Laura Hollis always hated high school. Why? Well, at the age of sixteen she had enough amount of bullying in her school, especially from a certain group of girls, consisting of Danny Lawrence, Betty Spielsdorf, Elsie Miller, Elle Haynes and Carmilla Karnstein, who loved to label themselves as "Silas' Bitches".

It's like in the everyday life Laura Hollis she gets bullied by these girls, be it in the library, in the cafeteria or inside their classroom. Today, of course, is not any different.

Laura was on her way to meet up with her friends LaF and Perry when she once again heard the now familiar nickname to her by the giant ginger she used to have a crush on, Danny Lawrence. Danny would normally call her Eliza Thorneberry because according to her Laura looks exactly like that cartoon character the only difference is that Laura doesn't braid her hair and she's chubby. As soon as Laura walked towards the table where LaF and Perry are seated the louder she heard the name.

Laura's been too busy trying not to listen to the jokes the girls are throwing her that she didn't notice that Betty had gone up towards her to spill a bottle of pineapple juice and of course the purpose was to make Laura fall and slide to her embarrassment. While she was still on the floor, Elsie walked over to her and pretended to have dropped her chips on Laura's head when in reality she actually did it on purpose.

Carmilla Karnstein always hated the fact that her so called friends loved to make fun of Laura. She never understood why there is a need for them to bully her when in fact she hasn't done any trouble with their group. Carmilla always wanted to help Laura whenever these instances take place and of course, today isn't an exception.

As soon as Carmilla heard Laura's cry of pain when she helplessly fell on the floor, she immediately dropped her book to see what was going on. Once she saw that Laura was attempting to stand, she also went to stand to help her up only to be stopped with a grip on her wrist by Ell Haynes and of course, she didn't do anything more.

Ell and Carmilla have been dating since they were in junior high and she's certainly sure that she loves Carmilla and that she is willing to spend her life with Carmilla outside Silas University. However, despite their relationship, Carmilla wasn't still sure of how she felt towards Ell. Carmilla believes that it's because one she has abandonment issues and that they're only sixteen. She still don't know how far she could get when it comes to love. All this of course, she kept to herself.

After a moment, Laura finally stood herself up and continued walking towards her friends table. As she gets there, she wanted to question why they didn't bother helping her but she abruptly stopped herself, remembering the threats that were given by both Danny and Elsie telling them that if they help Laura, they would be paying for it.

Of course none of Laura's friends would want to not be able to help her out, but the truth is they don't have any choice but to deal with staying out of it whenever Silas Bitches are on the roll of making Laura's life miserable.

Truth be told, Laura had actually thought of transferring to a different school. After all she still got a semester before she graduates from Silas. However, she was worried if it will be a good idea since their family doesn't have enough money to have her transferred to another school. She was only able to study in a school as prestigious as Silas because she's a scholar. The only means of them getting money is from the small barber shop they own which is managed by her dad, Martin, and from the little salary her mother, Sally, earns as a bank teller.

So instead of complaining about being bullied at school to her parents, she decided to keep it to herself instead of getting them worried.

Laura had decided to eat in silence with her friends; she wasn't really in the mood for talking after what just happened. She decides that its best for her not to say anything or to show any uneasiness that she knows will leave her friends worried—especially Perry.

On the other side of the cafeteria, Carmilla couldn't shake off the feeling to the fact that she can't put an end to her friends bullying Laura. She knows she isn't stupid enough to do something heroic by standing up for Laura, no matter how much she likes to; her reason? Well, let's just say she's scared that these friends she call will turn their backs against her especially once they find out that she likes Laura and she actually wants to be with her and not to be with Ell. Sometimes, Carmilla pities herself for being with Ell. She just wants to break up with her but she doesn't know how to.

Carmilla would only look at Laura from afar, pretend to be able to help her and she keeps reminding herself that maybe she can be with Laura and maybe one day they will have their happy ending.

Day at school finally comes to an end, and all Laura wanted to do was to go home and take a shower and sleep all the sorrow she had for the day's event.

As soon as she gets home, her mother was busying herself in the kitchen preparing their dinner while her dad was busy watching the news. Laura smiled at this, her family happy and keeps her sane after the school's drama and pain.

After she had said her hellos to her parents, she immediately went up to her room to take a shower before dinner. It took her about fifteen minutes to take a shower and before she headed down, she decides on checking her homework and fortunately she only has two and after that she can call an early night in.

When she went down for dinner, she was glad that her parents didn't pry her about her day at school. As much as the guilt was eating her up, she still won't tell her parents, so she was glad that they decided to talk about something else over dinner.

Once they all had finished eating and after she finished clearing up the dishes, Laura wished her parents goodnight since she knows she wouldn't be going down again once she had started her home work.

She was about to head off to sleep when Laura decided to check on her phone. She received messages from both Perry and LaF in their group chat, both checking on her and wishing her a good night. Laura decided not to answer, because right now, receiving pity from her friends was the last thing she needed.

Laura then decided to open the text message coming from an unknown sender.

[Unregistered Number, 09:30PM]: Hi Laura, hope you are okay now?

[Unregistered Number, 10:00 PM]: Shit. Forgot to introduce myself no wonder you didn't reply.

[Unregistered Number, 10:00 PM]: It's Carmilla by the way. Carmilla Karnstein. You're probably sleeping now or about to sleep. Sorry to be a bother. Good night.

Laura was so confused that Carmilla texted her. Also, where and why did Carmilla get her number? Laura decided not to answer. Why should she? They aren't friends; they barely talk to each other. She'll just let it slip away. She decided to keep it as a mystery on how Carmilla got her number.

After she reread the message, she finally decided to put her phone down and settled in getting a good night sleep and braced herself for tomorrow's misadventures at school.

Carmilla checks her phone again before she settles on sleeping. She knows Laura wouldn't reply. They aren't friends. In fact, they are nothing but she couldn't help but hope that somehow checking on Laura could probably spark up a friendship between them. Who is she kidding anyway; she knows Laura is good hearted and not hard to be friends with.

Of course, it wouldn't be easy since well—she's part of the group who tortures Laura at Silas and all that's left for Carmilla to do is to hope that one day, she would be close to Laura. Hell, even if it would mean risking something or becoming Laura's secret friend. If only they were friends, Carmilla would do everything to protect Laura from her own friends and maybe if that happens, Laura wouldn't get bullied ever again and she can finally see spark in her eyes.