AN: Okay, so finally found another opportunity to sneak onto my mom's computer. To those of you have still stuck with the story even when I was horrible at updating, thank you!

Greed....

At some point in time, we have all wanted something someone else had. Money, clothes, titles.

At Gallagher Academy, we all wanted in on the 7. But no one wanted in more than Elizabeth Sutton, aka Liz.

She was maybe the smartest student at the Academy, right under Jonas Jordanson. And that killed Liz, at least on the inside. She hated coming second in anything, especially academic. It had taken her a few years but she figured out how she could beat Jonas.

She'd be the nerd, on the inside.

She was going to venture into a world that no nerd had ever ventured into before. Popularity.

And once Liz Sutton got an idea, she didn't let it go that easily. Now the rest of us scoffed and laughed when she voiced her intentions.

After all, what did Liz have to offer the them?

Money? No, she was the poorest girl in the school.

Looks? Heck no.

Grace? Connections? Brains? Poor little Lizzy had nothing to offer to them, not even her smarts, because Jonas had gotten to them first.

I thought she would leave it at that, that her greed wouldn't overwhelm her.

But one day, when I was turning the corner, I heard Liz talking to Macey, the leader of the 7.

"Listen," I heard Liz say. "I know things about you. Things I could very well leak...."

"Who are you!?" I heard Macey yell.

"Shhh!" Liz snapped. "Someone might hear us. And they might hear what I'm going to say about you.... and a certain boy?"

"OK, wait!" Macey said. "What do you want? What'll it take to keep you quiet?"

I could hear the smile in Liz's voice as she spoke. "I want in. And I want it now."

I peeked around the corner and saw Macey nodding in agreement.

As I walked away, I sighed. Liz was way too deep in her greed, and wouldn't see that what she had just done was blackmail.

The Liz I knew would never blackmail someone into getting something. But then again, this wasn't the Liz I knew.

She was a stranger, corrupted by greed.