The Bad Boy's Thorn

Chapter Three

T H R E E

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It was time for lunch period, my mind kept referring back to the small conversation with Yuta, he was so sure that I was the same girl he used to be friends with, I felt bad for lying to him.

I walk inside of the cafeteria tiredly, the day felt like it was dragging tremendously. As I enter the cafeteria I look around immediately, nothing had changed.

People were separated into groups of their rankings, yes I said rankings. There's four ranks in Selveridge High, each rank based on the popularity of each student. As harsh at it seems, this was a thing worshipped in this very high school.

Starting from the bottom is rank 4, people in rank four are usually bullied ruthlessly by the people of higher ranks, they are the people who are treated horribly and used for various reasons. People in rank four were usually 'nerds'.

The people in rank 3 consisted of tech geeks, they were the people who do the dirty works of the people in the higher ranks. They are easy going and calm, they seemed to mind their own business.

Rank 2 people are in a safe zone, it consists of jocks and cheerleaders - they were the people who would bully people in lower ranks for their own disgusting pleasure.

The people in rank 1 were dangerous, a single slip up could cost you a life with people like them. They controlled Selveridge High, they were all cunning deceitful people who enjoyed the power that radiated off of them.

The cafeteria was divided into four sections, each of the ranks in their rightful positions. People in rank 1 were in the centre, purely to be the centre of attention. The people in rank 2 were sat not that far away from the people in rank 1. The people of rank 3 were far away from the higher ranks, they were more towards the far back of the cafeteria. Lastly the people of rank 4 were sat near the rubbish cans.

It was dangerous as joining the school as a new person. You would have to sit in a rank that would be safe, the only option I had to sat was in either rank 3 or 2.

If I had sat in rank 1 immediately it would be an instant mistake. The people of rank 2 had airheads, the jocks and cheerleaders seemed easy to talk to. However if I had sat with the people of rank 3, it would be dangerous - they were super smart. Sitting with rank 4 people would be a horrible decision, the other ranks will treat me like utter trash.

I move my glance towards rank 1's table, my jaw almost drops as I notice someone very familiar sitting there. Yuta was sat there with a straight face as he ate his food.

Yuta was in rank 1? His appearance must've boosted him up from a rank 4 to rank 1, people were only judged in appearances in Selveridge High.

Next to Yuta was Archer Silva, it's crazy how Yuta is sitting next to someone like Archer after everything that happened two years ago.

I watch as Archer speaks to a blonde haired girl who I was very familiar with. Clarissa Sintez, she was the golden girl of Selveridge High - one of the biggest bitçhes known to man kind.

Clarissa Sintez craved money - it was as if there was nothing that could feed to her greed. She used guys who had money, she stripped them of their money - she'd go for anyone: old or young, as long as she got what she wanted.

She was one of the treacherous people in this school, the most selfish and narcissistic person to ever walk the halls of this school.

Annabelle Royal sat beside Yuta trying to grab his attention but he paid no heed to her, she was a different story- she envied everyone, she craved attention. She would become friends with people just to slowly destroy them for her own pleasure.

The two of them were a horrible duo. Wherever they were, there was trouble. It confused me how Yuta sat with people like them.

"You look a little lost new girl, would you like to sit with us?" I turn my attention towards the petite girl with cheerleading uniform in front of me, she gave me a rather kind smile.

I nod my head, accepting her offer. It will take time to climb my way to the top, she was in rank 2 gratefully. "It's Malia, I mean my name is Malia." I told her curtly as she pulled me towards the table that was dangerously close to the people of rank 1.

"I'm Val, it's nice to finally see a new face after two years of being with the same people. It gets boring you know." Val says as she took a seat next to another girl who had curly brown hair. There were two other girls on the table.

"This is Sally," Val gestured towards the girl who sat beside her, Sally gave me a polite smile before returning back to eating her food which consisted of a very small salad.

"And the girl who's eating that pizza is Sarah." Val seemed to look at Sarah in slight disgust, was it because of her lunch choice?

I look at Val's lunch. She had a small portion of salad and a bottle of water, Sally had the same lunch as Val - I look towards Sarah who carelessly ate her food.

"It's nice to meet you guys, I'm Malia." Sarah chokes on her pizza as she looked at me, beside her Sally widens her eyes.

"Is there something wrong?" I look at the two girls slightly intrigued at their reactions towards my name.

Sarah opens up her mouth to speak but she closes it instantly as Val gives her a heated gaze. Instead Val starts to talk, "You remind us of someone, someone who's not here anymore."

This was odd, the way Val was acting with her friends seemed inhumane. She was definitely hiding something from me, and it was very obvious.

It's not every day someone from rank 2 would invite a new girl to their table in Selveridge high. I purse my lips before pulling out a sandwich from my bag, Val looks at my lunch before returning to eat her salad.

"So girls, we have to finish our cheerleading routine. And Sarah you seriously need to lose weight because I'm starting to notice your face getting chubbier." Val harshly says towards Sarah who was finishing of her pizza.

Sarah frowns before dropping the pizza, "You really think?" She touches her face self consciously, there was nothing wrong with her face. She looked perfect just the way she was.

"If you go to the toilet now, you can easily throw up the food you just ate. It helps a lot, if you want to lose weight fast." Val told Sarah, I watch as Sarah's eyes go glassy.

This was wrong. Val could easily lead Sarah into having bulimia, it was wrong of her to pick on her own friends weight and telling her to do something really unhealthy.

"I guess I should do that now," Sarah sighs, getting out of her seat. This was wrong, so wrong. I look towards Val's direction, she innocently drank her water as Sarah left to go to the toilet.

"Finally." Val says exasperated, "I couldn't stand the sight of her eating that horrible pizza, it's totally unhealthy." The sound of her voice made me clench on to my sandwich.

"She didn't want to get the salad, she said it tasted too bland." Sally says as she munched on the green lettuce, I almost forgot she was here.

"So Malia, how was your day so far?" I felt distaste dripping off Val's words. How could someone in rank 2 be so rude and so full of herself?

"It was alright, I guess?" I respond as I notice her checking out her reflection on her small pocket mirror, she reapplied a pink lip gloss on to her lips before smacking them together.

"You're very lucky you know Malia." Val says looking at me with a tinge of jealousy. "You're sitting next to two of the rank 1 guys, it must be great." she gestured towards Archer and Yuta.

I didn't care in all honesty, I wonder what Val's reaction would be if she knew Archer lived next door to me.

"I don't really mind, I ignore them and do my work. That's why we're in this school, to learn." I retort, Val's eyes slightly twitches as she looked at me.

She places a false smile. "I was just saying, it would be any girls dream to be sitting with Yuta and Archer."

"Well apparently not for me." I state. Val seemed to be irritated by my curt responses, I didn't really care about how she felt about me. After how she treated Sarah, it made me develop a newly dislike towards her.

The doors of the cafeteria flung open. Vincent strolls through the doors nonchalantly with a blank expession. Everyone looks at him dazed, how could I forget? Vincent was a rank 1.

I watch as he walks past me ignoring my presence like usual. Vincent takes a seat on the table with the other rank 1 people. Rank 1 consisted of five people, Yuta, Archer, Vincent, Cassidy and Annabelle.

"You must be wondering where the other people of rank 2 are," Val says suddenly, I direct my attention towards her.

"They're all on that table." She points towards the table next to ours. There were other cheerleaders and a lot of jocks sitting down and laughing together.

"You must be wondering why we aren't sitting with them." Sally the girl beside Val says perkily.

Val looks at Sally with a directed glare. "There's no space on that table so we sit here." Val says instead.

I glance at the rank 1 table once again. I noticed Clarissa speaking to Archer, her bouncy curls stood out as she smiled at him. It was no lie that Clarissa Sintez wanted Archer.

"I hate her. It annoys me how she gets away with what she does. She's nothing but a gold digger, how the hell is she the school's golden girl?" Val says in utter disgust pulling out her prada hand bag.

"I have money, I have everything. Why the hell am I not sat at the rank 1 table?" Through Val's words, jealousy was very evident.

"You will be there soon Val, just get with one of the three of those guys." Sally tells Val.

Val looks at her. Her expression lightens up, "You're right for once Sally."

She directs her attention towards me, "Who do you think I should get with?" She gestured towards Archer, Yuta and Vincent.

First of all, Yuta will never go for someone like Val. Vincent doesn't even talk, how the heck will he like Val? However Archer, he talks to anyone. He is a f**k boy, he could easily play Val.

I look at her for a few seconds before uttering my final judgement. "Archer, he's easy to get with. I mean from what I can see."

Val nods her head, "So it's settled, to get my position as the school's golden girl and replace Clarissa Sintez. I need to get with Archer Silva."

Sally looks at her friend happily, it's pathetic how she really thinks it will work. There's no way someone like Val will make Archer change his mind about being a fuckboy.

She will be like the rest of his toys, played around with and thrown aside.