How To Be A Bad Girl

Teach me how to be bad

The five girls were silent again. They didn't know what to do, they didn't know if it was better to wait a little longer or take action and go looking for their leader. Mo was as irritable as ever, Nikki was shaking her right leg uncontrollably, Ray was like she always was, with a blank face, Trinity was biting her nails and Olivia couldn't help but stay frozen like she did in a situation like that.

"We have to do something!" Said Mo getting up of the couch she was sitting. "We can't wait any longer or else Ace will die"

"What if she is already dead?" Nikki asked, not caring if that was a delicated situation

"Nikki, it's not time for being pessimist. If we're lucky, Ace is still alive. But she can't be by herself any longer, Vasquez's allies can find her and do something" Mo said hpefully, but Olivia noticed that she was angry too.

"C'mon Mo, like I said something THAT horrible. Just like us, Ace knew what she was getting into and the consequences of it. Be a member of a gang is dangerous." Nikki said

"Yeah, but she counts on us to help her whenever she gets in trouble. We all are like this too!!" Mo clenched her fist and walked closer to Nikki.

"I'm sorry if you're so naive to think that even with our help, she could still die." Nikki said sassily and that made it. Mo was about to punch Nikki when Trinity stopped her and yelled at the

"STOP IT!! It's not time to fight!!" Trinity said, dropping Mo's fist and getting between the two fighters. "We have to use our heads right now, not our force!" Then she turned to Ray. "Ray, you're second in command, so what do you think we should do?"

Ray looked at Trinity, her face still blank. Olivia wondered how could someone stay so emontioless in a sutiation like that, not even Ace would've been this uninterested.

"We have to go back and look for Ace at our old house. Maybe she's still there." She said, her voice as monotone as her face.

Trinity nodded, so did Mo and Nikki. Olivia did nothing, her opnion didn't matter to them anyways, so why bother saying something? Then, Trinity, Mo and Ray walked to the car, leaving Ray and Olivia behind. Ray got up and looked at Olivia, Ray had a disgusted expression rather than a blank one. She walked closer to Olivia and said

"I don't like you"

Olivia's eyes wildened in surprise. She didn't expect Ray to act this way towards her. Much less in a situation where her leader was missing and she should've been panicking. But Olivia said nothing, she didn't have the courage to reply something. She could stand up for Ace, but Ray was even more of a threat. So Ray continued.

"I don't know what Ace had in that crazy mind of hers to consider you entering our gang. She must've lost it. But I didn't. And I know you're just some weak, spoiled, whining brat that at the first chance to escape, you'll escape." Ray then turned to the door's direction and said. "Now's your chance. I won't take you with me, so you'll be alone and you can go." Ray walked even closer to Olivia, their noses were just a inch apart. Olivia could feel every single drop of hatred Ray held on her gaze.

"This is an unique chance. So don't you dare waste it. I don't want you here when we get back. Cause if I come back, and you're still here, I swear I'll make your life a living hell on this gang." Ray said menacingly and then turned to the door again and got out.

Olivia was still frozen on her spot. She couldn't believe it!! Ray didn't even knew her, so why was she saying she was weak? Last time Olivia checked, she helped Trinity to get rid of that attacker. But it was only just that time, she remembered. The other ones, she just stayed frozen and only could mutter few words. Not daring to move, not daring to fight. And it made Olivia's blood boil. She was so ashamed of herself, she would like to be stronger and brave. This way, the girls would respect her. This way, she would be able to defend herself. This way, Ray would just shut up and let Olivia be.

When thinking about Ray, she remembered how emontioless she looked. And still wondered how she could do that. Weren't Ace and Ray friends? Ray was the second in command, so maybe she would like to be leader, that's why she didn't seem to care what happened to Ace. Olivia huffed. Ray looked like that characters in books that were just "too cool for you". They always were the most cruel to the main character.

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After some minutes, Olivia was still sitting on the couch while thinking about what she should do. But then, why was she doing that?? Didn't she want freedom from that gang? Didn't she want to meet with her father again? So why was she still sitting there??

The only answer Olivia could think of was that if she ran away, she wouldn't know where to go. But again, she knew what direction the road was so she could go there and wait for a car to pass by. Another excuse she made was that if she ran away and go to her house, her life would be at risk. But...staying with the gang was risking her life too. And also, she always could convince her father to move again, to another country even like Ace had said.

So why was she still seated there?? It was like she wanted to prove something. But to who?? To Ace? To Ray? To her father? To the other girls? No. Shw wanted to prove something but not to Ace, or Ray, or her father, or the other girls.

She wanted to prove something for herself

She wanted to prove to herself that she could be strong. That she could fight. That she could make happen everything that she always dreamed about. Olivia wanted nothing but to be strong. She always dreamed of going out and discover the world, make friends and new experiences. And now she had the chance to. It was like she thought it would be? No. But it was all she got. She couldn't go back, her father would imprison her once again. And Olivia didn't want it, she wanted to be free and even if she had to fight with some bitchy girl that didn't want her in the gang, she would. So Olivia decied something...

She would stay.

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Olivia waited for the girls to come back, every that passed, her body grew anxious. Suddenly, she heard a car engine. They came back!! Olivia ran to the front door and opened it, only to see three enraged girls get out of the car and walk past her. Trinity, Mo and Nikki seemed to in a state of pure rage. They entered the house and didn't say nothing, not even Trinity that always greeted Olivia. But Olivia continued to look at the car, waiting to someone else get out. She witnessed a girl opening the door. Ray.

Ray spotted Olivia looking at her and gave a menacing glare. She was about to walk towards Olivia when a girl stopped her.

Ace.

Olivia's features filled with joy and she smiled at seeing that Ace was alive. She almost wanted to run to her and hug her body. But it would end up being awkward. Ace talked with Ray a little, and Ray nodded to Ace. Then, Ray walked away from Ace and went to the opposite direction of Olivia, probably to the back door. Olivia couldn't stop herself. When she saw that Ray was away, she began to run towards Ace that was waiting for her.

Looking closely, Olivia noticed that Ace wasn't so damaged like she thought she would be. Ace only had a few scratches in her skin and a slightly bruised face.

"So you decided to stay. Even after Ray's threats" Ace said when Olivia was close to her. Olivia frowned, how did she knew that Ray threatened her into running away? And like always, Ace seemed to know what Olivia was thinking and said.

"I myself asked to Ray to threaten you." She said and Olivia's eyes wildened. She couldn't believe in what she heard. Ace asked Ray to threaten her??

"B-but why?" Olivia asked

"Because I wanted a proof. A proof that you wanted to stay and be something besided the "Rapunzel" you always thought to be." Ace replied. Olivia was still confused but Ace explained further,

"This "missing" thing was just a lie. I ordered Ray to threaten you when she and the girls arrived at this house." She paused a little then continued. "Before Mo, Nikki and Ray ran away from the old house, in the middle of the fight, I approached Ray and told her to make you and the others think I was missing, so she and the others would have to go looking for me and leave you alone since it would be dangerous for you to go with them." Ace looked Olivia deep in the eyes. "It was the perfect chance to let you decide if you wanted to leave or join us."

Olivia stared at Ace, stunned. Once again, the gang leader was able to surprise her with her cunning mind. So it was all a lie, she thought. It was all a lie just for me to decide what I wanted to do. One part of Olivia was angry with all of this, the other girls and her were all worried with Ace, how she could do that to them and lie?? The other part of Olivia felt honoured. It was the most awesome thing someone had ever done to her. Lie to their best friends just for her. Only Ray knew about the farse.

Ray...the girl who "threatened" Olivia. Olivia felt relief that Ray wasn't talking serious about the whole "making her life a living hell". Lost in her thoughts, Olivia didn't notice when Ace put a hand over her shoulder. When she did, she looked Ace's way.

"So now that you stayed, this means you want to be a part of the gang, doesn't it?" She asked

Olivia nodded and replied.

"Yes, I want." She looked at Ace's eyes like Ace had done to her minutes ago. It was a deep stare, like they could see each other souls.

"I want to learn how to fight. To defend myself." Olivia continued and Ace smiled, not a smirk like she often did. But a genuine smile.

"So teach me how to be a bad girl."