The Popular, The Loner, & The Troublemaker

6

Rain was falling.

And it wasn't just from the sky.

Everyone stared at me as I broke down. I couldn't get over it still. Maybe I should tell the truth from my point of view. Even with how much I despise them, the crew was right about one thing. I could've prevented all of this. It is my fault. And I changed so much.

"No....nooo I didn't mean to, it was an accident. Please believe me I wouldn't do that. That's attempted murder! Please....." Tears poured from my eyes as everyone surrounded me. I wouldn't do that.

"Listen I'm sure it is just a misunderstanding, Naomi didn't even go to our school" Lydia is so kind and couldn't believe it.

"She wasn't even there so there is now way" Some of the others protested and agreed. I put this upon myself, yet rain is falling both from my eyes and the clouds.

"Naomi.....I want to talk" He gestured me to follow him. I slowly came after him. I felt broken.

"What do you want now?"

I bet he is going to laugh how stupid I am.

"Naomi....or Lee, or whatever you want to be called you've been distressed about this for years. You kept it locked up inside to you and you just needed someone to tell. But it's okay now, I'm here. I'm here for you." My tears were slowly down. I faced him. I felt calmer. I let his arms wrapped around me as I leaned into his shirt.

"I'm sorry about your shirt, my tears and-"

"It's raining already, it wouldn't matter" Oh. I put on a weak smile as I feel him lift my hair back. He was inches away from me until he pressed his lips to mine.

He was kissing me. He backed me up to a wall and began kissing me. I wrapped my arms around him and kissed back.

Why was I kissing him?

Why was I kissing one of incredibly hottest guys ever?

But It did felt amazing and I dreamed about his kisses for years....

Just kidding.

Why was I sad?

Let me recap when It was all two hours before.

2 hours earlier

"Kiss me" My jaw dropped.

Did I hear that right? He gotta be kidding me....

"You kissed me so nicely yesterday, why don't you do it again?" I sighed before closing my eyes. Here goes nothing and years of humiliation......

Ha you thought!

Like I'd ever willingly kiss Alec. Alec freakazoid Meyers.

But fate had something else for me.....

I shook my head frowning. "There no way I'm doing that!"

"I basically cleaned up the entire chemistry room! You owe me. You were just there helping. And your going to kiss me."

Me? Helping? Boy, you need to go.

As attractive and incredibly hot as he is just no. I was doing all the work and he made it harder until I said that deal.....

"I've been and seen a lot, but people don't demand kisses from me. They....They...l..l-l.. leave me to be and...and.. that is e-e-e....exactly what y....y....y-your going to do." I tried sounding stern, but my voice failed. It ended up cracking and shaking. Panic was now in my eyes.

Who does he think he is, to just go around and demand people to kiss him like it is no big deal? Well I do dares and ordeal all the time...but that's different. I don't have a choice, he on the otherhand has a choice. And he is making a wrong one.

"I'm not going to let you leave until then" He replies smugly after stealing the keys to my car.

I mentally groaned. Today's been a long day.

"I'll wait for school to end and ride in my friends' car."

"Schools been over for hours"

"I'll walk!"

"It's raining"

"I can get wet, I don't care."

"But you know what you can also do in the rain?"

"Walk?" He shakes his head 'no.'

"Splash in puddles?" He sighed irritated.

"Get wet?" He gave me a dead look, but slowly the look turned into a smirk.

What?

It is true you get wet in rain, but why is he looking at me like that.

Wait....

You get wet in rain.....

Oh!

Ohhhhhh

Ughh guys these days with their innuendo thoughts.

When I get older I'm going to see if those sss women actually do exist and become one of them. Those tall ladies in Greek mythology seem so amazing. They fight and kick butts then I'll be free from people with innuendo comments! Wait.... then there might be a lesbian among them who might say innuendo things to me.

"I'll guess I could stay the night at school and then tomorrow-"

"Sunshine, there isn't school tomorrow" My mouth opened to say something else, but no words came out.

Realization hit me like a bullet.

He turns me speechless.

"Fine I'll walk even if it is raining!" I crossed my arms and I began to fast walk through the hallway.

As I walked away I heard him shout out my name. I ignored him.

I don't know really why, but I was mad at him. I threw the metal doors open and pushed through the wind with this stormy weather. How come of all times it decides to rain now? But I don't mind if it means leaving. It will just take longer until I leave. I just want to get away from him.

I'd rather run in the rain.

I'd run in the rain any day.

The last time I ran in the rain I was crying my eyes out.

I'd run until I can't take it no more and I....

Rain was dripping. I was soaked all through my hair.

I went past the silver ceiling shops and maroon roof restaurants.

By the plaid wooden doors of dressing halls and blistering marketplaces.

From the many houses I went.

Even the clinic and vets.

Until a loud crash met my ears. I gasped my hands to my face. Glass was thrown everywhere and I barely avoided it. It was a car crash against the convenient store I just skipped by.

A guy with a perm cut got out. I couldn't tell what his face looked like, but I knew he looked like he belonged in the cult. Those seem fun. I stared at him and he stared at me back. Then he glared at me.

"What are you starring at? I just hit the wrong button and crashed, big deal"

I didn't know a crash wasn't a big deal.

He turn to face me and I immediately recognize him. No. No. No. No...Noooooo!

"Well if it isn't Natalie Alexandrianston, it's been awhile" A sly grin spread across his face checking me up and down.

Can guys get any more obvious?

"Leo Thorn King" I glared at him with my fist clinched. My hair may be soaked. It may be raining hard. I may look like the most unattractive being ever. But I wasn't going to stand down to him.

"When was the last time I saw you....Oh yeah, precisely three years ago at a party. Your boyfriend was there too along with me and the rest of the crew. Our crew. Poor you, you were deeply sad. I don't blame you after all you got your heart ripped from your chest that night. Then your best friend Kaylah. We hijacked her drink. She never came back to your boyfriend's school. You stayed with her at the ER until....." I couldn't handle this just be quiet.

"STOP!" I screamed tears running down my face. "Don't repeat it. I don't want to think about that. Just shut up!"

"Wow....you got it bad" He laughed dryly. "You are still not over it. You are still not over what happened that day. Come on Natalie, get over it. It was a practical joke. It was meant to be anyway. Maybe we went a little overboard with Kaylah, but with everything else you over reacted. You called the police on us. You ruined the party. You called the ER, but you know how it is when all of the party members are either drunk or high. They don't act right. Then you sent many of us to jail. The police believed you. You were the only one who wasn't drunk or high. But I remember every bit of it. You got mad at him. Your boyfriend. You would never do that any other day. He was joking. He didn't mean to do any of those things. He was drunk. He ripped your heart out from your chest. You thought he crushed it with your soul, but you were wrong. He still loves you. And then you sent him to jail. How fair is that?"

"Fair? Ha that's a joke! You talking about fairness when what all you did to me!" I was screaming now. The storm went on raining harder.

"Don't interrupt me! He's been in jail ever since, let go of the charges! Because of his family they think he is trouble. You know this. His parents were rebels and did the illegal. His siblings were the same was as his parents and his cousins, they were such troublemakers. He was the only one that was different and you found him. He's learned his lesson, so I beg of you let him go. We can end this and it can be back to the way things were before. Me, Blade, Blake, and our best bro Sebastion, your boyfriend." I scowled. There was no way I will agree to that.

"Things will never be the way it was before. There is no way I'm ever going to agree to that" His eyebrows shot up and he sighed.

"Ohhhhh why do you have to be so difficult. Your not getting away until you come with me."

"Your car broke down. How are you going to accomplish that?"

"Thanks captain obvious. Your going to call the police, something you love to do. I'm sure your good at it now." I narrowed my eyes at him again.

"Get to the real business, already Leo!" Blade. Blade Maddison. He was here too. No doubt he heard the entire conversation. I wonder who else heard it that he brought along.

"You have 5 minutes to cut the crap and come along, or we will tell the entire school what happen to Kaylah is your fault! And don't play dumb after that happened. You transferred schools and ironically to the school Kaylah and Sebastian went to. So we know them. They were devastated what happen to their poor little Kaylah and if they find what you did to their poor little innocent hearts. Oh, how they will be broken. They will hate, hate, and hate. Ohhh how they will hate you!" Let me introduce Bridgett. Hated her guts. She threatens and you don't want her to be her enemy. Well I became her enemy as soon as he went to jail. She caused him to do many of the things I hate this crew for.

No one spoke for a second. This is my chance I thought. I ran. It was still stormy as ever, but now it was flooding. The water was up to my ankles. I should've left sooner. Argh! Out of the corner of my eye, I saw them chase after me.

Oh please! Let me arrive home. I'll promise to be a good girl for the rest of my life. I won't do anything stupid and I'll drop out of school. I'll hug my mom everyday and make cupcakes for her on her birthday. For Christmas I'll give her brownies. I promise to spend my days with Kailan and be nice.

I promise I'l.....

Splash!

I fell face forward on the drenched concrete. Owwww.

"Ughhhrhh" I moaned. That did not feel too good.

"Natalie!" I recognized the voice of Leo. He was running towards me along with the rest of his crew.

"Natalie! Come back!" Blade was searching through dark shadows.

"Come back here you snitch!" Bridgett's spiked hair was soaked as she trampled through the concrete road splashing water after every step.

"I know your here....." Blake whispers next to the alleyway. He was four feet away from me. I hope he didn't see where I was. I huddled up with my knees close to my face. I was next to some kind of building.

"You know maybe you deserve all of this happening to you. I mean come on why would Sebastian ever want you?!" Bridgett you are trying to make me mad and it is working. Trying to make me talk isn't.

"There you are" My eyes widen. Leo was in front of me. They have found me.

"You know....snitches are for b-" But before she could finish her cliche line a shout came to me.

"NAOMI!" The entire crew turned their head to the sound of the voice.

Who?

Alec. Alec freaking Meyers that's who.

And he came at the right time. He better be prepared to throw some punches and kick some butts because I'll be needing that.

"Naomi don't go running off li-"

"Who's Naomi?" Bridgett interrupted Alec when the famous sneering grin appeared on her plastic face. The entire crew cracked up in smirks and grins. They knew it was my middle name, but they were gonna reveal my real name. The name only Kailan has permission to call me. And they call me it because they know I hate it.

"What do you mean who's Naomi? Are you sure that girl is Naomi, Alec? How could you loose someone?" Finn shook his head as he argued with Alec. Alec shrugged.

I thought they were smarter than this.

Am I clearly not recognizable if:

a. My hair is wet

b. I'm sitting in flooded water

c. Dirt is on my face

"I'm right here...they are just messing with you. Can you help me to my house? It's stormy and late. I cannot see a thing. I just fell and these very emotional people decided to help me" I innocently show them my best smile. I brush of the dirt and began standing up.

"Hold up, we're not done with you! Don't you try to weasel your way out of this one too!" Bridgett was..... I'll be nice and say she was furious beyond reason. Hated my guts and I shared the same feeling. It was mutual.

"Naomi?" Alec raised his eyebrow. He was concerned. "What did you do with people like them to make them upset?"

"I...uh....." I mumbled on my words thinking what to say. Err what do I tell them?

"Messing with ones like them are no good" Finn shook his head moving his finger around making tsk-tsk noises.

"Wow now you can't even speak. That really messed you up. You changed. I hate to say this, but for the worst. You became soft."

They're right.

I became soft. I'm not my self. I haven't been for the last few years. I let people get away with messing with me, I get speechless and flushed easily, I don't fight battles anymore, and NKK is over.

But, I'll never let them know that because for once I can be myself again.

I raised my left eyebrow "Me, soft? Hahaha!" I put my hand to my mouth mocking them. "Do you even know what soft is? Listen barbie and your ken wannabes, I am several things. I can be described as a killer, a rebel, an intimidating jerk. I could kill you with my eye, but without me you be a bunch of nobodies that no one knew. Call me arrogant! Call me bipolar! It's hell what you are! Blaming me! Ha! The person that should be blame is the person that isn't with you. You say I know how to release people from prison, but listen sweetie I'm in the darkest prison of all. You say another word and I show you what I really made of. I don't have to be with KK to do anything! Sure I'm their NL, but by ourselves we're still as unstoppable as politics going in an uproar!" This caught them off guard. Didn't think I had it in me? Well honey, I sure do.

"But the person that isn't with us is you, Alexanderston" Leo whispered as the entire group still grinned like their very personal hired Cheshire cat.

"I'm calling the rubbish!" I glared at them hard giving them the eye. Finn and Alec were also glaring at them, but something was off.

"I know you...." Alec say all of the sudden. "You're Blade, Blake, Leo, and Bridgett!"

And here I thought he was living under a rock....

He crushed my dreams of him being a rockstar! My poor heart. Oh poor poor me!

"Oh this is about to get dramatic! I'm gonna call some buds of mine!" Finn shouts and it's probably to the entire city.

How does he know them?

"Why on earth are you going to call some of your buds?!" Alec seemed frustrated. He roamed his hands through his hair breathing heavily.

"Because I need some popcorn right now and I gotta record this! This will be some good snackies!" Finn takes out an Iphone and a flip phone to dial some numbers.

He still has a flip phone?! Why does he use that junk when he has his own I-phone!?

Click.

Tap.

Click.

Tap. I mentally groan inside.

Click.

Tap.

Leo's crew looked at Finn with the 'is he serious' look and I slowly nod my head shrugging.

Cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

"ARE YOU DONE YET?" Alec screams strangling the hairs on his head.

"No! Do you know how long it takes to type a phone number on a flip phone!?"

"Why on earth are you using your first phone?"

"I can't throw this baby away, he stole my heart away in candy crush flip phone ver."

How romantic

"Oh brother....." Blade rolled my eyes as the other crew members shook their head.

"HEY SUNNIE! It's your bro Finn. So sum dudes are gonna have an epic battle of drama with Naomi, you know the girl that sat with those pops. yesterday and the one who may or not kissed someone. But the truth I heard she a good kisser. She kisses like there is no tomorrow, and maybe if you come she will give you a free kiss! You wanna come now right, and DON'T FORGET THE POPCORN!" The crew looked at me with amusement shining in their eyes.

Hold up! I never agree for any of this. My lips on another stranger, heck to the no-oh-oh!

We barely heard a voice over the phone. "Uhuh...yeah? WOW!...Yeah a loner you hangin' with? Uhuh, sure! Yeah bring them along, the more the merrier. WHAAAAAAAAT? You're going to CHICK-FIL-A?! HECK YEAH BABY! Okay I'll have a Chick-Fill-A deluxe sandwich with PEPPERJACK cheese? Do you understand? PEPPERJACK cheese as in P. E. P. P. E. R. J. A. C. K." He spells out the word pepperjack. "Also I'll have some fries with that! Yo, give me some lemonade with that. Don't worry I'll spike it later!"

Finally he is done talking.

Or so I thought.

"HEY ALEC, MY MANNNNZ WHATCHA WANT FROM CHICK-FIL-A?" Finn turns his head to Alec. He was not amused.

"I'll have.... apples and chicken strips. Oh and some Pepsi" Alec said lazily.

"PEPSI? WHY YOU LIKE PEPSI YOU ABOMINATION?"

"Because I do."

Nice explanation Alec.

"Ohhh that makes sense, hey AFRO boy watcha want?"

"Me?" Leo asked looking around.

"YEAH YOU WHO ELSE HAS THAT SLICK PRIM?"

But you just called his hair an afro?! Are you sure he isn't already drunk?

"Spicy chicken sandwich make that for all of us" Leo shakes his head clearly annoyed that they couldn't get to the real business.

"Yeah..."

"That sounds good"

"Yep"

"OKAY DID YOU GET THAT? ORDER FOUR SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICHES. Also order a milkshake and a fruit cup! IT'S FOR THE KIDS!" Finn yells through the phone. "Okay, see you soon!"

Kids? Ohhh he must be talking about himself?

Tap.

Click.

Tap.

Click.

TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP.

Click.

TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP.

OH NO! Not this again.

"HEY SISTER!"

"You have a sister? Is she older than you?" I raised my eyebrow. I was shocked. I thought he was an only child and that must be why he is a nutcase. And I always thought Cameron was one.

You learn something new everyday.

"FINN WHY DID YOU DIAL MY PHONE NUMBER, IT IS 4:00am!" I stared blankly at the shouting from his phone.

It's 4:00am?! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?

"Alec your sis sure loves me...."

"Dude hang up she probably with the twins.....What are their names again? Lydia and Phoenix?"

"Yeah, those are the names" I answered nodded my head.

"OHH ARI! COME OVER HERE THERE IS DRAMA! AND IT'S 4pm LEARN TO TELL TIME YOU DIMWITT! Also JASON! He ORDERING CHICK-FILL-A! Bring your twiny friends! It be fun! It involved Naomi! And some smug gangsters! Also ALEC MIGHT HOOK-"

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.

She hung up on him.

"OHHH COME ON!"

Tap.

Click.

Tap.

Click.

Tap.

Click.

Tap.

"HEY ARIII WHY YO HANG UP? ARE YOU COMING"

"HEEEEELP THERE IS A DRUNK STRIPPER MAN CALLING ME!" Arianna Isabel-Rose shouted through the other line.

"I'm not drunk!" Finn protested shaking his head rapidly.

Funny he didn't deny he wasn't a stripper.

"Okay fine we'll come if you shut up" She gave in.

"Look your twinzy friends are coming!" Oh my....this might be bad if they come. Wait it might be good if someone else comes.

"Can you call one number for me, Finn" I smirked this was going to be good. Everyone will back away soon if I call him.

"What is it?"

"(328)-NKK-9271" The crew looked at me and shook their head. They knew exactly what I was doing.

"NKK? What are the numbers for those letters? Making me have to figure things out, I'm not cut for figuring things out"

Oh poor you.

"3...2....8"

"5..6....6"

"9...2....7..1"

"HEYYYYY WAZZZUP!" Finn turned the phone on speaker.

"Umm who is this?"

Now I feel bad for him having to listen to Finn's voice. Wait a second, he took all those calls on his stupid flip phone! Why on earth does he have an Iphone in his other hand then?

"YOUR FRIEND SAID TO-"

"Finn shut up. I'm just dealing with some old friends from a school I use to go to. They blame me for something, but I can't change anything"

Realization hits him. If I was next to him his eyes would be tiny and almost popping out of his sockets. His hair would be pale as ever with a streak of brown.

"Don't do anything! I'm coming"

"Ohhhh BYEEEE BYEEEE!" He screamed on the phone. Kailan said something while Flinn was screaming, but I couldn't tell what it was.

Silence.

Moments of silence.

Then a group of four came over with a lingering shadow in the distance. But I know who it is. Kailan. But why is he hesitating?

"Ayeee mann! I got CHICK-FILL-A!" A guy who name is Jason plopped over here.

"Now you guys, don't start the drama yet, I'm getting the food calm down" He puts his hands in front of us trying to calm us down.

"Naomi? What is going on?" Phoenix walks toward us with a few fries in his hand. Lydia is talking with Alec's sister. They both are confused to what is going on.

"Some old friends decided to pay a visit.....Now isn't that sweet!" I dramatically put my hands to my chest.

"It isn't just a visit, we came her to talk about our friend" Blade gritted his teeth crossing his arms.

"What a friend to do something stupid to land himself in jail! Ha, you baffle me" Kailan steps out of the shadows. Everyone turned to looked at him. Phoenix gasped and Lydia began to smile waving frequently.

"Why you! Of all people you should understand! How does it feel being just you two? But why would you want to stay with.... Alie after what she did to you?!" They dare to use that name that devil used to call me! And to place blame on me... It's not my fault it's that stupid Sebastian's fault! And I hate him for it and I vow to never release charges.

"Thisssssss.....leeeeemmmmmonadeeeee.....issssss.......heaveeennnnnn" Flinn slurs his spiked lemonade distracting everyone.

"Who are these people?" Lydia asked confused. Rose ponders for a second then realization hits her just like her brother.

"Some idiots who were involved in something stupid, you probably all know" Rose shrugged her shoulders looking bored.

"Y-y-you...." Phoenix began looking at Kailan. Kailan looked awkward. What was with them? Did they know each other? I mean Kaylah was friends with Lydia, Cameron, Cora, and Phoenix, but we never met them when they were friends. "c-c-cheater....."

I raised my eyebrow at Phoenix. Did a bird die on his head or something?

"What on earth are you talking about Phoenix?" I knew he always visited Kaylah, but still.

"Who are you......?" Phoenix looked at Kailan. "And Naomi you should know why I'm asking?"

Well I don't know why.

Please enlighten me

"Don't talk to me! If it wasn't for you Kaylah would still be alive!" Kailan shouted at Phoenix. Woah....I did not expect that. What did Phoenix do? How is it his fault?

I thought it was this crew's fault not Phoenix.

"Y-you know Kaylah?" Lydia chips in. Light tears were in her eyes. Not know Lyd.

"You dare speak her name Kailan!" Phoenix says coldly. Are you serious? It went from the crew versus us to Kailan versus Phoenix.

"Oh wasn't that Kaylah's boyfriend?" Bridgett asked and after that everything made sense. That evening Kaylah was depressed because one of her friends didn't believe she was spending her time with me and Kailan. Her friend thought she was seeing a guy. Her friend was Phoenix and he was her boyfriend. And that was why he stayed at the hospital or a bit and we got to know each other.

"Yeah, it was until he got mad at her for spending time with her two best friends and her sibling. I'm her brother. Kailan Estwends and her best friend is....Lee" They all stared in shock. It was him who was her brother. They whispered to each other who Lee was as I stood their emotionless. Cold one might call me, but I'm just hiding what I really feel. I have several names. I like Lee and Naomi the best.

"Y-your her brother...but I thought she was cheating on me with you....." Phoenix gasped and looked apologetic. "I'm sorry this is all my fault."

"It's not your fault at all. I mean the culprit is right in front of us and only we know who it is!" Bridgett smirked as the rest of the crew laughed and pointed their finger to one of us......

Quote:

"PEPSI? WHY YOU LIKE PEPSI YOU ABOMINATION?"

-Finn F. Fox