Classy Girls
I shook my head at her and gently pulled my hands away from Roxy. I avoided her dissapointed smile and pointed back to the dorm
"We've got a theft to plan" She frowned and was about to argue when shouting from the dorm drifted out to us. We both groaned and stepped up the door, knocking into each other in our haste to get back in. I looked down at her and met her amused smile with my own. She pointed at the door
"Head girls first"
"What a gentleman" Her smile dropped and I laughed before opening the door
"Hardly a gentleman. I just want a good view while I walk" I glanced back at her and rolled my eyes when I found her staring down at my ass. I turned around and gave her a stern glare
"Eyes up rockstar" She grinned and moved them to my chest
"If you want" I smacked her arm and turned back to the girls, raising my right hand to my mouth to whistle at them. I sighed annoyed when I failed to make it work and threw my hand down again. Roxy coughed beside me and I looked down at her with a short glare at the smile she was fighting to hold off her face. I bumped her shoulder and pointed at the girls
"You wanna do the honours?"
"Hell no. You're head girl" I flashed her a smile and shook my head
"Day off. So technically I'm not head girl"
"Yeah you are"
"Oh so that rule only applies when you're after something then?" She gave me a cocky grin and nodded. I smacked her shoulder and turned back to the girls as Bianca and Zoe stormed up to each other with matching glares. Roxy and I both groaned and reluctantly made our way over to them
"Where've you hidden it Goth Girl?" Bianca yelled marching up to the emo and shoving her back a step.
Zoe caught herself and glared back at the rude girl while her fellow emos strode up behind her. Bianca looked around at the line of girls with a small flash of nervousness that disappeared the second Jess and the rest of the chavs got her back. I sighed and left a grinning Roxy by the geek station to stand between the two groups with a stern glare for all of them. They stepped away under my gaze and quickly backed down, leaving their leaders stood either side of me with threatening smiles for each other
"I haven't got anything Chav" I shot Zoe a threatening glare while Bianca tried stepping around me to get at her. I pushed her back and pointed a finger at her
"Stop it now"
She ignored me and pushed me aside to get at Zoe. I stumbled to the left before catching my balance again and looking back at the two enraged girls as they crashed to the floor fighting. The girls surrounding them egged them on with cheerful shouts while exchanging money in various bets on who'd win. I rolled my eyes back to Roxy and shot her a pleading look. She simply smiled back at me and leant back against one of the geek's desks with an amused grin. I sighed and turned back to the thrashing girls, silently cursing my own luck when I realised I was on my own in this one.
What would Kelly do? I tried to remember the numerous fights she'd broken up between Taylor and Andrea. She'd sit back and wait for it to turn really nasty, waiting long enough to set up a pretty impressive bet with Polly, before stepping in and shouting the two girls into submission, making use of various blackmails and threats to get the two girls to back down. I sighed to myself. That wouldn't work for me. They'd never take me seriously. I jumped back a step when the two rolled towards me, Zoe getting the upper hand and punching Bianca in the face while the rude girl tried to push her off
"Stop fighting this instant!" I yelled at them bending down to pull Zoe off Bianca.
The emo fought against me but I held on tight, dragging her to the other side of the room while Bianca picked herself up off the floor. She raised her hand to a cut above her right eye and winced before wiping the blood off her mouth. She looked down at it in surprise before charging towards us with a murderous growl
"You are dead zombie bride!"
I held Zoe back and faced Bianca as she raised a fist to hit the emo, realising too late that she was aiming for me. I flinched and looked up when I realised I hadn't been hit. Roxy stood beside me with a dark glare for the rude girl while she held the girl's shaking fist in her hand. Roxy had caught her? I breathed with relief and shot her a grateful smile
"Unlucky chav" I smacked Zoe's head and pointed back at the centre of the room
"Get over there now! And you!" I pointed back at the rude girl and walked them over to the spot between the two tribe areas. Roxy walked with us, eyes glued to Bianca's back with an furiously dark glare while her hands twitched. I knocked my hand against hers and gave her a small smile when she looked back at me
"Right then, everyone around to witness this? Good. You two shake hands and get over this pathetic fued"
Everyone stared at me like I'd gone mad, even Roxy did. I ignored them all and pushed the two girls closer together. They threw each other a disgusted look and stared back at me with pleading eyes that begged me not to make them do it. I tugged them forward again so that they brushed arms
"Annabelle, seriously..."
"DO IT!"
They looked back at each other, sending each other the same silent question; Has Annabelle gone mad? I guess I had. But I was too tired and fed up with their constant squabbling now. It'd been going on for far too long now and based on what? I doubted even they knew anymore. They eyed each other before Zoe sighed and held her hand out. Bianca looked down at her with an untrusting gaze before looking back at my murderous glare and deciding shaking hands with an emo was better than infuriating the head girl more. They quickly shook hands and looked back at me with fear filled smiles that said their truce wouldn't last long.
I'll give it half an hour
"Now this is interesting" We all jumped at the voice and turned back to Zoe's coffin. Andrea was sat up in it with a happy grin at the emos shocked gasps while I rolled my eyes at her. I'd forgotten she and Taylor were still here.
Drama queen...Where's Taylor hiding?, I looked around the room for her while Andrea took in all the shocked faces with a happy grin
"Don't mind me, I just thought I'd drop in and check out my old space" she stroked the coffins polished wood with a fond smile before hopping down from it and walking up to us with a wide grin. The two tribe leaders were still staring shocked at her, watching her strut up to Zoe and bump shoulders with her. Zoe jumped back a step like she'd been touched by a ghost. The ex head emo chuckled and looked back at me
"Thought they were exactly like us?" I frowned at her, I'd never said that
"Nah that was Kelly's opinon mate" The girls span around and began whispering amongst themselves. I followed their shocked smiles back to Taylor who was laid out on Bianca's bed. The rude girl didn't recognise her at first and quickly marched over with an furious scowl
"Oi! Get off my bed!"
"You saying I nicked your bed? Is you?" I looked up at Taylor with an amused grin when she sat up with a definantly rude glare. Bianca stumbled back a step under it,"If that's what you're saying I'm gonna give you a slap"
"Taylor?"
The chav grinned and leapt off the mattress. She walked up to Bianca and bumped her fist against the rude girl's shoulder with an amused smirk when she leapt back with shock. Taylor looked back at me with a laugh before dropping Bianca's phone into her hand and walking up to Andrea with a confident swagger while the other girls around us stared at her gobsmacked. Roxy stepped forward when Taylor reached us and held her hand up
"Hang on, who're you?" Taylor tilted her head at Roxy and looked back at Andrea with a confused smile. The ex emo nodded at her and cut a glance between me and Roxy before Taylor burst out laughing
"No way! No fucking way?" Andrea sighed and smacked her shoulder. Zoe and Bianca stared at them confused when Taylor failed to react to the hit and I smirked
Can't wait to see the looks on their faces when they find out what's actually going on
"You're that Roxy chick Kelly was talkin' 'bout?"
I snapped my eyes back to Taylor and watched Andrea smack her again with a look that clearly said shut up. My mind was running double time. What had they been told? Kelly had obviously gone into detail about Roxy for Taylor to find it hilarious while Andrea was trying to defuse the situation before me or Roxy could interrogate them
"And what did Miss ego-queen have to say about me?" I put a hand on Roxy's shoulder when her voice turned venomous.
The two ex Trinians turned to her and switched from their causal smiles into serious stances that screamed trouble. They might be allowed to insult Kelly but they wouldn't stand anyone else doing it infront of them. The girls around us inched back and I could hear them whisper bets on who would throw the first punch. Taylor stepped up to the rockstar and leant down so their faces were just inches apart, hatred burning in her hazel eyes as she tried to use intimidation to scare Roxy into backing down. I couldn't stop the wave of pride and admiration that settled inside of me when Roxy didn't react to it
"Wanna say that again?" the chav growled, obviously annoyed at losing her main offensive strategy. Roxy smirked
"Gladly"
Andrea and I both stepped forward and pulled them away from each other when Taylor's eyes hit furious and her hands came up to grab Roxy's shirt.
"You got guts, that's something," Andrea said as she threw Roxy a smile before turning back to the chav beside her,
"Taylor apologise to Roxy" Taylor looked like she was about to murder Andrea as well
"Hell no!"
"It's okay, she can join Kelly on the hit list" I looked back at the rockstar with an annoyed frown. She groaned and took the hint. She stepped forward under my warning glare and held her hand out to Taylor,
"Sorry" Taylor looked down at her hand then back at Zoe and Bianca before laughing
"See Belle's influence is catching round 'ere" she winked at me and shook Roxy's hand with a small smirk that said she wasn't completely over their fight. Roxy shrugged and stepped back beside me
"What can I say, she's contagious" Roxy's eyes latched onto mine and she gave me a small smirk before turning back to the other girls with an annoyed sigh
"Haven't you all got work to do?" They quickly ran off away from her and I grinned
She would have made a brilliant head girl, shame aunty had to choose me. I sighed to myself at that and Roxy threw me a concerned frown. I shrugged her off and pointed back at the two bickering girls beside us
"Rox go show Andrea and Taylor your music" The two girls snapped their attention back to us and looked over the rockstar with intrigue. Roxy frowned at me before looking back at Andrea with a small smile
"Oh so you're emo Andrea who planned to rape Belle mercilessy?"
Taylor's eyes quickly snapped back to the emo and gave her a furious glare. I held in a laugh when Andrea pulled the angry chav aside and whispered something in her ear. I shrugged cluelessly when Roxy gave me a confused smile. We looked back at the two girls when Taylor sighed and stepped up to Roxy with a brittle smile. Andrea's eyes were glued to the chav and she watched her cautiously like she were afraid Taylor would snap and attack her. I felt my own eyes narrow at her and took a step closer to Roxy, just incase.
"You're into music?" Taylor asked her. Andrea smacked her around the head
"We've had this conversation already dufus!" she turned back to Roxy with a slightly starstruck smile,
"Got any new songs to share?"
Roxy grinned and waved them over to her area. I watched them go with a happy smile stretching across my lips when Roxy held her guitar out for Andrea to play. The emo looked ready to faint with happiness.
"What're they doing back man?" I turned back to Bianca and shrugged
"They just wanted to see what's changed"
"You don't think it's funny that Kelly shows up and then they do?" I shook my head at Zoe's cynical tone. Taylor and Andrea were here because they were feeling nostalgic. That was all. Kelly though, I knew she had come back on a completely different agenda. I just didn't know what yet.
"They're fine guys. Now go show them what you've done with their tribes. I know they're dying to know what's been going on"
Zoe rolled her eyes and walked away to her girls while Bianca looked down at me with a frown
"I got a bad feeling 'bout this Annabelle"
"Trust me, it's fine"
"Hope you're right. Last thin' we need is more trouble" I found myself nodding in agreement while she wandered off towards Taylor with a happy grin.
Roxy's eyes found mine after a few minutes of me watching her play something to Andrea. She looked up from her guitar and gave me a low grin before turning her attention back to Andrea. The emo followed Roxy's gaze and threw me a knowing smile of her own before giving me a meaningful look. We're going to talk about this, it'd said, don't try getting out of it. I nodded at her and moved my gaze off them towards Taylor and Bianca mixing something on the rude girl's turn table, smiling at the catchy beat while Andrea's stare kept cutting into my thoughts like a sharp knife.
I sighed and glared down at the floor while the other girls began their normal activities around me while thoughts of the ring entered my mind again. I walked back down the dorm up to Lucy and collapsed into the empty chair beside her. My eyes found Celia as she walked out of the dorm with her dolphin ringtone chirping up at her as she held it ready in her palm to answer. I frowned and watched her dodge a few first years who'd ran in as she pulled the phone up to her ear with a small smile. Was she talking to that Pomfrey guy again? I forced myself not to consider that. Celia was too loyal to the school and no matter how many wind turbines she could buy with the money he'd offered her she'd never betray us. I leant back in my seat and let out a tired groan before asking Lucy about the ring. She threw it at me with a smirk and I read the numbers with a frown
"So we need the uh..." She rolled her eyes when I failed to come up with the name
"Longitude"
"Right. That"
"Correct. It should be on the other ring"
"And no one thought of writing it down when we had it because...?"
"We never seem to think that far ahead?" Lexy replied walking around me and plonking herself down in Danielle's usual spot on the other side of Lucy. The head geek frowned at her for a few seconds before pulling her attention back to her screen.
"What happens if we can't get the ring Annabelle?" I looked back at Lexy and shrugged
"Look for the gold manually?" She and Lucy both laughed at that
"It could be anywhere along that line!" Lucy flustered pointing back at the map, "We're not even sure its in England"
"Well I ain't swimming the Channel for bloody gold, that's for sure" I smiled at that and threw Lexy a playful grin that melted her serious frown until she was smiling back at me
"How're your plans going Lex?" She gave me a clueless expression and shrugged.
I looked back at Lucy quickly, smiling when the geek was too engrossed in her research to even notice us, before forcing myself to mouth Kelly's name at the other girl. I didn't really expect her to give me an outright answer but I needed to know if she was planning something. Not that she'd tell me but I was hoping her reaction would be enough to give herself away if she had thougt something up
"Oh...yeah, good" I felt myself grin with relief. All that talk about trying to get us back together was a load of rubbish then? Good. I looked down at her and let out a short chuckle
"Encouraging..."
"Shut up Belle"
"Make me"
"Don't tempt me" she muttered looking away from my challenging smile to Lucy's computer screen. I was just about to come out with another teasing comment just to gloat when another, much more dangerous, voice cut over mine
"I'd like to see you try"
We both looked up at Roxy stood beside me with crossed arms and an unamused glare. Me with a happy smile and Lexy with a overly sweet one while her eyes narrowed up at the rockstar's sudden protectiveness. I followed Roxy's hostile gaze back to Lexy and felt my mood drop at the intrigue in the girl's eyes, knowing she was assessing the short gap between us and speculating the reason behind it. I stood up and stepped away from them all with an apologetic smile
"I've got to talk to Miss Fritton..."
"I'll come with" I shook my head at Roxy, feeling bad when her smile slipped slightly and a flash of hurt ran through the blue in her eyes. I cut my gaze down to Lexy's widening smile and quickly waved behind Roxy at Andrea as she and Taylor started squabbling over something
"It's a family thing. How about you help Lucy run things up here?" Roxy narrowed her eyes at me, not believing my excuse at all. She stepped up to me and stretched up to my ear so that Lexy wouldn't hear her
"What's going on Belle?" I looked at her then down at Lexywith a meaningful look that I hoped passed as a warning, telling her to watch Lexy. Roxy's eyes hardened with confusion before she leant in again
"Rooftop, five minutes" I stared after her as she walked off back towards her bed. She was giving me orders now?
What exactly just happened?
"Wow that looked serious"
"Fuck off Lexy" I turned back to Lucy and gently tapped her shoulder, "Watch this lot yeah?"
She nodded and quickly sank back into her work. I let out another tired sigh before turning my back on them and walking out of the dorm, Lexy's knowing smirk following me out like the persistent shadow I couldn't rid myself of.
Sorry the chapters might be a bit on the crap side lately, I've totally run out of steam recently but fret not dearies! I'm working on it! Also thanks so much to XEvenAngelsHaveWickedSchemes X for your lovely review! It's muchly appreciated. And might I just say, that's an awesome username ^^ I'm glad you're enjoying the story and I'll try to update more often for you lovey :)
So TayRea are back and Belle's on a mission with this gold lark. But what's Kelly doing? I think that's what we're all really interested in knowing *Total character favourtism here* Let's find out shall we ^^