Meaner Girls

The next morning, as promised, you hear a knock at your door, you mutter awake.

Ugh, you grumble and turn over, and Ella came back. She must have returned when you were asleep, she turns over and opened her eyes a slight bit.

"Whose calling at this ungodly hour." Ella grumbles, shoving a pillow over her ears.

"It's Nate, we are going to breakfast." You grin excitedly.

"Are you two like dating now?" She questions.

"Yeah." You smile.

"I'm so happy for you. Go enjoy yourself, just fetch me a latte, please." Ella laughs.

"Sure thing." You laugh and answer the door, Nate looks you up and down.

"You're not dressed?" He looks confused.

"No, you just woke me up." You laugh.

"I'll wait for you to change." Nate smiles.

"You're the best." You kiss Nate on the cheek and head off into the bathroom. A few minutes later, you return.

"I'm ready. Let's go." You beam at Nate.

"You two are cute together. But don't forget my latte." Ella shouts as you head out of the dorm.

"I wouldn't dream of it." You yell back to her as you and Nate leave.

You head to Nates truck, you hop into the passenger seat.

"How do we act?" You blurt out.

"Like a normal couple." Nate chuckles.

"Right." You look a little embarrassed, You and Nate head over to the cafe for breakfast.  Nate takes your hand and walks you in.

"What are you having? My treat." Nate asks.

"I'll have pancakes and a coffee, please." You smile at him.

"Sure, go find a seat. I'll be over in a moment." Nate smiles.

You head over to a table as you sit down, and you spot Zack, Taylor, and Brianna walking into the cafe.

'Crap, that's all I needed.'

Nate joins you with the pancakes and coffee

"For milady." Nate sets the pancakes in front of you and a coffee.

"Thank you." Nate sits opposite you. He can sense the uneasy tension.

"Are you okay?" He looks at you worried.

"Erm, not really."

"Is something wrong with the breakfast?" He asks, concerned.

"No. Everything is perfect." You smile.

You see Nate glance over your shoulder his expression darkens.

"We can leave if you want to." He suggests.

"Let's finish breakfast first." You reply.

You and Nate finish up and begintp head out hand in hand. You hear a familiar voice from behind you as you're leaving.

"Couldn't find a girl you haven't slept with on campus, so she was the next best thing?" Zack mocks.

"Shut up." Nate growls.

"It's okay, I'm sure your little girlfriend already knows your reputation." Zack smirks.

You step closer to Zack, piercing your eyes into him.

"Nate hasn't got a reputation, and he wouldn't cheat on me like you did." You snap.

"Taylor and I had been seeing each other behind your back way before you found out." Zack laughs.

"My point exactly you're a jerk." You snap back.

"And you're a sad and pathetic girl." You winces at Zacks words.

"You sound like Sam." You hiss.

"Whatever, don't come crying to me when he's bored of you." Zack glares at you.

"Whatever." You snarl, grabbing Nates' arm and pulling him out of the cafe.

Nate sits in his truck, silent a moment.

"What's wrong?" You glance at him.

"What zack said really made me think about things." Nate replied gloomy.

"Oh." You sigh.

"Yeah, don't worry about it. Let's get to class." Nate smiles.

"We forgot Ella's latte." You gasp.

"You stay here. I'll be right back." Nate rushed back into the cafe.

'He's taking a little while for just getting a latte.'

Nate climbs into the drivers seat and hands you Ella's latte. You notice his nose is bleeding.

"What happened?" You look at him concerned.

"Zack was talking smack about you, so I had to teach him a lesson." Nate replies.

"And he hit you?" You question.

"He looks worse." Nate turns the key, and the engine begins to sputter. He drives you back to campus.

You walk into college, Ella spots Nate behind you cluthcing his nose.

"What happened?" She nods in the direction of Nate.

"Zack happened." You remark.

You file into your seats, midway through the class Taylor bursts in, late.

"Taylor, you're late. Why?" The professor questions her.

"Sorry I lost track of time." She smiles sweetly.

"Right, take a seat." The professor gestures to a chair.

Taylor seats herself opposite you and Nate. Every so often, she looks in your direction. After class ended, you headed for the gym for cheer practice.

"Where's Madison?" You look about for her worried.

"She has her scan today, so I'm co captain for today, and I say that you step down as captain." Taylor smirks.

"Erm...no." You dismiss Taylors idea.

Taylor moves closer to you. She's so close that you can smell her tacky perfume.

"I suggest you do as I say or I'll make your life hell." She whispers.

"I'm not letting you talk to me like that. You don't scare me." You declare.

"So nieve, I know a few of your secrets thanks to Zack, wouldn't want them to get out, would we?" She laughs.

"What do you want?" You snap.

"You to break up with Nate." She laughs.

"And if I don't?" You ask.

"Then a certain little moon secret will come out." She smirks again.

"That puts Nate at risk, too." You explain.

"Then I'll tell everyone you're a Virgin." She laughs again.

"Screw you." You snap at her.

"You're making a huge mistake." Taylors voice is more serious than before.

You walk off out of the gym, you head for the showers after you're done, you change and finish up. You hear a few girls come in. You can't make out the voices. The next thing you know, there's a smack around your head, and you fall to the floor.

You can make out one voice, and the other seems oddly familiar.

"I told you not to mess with me." Clearly, that was Taylor.

She kicks you repeatedly in your ribs, you wince in pain. She kicks you in the face. You can feel the pain searing through you.

"STOP, please." You sob.

You shut your eyes tightly. You're hoping it will stop at any moment, but it doesn't. Taylor still kicks you. A second girl pulls your hair and smashes your head off the floor.

The next thing you knew, everything was dark.