Chapter 15: Lauren's Suspension

Today was interesting, to say the least. We'd had another run-in with Lauren Mallory, although she seemed kind of unimportant compared to our other problem.

She'd tried to 'make our lives hell', as promised. She failed miserably.

We were eating lunch, as usual when all of a sudden the fake blonde called Lauren and her entourage strutted over. I rolled my eyes. She didn't know when she'd been beat.

"So I just, like wanted you to, like, know that I am going to, like, make your life hell." She had such a nasal voice. It was like listening to nails on a chalkboard. Ugh.

"Oh, really?" asked Rose, with her right eyebrow raised. Her ice queen façade had gone up again.

"Totally," said the other girl in the group. I think her name was…Jessica? "You're going to regret ever messing with Lauren." I could tell that she was the follower that made Lauren feel good about herself. And from the way they looked at Mike, I could tell that Jessica was hopelessly in love with him, but he was lusting after Lauren.

"Are we now?" I asked doubtfully. Because I really doubted that they could make me regret anything. First of all, they annoyed me. Second, I had faced a lot worse than them.

"You don't know who you're messing with, you whore." Oh, you don't know who you're calling a whore, whore.

"I could really care less who you think you are. You're a stuck up bitch, and really, you're not even worth my time." She better not call me a whore again. I could tell my friends were a little pissed as well. We were close now. You mess with one of us, you mess with us all. For some reason, Jasper looked a little extra pissed, even more so than I was.

She didn't know what was good for her. She turned her heavily made up eyes towards the guys and batted them. I was surprised clumps of mascara didn't fall from her eyelashes. She stuck her chest and butt out, clearly trying to look sexy. She didn't know that it just made her look like a fat duck.

"Hey, handsomes. Why don't you ditch these sluts and like, sit with me instead?" Emmett seriously looked like he was going to throw up in his mouth. Us girls were just pissed.

"Umm..no," he said, clearly freaked out. I didn't blame him.

"Oh, come on. You clearly want me." Nothing was farther from the truth, bitch. The guys were clearly repulsed. Jasper, having the unfortunate closest position to her, scooted casually closer to me.

"Umm…no." Wow, Emmett. You are soooo smart. Lauren pouted like a little girl. She turned her attention to Edward now.

"What about you, sexy?" Edward's eyes grew comically wide, and he shook his head violently. Lauren pouted even more. "Are you sure?" Edward nodded vigorously. It was actually kind of funny, but I was too pissed to laugh. Rose was pissed off that Lauren was trying to seduce the guy she liked, and so was Alice. I hoped that Lauren didn't try to come on to Jasper, for her own sake. For some reason, I felt extremely possessive, but I shook it off. He was my friend, it made sense that I didn't want her anywhere near him.

"Oh well, who cares about those two. You're more my type, anyway. Why don't you come have some fun with me?" she said in a little girl voice. Oh, hell no. She did not just try to get Jasper. He glared at her, a glare that should have put the fear of God into her, and get anyone with any brains would have backed off. Jessica and Mike both looked scared. Instead she leaned in, and put her hand on his shoulder. Big mistake.

His entire body went rigid, as he was trying to control himself and not make a scene. In a quiet but nonetheless deadly voice, he told her to get her hand the fuck off of him, or he would break it for her. Lauren wisely backed off. She seemed like she finally started to get scared. Good. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself before he got kicked out of school.

Lauren just didn't know when to stop. She whispered, in what I think was supposed to be a seductive voice that if he came to his senses, he was welcome to go crawling back to her. I couldn't let her go on any longer. I stood up, so that I was face to face with her plastic nose.

"It would be wise of you to leave. Now." I could tell that she was scared, even though she tried to brush it off. My tone was all business, and she instinctively knew that I meant it. I could kill her now if I wanted to, I just was choosing not to. She finally strutted away, with what pride she had left. Which was little.

"She's not worth our time," Rose spit out. I could tell she hated her as much as I did.

I had agreed with her. Lauren Mallory certainly wasn't worthy of my time. But Lauren would not give up.

"Ha! You're right!" I told Emmett. The red gummy bear was the most depressed and suicidal.

Grinning, he replied, "I know I am!"

Chuckling, I told him to go on ahead. I had to wash my hands. I walked into the girls' bathroom. Lauren and Jessica were there, as well as some more of her mindless followers. Four girls total. They seemed like they were waiting for me. I contemplated leaving, but that would make it seem like I was scared of her. One of her cronies moved to block the door behind me. Were they going to…try to fight me? I scoffed at the idea. I subconsciously shifted my stance, ready for anything.

"I told you we'd make your life hell," Lauren said, with a stupid looking smirk on her face. I raised my eyebrow. Did she really think she, even with three backup henchmen, could take me? She motioned for one of them to attack.

She came at me, aiming a punch at my face. I easily dodged it and hit her on a spot I knew would stun her for a while and let her drop. I resumed my stance and smirked at Lauren. She looked slightly put off, but sent the Jessica forward anyways. I easily dropped her, and she lay on the ground, moaning. Lauren looked a little scared now, but she got the girl behind me to charge, anyways. I flipped her over my head as she tried to grab at my hair, and she landed hard on her back, knocking the air out of her. Now it was just Lauren left, and she hesitated.

"I'd stop if I were you," I warned Lauren. But she reached out with her fingernails poised like claws, obviously trying to scratch my face, instead, I caught her left arm, and spun her around, using her forward momentum, so that I had her arm bent awkwardly behind her. If she struggled, she'd only hurt herself. I pushed her forward slightly, and she screeched in pain. I then let go of her and pushed her down. Too easy.

I stood in the center of four girls, all trying to recover on the floor. Because I'm just so lucky like that, a teacher just happened to walk in.

"What is going on here?" she shouted. Lauren managed to stand back up, trying to get her hair out of her mouth, and straighten her clothes.

"She-she attacked us!" she accused, pointing at me.

"Yeah!" came a shout from Jessica, who was massaging the back of her neck.

"Is that what happened? Did she really attempt to cause harm to all four of you?" I could tell the teacher was skeptical.

"Ma'm, that's not what happened at all. I came in here to wash my hands, but they were waiting for me. They attacked me. She," I gestured to the girl who had been flipped, "blocked the door, and Lauren made the others attack me. I defended myself, and asked her to stop, but she wouldn't. She tried to scratch me, so I reacted. I'm sorry that they suffered harm, but I was acting in self defense!" I could be respectful when I needed to be. I spoke the truth, but due to my reputation, I had to act a little bit, to convince her that it was, in fact, true.

"No! That-don't listen to her! She's crazy! We didn't do anything to provoke her! She just started attacking us!" Lauren, you liar.

"Ma'm, I told you the truth! I wouldn't hurt Lauren! She's hated me for a while now, but I don't know why! I had to protect myself, please!" I was really acting the part of bullied and stressed student now. Her expression softened, and I knew that she believed me. With the mindset that she was saving a bullied student, she took the girls to the principal's office, and told her my version of events. Lauren got suspended for two weeks and her cronies each got one. They were lucky.

I sighed, at least I didn't have to worry about killing her for two sweet, sweet weeks. She hated Rose, and disliked Alice, but it now seemed like she was going to make it her mission to 'get revenge' on me. She had no idea what I was capable of, and she was too stupid to realize that I was not to be messed with.

"Hey, Izz-attack!" Oh, Emmett. All of us were hanging out at my house, as usual. "Where did you just go?"

"Izz-attack?" He shrugged. "I didn't go anywhere."

"Oh really? So you weren't just in your head?"

"I wasn't."

"Then what did I just say?" I always had a part of my brain monitoring things, no matter how caught up I was in my thinking. It worked alongside the part of my brain that was always assessing threats, and making exit routes.

"You said that you wanted to fight me." Stupid, stupid Emmett. Did he have a death wish?

"Well, yeah. I got a lot better. So I'm challenging you to a fight." I raised my eyebrow. Wow, I was hanging around Rose too often.

"Oh, really? You do realize I'd beat you in under a minute?"

"I don't think so," he provoked. I'd have to put him in his place.

"Alright. Let's find out." He looked surprised that I was actually taking him up on his offer. He recovered quickly, a bright smile lighting up his face. We stood up, and led the group downstairs.

"I've gotta see this," Jasper mumbled, smiling in anticipation. Rose and Alice were placing bets in how quickly I'd kick Emmett's ass.

I walked to the center of the room, where all the sparring took place. I took my stance and waited for Emmett to attack. He charged forward, forgetting all my advice on not doing just that. It was too easy. I moved to the side and stuck out my leg to trip him. His face showed nothing but shock as he almost went down. He caught himself just in time, though. By that time I had turned to face him.

"What did I tell you not to do?" I asked him, a smirk on my face. He sighed, seeing his mistake, and this time, wisely, waited for me to strike. Usually I wouldn't, forcing my opponent to, but I decided to humor him. I feinted to my left, and when he started to dodge to my right to avoid me, I quickly shifted directions. I made sure to land just slightly behind him, turning as I landed in a crouch to sweep his feet out from under him. I didn't really want to hurt him, so I went easy. He still dropped within a minute.

I stood over him, and put a hand on my hip, "Told you so."

He groaned, and muttered his defeat. I offered him a hand up, and braced myself. I knew he would try to pull me down. Instead I just let him fall to the ground again. I smiled cheekily.

"Okay, so maybe I need to learn a bit more," he admitted. I scoffed and rolled my eyes. Emmett had his pride.

I looked over and saw Alice smirking while Rose handed her some money. She did bet against someone who could see the future. What did she expect?

Emmett had stood up by then, and grinned at me. "Or maybe a lot." I couldn't help but smile in return.