Chapter One: All's Fair

Kimi Finster walked through the front doors of her high school. She took her sunglasses off and smiled at everyone that was looking at her. She had her black hair straightened and it reached the middle of her back. She had her purse slung over her arm and she was wearing a skirt and a tank top. Almost all the boys would drool over her except the one that she wanted.

Kimi was captain of the cheeleading team and Lil, her ex best friend, was the co captain. Lil had ended their friendship when Kimi had cheated on Phil, breaking his heart. Kimi never even tried to salvage their friendship. The only thing Kimi ever thought about was her popularity and what the boys thought of her. And the only thing she wanted from Lil was Tommy. She never did understand why Tommy would want to hang around Lil all the time.

Kimi walked by Lil's locker and gave her a dirty look. Lil rolled her eyes and pulled her books out "Good morning, DeVille" Tommy said walking up to her locker. She smile at him, there was no doubt to her that Tommy was attractive but she could never let him know how she felt.

"Morning, Pickles!" she said cheerfully before looking in her locker mirror. She was wearing her cheer uniform and had her hair up in a pony tail with blue and gold ribbons, it was Friday which meant game day.

"Will you be supporting your favorite quarterback today?" he asked her with a smile.

"As I do every Friday" she said pulling her gold paint out of her locker handing it to Tommy "Are you sure your girlfriend won't mind?"

Tommy let out a laugh as he painted his jersey number onto her cheek "I'm sure she won't care. And if she does, screw her." he smiled and shrugged handing her the paint.

Lil rolled her eyes and shut her locker as the two started walking "You are so horrible to her, I swear"

Tommy laughed again as they turned into the class. Kimi watched them as they walked to their seats on the other side of the room. She made a noise of disgust and turned to her friends "How is it that she can hang out with him all the time but he won't even acknowledge me? I'm so much better than her!" all her friends agreed with her. She was interrupted from her conversation by someone slamming their hands on her desk. She looked up and to see the face of Phillip DeVille.

"What do you want?" she asked with her I'm-better-than-you attitude.

"Keep my sister's name out of your mouth" he was glaring at her "You only think you're better than her, but in reality you're just a two-faced bitch."

Most the class was looking over at them. One of the hottest guys in school standing up to the most popular girl in school.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Your sister isn't even worth my time. Get out of my face" she was getting worked up over the fact that he would accuse her of that. Although she was talking about Lil, but Phil didn't have any proof of it.

"You think you're so perfect, but really, you aren't. You act like you're better than everyone, but you aren't. I would know that you're just like every other wannabe popular girl out there. Get over yourself, Kimi." Phil felt a sharp pain in his cheek. Instead of saying anything she slapped him. She got her stuff and ran out of the classroom. Phil put his hand up to his cheek and walked over to his seat next to Tommy.

"Phil, what were you thinking?!" Lil wanted nothing more than to slap some sense into him.

"I was thinking that I was standing up for my sister." he gave Lil a look and she shook her head and looked away from him.

Kimi ran into the bathroom and threw her stuff in the floor. She walked over to the mirror and looked at herself "Don't listen to him, you are perfect" she said to herself as she wiped away the tears that had started to fall. No one was able to get her the way Phil did, and she didn't know why. She took a few deep breaths and picked her stuff up walking back to class. "Thank you for joining us, Miss Finster." she gave her teacher a smile and she sat back down looking over at Tommy, Phil and Lil. Tommy was leaning over and whispering something to Lil causing her to laugh.

She rolled her eyes. She couldn't pay attention because of what Phil had said, so she just wrote in her journal. The bell rang and Kimi got her stuff together and left making her way to Lil's locker. "Lillian, I need to talk to you." Lil turned to see Kimi.

"What could you possibly need to talk to me about? I'm not worth your time, remember?" Lil shut her locker and started walking towards her next class. Kimi grabbed her arm turning her around.

"Don't you walk away from me, Lillian"

"Or what? You'll hit me too?" Lil yanked her arm away and started walking.

Kimi was going to go after her but someone stepped in front of her. She looked up and started fixing her hair. She put a smile on "Hey Tommy"

"Cut the act, Kimi. What did you want from Lil?"

She crossed her arms and a frown took over the smile "Why does it matter to you?"

"It matters because she's my best friend, and you better not be trying to hurt her." Tommy was giving her a stern look.

"Look, it doesn't matter. It doesn't involve you." Kimi flipped her hair and turned to walk away but stopped and looked at him again "How about leaving the protecting of Lil to Phil. That is his job, right?" she smirked and started walking away.

Tommy sighed and made his way into his class. He made his way to the lab table that Lil was at "What took you so long?" she asked as he sat down next to her.

"I was trying to find out what Kimi needed from you." he shrugged and pulled his chemistry stuff out.

"Oh, I have an idea about what it was." Lil knew Kimi wanted Tommy, and it made her mad that Lil was always hanging out with him and was so close to him. Kimi probably wanted to talk to her about Tommy "But it's nothing important."

The girl in front of them turned around and smiled at Tommy "Hey Tommy"

He smiled back at her "Hey Jessica"

Lil rolled her eyes. Tommy and Jessica had been dating for almost a year and this is the best conversation they could come up with. Jessica turned to Lil "Hey Lil, how are you?"

"I'm great, thanks." Lil gave Jessica her best smile. Lil didn't like Jessica, and Jessica didn't like Lil. It was no secret.

Tommy smiled again and stood up "I'll be right back"

Jessica lost her smile the minute Tommy got up. She turned to Lil "I don't like you spending so much time with my boyfriend. And do you really think it's okay to have his jersey number on your face?"

Lil forced a laugh and rolled her eyes "I've known Tommy since we were babies, there's no way I'm going to stop talking to him just because his little girlfriend hates me. And just and FYI, it was Tommy's idea for me to have his number on my face." Lil smirked at the shocked look that Jessica had.

Jessica stared at Lil with wide eyes and turned back around. Tommy walked back over holding the stuff they would need for their experiment. He looked over at Jessica and then at Lil "What happened?"

"She hates me." Lil shrugged and grabbed the paper from Tommy to see what they would need to do.

Kimi was sitting with her friends at lunch. She wasn't paying any attention to the things they were saying. Her eyes were focused on Tommy, who was sitting with Phil and Lil. She could have any guy she wanted and most guys wanted her. All except Tommy. She couldn't get him. Kimi was deep in thought until Sean walked over to her "Hey Kimi, are you coming to my party?"

She gave him a flirtatious smile and did a hair girly hair flip "I wouldn't miss it" he gave her a smile before making his way over to where Tommy, Phil and Lil were. She assumed he was asking them all the same thing. Tommy and Phil because they were football players and Lil because she's a cheerleader. Kimi rolled her eyes and looked away, she didn't want to have to fight for Tommy's attention at a party. Fortunately for her, his girlfriend wouldn't be there.

Kimi got up from the table and threw her trash away, she knew she had to do something to bring Lil and Tommy apart so that she could get to him. She smiled when she thought of a way, walking out of the cafeteria.