"Get your small ass down here Meredith Jean Walker!...or God help you, I will slap the living melanin out of you", she shouted on top of her voice. I quickly grabbed a pillow to cover my ears.
"I will be forced to give you a very harsh treatment once I make my way to your room young lady!", she continued.
I sighed.
The last time she gave me a harsh treatment was 3 days ago, and...it was harsh indeed. I got grounded for an entire month, with no phone or TV. Only reason I'm still alive is because I made a deal with Lucifer two years ago, so that he could make me immune to death or so I like to think.
As I made my way downstairs, I negotiated with the devil once again to let me use my birthday wish today so I could make my mom disappear for a couple of hours or an entire day if he was willing to be generous.
The devil declined.
And my efforts went down the drain just as I stepped down from the last step and saw the scowl decorating her small face.
Here goes the maiming, and killing, and blood...and death, I thought to myself.
"You're not ready yet?", she asked me with a beautiful frown
"No mom, I just woke up", I replied with a bored voice and a yawn.
"Well then, hurry up or you'll be late again"
Yeah, yeah, as if that was something new. I am always late Mom!. Relax!, the cool kids always go to school late.
And so, I headed back up the stairs with a frown to take a bath and get dressed for school.
Mom dropped me off at the gates and headed back home.
To be honest, I hated school...obviously, but does anyone ever like school?
"Hey Melanin...I heard your mom lost her new job".
I turned to the voice of Alexandro Mexico.
"oh yeah?", I asked with a small fake smile,"I didn't know you were that concerned about my mom or her unemployed state, but thanks for caring...I heard your dad applied for the school's janitor position. How did it go?. Did he fit the job description? ", I asked with a sardonic expression and a mocking smirk.
He made a lunge for me but was immediately pulled away by one of his fuckboy friends, an Asian called Im Korea.
"Don't waste your energy on nobodies like her bro. You know?.. those short sharptongued trashy ones that basically crave attention", he whispered loud enough for me to hear.
I raised a brow and scoffed unbelievably "Too bad, you're not worth the effort either. I see that you look lonely. Doesn't fuckboyism pay anymore?. I mean I even heard that you got yourself a part time job at Junkies. Was shocked to actually find out that it was the trash boy position", I said to him in a fluid fake-sympathy filled voice.
He also made a lunge for me but got pulled back their other friend. And He was German.
"You two are getting too worked up over this bitch. Come on, lets get out of here", he said with a glare at me. I smiled maliciously, all the while cooking up an epic comeback in my pretty little head.
I scoffed once again and raised a brow, watching as they turned on their heel and began to walk away from me.
"Hey Andy", I called and they all instantly turned to look at me. "I heard you wanted an affidavit so you could change your name. I know someone who can help you, I mean....", I hesitated slightly and continued "... if you still want to change your surname"
He narrowed his eyes at me, throwing daggers at me with his stare and I shrugged innocently
"Andy Bussy just sounds weird, don't you agree?".
His nose flared in anger and I saw him lunge at me. Perhaps, I will be seeing stars after I get knocked out by his punch, I thought when I saw his clenched fist close to my face. But before he could hit me however, I saw him trip and fall on a tiny bit of banana peel.
Karma is a saviour eh?
I couldn't stop the laughter that bubbled inside my throat. And I think I triggered Andy....If he wanted to punch me before....now he definitely wanted to kill me.
I quickly left the hallway for class, knowing perfectly that I was late. I hated school for two reasons.
First, everyone was a bully and second, no matter how much I tried, I just couldn't get anything into my head. No matter how hard I tried.
And I think Mom hates me for that.
As soon as I stepped into the classroom, a lot of people began to whisper. When was I ever the subject for discussion?. I frowned as I looked around and then I saw him.
He was in casual jeans and a crop top. Dayum!, I was crazy for an instant but even Channing Tatum would be jealous if he saw this boy right now.
Well he's hot, end of discussion!.
I turned back to find my seat at the far corner and sat down, watching as all the girls began to fawn over him. He is gorgeous but I don't think he was that big of a deal...until he pulled tge chair besides mine and sat down.
Wow, he has a death wish too.
"excuse me...is this seat taken?", he asked in a gorgeous deep voice.
I raised a brow and smirked at him.
"excuse me.... you should have asked before you sat down. Too late, you just squished an invisible person"
He licked his lips seductively and gave me a contemplating stare.
"I made a good choice then. You're smart and sassy", he whispered to me. I took my eyes off him only to see the death glares that were being sent my way.
Oh yeah, I forgot he was the ladies' favourite plaything at the moment. The new toy wvryone wanted to play with and the new cuisine everyone wanted a bite from.
Even the twinks were eyeing me with a "burn in hell" stare. Wow, I guess things just escalated very quickly.
I sighed and dropped my head on my table.
Today was going to be a very long day.
"Hey, psttt", I heard the boy sitting beside me call but I ignored him.
"pstt", he called again, making me abruptly lift my head from the table.
"What???", I asked rudely.
His brows furrowed as he contemplated my expression
"You're not very friendly, are you?", he adked with a hurt expression.
I took a deep breath and tried to smile through my annoyance.
"did you think I was?, you're very bad at judging characters".
He smiled, "I'm Ren", he said.
I forced a friendly smile onto my face as I stared at him. "I'm Meredith", I shortly answered.
"Lets be friends"
...
Lunch was a complete disaster. The hot new boy decided that it was okay to reject the request of the popular guys and sit with me for lunch and that?, triggered a lot of whispers and death glares.
I just became the person that everyone suddenly wanted to kill, like a target for ransom. I turned to look at Ren, "look... that is not how things are done here okay?. If you don't want to be an outcast like me, tgen you need to be willing to male friends and also do whatever the school lords ask of you, at least for a short while".
He turned to me with a really hot smile, eyes big and cute like a doe's and asked ever so innocently with that sinful mouth of his...
"What if I want to be an outcast?",