NEW GIRL(1)

A/N: The next few chapter are going to be in italics because this events are taking place in the days before the chess competition. So this is a replay of events(flashback).

Rules on how my signs works.

*Italics: Used for flashback or emphasising on a word.

*Bold: Used to emphasise and also highlight.

Kate ate her lunch disregarding everyone around her,she wondered if they weren't tired of staring at her. On her way to the nurse's office and back,she always found eyes on her.

The nurse had a look on her elbow and knee and saw that she had scraped her flesh off revealing red meat,no wonder she was feeling the sting everytime she tries to move her bones. The nurse's cleaned it and patched her up,it was still hurting as hell but she could manage it till she gets home and lay on her fluffy bed while she refuse to think about the events that will eventually take or had taken place at her school today.

Suddenly feeling cold,she looked up and saw Evan leaning over her,his body creating a shadow over her.

"Get out" His sharp voice booms through the cafeteria,everyone was looking at them,the boy and the girl in the middle of the cafeteria,like they were some kind of TV show they were anticipating on what's going to happen next.

Kate glanced at her back and then at her side,her brows furrowed "Are you talking to me?" Evan lips twitched,his face changing from calm to displeased. "Yes dumbass,get out,this is where i seat". Kate's face relaxed when she heard that,seemingly understanding what he had meant.

She stood up,stared at him and then remembered the incident that happened today. Did he think she was going to listen to him just because he's some big shot around here?.

With a smirk on her lips,she sat back down and then slide her butt to the next seat still holding eye contact with him,neither of them backing down from the staring contest that had just started seconds ago.

"Have a seat" She patted beside her smiling sweetly at him. If he thinks he could mess with her,then he's sorely mistaken.

Yes,she wanted nothing to do with him,more less engage in fruitless and meaningless fight but it doesn't mean she was going to let him treat her however the fuck he likes. She can and will stand up for herself.

Ember appeared from behind Evan,sneaking her arms in his,she stared at Kate and smiled "You must be the new student everybody's talking about,so you must not be aware of...".

Kate rudely cut her off "...the social standing of everyone,the hierarchy of the lowest to the highest,i am well aware of it and i simply don't give a fuck" A round of gasps escapes from the students lips,no one has dared talk to Ember like that especially with Evan by her side but the new girl doesn't seem to care.

Ember fake smile flattened upon hearing Kate "This isn't your old school,this table belongs to us...". "And I'll say it again,I don't give a fuck. It's either you sit down or find another table" Kate voice was stable,unwavering and she wasn't backing down. Knowing she had left them agape,she removed her gaze from them and ate her sandwich,her heart beating in each seconds,dreading what's to come next. She knows how to firm her emotions and voice but only she knows how wild her mind goes and how erratic her heart becomes.

"Fine" Kate looked up to see Evan walking away,he didn't even glance back leaving her to stare at his perfect back and long strides.

Ember on the other hand kept throwing daggers at her,her stare saying 'watch your back' before she focused back on Evan.

Nobody expected Evan to give up like that especially after being put in his place by the new girl but there can only be one reason he did that,he had something planned for the girl because he wasn't going to leave a girl that had humiliated him in front of the whole school. His ego wouldn't allow him to sleep at night because of it.

Kate stared at the students who were avoiding sitting with her after the whole Evan catastrophe had been settled and sighed "Is not like i wanted to have any friends anyways" she whispered to herself indulging herself in her half eaten sandwich.

"Does that mean we can't be friends?" In front of Kate were three students,a girl and two boys,holding trays filled with their lunch and smiling at her. The girl was wearing thin rimmed glasses and her skirt passed her knee covering the end of her socks in the process, She was the one who talked just now. Kate realised that she hadn't said a word to them and chuckled lightly "No,of course. We can be friends, it's been pretty lonely this past few hours"The three of them slide into the seat in front of her.

"I'm Mackenzie but i prefer peeing called Ken,This is Michael..." She pointed at the brunette-haired boy that sat beside her "And this is Thomas" The blonde seated at the extreme end nodded and winked at Kate in acknowledgement to his name.

"Well,I'm Kate and am the new girl".

"We know who you are,you're literally the talk of the school" .

Kate chuckled and rubbed her nape "I kinda noticed and i don't know why,nobody except for you guys want to talk to me but they've been staring rather weirdly" Kate explained all what she had been noticing to them.

"Who could blame them?,you're fucking beautiful" Thomas said winking at her again.

Kate flushed in embarrassment,her cheeks hot,not because they haven't complimented her before but because it never seems to get old. She likes the words of affirmation whenever she gets them.

"Thanks"

He flashed her a smile "Anytime"

"Anywaysssss..." Ken flashed Thomas a dirty look "Apart from what he said,there are other reasons...Nobody associates themselves with newcomers in this school,it's pretty stupid actually.".

Kate became intrigued by this new discovery "Is there a reason why?".

"Nobody have mentioned the reason,it's something everybody accustomed themselves to. I received the same treatment when I first came here,it's no big deal" Ken rolled at her eyes,her mind drifting to her first day.

Kate nodded listening attentively. They all chatted for a while but Michael didn't say a word throughout but he was definitely listening, his eyes kept travelling to the person speaking. Kate,Michael and Ken were in the same class while Thomas was in another class. Kate was internally grateful for that,Thomas has been relentless with his flirting,using any comments she says as a cringy pick up line and she doesn't know how to politely tell him to stop without sounding rude or hurting his feelings.

The bell rang interrupting their good time,Kate was glad that this time,she gets to go to class with new people and not be the lonely student that just began few hours ago.

She likes the trio,they didn't make her feel awkward and they tell jokes all the time about themselves as if trying to feel her in on what she'd missed on when she wasn't with them. They had even exchanged numbers and become friends on few social media's platforms. Only if this could last for a long time but knowing her parents,Kate knew that she wouldn't have a long period of time to spend with them.

The four of them walked to class,this made the staring a little bearable now that she wasn't walking alone. The stares seems to be more thicker and stronger,she could feel them trying to look through her body,some opening scrutinising her and she was sure that it was the little incident with the school so called 'boss' that seems to make things worse.

Thomas has gone to his class and Kate,Ken and Michael went to there's, sitting together.

A/N: Who has ever tasted a Dragon fruit? How does it taste like?