Chapter 17: New Sidekick

Melissa's POV.

I didn't understand what she meant by me doing something very, very bad, and as a matter of fact, I was the one who was being treated unfairly in that school.

"I do not think I really understand what you are trying to say to me, Selena. What have I done that is so, so bad?"

My voice was calm, and I was intentionally trying to be polite because I felt for some reason that she was not going to be like every other student, and I did not want to give away the chance of making a friend.

" of course darling, you do not understand what I mean because you did not do anything to me but you have touched someone who means so much to me and it also means that you have touched me so i will get even"

Her voice gradually rose from soft and sweet to angry and fierce as she spoke about someone so close to her whom I had supposedly hurt.

"And who exactly is this someone?" I asked again as I suddenly stopped taking more steps back. I stood my ground, now staring directly at her face.

"Oh yeah, there's someone. He is a very quiet person, and he hates it when anyone gets in his way, but you seem to have a very good skill in prying; hence, you got on his bad side, and when he tried to fix things, you got physical with him, and you tried to hurt him with a weapon."

At this point I already knew who it was she was talking about, but I wondered why she was not saying his name and what exactly she meant by me using a weapon on him because the last time I checked I did not have a weapon when I punched him on his nose and he bled right there.

"A weapon? "Oh my dear, I never used a weapon on him; I just wanted to correct his senses and teach him some lessons since he has gotten none from home and this school obviously," I said to her as I took two paces closer, and she suddenly stopped coming forward.

"Oh, I see that you can now talk back at me as well? Do you really understand the gravity of what you are doing girl? I heard you're a scholarship student, and any mistakes on your part, you would completely lose all of your scholarship, yet you think it is wise to involve yourself in matters of people who can shut you up in a matter of minutes."

I scoffed at first; it was not intentional—it just came out. I stared at her for about five seconds before I cleared my throat calmly.

" you know before coming to the school I was forewarned that your worlds are completely different from mine and at this point I think I am the one who was on the wrong path by thinking I could correct a full-grown adult of an ill manner when he's supposed to have basic knowledge of all of these things"

Her face instantly tightened at my words. She looked angry and pained.

"You are certainly going to get everything you deserve from me. I'm going to let you know that in this place we don't play by the rules of your own world; we have our world, and there are rules. You don't come here and mess things up for us," she fired at me, her voice loud and angry.

" i'm not going to take it anymore, i have taken so much from all of you in these few days and I am not going to take it anymore"

I was still speaking when she raged towards me, standing so close to me this time that I could feel her breathing on my skin.

" And what exactly are you going to do about it huh? Tell me what will a scholarship students do when she can't even afford her own tuition? Why are you even here? What makes you think that you have a place in this school and that you could mess around with people who own this place before you arrived?"

As she spoke, my lips suddenly began to widen in a smile, and despite how much I tried to hold it in, I couldn't hide the amusement.

"I cannot believe you already feel threatened by my presence. I mean, I'm just a scholarship student, aren't I? Why do you feel like I am going change things here? You've just said I have almost nothing to offer you and I am of no standard as you all, why complain then?"

She reached to grab me, but I stepped to the side immediately, making her fall forward, unable to hold me.

"I told you I am not going to take it anymore," I said to her when she turned around to face me.

"And what are you going to do? Fight me? You have no idea who I am, and this is not just about Lex anymore; this is about students of the school who pay their tuition. You have no right to be here, and I think it's time we begin to agitate for your withdrawal as a scholarship student."

I was almost shaken by those last words of hers, but then I recalled that I had a signed contract with Lex, which promised that he was not going to hurt me anymore.

" i do not know what your relationship is with Lex but I can see now that you are very upset about what happened to him which he completely deserves but you see those last words you said about trying to ruin my scholarship, maybe you should try to talk to Lex before you do anything stupid"

"Fuck you!!" She cursed at me, storming out of the classroom.

Just then someone began to clap as they walked in from the back door. I was so tired of the drama already that I turned around briskly, ready to rage at them, but to my shock, it was one of Lex's friends. Landon.

He stopped clapping as we stared at each other in silence for some seconds.

"Can we talk somewhere private?" He asked.