Bad Boy's Secret

THE PUREBLOODS

The alarm on my desk clock rang, waking me up. I'm definitely not looking to another day of school. Sighing I went to the bathroom to get ready, after I was dressed in my uniform and redid my twin braids, I went downstairs to have my breakfast.

"Mom" I called heading to the kitchen where I saw a stick it note on the fridge.

"Baby girl, good morning

I'm sorry I got called to work early,

Already made you breakfast and your

bus money is on the table, will pick

you up today, love you."

Sighing I went to the dining room where I saw my plate of pancakes with a glass of juice. Grabbing the syrup I poured it on top and started eating. When I finished I took my plates to the sink to wash them, then grabbed my school bag and the money my mom left and went out to the bus station.

I got to school and watched as several students got down from their cars or their parents dropping them off.

"Yoooooo cookie" I turned to see Trevor making his way towards me.

"Trevor!" I greeted back and was surprised when he pulled me for a hug which feels nice by the way.

"How you doing honey?" He asked.

"I'm doing great" I greeted back.

"So you ready for another day of this hell called school?" Trevor asked in a dramatic voice.

Puffing out my chest, I grabbed his hand, "Let's do this" I said and we laughed as we went inside the school.

I so wasn't ready for school, Trevor was right about one thing though, it was hell. I started the day with a maths pop quiz and I hated maths but it was a little bit easy and next we had to go play volleyball which I basically suck at. I'm pretty sure I suck at all sports which I was trying to explain to the coach, Mrs Pufferman.

"Mrs Pufferman, I can't play volleyball, I'm serious."

"Well tough s**t Mcall now get in there" Coach Pufferman said dismissing me.

"But Mrs Pufferman, I can't...."

I was cut off by the shrill sound of coach Pufferman's whistle, "Last I checked, I am the coach, Princess." She added with a sneer.

Shaking my head in the defeat I went to take my place in the volleyball court but not before I heard her say something about stuck up students.

I decided to do some stretch when the door opened and in a dramatic move Serena and her friends entered in a slow mode. Everyone stopped what they were doing as they were captivated by Serena, even the coach couldn't help but watch.

Serena had her blond her down in super shiny waves. She made the gym clothes we were given look like something out of fashion nova. The oversized pink shirt was made to fit Serena like a glove and she bunched it up at the waist exposing her belly button, the blue gym short was so tight and short it showed her butt cheeks.

Jenny and Bree's gym clothes were similar and I waited for the coach to say something about it but no one even batted an eyelash as it was a normal occurrence.

"Get ready" Coach Pufferman said blowing the whistle and we all rushed to take our places in the court. Serena and her other friends were at the other side is of the court.

When coach Pufferman blew the whistle it was game on. I put my all in this game and was surprised when I landed a few hit. My teammates were happy when I scored and they were all giving me pats on the back and high fives.

We won Serena's team and everyone gave a loud cheer. I even caught coach Pufferman smiling once. I was still relieving my victory when I felt something hard hit my face and my stomach knocking the wind out of me.

"Oh my God, Zara you okay?"

I squinted my eyes and winced a little when I was made to sit up. I felt something warm trickle down my nose. Reaching up I swiped at it only to find out it was blood.

"Guess she wasn't as good as we thought" Serena said c*****g her hips and shooting me a smirk.

"Yeah she should have seen that coming" Jenny said giving the rest of the girls high fives as they laughed at me.

"That's it, you three get off the court"Serena said with a smirk while her friends laughed at me.

"That's it, you three get off the court" Coach Pufferman yelled.

"Whatever" Serena scoffed and shot a glare at me before leaving.

I was taken to the nurse's office where I was told to raise my head up to stop the bleeding and she applied an ointment on the bruise forming at the corner of my lips.

"That's it, you are fine and ready for your class" The nurse declared.

Mumbling a thanks I left the nurse's office and headed to the girl's locker room to go change. I let out a gasp as soon as I entered the girl's locker room. My school uniform was lying in shreds on the floor and I didn't have an extra uniform.

Oh my God, what was I going to do? I can't walk around in my gym clothes but I was also going to be late for my English class.

Muttering a curse under my breath, I slammed my locker shut and started running to the classroom just in time to see Mrs Brown handing out the graded assignment.

"What did I say about tardiness Miss Mcall?" Mrs Brown asked peering at me through her glasses.

"Sorry" I mumbled and took my seat beside Trevor who was staring at me.

"Heyo nice short" Someone called out as I took my seat causing the rest of the class to laugh loudly.

"Wish I could say the same about your grades Jared" Mrs Brown shot back at him, "Wonder what your father would say if you failed again" She added leaving a fear stricken Jared as he stared at his paper which had an F.

"Hey, you okay?" Trevor asked a note of concern in his voice.

"I'm fine" I mumbled staring at my desk not really wanting to talk.

"Zara you don't look..."

"I said I'm fine" I snapped looking up at him and he looked taken aback by my outburst.

Great, now I'm being mean to my friend, " Look Trevor, I'm sorry and I'm fine, okay?" I added with a smile which didn't look convincing as his gaze went to the bruise at the corner of my lips.

"Mrs Mcall?" Mrs Brown called stopping at my desk, "Good job" She added with a wink as she handed me my graded paper which had a big red printed A on it.

I smiled at my paper and turned to look at Trevor who gave me a thumbs up and was waving his paper at me which had a C on it.

"Mr Winchester" At the mention of that name my heart skipped a beat.

"You do know what will happen if you fail to keep your grades up this term right?" Mrs Brown said handing his paper to him which he collected with an eye roll.

I was still staring at his assignment which had an F on it when I felt him staring at me. He c****d a perfectly arched eyebrow up at me causing me to look down and mumble an apology but not before I caught him staring at me, he was actually staring at my bruise.

The bell rang signalling class was over and it was time for lunch. I shoved my books inside my bags and was about to leave with Trevor when I got called by Mrs Brown who asked me to wait behind. Trevor signaled that he was going to wait in the hall way with me.

"How are you doing Zara?" Mrs Brown asked clasping her fingers on her desk.

"I'm fine" I said shouldering my backpack.

"You sure?" She asked nodding to my bruise, "Look I know the students in this school and I can say you don't fit in with them."

"I know" I mumbled looking down at my sneakers.

"But that doesn't mean you should let them walk all over you, you can't just not say anything and let them be mean to you" She continued, "You have to be strong Zara."

"I know ma'm, thank you" I said giving her a smile.

"You welcome and that's not the reason why I asked you to wait behind." She said.

"What's that?" I asked shrugging.

"I need your help with a student"

"Who?"

"Raze Winchester, I need you to tutor him" She stated looking me straight in the eye while I froze. Out of all the students she could have asked me to tutor, she had to pick the one who hated my guts and stares at me like I was some lab animal that needed to be experimented on, yup, I'm not doing it, "I'm sorry Mrs Brown, I can't help you."

Mrs Brown let out a throaty laugh causing me to wonder what was funny, "I'm sorry, it's just that out of all the girls in this school you are the only one I know who would pass out a offer to be with Riverdale's star player."

Um, yeah, for good reason, "Look Mrs Brown I can't tutor Raze" Even his name feels strange in my mouth, "Maybe you should find those other girls but there's no way I'm doing it, I'm sorry" I apologized and turned to leave.

"He will be kicked out!" Mrs Brown called out.

I let out a sigh and licked my lips, "He gets kicked out of the team, So what? He could always make a come back."

"You don't get it Zara, he's going to be kicked out of the school" Mrs Brown said removing her glasses.

Okay, I wasn't expecting that, "From what I hear is family is very rich, he could get a certificate without going to school at all."

"You still don't get it do you?" Mrs Brown asked in disbelieve, "Raze wasn't like this, he's was a straight A student but ever since his..."

"Since what?" I questioned when she trailed off.

"Zara I'm just asking for your help on this matter, you tutoring him will be good for him" She said looking at me willing for me to understand, "I trust you."

"Maybe that's the problem then, I'm sorry Mrs Brown" I said while she let out a sigh and with that I left.

I met Trevor lurking in the hallway. "So what did Mrs Brown want?"

"She wants me to tutor a student."

"Oh really? Who?"

"Raze Winchester" I said nonchalantly.

"Raze Winchester?" Trevor asked standing frozen in a spot.

"Yeah trust me I had that same look on my face" I said rolling my eyes.

"Oh my God, So?" Trevor asked impatiently.

"So nothing, I'm not doing it" I said shaking my head.

"Uh excuse me? Raze Winchester? Hot, dark ,mysterious? Riverdale's No1 QB? And did I mention he's f*****g Raze Winchester?"

"I don't care if he was Diggy Simmons, I still won't tutor him" I said shrugging.

"Um have you met this guy? You sounding like you hate him when you haven't actually met him so have you?"

"No!" Oh s**t! That was too quick.

"Zara?" Trevor called a knowing look in his eyes.

"Hmm?" I hated the way my voice came out in a squeak.

"Is there something you want to say?"

"I heard they are serving chocolate cake and strawberry shake for desert today" I said smiling brightly hoping.

"Yeah and my chef bakes it better" Trevor said rolling his eyes, "Now spill Zara."

"Not here" I whispered looking around.

Trevor then grabbed me by my arm and dragged me to the cafeteria, I grabbed my tray of food and went to our spot to sit down.

"So, I'm listening" Trevor said taking a sip of his milkshake.

I took a deep breath and told him how I met Raze but I omitted the part of his dad beating him for some reason.

"Yoooooo, you in trouble sis" Trevor said scrutinizing me.

I scoffed and took a sip of my own milkshake, "Trust me I know."

"Hey hey, what's up?" Jared said coming to seat beside me while his friend took his seat beside Trevor Trevor who tensed up.

"What are you doing here Jared?" Trevor asked grabbing his fork tightly.

"Shut up Fagg" Jared's friend said grabbing Trevor's shoulder tightly to keep him from standing up.

"Hey!" I protested looking around for help but it seems everyone was just minding their business.

"Calm down Zara and yo, ease up Dan, you scaring her" Jared said to his friend who let go of Trevor.

"What do you want?" I asked turning to face Jared.

"Straight to business I like it" Jared said taking sip out of my milkshake, "You've got a nice body Zara, a little small but it will do." He said looking at me in a creepy way.

"Maybe there's something you can do for me and then maybe I will help you" He whispered that last part in my ear.

"Excuse me?"

"Stop pretending I know you good at that, I saw you in the janitor's closet with Raze, I gotta admit you work fast though" Jared jeered while Dan laughed.

"Okay enough of this, I don't know what you are talking about but it's definitely not me, let's go Trevor" I said grabbing my tray while Trevor stood up to leave.

I was about to leave while I felt Jared's hand squeezing my butt cheeks without thinking it twice I whirled round to slap him, hard. Everyone let out a gasp and the cafeteria went quiet.

"You b***h!" Jared shouted and pushed me causing me to fall hard on the floor with my tray.

"Don't touch her!" Trevor yelled and swung at Jared who dodged and punched him back.

Dan grabbed Trevor by his arms while Jared rained punches at him.

Oh my God, I watched in horror as they were beating Trevor, "Please stop" I sobbed, "Someone stop this!" I yelled but no one moved an inch, no one even made a move to call the teachers.

"What's going on here?" I looked up to see a boy staring around at the little crowd that had gathered round us. His eyes landed on Trevor who was lying limp on the floor and Jared whose hand was raised in a fist.

"Nothing Reed" Jared said looking nervously as he got up.

"You okay?" It took me few seconds to realize the question was directed at me.

"Yeah she's fine it's just a little..."

"I didn't ask you Jared" Reed cut him off, "You okay Zara?" Reed asked again.

I nodded my head but I was still staring at Trevor whose face was a little bloody.

"What's going on?" I heard Cassidy yell, "Oh my God Trevor!" She yelled as she ran to Trevor's side.

"It's okay Cass, I took care of it" Reed placing his hand on her shoulder in an attempt to calm her.

"f**k off Reed" Cassidy said with such venom she scared me a little, "Come on Zara, let's go" She said and I ran to help her with Trevor as we took him to the nurse's office.

I couldn't help but look back at Reed who was staring at us and I couldn't help but wonder what the story between Reed and Cassidy is.

The nurse cleaned up Trevor's wounds and gave him some pain killers, he was spotting bruises at the corner of his head, his lips was split and his nose is broken.

"I'm going to kill Jared, I swear it" Cassidy said with determination.

"Well get in line, how dare he destroy my most prized possession?" Trevor asked looking at himself in the mirror, "I mean look at my nose, just look at it?"

I smiled as I look at Trevor while Cassidy rolled her eyes, "Calm down Trevor, it will heal."

"Well Esqueeze me not all of us are born with genetic beauty" Trevor shot at Cassidy, "Oh my poor face, Zara be honest how do I look?" Trevor asked looking at me.

"Like a rockstar" I said smiling at him which he returned back.

"You okay Z?" Cassidy asked.

"I'm fine what I don't understand is why didn't anyone do anything? Why didn't anyone make a move to stop the fight?" I asked crossing my arms on my chest.

Cassidy and Trevor stared at each other sharing knowing looks, "What" I questioned when no one answered me.

"Zara, In time one thing you should know is Riverdale isn't like other schools." Cassidy said.

"Yeah, Riverdale is being controlled by students."

"What exactly does that mean?" I asked getting confused.

"The school runs on how rich you are and though, there are many rich students in the school but guess who actually runs the school with their status?"

"The purebloods" I said.

"Bingo" Trevor said with a wink.

"So Jared is a.." I trailed off in realization.

"Not exactly one, but yeah he is equally rich" Cassidy said with a sigh.

"I don't care how rich they are that doesn't give them the right to beat people, you should sue him Trevor" I said with determination.

"Yeah, I would have if his father wasn't close friends with the Chief Justice" Trevor said rolling his eyes.

"Oh" I'm starting to think how much power the students really have in this school, "What about Reed?"

"What about him?" Trevor and Cassidy asked quickly.

"He saved us" I said as a matter of fact.

"Yeah, so?" They asked in unison again.

I gave them the look that shows they were hiding something, "So you guys better stop answering in unison and someone better start talking, now!" I said on finality.

"Reed's the School's outcast!"

"Oh my God what does that even mean?" I shouted throwing my hands in exasperation.

"He went to juvie, we don't know what for though."

"That's cause we don't know anything about the guy, so far all we know is his last name, Kavinsky" Cassidy said folding her arms, "Look Zara, just take it from us, Reed is trouble, stay away from him, just trust us."

I didn't know what to say to that since both of them were looking at me, hoping I'd listen so I only nodded my head.

Great" Cassidy said clapping her hands, "And what to you?"

"Yeah you never did tell me" Trevor said nodding his head towards me.

"Guys I'm fine, really" I said shrugging.

"No, no, no, you ain't getting out of this that easy, now spill" Trevor said in his no nonsense tone.

Sighing I recounted the event that happened in the gym today including the part where my uniform was shredded to pieces.

"Ohhhh Serena is sooooo dead" Cassidy said when I finished.

"It's okay though, I will probably just get a new uniform and some new shoes I guess" I said knowing very well that it was a lie, my mum works double shift just so she could maintain the roof on our head and put food on the table, adding an expensive uniform and shoes to the list is a bad idea.

The bell for closing hour rang cutting our conversations short, "Come on Trevs, I will drive you home" Cassidy said as she helped Trevor down from the table.

"Need a ride Zee?" She asked pausing at the doorway to ask me.

"Nah, I'm good, mom's going to pick me up" I said shrugging.

We then all went to go pick all our bags at our lockers then we headed to the car parking lot where I saw Raze with a bunch of guys I'm guessing are the football team and of course Serena was glued beside him, eating up every words he said.

"Raze, I'm going to drop Trevor home" Cassidy called out to Reed who gave a nod and his gaze fell to me causing my steps to falter slightly. On seeing that a small smile crept on his face, jerk.

"Why she walks with those misfit I will never understand" Serena said scoffing and rolling her eyes.

"You better thank your plastic ass I'm holding Trevor or your face would have been having a make out session with my fist" Cassidy countered causing the rest of the guys to laugh even Raze had to put his head down to hide his smIle.

"Good one Cass" I said when we got to her car.

"Meh, she had it coming" Cassidy shrugged.

"Can't argue with that, text me when you get home" I said and gave her a hug.

"Will do, love you" She hugged me back then entered the car and drove off.

I was still staring at the car when I felt someone's gaze on me. I knew that gaze, Raze. I turned around to find out it was true, seriously what did I do to this guy? Rolling my eyes I grabbed my bag and went to sit on the bench. Soon enough the parking lot was empty and I was left alone still waiting for my mom and wondering if she would ever show up. I got a text from Cassidy saying they got home and Trevor was still whining about his nose again. I laughed and sent them a quick response and also sent my mom a message asking if she was still coming. After waiting for an hour I decided to trek home again. Plugging my earphones in, I played "Safe" by Nico Santos. I was still walking when I heard a horn and a car pulled up beside me.

Removing my ear buds, I bent down to see who was inside and my mouth almost dropped open at who was inside.

"You." Was all I could say.

"Need a ride?" Reed asked.

I was about to say yes when I remembered Cassidy and Trevor's warning and besides, I know nothing about this guy, for all I know he could be another mean bully, "Nah thanks, I'm good."

"You sure?" He asked c*****g his brows up.

"Hmm mmm" I nodded my head in agreement even though my legs were starting to get numb.

"Just hop in Mcall, you can tell me your address and I promise to drop you home" Reed said his grey eyes staring earnestly at me.

After a minute I got in and the first thing I noticed was how clean his car was, even though it was old, the car had a beautiful interior.

"So where to?" Reed asked me.

I rattled off my address to him and he took off with me still listening to my music. We pulled up to my house shortly where I met my mom's car parked in the driveway, that's strange.

"Thanks for the ride Reed" I said turning to face him while he smiled at me. I got out of the car was about to start going when I remembered something. I turned back and bent down a little just as he was about to start the car.

"Um Reed...I...um...thank you" I said awkwardly, "For the..fight that happened earlier" I said when he c****d his brows up at me.

"See you around Mcall" Reed said starting the ignition and I watched as he drove off.

I then went back to my house which was also opened, that means mom was at home but what's she doing home early. "Mom?" I called as I entered the house.

The sight I saw made me sigh sadly. Mom was passed out in the living room drunk. A bottle of alcohol was on the rug and the television was on. Men in black the Will Smith version was playing on the screen. That was mom and dad's favorite movie of all time. They watched it every year on their anniversary and today is the third anniversary mom would spend without dad which she always end up passing out drunk on the couch.

Sighing I dropped my bags, then grabbed a blanket and covered her with it, then adjusted her head for her. Her breath reeked of alcohol, she had way too much to drink.

"Corey" She mumbled then snuggled deeper into the blanket.

Oh mom, what did you do? Blinking back tears, I grabbed the empty bottle and disposed it in the dustbin then got some towels and cleaned the messy stain the alcohol caused on the rug. When I was done I went to my bedroom then flopped on the bed, not bothering to take off my clothes. I turned to the table beside me which had the picture of Dad and me when I was 5. We had gone to Disneyland then and we were both putting on Micky mouse's hat.

"Happy wedding anniversary dad" I said softly then drifted off to sleep with the image of dad smiling at me.