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The rest of the day was okay I guess. In 5th period, everyone got to see the attitude side to Rose Hathaway. Well hey, Tasha deserved it. Here's what went down. I walked into Mr. Alto's class still confused as to why Dimitri defended me at lunch. That's when I saw her with her little minion Mia. None other than the girl I hated most, Tasha Ozera. Mia tapped her scrawny shoulder and gestured her head in my direction. When she saw me, she gave me a smug smile. There was about 5 minutes left till class ended when Mr. Alto said we can get started on homework and I made my way over to her desk.
"Oh, look it's our skanky friend Rose!" she said to her little group as I approached. They all laughed at the same time. And who said Barbies weren't real? These girls were the fakest you can get. I shrugged off the desire to hit her right then and there and gave her the best smile I could.
"Hey Tasha!" I said with fake happiness. "You mind if I call you Tash? Okay, Tash it is then. So what are we doing this weekend, shopping or mani-pedis? You can choose Tash, you rock!" I said with a grin. This gave me a few snickers and chuckles from the rest of the class and a nasty glare from Tasha.
"You think you're so smart and pretty. Well guess what? You're none of those things. So stop trying to steal my boyfriend, or else you'll have another thing coming to you." She said with a fake smile. This girl must be delusional. Her boyfriend wants nothing to do with me and here she is thinking that I'm all over him? I laughed silently. How pathetic.
"First of all, honey," I started with a smile, "If you were so smart, you would know that I don't even talk to your 'precious' boyfriend. Second, if I wanted him, I would've had him already," I said with a grin. "And another thing coming to me? I wouldn't want to lay so much as a hand on me if I were you."
There were a collective number of ooohs in the classroom and Tasha started getting madder. She knew she was losing this argument. What she did next, she would regret in an instant. She stood up and slapped me across the face. It didn't even faze me what I did next. I punched Tasha in the stomach. She gasped and fell to the floor in pain. She was crying uncontrollably and her friends were hugging her for support. What a baby, I thought. Before I knew it, Mr. Alto was hovering over us and screamed at me to go to the principal's office. I laughed once, shrugged and walked until I caught sight of the two large doors leading to the main office. I walked inside where the secretary ushered me into Principal Kirova's office.
"Hathaway! It's your first day here at Jefferson and you've already gotten into a fight among one of your fellow students," she screeched. "Since it is your first day here and I was told that another student brought forth the fight, I'm going to let you off with a warning." she said with a sigh. "Don't let it happen again, or else more severe punishments will be issued."
I nodded and mumbled thanks before walking out of her office. By that time, 6th period had already begun so I walked to by last class of the day: Art. I opened the door to the classroom casually, and walked in slowly, hoping I wasn't spotted.
"Well who do we have here?" said the teacher, Ms. Karp with a smile tugging at her lips. Crap, I muttered silently. I looked up and gave her my famous, charming smile.
"Rose Hathaway. Nice to meet you," I said. She smiled and told me to sit in any seat available. God help me, the only one that was empty was next to the one and only: Dimitri Belikov. But wait, it gets better on who was on the other side of him: my buddy, Tash. I sighed internally and sat down.
"I was just telling the class that today is going to be a free day. Paint whatever you like, and have fun!" Ms. Karp said happily before sitting down at her desk. I knew I was going to like her easily.
I decided to paint a beach with the sunset on the horizon, typical, I know. I had just started painting the waves when I heard that annoying voice pierce my ears.
"Dim-ka!" she whined, pronouncing each syllable. What the heck is a dimka? "Did you hear what that tramp Rose did to me today? I was just talking to her like a civilized person and out of nowhere she punched me in the stomach!" she complained.
I just had to laugh at her attempt at lying, maybe a little too loudly though. Confused, she turned her head in my direction, which quickly changed into a glare when she realized who it was. She looked at me one last time before turning to Dimitri, then going to work on her art assignment. I glanced over at Dimitri. He looked… amused? A small smile was hinting at his lips, but when he noticed me staring, it vanished in an instant, turning back into his cold, unreadable face.
I shook my head silently and went back to drawing my paradise.
After what felt like forever, the bell rang, dismissing us from school. Well that was a fun first day, I thought sarcastically. Oh, well, at least I get to see Lissa! I walked outside to the front of the school and went over to Andre's car, where he was talking to a friend. ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME. I should have known it was Dimitri. I silently slipped into the car without saying a word to either of them. I was beginning to put on my earphones to listen to my iPod, when I heard Andre speak.
"Dude, if you don't like her, then why are you still with her?" I heard Andre say. Was he talking about Tasha? I fumbled with the earphones pretending to untangle them while listening in on their conversation.
"I've tried breaking up with her, but she always stops me and starts talking about something else, so I just give up." Dimitri said. He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. Oh man, how badly I wanted to do that. "That's it. I'm going to break up with her. I can't keep leading her on, especially when I'm starting to have these feelings -"CRAP! Dimitri's words were cut off and both boys looked at me as my phone started ringing. "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys started playing. How ironic.
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah
I looked down at my phone and ignored the call that was coming in from Mason. The two boys looked at me once more, before going back to their conversation.
"So what were you saying?" Andre asked Dimitri. Dimitri glanced at me briefly and saw me looking at them before turning back to Andre.
"Nothing, it doesn't matter. But yeah, I think I'm going to do it. Thanks man," Dimitri said before walking off in the other direction. His accent was just so mesmerizing. I know Dimitri wants nothing to do with me, but I can't help it. There's something about him that makes me curious. Lissa had arrived a few moments later and greeted me. I greeted her back and sat in the car in silence as we drove off. I kept replaying Dimitri's words.
"I'm going to break up with her. I can't keep leading her on, especially when I'm starting to have these feelings…"
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