05 REIGN OF EMILIA- "Pizza, Apple and a bottle of water maybe?"

"James is this supposed to be joke?" the A-hole and I say in unison.

"Stop copying me!" We say again.

"No! you are copying me!" we say yet again.

"I totally ship then"

I turn to look where the voice came from. It was a girl. She had dirty blonde hair and dark grey eyes. Absolutely beautiful.

"Ew, no." mr idiot and I say again. This time, all I do is glare at him while he glares right back at me.

"Yup, I totally ship them." the blonde says again. "Hi. I'm Hailey Brooks by the way. I'm that weirdo's sister" she points at Michael

"Nice to meet you. Emilia William's." I politely wave at her.

I take a seat beside James, which fortunatly separated me from Mr. Dumbass.

"Likewise. Anyways, since you've already met the guys. This is McKenna and Hannah." Hailey introduces me to the other girls. McKenna was white with brunette hair and emerald green eyes while Hannah was also white and had light brown hair and grey-blue eyes.

"Nice to meet you guys."

"Hey where is Noa-" before the words even fully left my mouth, the Cafeteria door loudly opens and Noah dramatically glides in.

"Hey Em! You're here." Noah jumps into the space next to me and gives me a side hug.

"Hey N." I greet.

"Damn Ace. What happened to your face?" Noah asks, looking over at Mr. Dumbass, who's nose was red and bruised.

"Ask your little stupid friend there." He says glaring over at me. Causing everyone to look at me questionably.

If only looks could kill.

"Shut up, you are the one who was so buried into your phone you did not see where you were going."

"Yeah the same phone that you caused to smash against the floor" He rolls his eyes.

"Yeah Keep rolling your eyes like that. Maybe you will be able to see your tiny brain." I fire at him.

"Yeah at least I have a brain." He fires back.

"I am surprised you even think that." I mutter, however, the whole table was still able to hear me. Ace just glares at me and takes a bite out of his Apple, indicating that he has nothing left to say and I smirk.

"Wow, she's left Ace speechless. I like her already." Hailey grins, causing me to smile.

"Well. Imma go get lunch. Emi you want anything? It's on me" Noah asks.

"Pizza, apple and a bottle of water maybe?" I ask Noah and he nods. I have always wanted to try pizza, bit my mother raised all her children to maintain a healthy diet.

"Thanks" I say.

"So, what do we guys do today?" Alec asks.

"I don't know about you guys, but Emilia, the girls and I were planning on going shoppingtoday after school. You should come" McKenna says.

"Are you trying to say I have bad taste in clothes?" I joke

"Yes you do." Ace whispers, while Noah hands me my lunch.

"Nope, you're totally hot, But hey, does a girl need an excuse for shopping?" she smiles.

"Definitely not. I am in." I say, taking a bite out of my pizza; which I will now refer to as the cheesy heaven, chewingand swallowing properly before I spoke again: "And you can call me Em."

"Great, meet us in the parking lot after school then." Hannah says.

"So Em. What's your plan for your birthday next week?" James asks.

"Well. If you had not asked I would probably stay home and Binge watch Netflix." I say.

"Well, now that we know. We have to have a party!" Hannah says.

"I do not think that is the best idea." I say.

"Yes we should. James says your staying at the Palace Hotel so how about we have the party at his place?."

"Are you guys sure?"

"Yes we are, come on, it will be super fun." Hailey says. "We could look for tour outfit after school."

"Okay fine."

Suddenly Noah stands on top of the table and shouts.

"Yo, my friend Emilia here is having her birthday party at James place next week friday. You're all invited if you bring gifts and Alcohol." he shouts then sits back down.

"Is that how you guys announce events? By shouting it out in the open?" I ask

"Yea, what do you do?" Noah asks

"I was homeschooled, so I sent invitations out like normal people?" but I am nowhere near normal.

"Oh, so you do it the boring way" Alec says

"Guess so." I laugh.

"Hey TG just posted." Hannah says. "Unsuprisingly, Em is their new target of interest." she finishes.

"Who is TG?" I ask.

"TG, short The Gossiper. They know almost if not everything, about everyone, and post what they know on the student body website." McKenna says.

"So. Basically, Gossip Girl?" I ask.

"Yup. One time they posted a picture of a girl, making out with a guy, that wasn't her boyfriend." Hannah.

"Oh"

"So be careful Em, because if they find out your secret, then everyone finds out your secret. Everyone at this table has already been cought in a scandal. " Levi says.

Upon hearing that, my heart started going crazy. This means I will have to be twice as much careful with my real identity.

"Noted." I say

For the rest of lunch period, we all talked and made jokes and just bonded. When school was over I met up with the girls and we went straight to the mall.

"Em, what do you think of Ace?" Hannah asks.

"Ace?" I start. "When we talked on the phone he sounded so nice, but then I actually had to meet the Asshole. Makes me wonder if it was someone completely different."

"Well. Ace is a natural asshole, so the fact that you guys even bonded over the phone, it's a huge step." Hailey smiles.

"Huge step to what?" I ask, and the girls just gave each other a knowing look and said nothing which caused my eyebrows to furrow.

"Woo, look at this one. It would look so good on you Em" Hannah says, handing me a knee length, royal blue, A-line, off the shoulder dress.

"You can wear it for your birthday next week Friday." Hannah says.

"It is absolutely beautiful." I say.

"By the way Em, do you have a boyfriend?" Hailey asked.

"No, why?" I ask.

"Nothing, just want to know if Ace will have any competition." Hailey says, causing me to choke on my spit.

"Never in a million years would I be caught dead dating Ace Rodriguez."

"You guys would make the cutest couple though." McKenna says.

"Yeah. Not to mention Britney would lose her mind." Hailey says

"Who is that?" I ask.

"Ace's go-to, head cheerleader and head of the 3B's." she shrugs.

"What is a go-to?" I ask.

"You know, the person he has sex with when he feels like." Hannah says.

"Okay, I should not have asked. What are the 3B's?" I ask again.

"Britney, Bethany and Brittanica. 3B's" she says.

"Well, they sound nice." I sarcastically say.

"They're basically the mean girls of East High."

"Wonder why." I laugh.