It was a beautiful morning, the sun shine brightly over the hostel of WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY, one of NEW YORK most prestigious university. A black car pulled up to the main entrance, and from it stepped out a beautiful young lady. Her toned skin glowed under the sunlight, her long black hair flowing behind her and her striking blue eyes glinted with confidence. She was dressed in a short white gown that showed her figure with a white handbag and a pink suitcase.
As she walked past the student, a waves of murmurs followed her.
"Who is she?" whispered one male student.
"She is gorgeous" another male student replied, unable to take his eyes off her.
"She must be a model", a female student muttered, enviously eyeing her appearance.
Lily, however, paid no attention to them. She gripped her suitcase and walk towards the hostel.
Lily was given one of the biggest and most luxurious hostel on campus, the room were equipped with a plush bed, private room, a washing machine, a cooker and large windows that offered shining views of the city.
Lily begin unpack her things, every movement was calm and deliberate she wasn't the kind of girl who sought out friendship easily, but she liked getting under the skin of those who deserve it. Trouble seemed to follow her, and she is used to returning the favor to the troublemakers.
Later that afternoon after arranging her things and setting down, she made her way to the cafeteria, the hall was buzzing with noise as the students gathered in groups to eat. Lily walked to the counter, to order a light meal, and found a corner to sit.
As she begin to eat, the cafeteria grew quieter, heads turned as the student noticed her. She wasn't doing anything extraordinary but her graceful movement commanded attention
"She is stunning" a male student said.
"Who is she?, A freshmen?" Another male student asked, with curiosity.
Rose who was sitting at the table not far from her was hearing everyone whispering, she was not satisfied with people praising lily because she was known as the most beautiful girl on campus, but now she was no longer the center of attention
"Why is everyone staring at her?" Rose snapped, with annoyance.
"Maybe because she's new?" one of her friends replied.
"Then I need to let her know her place" Rose said angrily she stood up and made her way towards lily's table.
Lily continued eating, when rose stopped in front of her.
"You must be new here", rose said, her voice loud enough for everyone to hear.
"I'm rose, the face of this campus, and you are?"
Lily look up, locking eyes with rose. She set down her fork and leaned back in the chair.
" Lily," she said in a calm tone.
Rose looked at her with irritation " lily huh? you should know that around here, everyone knows their place. And mine is at the top. this is my territory."
Lily smirk on her lips. " your territory? Where are we, in the jungle?"
The dismissal made the cafeteria erupt in murmurs.
"Did she just brush off rose?"
"No one talks to her like that!"
Rose flushed in anger. " excuse me?" she snapped," I don't think you understand..
"I understand perfectly," Lily interrupted, " you don't like sharing your spotlight and that is none of my business."
Lily words made the room fall completely silent. Rose stared at her before letting out a mocking laugh.
"You are going to regret crossing me" Rose said.
"No one challenge me and gets away with it"
Lily put down her fork again and stood up, she was slightly shorter than rose, but her confidence made her seem taller.
"Bring it on" lily said coolly. " I'm not here to play by your rules. Their was tension in the room as the two girls stared at each other. Finally, rose turned on her heels and stormed out of the cafeteria.
As lily sat down back and continued her meal, the cafeteria buzzed with excitement
"Did you see that?"
"She just stood up to rose!"
"I like this girl"
That evening, lily was relaxing in her room, scrolling through her phone, when a loud bang echoed on her door. Frowning, she stood up and open the door, only to find rose standing there with some guys.
"Remember what I said earlier?" Rose sneered. " you're not getting away with what you did earlier."
Lily expression was calm, she glanced at the group, then back at rose. "Is that why you brought a group of useless guys to threaten me?"
Martins eyes darkened, and without warning, he slapped lily hard on her face. The force of the slap sent her staggering back, and she tasted blood on her lips.
"You should know your place," Martin growled. " Next time remember who is in charge here."
The group left, laughing and rose looking satisfied.
Later that night, lily was on her way back to the school with an ice pack pressed to her face, she spotted rose and her gangs going out, they were mocking her.
But before they could move closer to her, a black van pulled over at the front of the school entrance. The doors open and a tall intimidating man stepped out followed by a group of men dressed in black.
The tall man wanted to bow to lily but lily signaled him and he understands what she was implying.
The man approached lily, his expression shifting to one of concern as she saw the mark on her face.
"Young lady," reaching for her face "let me se"
Lily allowed him to see her injury and he's frown deepened. He turned to his men " take them way" he barked
Before rose and her gangs could react, the men in black moved closer to them and dragged them towards the van they were shouting and struggling.
"Let me go!" Rose screamed
They were knocked out and loaded into the van
The tall man was about to leave but lily stopped him
"How did you know?" lily asked
"Your father sent me, and I still don't understand why you don't want us to protect you here" he replied.
"Frank, we've talked about this before" lily glared at him.
"Okay young mistress, take care of yourself" he replied, bowing deeply before walking away.
Lily noticed a figure peeping from a distance, but when she turned to look at the person, but no one was there, she shrugged and return to her room.
The following day, after class, lily paid a visit to rose and her friends who were being tied up in a basement. As she entered the guards bowed deeply.
"Young mistress" they greeted in unison.
Rose and the gang stoned at her in disbelief "young mistress?" rose whispered, her voice trembling.
Rose and her gangs realize that lily is not an ordinary girl, she has a powerful background.
Lily approach rose with a smile on her face. " Hi princess, do you remember I told you that I am not here to play by your rules," lily said with a smile, " but you guys will play by my rules and do everything I say, won't you?"
Rose nodded frantically, " please forgive me! I will do anything!."
Lily smiled widened. "Good"
That afternoon, rose, martin and the other guys were waiting for lily at the school entrance. The moment she arrived, they rushed to carry her bag, book, and other things she brought and followed her closely.
The students didn't believe what they were seeing.
"Did you see that? The school bullies are following her around" a female student said
"She must be powerful." a male student replied
The news spread all over the school even on the school group. When the leader of the bullies heard the story, he quickly drove to campus. He went straight to where lily and the others were sitting. The moment he saw lily, their eyes met and they both exclaimed
"You again?"