Hi's P.O.V

I liked Kaila, but what went down gave me a whole new reason to love her. As Madison and her groupies descended the stairs they saw Kaila and headed straight for her.

"Oh, Lord," Tory said under her breath. Madison reached Kaila and Jason and said something in a snarky way, her hard curls bouncing. Kaila replied easily. Whatever she said, Madison snapped from chill to fuming. She leaned forward and gave Kaila a little push.

"Aw, hell, naw," Rebekah said snapping her fingers. Seth chuckled. The rest of us held our breath.

Kaila looked momentarily confused then lowered her face and laughed. The trio was angry waiting for a reaction. Jason was shocked by Madison's display. Then, way too quickly, Kaila smacked Madison on the face. Everyone's jaw dropped. Madison stumbled backwards, luckily caught by Courtney. She bounced right back, the little she-devil.

"Oh. My. God," Tory gaped. Rebekah and Seth were shaking their heads… was this normal?! Madison, claws out, tried to slash down on Kaila. She ducked, quickly, and swept Madison's feet out from under her. Flat on her ass, Madison looked like a toddler 'bout to cry. Everyone on the ferry started barking laughter. We couldn't help it. Jason and the girls were astonished. Kaila smirked down at Maddy.

Then, finally loud enough for us to hear, she said "Sorry, BITCH."

Our uproar turned louder. Ashley, the viper that she was, slapped Kaila a good one. Again Kaila looked stunned then sprang on her target knocking her to the ground. Jason finally took action and tried to pry them apart.

"Should we help?" Ben asked.

"Nah, let Kaila have this one," Seth replied looking on. Then, knocking the lacrosse star back, the girls got to their feet in a fierce grapple. With a hard shove Kaila pushed Ashley into Madison knocking both girls down. They fell hard and started to fuss, giving up. Kaila turned to Courtney and cocked one eye brown questioningly. Court froze up. She then turned to Jason with an apologetic look, a few words, and then she was running off towards us.

We were still laughing as she got on.

"Drive, drive!" Kaila said franticly. Tom picked up and headed off.

"You, my friend, are worthy of my court," I said in my most regal matter, taking her under my wing. She giggled.

"Sorry for my poor example of manners," she said.

"No your cool," Shelton confirmed.

"Any enemy of the Tripod is a friend of ours," Tory said slinging her arm around Kaila's shoulders.

"Amen," Ben finished.

We all laughed.

Jason's P.O.V

I stood there flabbergasted. Did that really just happen? Kaila seemed nice, but dang.

"Jason!" Madison squealed, "Help us!"

Blankly, I helped both girls up while they dusted off and re-capped. My stare was fixed on the ferry. The wild, new girl riding away, her friends laughing around her. The fiery redhead that had her arm around her.

Damn.