Author's Note: Lulu, Georgie, Maxie, Sam, and Robin are all juniors at Madison Prep, but they don't have uniforms. Zacharra and Corinthos Orgs. are not enemies. Tell me if I should continue.
Lulu Spencer walked back into the cafeteria wiping the blood off of her face and knuckles. She approached the table where she had been sitting before with Maxie, Sam, Robin and Georgie before leaving for a few minutes. Logan Hayes had approached their table and began to taunt Lulu about her family.
"Get the fuck away from me," Lulu said.
"I just wanted to say happy anniversary, Loooooloooooo," he sneered, accentuating the u's in her name.
"What the hell are you talking about?" she asked, her seething with hatred for her sixteen year-old classmate.
"Wasn't it ten years ago today that your psycho freak of a mother officially lost her marbles?" he said.
Lulu's nostrils flared. "Don't you dare talk about my mother, you son of a bitch!" she said through her teeth.
"Oh, of course. Pardon me. How about we discuss that father of yours? Is he back in prison yet? Or maybe he's out on another million-dollar scam? Oh, better yet, he's banging another stranger. Wonder how many siblings you'll have now?" he said.
Lulu was about to rise from the table when Georgie and Robin, the goody-two-shoes girls, reached out and pulled her back down.
"Don't, Lulu. You know the principal will take his side over yours," Georgie said. She was right. The principal at Madison Prep hated Lulu and her family, but he absolutely adored Logan's family, who donated thousands a year.
"That's right, Lulu. And there's nothing you can do about it. What are you going to do? How about you call your brother? Wait, he's probably out drinking at a bar while his wife cheats on him again," Logan said turning towards the door to leave before turning back to say, "Just do me a favor. Don't forget what happened to your poor mama. You're next."
Lulu rose from the table with her palms flat on its surface. Sam and Maxie looked at each other, knowing what was about to happen. Lulu's face was bright red and her eyes were glinting with hatred.
"Lulu, don't-" Sam started, but Lulu was already storming off towards the lunchroom doors. She could see Logan's back retreating towards the exit of the school and followed him, her black stilettos clacking against the floor loudly.
"You just can't stay away from me, can you?" Logan asked, pinning Lulu against the brick wall of the high school. Ever since she had broken up with him a few months ago because he kept trying to get her to sleep with him, he had been torturing her every day while simultaneously trying to get in her pants.
Lulu pushed him forcefully off of her saying, "I've been staying as far away from you as possible, you freakin' asshole. But this time you pushed me too far," Glancing around, she knew she was in the spot that was blind to all cameras in the school. Rearing back, she connected her fist to his face with a loud smack.
"You are such a fuckin' whore!" he shouted, pushing her to the ground and kicking her in the stomach.
Lulu let out a cry of pain but hooked her leg behind his knee and pulled him to the ground, positioning herself over him, punching him in the nose several times. Yep, it's definitely broken," she thought. Her dad would be proud.
Logan took the opportunity when Lulu was thinking to spin her over and punch her across the face. She raked his nails down her face, drawing blood.
"I don't let a girl beat me up," Logan said viciously.
He stood up, pulling her with him and wrapped an arm around her neck, but Lulu grabbed his arm and turned herself around.
"You won't have to let me beat you," Lulu whispered before throwing him against the wall and turning to leave.
Back in the cafeteria, Lulu sat down and flipped her blond hair with blue, green and pink streaks behind her shoulder and picked up her pizza.
"You okay?" Robin asked, noticing the scratches and the red marks on her face. Robin was always concerned about other people's health because she wanted to be a doctor.
"Not even a broken nail," she said, sticking out her hand to show her silver-polished nails with a smirk. Secretly she wanted to break down in tears from the physical and mental pain she was suffering from. Lulu's lifestyle had taken a toll on her, causing to rebel against every rules she had ever known. Inside she was a nice girl like Georgie and Robin, but on the outside she was uncaring and rebellious. She liked the clothes she wore, but she wished she could really be herself to everyone, but for now she was limited to her four best friends.
"Well, I don't think Logan will be bothering you any time soon," Sam said.
"He won't have to, 'cause I'll probably be expelled, anyways," Lulu said.
"It wasn't your fault, Lulu. He provoked you. And we'll back you up," Maxie said reassuringly.
"Thanks, guys," Lulu said, smiling at her four best friends.
"Of course," said Georgie.
Just then the school principal walked in, with Logan walking behind him. "Ms. Spencer, you need to come with me this instant!" he said angrily.
"Sure thing," Lulu replied.
"Wait!" Robin and Maxie said in unison.
"We all saw what happened, shouldn't we come?" Georgie asked, turning on the innocent look. She could make anyone adore her, and now was the perfect time to use her skill.
The principal looked at the girls skeptically, but agreed.
As the group walked down the hall, with the principal in the lead, Logan behind him and the girls behind him. Once Logan turned around to make a snarky comment to Lulu, but one look at the five menacing girls and he knew it was not in his best interest. He had to admit, he was a bit nervous. After all, Lulu had four witnesses on her side, and he only had the principal. But he kind of tipped the scales.
Dante Falconeri walked down the hall with one of the guidance counselors. It was his first day at Madison Prep and she had checked him in to the school. He looked up to see a group of people walking down the hall. One of them was the school principal, whom he had met earlier. The others were six students, two of them looking badly beaten up. The boy's nose was clearly broken, and the girl had what looked like nail marks running down her face. The other four girls were surrounding the girl in a protective manner. He could tell they injured ones were the ones he and his mother had seen when driving into the parking lot.
"What the hell kind of person is he to be beating on a girl like that?" his mother had asked. He had her in a headlock and there was blood running down both of their faces.
She was just about to run over to help her when the girl spun around and threw the boy against the wall before leaving to go back into the building.
"Now, that girl's got spunk," she commented with a smirk. "You find a girl like that, you marry her." Dante was considering going to help the boy when his mother read his mind and said, "Leave him. He deserves it."
Now as Dante walked down the hall, he took in her full image. Over her wonderful body she was wearing turquoise t-shirt and a green vest with a purple scarf. On her legs were torn red skin-tight jeans with fishnet tights showing through the holes. She wore black stiletto heels and she had painted her fingernails metallic silver. Her beautiful golden hair had streaks of blue, pink, and green and she had a huge pair of dark sunglasses perched on her head. She had an impeccable face, but he knew she didn't know it because her lips were painted bright red and she had a thick layer of eyeliner and mascara on.
Lulu raised her eyes to the boy's face and narrowed them as she walked by. Her lips parted and she sent a non-verbal message 'What are you looking at?', but inside she was smiling and flirting with him. He had a beautiful face and a heavenly body, who he covered with a Yankees t-shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans. Was it possible for a sixteen year-old boy -no, a sixteen year old man- to be that hot?
Dante's eyes moved to the rest of the girls. They looked normal enough, unlike the girl's eccentric style. Just as Dante was about to look away, he saw her face transform from superior to vulnerability and could tell that she had been through a lot, and was trying to cover up her feelings.
"Well, here's the cafeteria. Why don't you go join your classmates at lunch?" the guidance counselor asked. Dante nodded.
Walking into the cafeteria, he walked in and looked around for a place to sit.
"Hey! You the new kid?" he heard and turned his head. A guy with short curly hair had approached him.
"Uh, yeah, I guess so," he replied awkwardly.
"I'm Ronnie. Ronnie Domestico."
"I'm Dante Falconeri-Corinthos," he said.
"No way, you're Corinthos', like, long-lost son?" he asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, I guess so. Just found out about him a few years ago, so my mom moved us here so I could get to know him better," Dante explained.
"Cool. You wanna come sit with me and my buds?" Ronnie offered.
"Yeah, sure," Dante agreed.
"This is Johnny Zacharra, Frankie Murkoff, Vince Grayson, Owen Stein and Derek Winders. Guys, this is Dante," Ronnie said, pointing to each of the boys as he listed their names.
"Hey," they all said before turning back to their individual conversations. Dante sat down in the seat next to Ronnie's.
"So, you're a Yankees fan?" Ronnie asked.
"Hell yes!" Dante replied. After a long conversation about their favorite baseball team, they fell silent.
"So, who was that guy who was beating up that girl outside?" Dante asked quietly.
"Ah, you saw that, huh? That was Logan Hayes and Lulu Spencer. They used to date, I guess, and when he started taking things too far, she dumped him. Apparently, he didn't take it too well, so, he's been harassing her ever since. A few months ago she just snapped, I guess, and it got physical. He really hurt her, and she got sent to the hospital."
"Are you serious? What kind of guy can do that? And he didn't get expelled?" Dante asked incredulously.
"Nah, but she almost did. The principal hates her family, but he loves Logan's. Anyway, they've been in a few more fights since then, and Lulu's won basically all of them. She's a tough one," Ronnie said.
"Yeah, she sure looks it," Dante murmured.
"Oh, no, she wasn't always like that. I've known her since kindergarten, she used to be one of those nice kids who never got in trouble. But once we got into middle school, she got all rough and tough. I think it was something with her family. You didn't hear this from me, but it's pretty messed up. Her dad is some, like, international con artist who's always all over the world, and her brother's wife had cheated on him a bunch of times, so he's kinda depressed, or something. And her mom... well, her mom is in France for, um, mental health treatment," he rambled.
"Wow. Sounds terrible. How do you know so much about her?" he asked.
"Oh, we were in the same class for a few years. I guess you can say we're friends. We ride the bus together sometimes after practice. I play baseball, she plays softball. And she's pretty damn good, too. You know, as bad as she seems, she's a really great girl. She's nice, caring, funny, and she's super smart, too"
Dante smirked. "Sounds like you got a thing for her."
"Oh, no way. She's not really my type. I have a girlfriend, anyway," Ronnie said.
Suddenly the bell broke into their conversation. "Where are you headed?" asked Ronnie.
Glancing down at his schedule, Dante said, "Biology, Room 158."
"Ah, good old Ms. Basker. She's a great teacher. I've got English, but it looks like we have Algebra together later. See you then," he said with a raise of his hand as they reached the door.
On his way to the science room, he passed the main office. Through the window he could see the argument going on. Logan and the four girls who had been walking with Lulu were arguing with the school principal. Lulu sat in one of the waiting chairs, her expression hollow as she stared off into space. Dante thought if he saw her later, he would see if she was all right.
"He was obviously harassing her!" Robin shouted.
"Of course I wasn't, she came after me!" Logan objected.
"Only because he's been torturing her about her family for the past months!" Sam said loudly.
"Now, students, I think you should calm-" the principal said.
"No, we shouldn't calm down! Lulu didn't do anything wrong, and you always take Logan's side over hers," Georgie said.
"He's been coming after her ever since they broke up. You need to listen to us! We were right there!" said Maxie.
The principal seemed to consider this for a moment. "Yes, but you're Ms. Spencer's best friends, of course you would lie for her."
"We're not lying!" Georgie and Robin yelled.
He sighed. "All right, I'll let you off the hook. But no more nonsense from you, Ms. Spencer!"
The girls could see the anger glint in Sam's eyes, but right when she was about to say something, Lulu reached out and grabbed her arm.
"Let it go, Sam," she said, speaking for the first time during the whole meeting.
The principal handed them each late passes for their next classes and dismissed them with a wave of his hand.
"Thanks for standing up for me. If it weren't for you, I'd probably be expelled right now. I'll see you guys in History," Lulu said, turning to walk towards her Biology class.
Logan stuck out his foot and tripped Lulu, sending her cascading towards the floor, but not before smashing her head on the door frame of one of the classrooms.
Logan snickered before walking away. Georgie, Maxie, Sam, and Robin hurried over to Lulu's side. Robin turned her over, assessing the wound.
"It's going to leave a bump, but nothing too serious. You need to go to the nurse," she said as Sam and Georgie pulled Lulu to her feet.
"I'm not going to the nurse. She'll just start asking questions and we'll have to go through that again," pointing back to the office. "Bye."
Dante was sitting at an empty table in Biology. As Ms. Basker called out attendance, he noticed that the seat next to his belonged to Lulu Spencer, the girl who had been in the fight earlier, but she hadn't showed up for class.
Just as they were starting their assignment, the door opened and in walked Lulu. He noticed she had a large bump on her forehead, one that had not been there before. And he knew it was probably there because of Logan Hayes. She walked over to their table and dropped her books loudly on the desk. Ms. Basker, a woman who Dante guessed to be in her mid fifties, looked up at he noise. A worried expression took over her face.
"Lulu, are you all right? Do you need to go to the nurse?" she asked, being the only teacher to ever call students by their first names. She had a deep sense of compassion for Lulu, knowing what she had been through and relating in some ways to her situation.
"No, I'm fine," she grumbled, sticking out her pass.
"I'm Dante Falconeri," he said, introducing himself. "I guess we'll be lab partners or something."
Lulu looked him up and down, recognizing him from the hallway and liking what she saw. "Lulu Spencer. I guess we will," she said with a slight smirk.
"Are you sure you're okay?" he asked concerned.
"I'm perfectly fine," she said with a smile. Now that you're here, she added to herself.
Author's Note: Okay, I need you guys' help! I need pairings for: Maxie, Georgie, Sam, Robin, Ronnie, Johnny, Brook Lynn and Lisa (who will both make appearances next chapter). Tell me who you think should be together in your reviews. I can also make up some characters.