Chapter 8

RPOV

"What do you want?" Keller snapped, glaring at...her.

"Get lost, Redfern," Rashel hissed, holding Keller back. As much as she wanted to see Lily Redfern pummeled to the ground, getting Keller suspended wasn't worth it.

"Oh, Quinn just wanted me to give Rachel a message," she drawled lazily, "which one of you two midgets' Rachel?"

"It's Rashel," Keller growled, glaring at her.

"I don't give a damn, sister. Are you Rashel, then?" Lily raised an eyebrow, placing her hands on her hips.

"It's either you tell both of us, or you get lost before I stuff your head up the freezer as a souvenir."

Lily snorted, as though daring Keller to do it, but she didn't remark, which was smart of her.

"Just give us the damned message before I let her go," Rashel said suddenly. It wouldn't be much longer now anyway.

"Quinn says to tell the one named Rashel that he won't bother her anymore," Lily smirked, apparently considering it a personal achievement. "Spent a pretty dime on those roses you dump everyday, doesn't he? And having to do that everyday? Sad."

"Is that it?" Keller asked, glaring even harder at Lily.

"I wouldn't go through all that trouble to tell you three sentences, brat. Even if I do get paid to do this," Lily said in a patronizing voice, shaking her head mockingly. "He said that she wasn't worth the trouble anymore. After all, he's still pining after Dove."

"Death," Keller whispered to Rashel. "Death and hurt."

Rashel held on even tighter.

"Sweet, lovely Dove. The prettiest among three of us," Lily smiled in a sickeningly sweet way that told Rashel that this wasn't part of Quinn's message anymore. "Always the delicate one. Kind, nice, wonderful. Not at all like the two of you ruffians."

"She dies," Keller murmured. "Lemme go!"

"But, I suppose that being orphans would have that kind of effect on you. I wonder how did you get the money for that hunk of junk?" Lily tilted her head to Keller's truck. "Did you steal it or something?"

Keller growled and lunged at Lily. "Come here, you spoilt perfumed glamour princess! I'm gonna make sure you rot in a ditch! I'm gonna maul that pathetic face of yours! GET BACK HERE, REDFERN!"

"See ya, midgets!" Lily laughed and jumped back into her Mustang.

KPOV

"Why didn't you let me go? I would have enjoyed pulling her hair out!" Keller sighed, glaring at the back of Mustang. "How dare she make fun of my truck! Next time you see her...will be the last time you see her."

"Calm down, Keller," Rashel mumbled, eyes glazed.

"Don't tell me you believe her, 'Shel. She's just bullshitting."

"She's right, though. About the Dove part. He still likes her, I think."

Keller put on a disgusted face. "Ew...liking a dead person. That's just sick."

RPOV

Rashel nervously walked to her locker. If what Lily said was true...then no roses today.

She took a deep breath and slowly turned the dial. Taking another deep breath, she slowly pulled the door open.

Oh, there was a rose. No more dozen of pretty blood red roses. Now it was just a single dreary black rose.

Rashel warily picked up the card, and noticed there were still two words. Only now, it read: Never Again.

Rashel sighed. This time, instead of taking the rose over to trash can, Rashel placed in gently in the locker and folded the card neatly. If it was the last one, she would hold on to it.

IPOV

"For once, I'm glad your parents grew up in a dump, Ivan," Lily said, grinning nastily.

"Gee, thanks, witch," Ivan mumbled, picking at the lock.

"Won't Quinn be surprised?"

"I'm hoping that he'll go into a coma," Ivan muttered, smirking.

"That wouldn't be very fun, Ivan. I prefer to play with my food before I eat it. He has to suffer first."

Lily sure was a sadist.

"Thank you, idiot. Let's hurry up. I don't want those Jordan girls to find out. I want the loud mouthed one to suffer too."

Huh, guess he'd spoken aloud.

"Do you have too? Their really hot."

Lily rolled her eyes and said, "no, I don't have to." She smiled savagely, "I want to, though, so shut up and let me ruin their lives, will you?"

QPOV

"Hi, Keller. What's up?"

It was practically routine now, so saying he was kinda shock was a bit of an understatement when she ignored him and turned her head the other way.

"Keller?"

Nada. Zilch.

"Rakshaaaaaaa." If there was one thing Keller couldn't stand, it was her first name.

"What?" Keller snapped, narrowing her eyes.

"What crawled up your ass and died?" Quinn muttered, rolling his eyes.

"What crawled up your mind with a hacksaw?" she retorted, turning away again.

"Huh?"

"Exactly, now go away."

LPOV

The loud mouthed Jordan girl was talking to Quinn.

"She's totally dissing on him," Ivan murmured, staring at her.

"No shit, stupid. Now shut up," Lily snarled, hitting the back of his head hard.

Quinn came back after he got the middle finger. He sighed slightly and walked back to their table.

"Hey, Quinn. Got a lecture from your girlfriend?" Ivan smirked.

Quinn stared suspiciously at him.

"Shut up, asshole." Gosh, he just always has to open his fat trap, doesn't he?

"It was you two," Quinn growled, immediately jumping out of his seat. "What did you clowns do this time?"

That was just low. Calling Lily Redfern a clown?

"Don't know what you're talking about, Quinn," Lily said calmly, stuffing the hamburger Ivan had been happily munching on back inside his mouth as Quinn raised an eyebrow.

"What? But you were there..." Ivan mumbled in a confused tone after he spit the burger out. God, what an idiot.

"What did you do?" Quinn asked again.

"Oh, nothing much. Lily told the Jordan girls yesterday that you gave up on the Rashel one, and then this morning I picked the lock and we changed the roses with a black one. Black means death, you know," Ivan seemed very proud.

Lily slapped herself on the forehead.

"I will string your eyeballs into a necklace," Lily hissed just as Quinn narrowed his eyes and said, "I will make life hell for the two of you. You ruined mine."

"I'd watch my back if I were you," Quinn warned and walked back to the Redferns' reject table.

APOV

"God, Lily is such a twat," Ash said, glaring at her and the definition of a dumb blonde. "What the heck is her problem?"

"She's the reason I wanna change my name," Jez growled, destroying a banana.

"Oh, no worries, I plan on doing that, too," Morgead smiled and Jez giggled while Ash murmured, "gimme a bucket already."

"Well," Delos said, laughing slightly as Ash turned green, "if she's considered the pride of the family, I'd say you're lucky, Jez."

"True, that," James murmured. "At least people don't really know I'm her...relative at first glance. Saves me some of my dignity."

"What dignity?" Ash asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Haha, real funny, Ash," James rolled his eyes. "But seriously, I prefer you over that Redfern pride. I'd rather be the outcast."

"I'm so touched," Ash said, "I'm being loved over Lily Redfern! Whoots."

"One day, if the headline reads 'Lily Redfern, mugged and killed in deserted alley', I claim full credit," Kestrel said.

"You guys are so mean," Jade giggled. "But it is funny. I never liked her anyway."

"Who liked her anyway?" Kestrel asked, raising her eyebrows. "Other than that baboon, of course," she gestured to Ivan, who winked at her.

Ash snickered while Kestrel gagged, "cough up the bucket, Ash."

Huh, gotta love that loving Redfern family. But seriously, I love 'em Redferns...'cept for Hunter and Lily and especially Dove. No offense but she makes me sick. :p

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