Chapter Five - 'Chess Club'.

"Kim, what am I going to do ?, I messed up real bad and it was just my first day, what if I never get the hang of this gardening thing ?"

Taylor complained to Kim as she took a long sip of her Juice box. Kim ignored her as she typed away on her phone, she had just sent a message to Black●Night, they were playing against eachother yet again with Black●Night being in the lead.

"Oh come on !"

Kim said, frustrated that she had lost, AGAIN.

"Hey !, are you even listening to me ?"

Kim looked up from her phone.

"You're still talking ?, don't you ever get tired ?"

She asked sarcastically before looking back at her phone. Taylor pouted.

"Come on Kim, this is important, I'm in a major crisis here"

Taylor whined.

"So ?"

Kim responded in her usual i-dont-care tone

"You're kidding right ?, as my friend you're supposed to tell me that everything's going to be ok and then tell me what I can do to make the situation better"

She crossed her arms and gave Kim a fake frown. Kim just stared at the girl like she was a maniac

"You're no good at this friend thing !"

She said then looked away.

"Hey !"

Kim said, causing Taylor to look back at her.

"You're not my friend"

Kim stated before getting up to leave. It was recess so Kim didn't have to stay in class, not especially when there was this loud girl bugging her.

"Hey !"

Taylor called as she also stood up, causing Kim to stop and the class to turn to them.

"You're right, I'm not your friend !"

Taylor said in her usual loud tone, then she moved a step closer to Kim. Everyone had stayed silent to see what was going to happen next.

"Because. . .wether you like it or not you're my friend even though you don't regard me as one, I'll always see you as my friend and nothing is going to change the fact that I like you, just the way you are"

Taylor concluded and the whole class went silent to see what Kim would do next. Still with Kim's back turned to her, Taylor took another step closer to Kim. Kim turned around.

"You're like a leech do you know that ?, I'm tired of you always being around so take a hint and leave me alone, I already have alot and I don't want to add you to the list, we are never going to be friends so stop trying. . ."

Taylor looked shocked at Kim's last statement.

"Just quit it ok ?, look for something better to do and stop being a burden to me"

Kim concluded expressionless. Everyone was in utter shock as to what Kim had said, she meant everything Taylor was around too much, the last time she let someone in they back stabbed her, she just didn't want that to happen again.

"Wasn't that too harsh ?"

"That's just Kim for you"

"How could someone talk like that ?"

"Poor Taylor, she just wanted to be friends"

"I knew they weren't really friends, Taylor just followed Kim around"

"Ouch, talk about emotional damage"

"Kim's so fierce, I love it !"

"Take heart Taylor, she didn't ask you to always be around"

"She liked the wrong person"

People whispered around as Taylor's eyes began to water. What had she done wrong ?, she just wanted to be friends with someone she likes, was that too much to ask ?.

"You really mean that ?"

Taylor sniffed and wiped away the water that was blocking her vision. Kim didn't respond.

"Fine"

She said then walked past Kim and out of the door. Kim still stood frozen as the class soon erupted in whispers. Kim heared a few of them as she walked out.

"Our Kim strikes again !"

"It's a good thing she told that loud girl off, maybe now she'll be quiet now"

"Go Kim !"

"Man I love her, she's so fierce"

Kim walked down the hall way with her unshakeable expressionless face and dark eyes. She did the right thing by telling Taylor off right ?.

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Taylor was going up to the rooftop, where she knew no one else would be, she barely saw where she was going as her tears had blinded her vision. Suddenly she bumped into someone and was about falling backwards when the person she hit caught her by the wrist and pulled her into them. Taylor didn't move with her head on her saviors chest, she just sobbed quietly to herself.

Ethan quickly recovered from the shock and looked down at the girl he had just saved from falling down multiple steps. She hadn't moved away from him, was she crying ?. He took a step back to get a better look of her face but the girl didn't move. With her hands by her side and her head down she just kept crying to herself. Ethan didn't know what to do, he couldn't just walk away, or could he ?.

"Hey, y-you ok ?"

No response. He sighed. What was this, why was he in this kind of situation, he should have never gone up the roof to spy on Vikky. He moved his hand to touch her shoulder to make sure she was ok, when. . .

"Hey !, get away fom her !"

Vikky said as she hurriedly made her way down the steps. She looked at Taylor who was still crying.

"Are you OK ?"

She asked then swiftly turned back to Ethan who had a shocked expression plastered on his face. She had just come out of no where.

"What did you do to her ?"

Vikky asked angrily, pointing a finger at Ethan. Ethan couldn't do anything, this was the first time Vikky had talked to him. He was frozen and speechless, he was beyond excited.

"Hey, I'm talking to you"

Vikky said then poked the fozen boy on the shoulder, he wasn't much taller than her. As Taylor's sobbing increased Vikky turned back to her putting her arm around her shoulder.

"It's ok, you can stop crying now"

Vikky told Taylor. She walked along with Taylor down the steps leaving a completely suprised Ethan behind. Vikky looked back at him angrily before turning back to the sobbing girl from her class. Only if she knew how happy Ethan was right now.

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Kim just walked into study hall, she knew that it would be deserted at that time of the day so she picked a spot and sat down, with her club application in her pocket she rested her head on the desk to take a quick snooze. Her plans were quickly stopped when the sound of someone yelling filled the air.

"Can't you do anything right ?, what do you mean by your brother said no huh ?"

"I'm sorry, I really tried convincing him but he already had his mind set-"

Corry interrupted.

"What do you mean by that ? , do you know how many clubs are begging for me to join their team ?, you probably didn't even tell your brother, you liar !?

Corry raised her hand to hit the poor girl.

"Hey !"

Everyone turned around to see Kim standing there. Corry looked a bit intimidated, she thought that Kim was going to challenge her and stand up for Angela. Angela was scared that someone would actually find out about what was going on and report the matter so she turned back around to shield her face from Kim's sight.

"Can you keep it down ?, I'm trying to sleep, and if you want to bully someone do it right, don't act like you can actually hit her when you can't"

Kim stated and was about turning around to leave. Corry dropped her hand to her side and smirked.

"Well if it isn't Boss Kim, I still don't get how you got more follwers than I do when your class is way below average"

Kim paused and turned around.

"If my class is way below average then that means your class is lower than I thought"

Corry looked offended and some of her wannabe's almost burst out laughing.

"How dare yo-"

"You can dare me all you like, but we both know that deep inside you're just scared that I will overshadow your popularity, not like I care but it would be so much fun to watch you squirm like a worm in salt when that happens"

Kim concluded with a small smirk.

"The nerve you have to tell me that, you think people like you ?, no one likes a rude jerk like you, so just keep believing that you're good at something when you're actually not"

"You're pathetic do you know that ?, I don't care if no one likes me unlike you, you want the whole world do adore you but you're too scared to admit that you're not adorable"

Corry and her wannabe's looked at eachother in disbelief.

"Girls back me up here !"

Corry ordered as everyone looked at eachother to see who would talk first.

"You don't know what you're saying, Corry is the most adorable in the school !"

Gabby spoke up and the other girls agreed.

"You guys really are a bunch of idiots, I've heared the rumors and now I know that they're actually true, as much as I hate to stay and chat, I have better things to do so when you're done bullying her you can sit down and think about your future Iike a normal person"

And with that, Kim turned on her heel and left leaving Angela, Corry and her goons stunned.

Respect.

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Taylor walked out of a stall in the girls bathroom when she saw Vikky from her class, she was standing by the sinks with her back to a wall and her head up, it seemed like she was waiting for Taylor. Taylor sniffed as she walked out, she made her way to a sink and turned on the faucet.

"I hope that punk pays for what he did to you"

Vikky stated as she crossed her arms. Taylor silently washed her hands under the running cold water.

"He-he didn't do anything"

Taylor clarified.

"I-i just..."

She paused. Vikky walked closer to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It's ok, you don't have to tell me..."

Taylor looked up at the mirror and stared into Vikky's eyes, she looked concerned, unlike the look her 'supposed' friend used to give her, Vikky looked genuinely intrested in Taylor's feelings. Taylor sighed and turned off the faucet.

"I got dumped by my friend, at least I thought we were friends, it turns out that she just didn't like me even if I adored her so much, I really wanted to be her friend but she just pushed me away..."

Taylor sniffed then paused as Vikky nodded.

"I don't know why it hurt so much but I guess it did because I thought I would finally be the one to break down the unshakeable Kim's walls, but I guess I was wrong"

Taylor's eyes watered and Vikky gently patted her back, she already knew that Taylor was rather emotional they had been in the same class for up to a year now so she had come to understand her loud classmate. All she could do now was to comfort her.

"It's ok...it's ok"

She said as Taylor resumed her sobbing.

Why was this girl so emotional ?.

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Walking around the school courtyard, Kim was doing what she does best, ditching class, she had never been to this part of the school before, mainly because the walk was too long and Kim just didn't want to stress herself, but today she decided to since she felt like doing it today. As she walked she noticed the Chess club hangout that wasn't too far from where she was which made her wonder if there had always been a chess club, she quickly brought out the lists of open clubs and saw that it was listed there as the 14th club with an opening, no wonder she didn't see it, Kim only read the first three clubs and just gave up trying to read something she wasn't intrested in. But now she was.

She calmly brought out her application form with the intention of filling it out for the Chess club only problem was that she didn't have a pen with her, so she casually walked over to the chess club hangout hoping that someone would be there.

She knocked on the door formally.

No response.

She knocked again.

Still no response.

Kim got angry and just barged in, the door was unlocked which meant that someone was inside, once the door fully opened she saw that someone had their head on a desk. She looked even more annoyed.

"Hey !"

She called harshly. Angela's eyes flew open immediately.

"Hey !, wake up !"

Ske commanded, Angela quickly shot her head up and stared at Kim in horror, Kim returned her look with a disgusted one. Angela's left eye was red with blood, it was swollen and had some kind of yucky yellow substance leaking out of it.

"Ew"

Kim simply stated with her disgusted look. Angela quickly picked up a book to shield her eye from Kim's sight.

Kim sighed and strolled in with her hands in her pocket.

"She did that crap to you didn't she, gosh you're more pathetic than you look"

Angela trembled daring to say anything as Kim got closer, then suddenly she felt the book she was holding slip out of her hand and thrown across the room, she timidly looked up at Kim and then quickly covered her eye with her hand as the realization that Kim pulled the book out of her hands hit her.

"She only did that because I dared her to, that psycho"

Kim muttered the last part as she looked away from the timid girl.

"Wh-why are you here ?"

Angela spoke with a cracked voice, Kim barely made out the words.

"Oh, I want to join your club, it dosn't look like much people are here though which is perfect for me, but I don't have a pen to-"

Angela cut her off.

"I'm not the captain of the club and besides we need only one more person, Corry has already taken the spot so-"

Kim in return cut her off as well.

"First of all, its rude to cut someone off when they're speaking, and second I don't give a damn about your captain, I'm already the best chess player they have ever seen so give me a pen so I can fill out this good for nothing paper"

She said angrily. They both looked at eachother for a few minutes before someone else's voice filled the air.

"Hey ! Who do you think you are to talk to her like that ?!"

Kim slowly turned around and was met with the dead eyes of Chase.

"Crap"

She muttered.

"Of course it's you"

End of Chapter Five - 'The Chess Club'