stomping on her. I pushed Brianna on the ground with all my might and start running towards Ari. Before I could stop myself I tackled Ari to the ground and climbed on top of her and began to punch her in the face. I couldn't stop myself because it felt so good. All the times that Ari kept bothering us I always hid my anger trying to stay calm and not cause any violence. All that pint up anger was released once I had seen what she was doing to Z. Zakiya has always been the fighter out of the group. Whenever someone would mess with me or Michelle she was ready to protect us like a mother protects their child. And when I say Z could fight I mean she could really fight. That's when I knew that something was wrong. Ari was blocking her face but I still continued to punch before I felt my body being pulled off of her. That didn't stop me from trying to kick her as they pulled me off of her. We were all sent to the nurses office except for Z she got sent to the hospital because her leg started bleeding.After leaving the nurses office we were sent to the principles office.

"What happened here?!" Principle McMillon asked shaking her head. We all began to try and explain what happened but all it was was a jumble of words.