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"Me? Why?" I asked warily. I shifted my bag on my shoulders uneasily. Tessa's presence always gave me bad vibes. I didn't even want to speak to her.

"Relax, I'm not going to do anything to you. I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself, not that nobody knows me here. But never mind, I'm Tessa. Nice to meet you. Welcome to Forks." She flashed me a fake smile. Bratty girl, I thought to myself. There was no friendliness in that tone of hers.

"Hmmm thank you." I decided to play nice. "Do you have something else to say?" I asked coolly. Her eyebrows and smile twitched when she saw that I was not intimidated by her. I have seen her in school yesterday and she was super popular among the guys. Even the girls treated her nicely. I felt that they were way too nice, seeming as though they were afraid of Tessa.

I have to ask Brynn later, I thought. I made a mental note in my head.

"Yes, I do. I know that this is our second time meeting each other. And our first meeting wasn't very nice. I know that I've left a bad impression of me on you." She kept her smile and pretended to be remorseful. "I would like to say that I'm sorry and of course, I would love for us to be friends."

Sorry? Friends? Did she really think that I'm falling for that?

Putting my acting mask on, I nodded my head innocently. "Sure-" I started to reply and Tessa smiled wider at that.

"-but only if whatever you said comes with sincerity and genuine words. Which, apparently, you don't. And I'm pretty sure that there's something more that you want to say to me beside that," I answered smoothly. Her smile faded after hearing my words.

Her eyes burned with fury. "Fine. I'll just get straight to the point then - stay away from my boyfriend. Do it while I'm telling you nicely. You wouldn't like to see me turn nasty, do you?" She gave me a cold, sly smile.

Finding her words absurd, I snorted. "Oh please. It's not like your boyfriend is interested in me when he has you. Why do you even worry?" I looked at her while I said that. But she froze and remained silent. I blinked my eyes in surprise, mainly because it wasn't a reaction I was expecting.

But in the next second, her face changed instantly. Eyes flashing with chagrin, she stepped closer to me swiftly and suddenly. She leaned in towards me, her face merely inches from mine.

"Don't piss me off, sweetie. You don't want to see what I'm capable of," she spat in my face, her voice laced with venom. I froze in place, because I knew that she meant every word that she said.

A group of girls passed by us. Tessa stepped back and plastered a smile on her face.

"I'll see you around then, Raine." She turned and walked away, clicking on her heels. I stared after her, my mind still in shock. What exactly had just happened!?

I sighed loudly. What was her problem? Didn't she realize that she was so overly concern with her boyfriend's matters? It wasn't like I was kissing Aiden in front of her. We were talking when we first met or sat together in homeroom and because of certain unforeseen incidents (like the headbutting incident).

Besides, kissing Aiden...

I quickly shook my head to clear that thought. No way. I refused to be one of those girls who would snatch away other girls' boyfriends, because that would be really mean and awful of me.

I started walking towards the drinks section to grab a bottle of soda, noticing that more people have arrived at school too. I didn't know that the conversation with Tessa took quite a while. As I walked to the hallway, I gulped down the soda, thankful for the flow of the cool liquid down my tense throat.

As much as I hate saying this, Tessa's threats made me a little scared. Her eyes really told me that she wasn't lying. I couldn't tell what she was going to do to me next...

"Raine!"

Brynn called my name as soon as she spotted me from the other end. I shut my locker and waved at her. She hurried towards me.

"Hey!" She exclaimed. Her hair wasn't tied into a ponytail today and it fell past her shoulders. She smiled at me happily.

"Hi, Brynn," I said, smiling back while juggling with the heavy books in my arms. When Brynn saw it, she took some books from me helpfully. I felt a little sheepish.

"Thanks. Where's Lisa and Melinda?"

"Oh! They're at the school yard." She peered into my face. "Are you alright? You looked a little tired."

My left hand flew up to touch my face. "Really? It must be because I didn't sleep well for the past few nights."

Brynn frowned at me. "Was it because of Tessa? What did she talk to you about?" she demanded. I gaped at her in response.

"H-how did you know?" I asked curiously.

She shrugged her shoulders. "A friend of mine saw you guys and told me about it. News travel super fast here, girl." Having said that. she stared at me, clearly waiting for a reply to her question. I waved it off with a smile.

"It's nothing. She just wanted to say hi."

Brynn raised one brow. "Really? You know, Tessa isn't a nice person to do that. I've known her like forever." When I stayed silent, she sighed softly.

"It's alright, I won't force you to say. But if you need a listening ear, you know that you can always come to me." She spoke with such genuineness and care that I felt really touched. I gave her a quick hug and thanked her gratefully.

We found Lisa braiding Melinda's hair into a fishtail braid while sitting on a bench under a tres in the school yard. They looked up when they heard us coming.

"Hello twins," they greeted us in unison. Brynn and I looked at each other, and burst out laughing.

"Wow. Nice braid, Lisa. And it looks good on you, Melinda," I complimented as I looked at whatever they were doing. We sat down and started chatting animatedly about girls stuff and nonsense, as usual. Laughing out loud at Lisa's jokes, I felt more at ease and hyper.

All of a sudden, the hairs on my neck and arms stood up. I swiveled my head, looking around for a certain something. I felt as though that someone was watching me from somewhere, but I could see no one suspicious. Weird.

I shifted in my seat uncomfortably. It couldn't be that I was imagining stuff, right?