Later that day after lectures, May was talking with one of her numerous boyfriends while Layna waited for her in the hallway. A young man named Richard walked up to her. He had been looking at her from afar with his friends and decided to approach her because of a bet.
"Hi Layna..... I'm Richard Dutchson, son of the Mayor" he said extending his hand for a shake. Layna reluctantly shook his hand, she had never felt so disgusted in her life
"Damn.... this is even worse that cheese in mayo" she thought
Then again she hated to her bones people who bully others with their background; she had heard of this guy, he was a well known bully.
"Just bear with it.... May will soon be out" she chanted relentlessly like a prayer in her mind.
"Nice to meet you too" she said with a forced smile
"I've been watching you this past few days, care to hang out?" he asked
"ah....well ...I have plans today and I'm kinda busy...."
"Really?" he asked getting closer to her while she nodded stepping back. Trapping her against the wall he smirked,
"I'm the mayor's son ... you're still too busy for me? huh? Layna?" he asked as he trailed his finger down her face.
At that moment May stepped out and Layna forced another smile,
"gotta go.....my friend 's here"
The moment she tried to move, Richard held her waist and drew her close to him. They were so close she could feel his breath on her face. Bile rushed up Layna's throat and she swallowed forcefully.
"what is the meaning of this?" she asked
"why are you acting all hard to get like you don't want me ...I know girls like you, playing tough....but the interesting part is taming them" he said as his hand landed on her butt.
Kpack!
a slap resonated in the hallway.
"how dare you?!" she hollered
Richard smirked then looked towards his minions who held Layna down.
"What the hell are you doing?" she yelled
"At the end of the day you're just a feisty little kitten... I like that" He licked his lower lip as he squeezed her chin.
May tried to get to Layna but she was held back by his minions.
As he tried to kiss Layna, she kicked him in the balls which made him throw a slap across her face.
"You slapped me?" she asked feeling a faint metallic taste in her mouth
"You're just a weakling acting all tough and I'll make sure to have my wicked way with you" he said smirking
Hearing Richard call her a weakling seemed to have sparked something deep down in her. She felt rage brewing within her. The bloody taste in her mouth not helping, her eyes gradually turned gold. She lowered her face and asked,
"What did you just call me?"
"A motherfucking weakling"
At that instant she looked at Richard who looked at her in horror
"your....your ..eyes .. they're gold"
Before he could finish, she threw his minions off her with an inhuman strength then landed him a punch that threw him off his feet. The moment his back hit the floor, she climbed on him and kept raining punches till he bled.
"I am not a weakling!!!" she yelled and rushed out of the hallway.