Classes Divided

Chapter 6

I really hate it when people review on guest accounts. "Why is literally everyone gay?" 1) It makes it more fun. 2) I'm pretty sure that Xayah and Rakan aren't gay.

That was a disaster. Father always expects too much of me. Actually, it's continuing to be a disaster.

"Luxanna? Are you listening?" I turned away from the window and gave my 'date' a bored look. Father told me that he wanted to have dinner with me to 'catch up'. As it turns out, he just tried to set me up with the son of another Demacian noble family. Jonas something-or-other. "Have you heard anything that I've said?"

"No." Please get the hint.

"Alright, then. I'll start again. Our fathers the right idea setting us up. We hold noble blood-" Rolling my eyes, I turned back to the window. He's insufferable. I've known him for 2 hours, and he's already talked about having kids. What is his problem? I don't even know what his last name is.

"Driver! Stop!" The limo screeched to a halt, and I pressed my forehead into the window. That's Vi! Where is she going?

"Luxanna, what's wrong?" Gripping the bottom of my dress, I opened the door and pushed myself to my feet. "Where are you going?"

"I'm following my friend!" I heard him scramble to follow me. As I got to the corner she turned around, I peeked around to see. Vi chatted to a big, burly guy in front of a door, laughed, and headed inside.

"Why are we doing this?" I glared at Jonas when he stepped too close. "Luxanna, who is that?"

"She's my friend." Pulling my purse closer, I stepped out from behind the wall, and started walking to the big guy. "Excuse me?"

"You look a little small to be wanderin' around here." The guy grinned.

"Didn't I just see Vi go in here?" He raised an eyebrow. "She's a friend from school."

"Give me your hand." When I lifted it, he stamped a black sign onto it. I'm not sure what it was called, but it was a circle with a line through it. "So you can't drink anything you shouldn't."

"I'll need that, too." Jonas said, stepping over. I don't think we look the part, here. I'm in a golden floor-length dress, and Jonas is in a full suit.

"You didn't have to follow me." He sneered.

"I'm not leaving you alone in a situation such as this. A lady like you can't protect herself." The doorman snorted.

"You probably won't get close to Vi tonight, but good luck." I smiled up at him and walked through the door that he held open. The smell of alcohol hit me like a wave. I just crinkled my nose and pushed forward. The room was dominated by a boxing ring that was elevated from the floor. The wall on the left aside of the room was covered by bottles upon bottles of alcohol, behind a long bar. People sat there, and at tables scattered across the floor, talking and drinking.

"We really shouldn't be here." Jonas put his hand on my shoulder, and I brushed it off. "We need to leave, Luxanna."

"You can leave. I'm not going anywhere."

"Cute kid." A guy laughed, ruffling my hair as he walked past. I smiled at his back as he kept walking, readjusting my headband.

"I doubt that your father would be happy with me if he knew that I let you go into a place like this." Rolling my eyes, I walked over to an empty table and sat down. "Are you even listening?"

"I don't have to do anything you say." I looked up at him as he stood over me.

"Our parents set us up, and it's my job to look after you, so yes you do."

"I can look after myself." He almost said something, until a loud sound made us both jump. "Just sit down." The already dim lights turned off, and bass started to pound the floor.

"As always," A deep voice almost drowned the bass out. "Are you ready to see the strongest teenager in this city?" A chorus of cheers sounded. "This time, our challenger is a 6 foot 3 inch 250 pound wall of muscle!" That sounds scary. "But can he beat our champion?!" The lights came back to life, almost blinding some of the patrons. My heart jumped into my throat as I turned in my seat and saw Vi step out of a door, in nothing but a pair of spandex shorts, bra, and fingerless gloves.

"You fuckers know that I'm not being beaten tonight!" She yelled, pointing to some of the people that threw abuse. The challenger pulled himself up into the ring as soon as she did, rolling his shoulders when his feet hit the floor. A smaller guy in a black and white striped shirt ran around the ring, motioning Vi down to him. When she leaned over the ring, he pushed something into her mouth. That would be to protect her teeth, right?

"Fighters! To the centre of the ring!" That would make him the referee. Vi walked over to the guy, and lifted her hands, bumping them against his. "Anything goes! To your corners!" I waved to her, but she was looking at the floor, shaking her head.

"How is that woman going to beat him?" I glared at Jonas. "He's obviously much stronger than her."

"I like hearing that!" Somebody with a box and some paper stopped in front of our table. "Would you care to put your money on that?"

"What are the odds?" Jonas asked.

"3-1 on Vi, 7-1 on Torn, our challenger."

"I'll put 100 gold on Torn." Jonas said, reaching into his breast pocket.

"He has a strange name." I said. The guy shrugged.

"It's what he wanted us to call him. Are you going to bet on him, too?" I watched Jonas hand him the money, and receive a ticket.

"No, thank you. I'll put the same amount on Vi." I told him, taking it out of my purse.

"You're going to lose that money." Jonas huffed, looking away. The guy winked at me, then wrote my ticket.

"Nothing is certain, son." He knows that Vi will win. "Good luck." He started walking towards other tables, and I looked back at the ring. No matter where I looked, my eyes always seemed to travel toward my friend's rear. I don't think I can be known as a lady any more.

"Fighters!" Both Vi and Torn looked up. "Are you ready?!" They both stepped to the centre of the ring again. "This is an anything goes match! Fight!" Immediately, before the referee moved, Torn threw a punch, aiming directly for Vi's face. She raised her hands up to block, and threw it back, landing a direct hit. Vi moved to her toes and stepped back, fists raised in defence. The entire crown of people started cheering as Torn shook his head and glared at her. Baring his teeth, he charged forward, closing the small gap and grabbing Vi's neck. I called her name out of panic, but she jumped to the side and brought her knee up into his stomach. Hard. He was on the floor in a second, cradling his torso.

"Is that it?!" Vi yelled over the noise. "I've fought punching bags with more potential than you!" he tried to stand up, and Vi stomped on the back of his head, forcing his face onto the floor. It was then that she saw me. Our eyes met, and she smiled widely. I smiled in response, but it was more amusement that her mouthguard was pink.

"That was the quickest match that I've ever seen!" The announcer called over the speakers again. "Will our challenger get back up?!" Vi ,let him go and stepped back, but he just rolled onto his side, still holding his stomach.

"Where the fuck do you find these people?!" She yelled over the noise. "Will any of these losers even give me a challenge?!" I watched with a smile as Vi hopped over the edge of the ring and stepped over to me, lifting me out of my chair by my elbows.

"That was awesome to watch!" I laughed, hooking my arms around her waist and hugging her tightly.

"What the fuck are you doin' here, Lux?" She asked, taking her mouthguard out. "This place isn't very safe."

"I saw you as I was being driven past, and I wanted to see where you were going." Vi grinned and ruffled my hair.

"It'd be best if you went home, Lux. School tomorrow."

"It's a Friday tomorrow. We have a free study day." I tried to hold on, but Vi pushed me away and winked at me before heading towards the room she came from. I watched her go with sadness creeping into my heart. Does she think that I'm helpless, too?

"Luxanna, we're going." Jonas grabbed my bicep and almost pulled me over.

"Since when can you tell me what to do?" His eyes narrowed, and he started to pull me across the club, and out of the door. "Let go of me!" I finally pulled my arm out of his hand. "I'm not going anywhere with you!"

"You are!" The way he took a step forward scared me. "Our parents set us up, so you now belong to me!" I should have seen this danger sooner. I need to get away. Now. Surprise took over his face as I ran for him, shoving him out of the way. As I made it around a corner, I heard Jonas yell in frustration, and then run after me. Within seconds, panic set in as I ducked and dodged around corners, trying to lose him.

"Who the fuck is yelling out here?!" Another voice sounded. Who even is that? I moved away from that wall, trying to remember how many corners I'd used.

"Luxanna!" I squeaked in fear when Jonas slammed me against the wall and held me there by my throat. "You do not run from me." This is it. I might die here. As I stared into his angry eyes, I felt all my hope drain. As he smiled in triumph and move his other hand towards me, panic took over his face.

"Who the fuck do you think you are?" Vi! She lifted Jonas off of his feet and slammed him into the ground. She looked at me with sad eyes, but all I could feel was panic, along with shallow breathing. "Lux, are you alright?" I didn't even nod. I was frozen in place. "I fucking hate people like you." She snarled, lifting my attacker off the floor by his shirt and slamming him into the wall.

"Who do you think you are?!" Jonas said. "I am from one of Demacia's noble families!"

"And I'm the strongest teenager in Valoran." I watched her punch him, and them drop him to the floor, completely unconscious. "Come on." I let Vi lift me off my feet. As soon as I was in her arms, I pressed my face into her neck and shook. "Nothing's going to happen to you whilst I'm around."

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"You feel any better?" Vi asked, through a mouthful of pizza.

"I didn't realize that inexpensive food could taste so good." I smiled, taking smaller bites than her. After that episode with Jonas, Vi just took care of me, bringing me to a restaurant when I stopped crying. "When I ate earlier, what I ate was at least 10 times more expensive, and there wasn't even a quarter of this pizza."

"That's the problem with that fancy as fuck food." I laughed as one of the slices was waved at me. "There's barely any of it, and you pay more than a fuckin' house."

"It's just what I've grown up eating."

"Then how the fuck are you any kind of normal weight?" I shrugged. "Oh, yeah." I almost choked on my food when Vi opened the duffel bag at her feet. "One…two hundred." She held the money out to me. "Jay told me that you won a bet, but didn't collect it."

"How much do you have in there?" She grinned. The bag was almost bursting with money!

"Half the bets that the idiots in the bar made against me. It's a deal that I have the owner. He talks about the next challenger is sure to beat me because I'm not on top of my game."

"So, Torn was acting?" Vi snorted.

"He might as well have been. One kick to the stomach, and he's down? Fucking weak." I couldn't catch myself before I spoke.

"Oh, that must be where all that money for Jinx and Ekko comes from." I clapped my hands over my mouth, but the surprise on her face was clear.

"How the fuck do you know about that?!" Vi quickly zipped her bag back up. "Nobody's supposed to know that!"

"Cassiopeia did background checks on you and found your bank statements." I looked at my lap. "She showed me a few days ago. Vi exhaled deeply. "Do you really put all that money towards your siblings?"

"Of course I do. I'm making sure that they have a fighting chance when they get out into the world." I looked back up and watched her swing her arms behind her chair as she leaned back. "It'd be super fucking selfish if I kept it all to myself."

"You're really kind." She grinned and looked at me again.

"They don't know that I'm doing this, and I'd like to keep it that way." I nodded. "If Jinx knew that she had that much money, you wouldn't be able to move in our place for all the games and stuffed animals." I looked at my lap again, then back at Vi. Somehow, I started seeing her in a better light.

I am so fucking drunk right now.