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Billie's POV

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"Who the fuck do you think you're fucking with? Who do you fucking think you're threatening?" I questioned loudly as I pressed her up against the locker. She stared at me, wide-eyed and clearly at a loss for words as I tightened my grip on her throat more and more. "Not so tough now that you're not behind this, huh?" I snatched the phone out of her hand and threw it down as hard as I could, laughing as the screen shattered and it immediately went black. I stomped on it a few times for good measure and then focused back on the bitch in front of me.

"I don't know why you thought you could get away with threatening me with some bullshit picture that you're too chickenshit to send to anybody anyway, but let me make it perfectly clear right now that I'm not scared of you at all, and if you so much as think about sending that picture to anybody I will end you, you got that, baby girl?"

I didn't wait for her to respond as I let her go, slamming her back into the locker once again. "And make sure nobody finds out who broke your precious phone. Otherwise, it won't be the only thing of yours that gets broken."

I walked off quickly, pushing past a few shocked looking kids and watching as the others scurried out of my way. A small smirk crawled onto my face as I walked out of the closest exit. Kai was stupid to think that I'd be scared of her and that I'd leave Dahlia alone just because she said so. The nerve of that fucking lizard.

I practically ran across the grass and through the other building as I tried to get to home ec on time. I usually don't give a shit about being late, but I need to get there before all the other assholes start piling in so I can steal somebody's seat and sit near Dahlia. Plus, I actually like Mrs. East. I'm not trying to piss her off.

I got there just in time, practically sliding through the door and shoving Jacob Wesley out of the way. "Switch seats with me!" I demanded breathlessly.

"How many times are you gonna make me switch with you, shorty?" He winked. I glared at him. "As many times as I fucking need you to. Get out of my face."

He walked away, murmuring to his friends about how I was 'totally into him' and I slid into his seat, smiling sweetly at Dahlia. "Hi."

"You're in a good mood today...Or at least, a better mood than what you were in this morning."

I looked down at my fingers and pouted. I hadn't spoken to her at all this morning even while she was trying to speak to me, and I hadn't talked to her in third period either. In fact, I hadn't spoken to her since she'd left my house a while after I left the kitchen. I didn't respond to any of the texts she'd sent me since then either.

Im not all that great at dealing with my feelings, and I was pretty pissed off that she didn't seem phased by the fact that she'd fucked Kai. I thought she'd be...I don't fucking know. Shocked? Upset that they'd had sex and she couldn't remember it? I don't know.

I guess what pissed me off about it was the fact that it wasn't a big deal to her, but to me, it's all I'd thought about since the party. Especially since Kai had the fucking audacity to take a picture of her that she didn't even know about and threaten our friendship with it.

My blood was beginning to boil as I thought about it once again. How could she do that to someone as amazing as Dahlia? How could she send that picture to me without Dahlia's permission? How could she threaten to send it to more people when Dahlia hadn't even done anything? It was me Kai had beef with, not Doe eyes. She should've been trying to fucking send a naked picture of me around the damn school.

And what the hell did she mean by 'until I get tired of her'?

'Just wanted to let you know that me and Dahlia are kinda a thing. We have been since before you showed up and we will be until I get tired of her.'

It's not like Dahlia was just some fucking toy there to entertain Kai until she got bored and decided to throw her away.

I know they're not serious, they're just 'having fun' or whatever, but if Kai up and decided she no longer wanted anything to do with Dahlia, Dahlia would probably be hurt. Another problem.

How the hell am I supposed to scare Kai off without Dahlia being hurt about the two of them no longer seeing each other?

"Dude, come on. I'm sorry." Dahlia whined. I looked at her in confusion. "I don't know what I did to upset you, but you staring at me rather than talking to me is starting to get really annoying."

"No—It's nothing you did I just—I zoned out, sorry." I shook my head.

"So we're cool?"

I nodded silently and she smiled before looking down at her notebook.

I thought about telling her about the picture. I spent all last night thinking of how to tell her about it without freaking her out, but I ended up deciding that I just wouldn't mention it. She'd be on edge constantly if she knew there was a picture of her shirtless out there, and there was no need for that. I could handle Kai and make sure that picture didn't get out, easy. There's no need to worry her if I don't have to.

Kai seems to be a fucking idiot but even she isn't stupid enough to show anyone else that picture.

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Dahlia's POV

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"She's been acting weird since yesterday," I sighed before shoving some of my parfait into my mouth. "I wonder if it's because I snored."

"Yeah, that's the problem." Cadence rolled her eyes before throwing a grape at me. "I don't know, maybe she's on her period?"

"Whoa, dude, I'm fucking eating here! Can you believe this though? A meatball sub? It's literally been weeks and nothing. Bad. For lunch." Caden groaned after taking another bite of his third sandwich. "And shouldn't you as a woman know that assuming that a girl is on her period because she's acting all pissy is bad?"

"Shouldn't you as an idiot know to shut the fuck up?" She chucked a grape at his face too. "You cannot seriously think that your snoring is the reason she's pissed at you."

"Well, what the fuck else could the problem be? I didn't do anything. We were just talking in the kitchen and then she walked out and she hasn't been the same around me since."

"Did you or did you not fuck Kai at the party?" She stared at me as I nodded. "Okay then, it's pretty obvious why she's mad."

"I don't think so."

"Am I gonna have to make a PowerPoint presentation about this?"

"If she was mad about that she would've shown it before the whole ordeal in the kitchen. I literally slept with her before any of that happened—"

"You slept with her?" Cadence whisper yelled.

"No—I mean yeah, but not like that. We literally slept. Like. Knocked out. Snoring. Which is still why I think she's mad." Hadn't we already been over this? I'd literally just mentioned the fact that we were sleeping moments before the conversation had taken this turn.

"Maybe it's got nothing to do with you at all? Just chill. Maybe she'll be better by the party."

"Party? Another one?" I perked up. Caden shook his head. "No, I mean your sister's party this Saturday."

"Billie's coming to that? Why?"

"She's fucking rich and Cora's a little gold digger in the making. Also, to hang out with you, probably...And what are you getting baby sis anyway?"

I thought about Caden's question for a moment before smirking. "I have no idea. Guess I'll have to go shopping."

They both stared at me in confusion as they watched me get up and prance over to Billie's table. It was a little weird going over there because we never talked at lunch and she always sat with a bunch of the popular kids. Plus, she doesn't seem to actually wanna talk to me today, but that's just too damn bad.

She straightened up as she noticed me approaching, planting her feet on the circular seat beneath her. I don't know why she always chooses to sit on top of the table, but it's super cute.

"Doe. What do you want?" She didn't say it rudely, just seemed curious as to why I'd chosen today of all days to come over and give her a visit, but the question still hurt my feelings a little.

"You're going to Cora's party right?"

"I was invited."

"You don't have a gift for her yet do you?"

"Nope."

"We can go shopping after school." I took a page out of her book and made sure she knew it wasn't a question, it was a statement. I patted her knee and walked away from the table confidently.

"We'll talk it out while we're shopping later today." I told my friends before walking out of the cafeteria.