Even though her room was not finished, she felt more at home there than in the orphanage. It was really a pleasant surprise that she didn't have any problems with falling asleep, frankly saying after a very quick shower, she fell down onto the softest material she had ever laid on and then the darkness took her. Akali was grateful that before going to the bathroom, she set up the clock on her phone because without it she was more than sure that she would not be able to wake herself up on time. To be honest, when the piece of technology started to buzz at 5 am, she was devastated and tried her hardest to silence it. It took her a minute or so to remind herself that she had to prepare for school and make a tasty breakfast for her protector, who was possibly still sleeping, or at least it was what she believed.
Once she stretched a bit, she chose to take another quick shower to wake up fully. As soon as she turned on the cold water tap, she regretted her decision. She nearly screamed when the ice-cold water drops touched her exposed skin. After what felt like an eternity, she finished her morning routine and proceed to the kitchen dressed up in a half-buttoned black shirt and tight, ripped jeans. Through the extremely huge gap that was created by the unbuttoned shirt, her white, lace bra could be spotted. To tell the truth, Akali was not even aware that she left her bedroom in such a scandalous outfit. Once the girl reached her destination, she started to look around shelves and fridge to obtain needed ingredients. Frankly saying, she did not ask Evelynn what she usually eats for breakfast so the teenager was clueless about what to make to satisfy the woman. Soon enough Rogue decided to make some scrambled eggs, toast and a salad with tomatoes, cucumber, red paprika, and a light dressing.
Fully focused on her activity. she nearly did not hear the sound of the doors opening. The girl quickly turned around to face Evelynn who appeared a moment later. Even though the siren looked like she had trouble sleeping properly, she was still the most breathtaking person the black-haired girl ever met. Her eyes were only half-way open, her hair was pinned into a messy bun with only a few tresses falling onto the godly shaped face of the goddess. The lawyer must have woken up recently because she was still in her pajamas, at least it was what Akali assumed. The raven-black, lace, transparent nightgown was not the cloth the girl expected to see the woman in, but frankly, she could not tear her eyes away from the living angel's body.
"Darling, you are staring, you know it is impolite to do such a thing." The magenta-haired woman chuckled.
"Sorry." The girl apologized, turning a bit red.
"What have you prepared for breakfast?" Came the question asked in a purr-like manner.
"As you can see on the table, we have scrambled eggs, toast and salad." Akali replied, turning back to the frying pan.
"Oh, what a pity." The woman sighed heavy. "For a really small moment I was thinking that you would be my meal." She added with seductive voice. "I am honestly shocked that you did not button your shirt fully, but I am not gonna lie, I do not mind. It is just like a proper wrapping for a fascinating present for me. Dear, are you my early Christmas present?" She whispered into the girl's ear, once she closed the distance between them.
"Eve!" The teenager whimpered.
"Oh, hush. Darling I am just merely teasing you." The woman giggled.
"Sit down and eat, please. We are going to be late if you are to continue this game of yours." Akali plead the older woman.
"Fine, fine. Thank you, Rogue. Thank you for waking up early and preparing this meal for both of us."
"You're welcome." The girl responded with a wide smile.
"Dear, I hope it is not all for me?"
"No, I have not eaten yet, but feel free to take whatever you prefer I do not mind." The girl assured.
"Ok, so I think I will take eggs and toast. Do you mind placing salad in a container and wrapping it for me to take to work?" Evelynn asked.
"Of course not, where do you keep the containers?"
"One should be in a dishwasher, two or three in the shelf above the sink and rest are stored in the cabinet to the left of the fridge." The woman responded after a few seconds of reflection.
Akali did not have any problems with finding the sought item. Once she obtained it, the girl returned to the table and put most of the salad into the container, then closed it tightly. As soon as she dealt with the item, she started to eat. Unfortunately the food had already cooled down a bit. With a little pout on her face, she quickly finished her meal.
"It was tasty, darling. Thank you, again." The woman sounded.
"It was nothing impressive." The girl shrugged.
"I think that it is to some extent impressive. You have lived in an orphanage nearly all your life, I doubt that anyone there was willing to teach you how to cook." The lawyer replied.
"You are right, no-one there or at least most of the personnel did not care about us. For them we were only trouble, something that they will have to deal with for a couple of years and then we will vanish." The teenager explained.
"I am happy that I could at least take you away from them."
"So am I." Whispered the girl. "Go put some clothes on you, I will take care of the dishes."
"Uhhh, bossy, aren't you?" Evelynn winked.
"No … I … ehhh." Mumbled the black-haired girl. "I do not want to be late for my first day, is all."
"Understandable. I will be done in 10 minutes. Rogue, cheer up, we are going to shake that school up."
"I assumed that already." Akali smiled.
True to her words, the woman was fully ready in less than 10 minutes. She chose a deep-purple shirt with rolled-up sleeves, tight, black jeans and 3-inches long heels in mix of gold and black colors. As always she was just a sight to behold, the girl was sure that even in rags, the woman would be as stunning as always. The golden eyes of the living goddess met her as she descended the stairs.
"Honey, I would really love to see you like that more often and for longer, but I think it would be suitable to button up your shirt." She said in a playful manner.
"Fu…" The girl nearly cursed the nose. "I had completely forgotten about it, give me a few seconds and then I am ready for a drive."
"We have plenty of time left darling. Take your time."
A little embarrassed Akali smoothed out her shirt, buttoned up it and came up to the waiting woman.
"Ready?"
"I do not think so, I could be more."
The teenager did not even notice when they arrived into the school's parking lot. The conversation with the magenta-haired woman mixed with a powerful music took all of her attention. She could have sworn that a minute ago they entered the deep-silver BMW M8, turned on the audio system and started the talk about something that was not even important, and now after what felt like a blink of the eye, they reached their destination. The girl blinked a few times, gave herself a mental speech, and breathed heavily before she got out of the vehicle. Even though she should not be nervous, she was, Akali was worried how the incident from yesterday could affect her life. The teenager felt that she was about to start sweating, her knuckles were white, her lips drew into a single line. Then suddenly she felt a known warmth, she tilted her head slightly to confirm that it was in fact Evelynn. The older woman embraced her from behind, hiding her face into the girl's shoulder blades.
"I am here, darling. Do not worry that pretty little head of yours." The purple-haired woman murmured.
"I know, I am grateful for that." Akali whispered.
"I did not lie yesterday." The lawyer started.
"About what?"
"I think that you are much stronger than me. Both physically and mentally. You can have your doubts, but no matter what you will be going forward. It is the same now, you are lost in your thoughts, but deep down inside, you know what you have to do to succeed." The explanation was given by Evelynn.
"You are most likely right." The teenager sighed. "I just need to trust myself and do as my instincts suggest, but I can't help but to worry right now. I am sorry, we can go now, I am ready to face the headmistress."
"Dear, you are getting it wrong." The siren chuckled. "The question is not whether we are ready to face her, the question is whether she is ready to face us. You are possibly the best in the school and you did not attend a single day. In the worst case situation, we will just go to another school, I am pretty sure that with your intelligence, fitness, and achievements there are many establishments that will offer you a place to study on our terms."
"Eve, if I were to describe the definition of self-confidence, I would choose you in a heartbeat." The girl exclaimed.
"You are flattering me dear, stop before I blush even harder." The woman giggled.
"It will be my revenge, you always make me blush incredibly hard." Akali responded.
"Oh, hush. Save some energy for your first school day, I would bet it would be quite interesting. Maybe some boy will catch your eye?" Evelynn started to tease the girl again.
"Eve!" Rogue cried out.
Soon enough they reached the office of the school. The lawyer with a devil's smile glued to her face entered the room and quickly found the same secretary who they were dealing with yesterday. Just one glance confirmed that the woman did in fact recognize them as well, to her utter frustration the magenta-haired woman closed the distance between them and leaned against her desk.
"Oh, how wonderful that we meet again." Evelynn said sweetly. "I assume you were informed about our today's visit, dear?"
"No, you are not listed on any of headmistress's meeting schedules." The woman responded coldly.
"Pity, I see that I will have to announce me and my protégé arrival myself again." The diva stated, faking a look of hurt.
"You are not allowed to enter the headmistress' office without permission." The amber-haired woman spited.
"Darling, you are repeating yourself. I would love to remind you that you said the same sentence not that long ago and it did not stop me from doing what I want." The siren replied with a grin on her face. "I would like to warn you again, do not mess with me, you will not like the consequences of doing so."
"Who do you think you are?" The woman shouted.
"Talia, shut the fuck up." Said both the headmistress who apparently just opened the door to her office and the second secretary.
"Sorry ma'am." Talia quickly apologized, hanging her head low.
"You are very problematic sometimes Mrs. Tannis." Fiora said. "Just get back to work and make sure no-one, I repeat no-one interrupts my meeting."
"As you wish Miss Laurent." Marie replied. "Your requested coffee is on the table, if you want it right now."
"Thank you." The headmistress responded.
The head of the school took the drink, took a sip and invited them into her office. Nothing changed there since yesterday, so Akali and Evelynn quickly sat on presented chairs and waited for exact minute for Fiora to finish her coffee.
"What can I help you with, then?" The headmistress asked as soon as the liquid was gone.
"I assume you were already informed about the little incident before the school building that took place yesterday." The magenta-haired woman started. "The incident in which we were involved and three boys from your school." The woman added.
"Oh, that one. I must say that I was informed about it only a quarter of an hour ago. The father of the black boy called me demanding the full information about the situation. Frankly speaking, I was just so surprised that it took me a little while to get the required information. It looks like you beat him up pretty badly." The head of the school referred to Akali.
"Yes, mistress. I might have lost a bit of control, but I assure you I was not the one that started the whole incident." The girl said coolly.
"I hope so, the boy will have problems with his health for a long time, not mentioning that he would probably never be able to have a child. The other one has a broken hand and arm, he will need a long rehabilitation to be able to use it to the same extent as before. As you can see, if you do not have evidence I will be forced to call the police." Fiora informed them coldly.
"Can you play the recording of the incident from the camera outside of the building?" The purple-haired woman asked.
"Of course, give me a second to put it on the bigger screen."
Miss Laurent turned to her computer and started to type. It took her about a minute or so to connect to the 50 inch monitor behind them and put the record on it.
"We can start to review it." They were informed by the headmistress.
"Yes, start it, but please turn on the sound." The teenager said.
"Ok, done."
For Akali and Evelynn the record was just a reminder of the unpleasant situation that took place yesterday. Nearly instantly after the clip began, the girl put her hands into fists with such force that her knuckles went white in an instant. It seemed like the black-haired was reliving the same scene once again. As soon as the lawyer noticed the state of her protégé, she grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently, trying to tell the teenager that she is there for her. The video was not as long as the whole situation, after a few moments, the player stopped and silence fell onto the office.
"They will be expelled." Was the only sentence said by the head of the school.
"They should be." The siren assured the woman. "I do not care whether you call the police or not, but I do not want Akali to attend the same school as the young rapists. I would also recommend you to seek if such a situation did not happen before under your nose." The lawyer added sternly.
"I have to call the police, I will not allow such degenerates to walk freely, they would wait a bit, but after a while they would try again. I will have to ask the girls if there were more such incidents." The headmistress hid her head between her heads. "How could I not see something like that happen, it is obvious that it was not their first try, they were too confident in themselves. I am sorry Evelynn, Miss Winter, I must attend to it as it seems like a pretty big problem right now. I wish both of you a good day. Miss Winter good luck on your first day." Fiora mumbled chaotically and exited the room in a hurry.
"As I said, everything is going to be alright." The voice of the purple-haired woman sounded. "Akali, remember that in school you will be called by my last name." The lawyer added.
"I really hope so, if anything I have probably made a lot of enemies by now." The girl said.
"Do not worry, dear. I am here, and I will not let any degenerate ever hurt you."
"I know, I greatly appreciate it."
"It is time for me to go, be a good girl and do not cause problems, honey. I will have a driver waiting for you by the end of your school day, will pass you his number." Evelynn replied.
"Ok, have a nice day Eve." The teenager responded with a wide smile. "I am sure I will handle everything just fine."
"What do you want to do after school?"
"I do not know, let's meet at home and figure it out together. How does it sound?"
"Perfect. See you soon, darling."
"Yay, see you later."
They left the headmistress' office together and split once they reached the stairs. The lawyer headed down into the entrance and into the parking lot, where her vehicle was located and the girl headed up to the class with number of 415 where her first class was about to begin in like 5 minutes. To her utter surprise, she did not miss anything. She expected that at least the first hour would be lost, but by some miracle she would be present on all of them. It did not take her long to locate the classroom. It turned out that the only opened door on the level was the right one. Inside of the room she found only a few students who were to occupied with their stuff to even notice her. To be honest she did not care, even so she was glad that no-one was bothering her. Unfortunately it did not last long. A few minutes later the bell rung and more pupils entered the classroom. To tell the truth the black-haired woman did not even care enough to look around the room, she just simply chose the first empty chair and sat in it. Exactly forty five seconds later the teacher entered the classroom. He was probably around forty years old, he was tall and quite muscular, but nothing too impressive. He had short, brown hair and deep green eyes that were scanning the surrounding in the same way as Akali's eyes were doing. He wore a tight, white shirt with the top two buttons were detached, elegant pants in deep navy color and light brown moccasins. As soon as he reached his seat that was located in the middle of the blackboard, he put the logbook on the desk and started the class.
"As many or frankly saying, all of you may not know from today you will have an additional student in the group." The teacher sounded, which caused a wave of whispers to fill the room instantly. "Silent, Akali Smith please rise up and introduce yourself to your new group."
"As you wish Mr. Teilnart." The girl said without the enthusiasm and quickly approached him. "My name is Akali Smith, I am 17 years old and I got to this group by passing the exam at 100%."
"Impressive, I am not going to lie, Miss Smith." The man praised her. "What would you like to accomplish, what is your goal?"
"I honestly do not know. Frankly saying my life turned 180 degrees recently and I haven't adjusted enough to finish collecting my thoughts completely." The teenager said confidently.
"Let me guide you then. What subjects do you like and you are good at?"
"Honestly, I am good at everything, but in many cases it is the effect of my hard work put into them. I think the subjects that I like the most are math, physics, IT and PE."
"Have you thought about trying to get into MIT then?"
"I have not, but it would be a very good idea." The girl replied with a smile. "Thank you Mr. Teilnart."
"You are welcome, class do you have questions for our new member?"
"Of course we does." Some boy responded. "Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No." She answered quickly.
"You have me now, babe." He said proudly.
"Sorry, but I am not interested in boys." Akali responded coldly.
"Scott, before you say anything more, think about the consequences." The young man was warned by the teacher.
"Oh, come on teacher. She is so smoking hot, that you can not expect us not to try to hit on her." The boy responded bluntly.
"I would expect you to use at least a little bit of your brain." The man retorted. "If you want to try to ask Miss Smith out, I think you will have plenty of opportunities once the classes are done."
"Ye, sorry Mr. Teilner. But you are mine, remember it." He said staring into her.
"I would love to see you try." The black-haired woman said in a cold voice.
"Enough, Scott you just earned yourself a detention. Akali please take a seat we are about to begin."
"As you wish, Mr. Teilner."
Frankly saying, the English class would be called decent if the degenerates just behaved as humans, and not like animals in heat. The girl quickly found out that she would have to avoid contact with Scott, Michael, Sam and Thomas, all of them at some point of the class tried to acquire her attention, but the only result of their doing was the pauses in the lecture. Honestly she hated when someone was stupid enough not to understand what "I am not interested" or "No" meant. The girl tried her hardest to pay attention to the class's topic but because of them it was nearly impossible. By the end of the class, they all got detention but it did not seem to bother them even slightly. Once the bell rung, Akali quickly packed her things and exited the room before any of "the boys" could even get close to her. With a heavy sigh she check out her school plan on her phone and quickly adjusted her route to the next activity. "Math, let's see if I can learn something new here." She mumbled to herself while covering the distance to the room.
To her utter displeasure once the teenager reached the given hall, she found out the door was closed. Cursing under her nose, she decided that it would not hurt if she waited a bit. Of course she had to be mistaken. The moment the girl sat down and put down her bag beside her, spotted members of her last class quickly approaching her. "For God's sake, can I have a moment of relief?" She asked rhetorically. Unfortunately it turned out that the approaching group was mostly formed from the degenerates. She let out a heavy breath and started to play with the piece of technology. Soon enough her peace was interrupted.
"Cutie, I am so glad that you are waiting for me." She recognized Scott's voice without averting eyes from the screen. "You must be so in love with me already, that after such a little time together, to patiently await my arrival."
"Do not flatter yourself, Scott." She spat. "I am here merely because my next assignment. Now be good and leave me alone."
"Oh, how could I leave my precious girlfriend alone." He said in an ironic manner, causing the rest of the group to laugh. "I know what can help you, stand up and let me kiss your problems away and if that does not help then maybe a quick visit to the restroom would."
"I am warning you one last time, touch me and you will regret that decision." Akali finally focused her eyes on the boys before her. "The same can be said about any of you, if you want to not be able to walk, then fine I will make you suffer."
"Woooo, smoking hot and crazy. Girl I like you." Michael said.
"What did you not understand?" The girl asked venomously.
"I think that she is that eager and needy that she would serve all of us, what do you say?" Thomas's voice sounded.
"Hey, hey, you can have a shoot with her, once I am satisfied, after all she is my girlfriend." Scott giggled. "So now, cutie will you stand up by yourself or you want me to help you with that?"
"Have you heard about three the students who are being expelled today?" The black-haired woman asked suddenly.
"Yea, what about them?"
"They tried to do the same thing that you are planning. Have you heard how badly they had been beaten up?"
"Smartass, you are trying to make me think that it is all your doing? Laughable, you look good but you are not match for a man." The boy informed her.
"Let me show you then, blondie." Akali responded coldly.
In an instant she got up and grabbed Scott by his hair. With a single, strong pull, she forced him to lower his chest. Once it was on appropriate height the girl hit him in the sternum with her knee. The effect was instantaneous, the boy started to choke, he could not draw a breath, his face started to become redder and redder. The teenager hit him in the head that cause him to faint. Once he was on the ground, she had stabilized her breathing, still ready for the next fight. The rest of the group were silent, everyone was watching her with a wide open eyes, they did not believe that what they saw was real.
"Take him to the nurse." Rogue ordered. "This time I will let you stay in this school, but try it one more time and the headmistress will know about all of you. The same goes for every girl in the school, if I find out that any of them was hurt by you, you can treat yourself as a dead man. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, sorry." They cried out, taking their friends and possibly the leader to the nurse.
"I fucking hope so, get the fuck out of my face." The teenager raised her voice.
It was only a moment and they were gone. Smiling under her nose, the girl sat down again, enjoying the hard fought peace of mind. "Now I have to wait, what the results of my actions will be. Either way I will have to live with the consequences of it." Akali reminded herself deep inside her mind. With another heavy sigh, she looked at the phone screen to check what time it was. "One more minute and the bell should ring." She assessed.
The black-haired girl was pleasantly surprised when she saw her math teacher unlocking the door to the class exactly when the break was over. She was probably in her thirties, she had long, dirty blond hair, blue eyes and a small nose. The teacher was fit there was not point in denning it, the long dress in dark blue color fitted her pretty well. The sounds of the heels could be heard from some distance, by the head of them, the girl was assuming, that the woman was wearing an inch or two heels. The teenager quickly got up and entered the room, choosing the first desk she spotted. Without a thought rogue unpacked necessary items for a class.
"What are you doing Miss …?" The question was asked by the blond.
"Oh, I am sorry Mrs. Crowley, I just unpacked what I thought is necessary for a lesson." Akali quickly responded.
"Have you forgotten that you got a test today?"
"I am sorry, but it is my first day here and I was not informed about the test. What is the range of material for it, if I may ask?"
"Ahh, you must be the new student then. What's your name, dear?"
"My name is Akali Smith, Miss. Backing out to my question what material is required to pass the test?"
"Derivatives. But you can have a free pass today, since you were not informed about it, you can freely write it down next week." The teacher said.
"No, it's fine. I have already covered the whole material to the end of the year, so I think I should be ready to take on it." The girl assured.
"If you want, you can try, but if at any moment you feel that it is too much for you, just return the sheet and be ready to take it again next week, ok?"
"Of course, Miss Crowley."
As soon as the small conversation between the black-haired girl and the blonde ended, the students started to flood the classroom. "You are all late." Was the greetings from the teacher. It took her group around 5 minutes to settle down and prepared themselves for a test.
"So as it was announced recently, today we are having a short test on derivatives." The woman started. "Even though the exercises should not take you more than 20 minutes, I am going to offer you the whole class to finish it. If someone finishes before time is up, he/she can freely return the sheet and exit the room. Any questions?"
"Can we postpone it?" One of the girls asked shily.
"No. Miss Swan I know you think you have a lot more important things that require your attention, but I can assure you that your 'meetings' with Phil Darth is none of my problems." The teacher answered coldly.
"It is not the case this time, frankly saying it will never be a case ever again." The student mumbled.
"What is the problem then?"
"One of my dearest family members passed away two days ago, the funeral was yesterday, I just could not focus on studying, can I please take an exam next week?" The brown-haired girl asked with tears in her eyes.
"I hope you are not lying Samantha." Miss Crowley said. "If it is the case, you can go, please accept my condolences, dear."
"Thank you." Was all Samantha said, before taking her bag and running away from the classroom.
"If there is nothing else preventing us from taking the test, please take a seat and wait for me to give you a sheet." The blond announced.
As soon as the paper was given to Akali, she started to check the exercises. After a minute or so, the girl was sure that any of the tasks should not give her any serious trouble. The test was easy in the teenager's opinion nothing that could not be learnt during a few hours of studying. Exactly fifteen minutes after she started to write down the answers, she was finished. The girl quickly raised her hand and waited for the teacher to come.
"Any question?" The woman asked.
"No, I have finished." The black-haired girl responded.
"Oh, if you do not mind, let me see it, ok?"
"There is no problem in it, at least I will know my mark immediately." She said with a wide smile.
"Come with me to my desk, it would be easier for me to check it out while I sit."
Akali followed Mrs. Crowley to her seating and waited for a few moments before the teacher averted her gaze away from the sheet.
"You scored max points, but for the next test, please write down all the calculations."
"Ok, I will do as you want Mrs." The girl replied coolly.
"You are free to go, but if I could have a request for you?"
"What's the matter?"
"Try to find Samantha, if she was not faking the whole situation, she will probably be crying somewhere in the bathroom, please just check on her." The blond said with concern in her voice.
"No problem. I will get going then."
"Ah, Akali congratulations, maybe I should prepare some more advanced materials for you, because if you took the test so quickly and were flawless at it, it would be just a waste of your time to stay during classes, 'cause you will not learn anything new."
"It would be appreciated, Mrs. Crowley. Thank you, goodbye." The teenager responded, quickly grabbed her bag, exited the room and started to seek the brown-haired girl.
The black-haired woman took into consideration the suggestion that Samantha could be crying, honestly it made her task to locate her way easier. After she left the classroom Akali put her ears up and listened for any sounds. It took her awhile to finally started to hear a muffled sob that in fact was coming from the restroom one floor below. As quietly as she could, the teenager entered the bathroom and in a matter of seconds, she spotted Swan in the corner of the room. She curled herself into a tight ball, hid her face between her legs and she tried to muff her whine with her left hand. It was all in vain, the girl was not able to calm herself. Rogue was not sure what she could do to ease the pain that her classmate felt, knowing that it is still better to do anything than to stand still, she quickly approached the brown-haired woman. Akali knelt down by her side and said.
"Samantha."
"Go away, I want to be alone." The muffed cry came out of the tightened throat of the girl.
"I know that you are in pain right now, but dealing with it alone will not worsen it." Ninja said quietly.
"You know nothing, no-one knows."
"I can assure you that I know the pain of losing someone dear to your heart." Akali whispered.
"You have no fucking clue." Samantha roared. "You are fucking perfect. Perfect body, perfect face, smart and from the first moment you entered the class all people are only talking about you and they are trying to get your attention. How in the damn world would you know how I feel?"
"I am an orphan." The black-haired girl said. "I lost my whole family when I was 5. I had two options to choose either I could kill myself or I could start to learn and by my hard work prove that I am worth something. Samantha nobody is perfect, such characters only exist only in books."
"I do not believe you."
"I can not do anything to make you believe me. No, I can." The black-haired girls added after a moment of silence. She grabbed the phone and searched for something for at least a minute, then she passed the piece of technology to the whimpering girl.
"Is it all true?" The brown-haired woman asked with wide open eyes, once the meaning of the screen was processed by her clouded mind. "You were only adopted yesterday?"
"The answer to both of those questions is yes. As you can see I did not have the greatest life ever, furthermore I did not ask for the attention of our group, honestly I would rather not be seen or noticed." The teenager explained, her eyes moist, her face a light shade of red.
"How can you be that strong and not break under such pressure?"
"I do not have a choice. If I were to break down once, I doubt that I would ever stand up again. I know how you feel, someone told me it is not a shame to cry, it is the part that makes us human." Akali added with a slight smile.
"I do not think I can be that strong." Samantha confessed.
"No-one is born strong, we are forged by life to be tough. If you need help or someone to talk to, do not hesitate to come to me." The teenager offered.
"Why are you so kind, I just shouted at you, and you act like that did not happen?" The brown-haired girl asked surprised.
"It is just easier for me to help someone than to help myself."
"Is it that easy."
"Both yes and no. It is easier because I have experience with being alone, being hurt, but on the other hand it is difficult because I can not say the same to myself and make it work somehow."
"I do not understand."
"I think you do. Come we need to clean you up a bit before our next lesson begins."
Honestly it took them way too long to clean Samantha and reapply her makeup. When they finished, they had only a few minutes left to reach their next classroom that was located in another building. Not thinking much, Akali grabbed the hand of the girl and pulled her. They ran the whole way but somehow the black-haired did not even lose her breath. Unfortunately the same could not be said about her partner. Swan was red on the face, her breath was shallow and her legs were trembling. They arrived exactly as the bell started to ring. Not having the time to catch a breath, they entered the room and sat in the first row of seats. Samantha needed around 3 to 5 minutes to calm her breathing and even longer to remove the shade of red from her face. The girls did not notice that they drew the attention of the whole group to themselves. The teacher did not reach the classroom yet, so the room was filled with whispers caused by their classmates.
"Where were you?" The tall blond with green eyes asked Samantha.
"As you probably already know I was crying." The brown-haired girl said embarrassed.
"It does not explain why you arrived with her to the classroom." The green-eyed girl venomously replied.
"I was requested by Mrs. Crowley to check on Sam." Akali stated coldly. "Why are so hostile to her?"
"It's none of your business, freak." The girl spitted.
"Amy that was nasty, why do you act like that?" Sam asked.
"Haven't you heard what had happened to Adam, Peter and Malik? They were expelled earlier today, furthermore Malik and Adam were so badly beaten up that they were hospitalized." Amy raised her voice a little.
"How so?"
"Ask your new partner. She is responsible for knocking out Scott as well."
"Akali what is she talking about?" The brown-haired woman asked.
"She is referring to the two incidents that happened earlier. The first one took place yesterday, the three named boys approached me and my protector, and bluntly said if we wouldn't willingly have sex with them, they would rape us. I ended up beating up two of them, the third run away. As of the case of Scott, I told him a few times that I am not interested in him, but he still refused to acknowledge it, he even agreed to his friends call to rape me after he would satisfy his needs, so I showed him his place in the line." Akali explained with a voice filled with hatred.
"You are just a freaking, crazy bitch." The blond called her out. "You must be a freak to refuse a good laid."
"How many of them you have already slept with?" The black-haired girl asked in venomous manner.
"I am opportunist, I take what fate is offering me and I am happy with that. But you are bitch, you nearly killed two boys already, go fuck yourself, you fucking dyke."
"I did not ask for their attention, and I rate myself much higher than to just spread my legs before the first degenerate who appears in my way. If you want, go ahead and sleep with all the boys in that fucking class, if it makes them stop approaching and harassing me, I will even pay you for that." The teenager said with a voice as cold as ice.
"With pleasure."
"Are we done then? Because I am sick of you already." Akali spat and turned around.
"Akali?"
"Sam, if you want to go to your friend, she made it pretty obvious that she does not want you to sit beside me and talk to me." The girl said coolly.
"I do not care, I think I will be fine with you. You are not talking about the boys muscles and genitals all the time."
"I see, by the way, where is the teacher?"
"As far I as I know our old music teacher resigned, we are about to meet the new one for the first time." Sam answered after a few seconds.
"What's his/her name?"
"Miss Heavebound."
"Ah, ok. I hope she will be there soon."
"Me too."
Soon enough the group started to laugh and speak loudly, the sound of heels clicking could be heard coming from the corridor. After a minute a medium-height woman entered the room. She looked as if she just got back from the rock concert or from rehearsal. She was dressed in a black leather from the head to the feet. She had short, platinum hair, her facial features were defined, eyes in a color of clear blue skies were spectating the whole room. She could not be older than 30, but she was intimidating, her aura that covered her fully was saying "I do not give a fuck, do not fuck with me.". As soon as she reached the seating prepared for her, she straightened up and said.
"Welcome kiddos, my name is Kayle Heavebound and as of now I am your music teacher." Her voice was powerful and hoarse. "I hope you will work as I tell you so. Firstly, is there anyone who is brave enough to sing something alone?"
"What kind of music we are talking about?" Akali could not help but ask.
"As I said something, it is your choice what you will present. It seems that you are the only one to have guts. What is your song of choice then?"
"Arch Enemy – As the pages burn." The girl said without hesitation.
"Going heavy as I see. Go on, I can not wait to hear it."
"Can I have a backtrack?"
"I would not have it any other way." The blond said with a wide smile, starting the song.
The black-haired girl shocked everyone in the class, once she started to sing. If she was to compare her voice to the one that belonged to her protector she would say that it is very similar situation as in the band she was currently covering, she was more like Alissa, Evelynn sounded more demon like Angela. Overall the teenager enjoyed her performance but even she could notice that she was lacking in some parts of the song. After the music ended, she straightened up and faced Miss Heavebound.
"Kid, you have quite the voice, I must say." The teacher chuckled. "You need some more practice but overall I am impressed, I can not wait to work more with you, kiddo."
"So do I Miss Heavebound." The girl replied.
"You may sit down." Kayle said. "Ok, everyone listen now, I would like you to work in small groups. I decided that, for you to pass this subject you will have to do a presentation, cover some song or create a new one, any of given options is valid, but let it be known that if the group decides to create something new, they will be evaluated by different standards than the others. You are free to choose with whom you would like to be in a team. By the end of the class which is in like 15 minutes I would like to have a list of teams on my desk, that is everything, get back to work."
It quickly appeared that after her successful performance that was awarded by applause of exactly two people, that nearly everyone wanted to be in her group. To say that she was furious would be an understatement, she wanted nothing more than to kill them all in a very brutal way. They just started to annoy her, quickly reaching her limits. After what felt like an eternity she chose the final member of her group, wrote down their names and gave it to the teacher. Frankly saying, she was more exhausted by this class than after her morning routine. With a heavy breath she look at her teammates. Her team consisted of 5 people, 3 girls and 2 boys. Alongside of her there were Sam and Alethia. Alethia was a girl with ginger hair and green eyes, she was more often called Mini than her real name. For the boys there were Trey and Alonso. Trey was born in Japan, but his parents moved to the USA when he was young, he was short but quite muscular. His hair was inked-black, brown eyes. Alonso was of Hispanic blood, he was short, had dark brown hair and eyes of the same color. Akali chose them because all had some experience with heavier music whether it was singing, playing the drums, bass, guitar. Of course the black-haired girl decided that they will go for the hardest task, they are going to create something new.
"Miss Heavebound, is there any chance to sign up for a guitar lesson through school?" The girl asked suddenly.
"Through school? I do not think so, but I am pretty sure I can find you a badass teacher who will be able to show you a trick or two, of course if you are interested. Unfortunately I doubt that it would be free of cost." The blond responded after a few seconds of hesitation.
"Could you contact that person and pass me some more information with a cost?"
"Just give me a minute, I will be right back once I finish the call."
"Take your time, Miss."
It did not take long for the blond to receive the desired information. Honestly it felt like she did not even exit the room.
"Ok, he is willing to teach for a 50$ per hour only because it is me who requested it. You will not be able to find better guitarist to sacrifice their time to teach you for that price, take it or leave it." Miss Heavebound announced.
"It is for one person or for our whole team?"
"If you want to participate in the classes as a team it will cost you at least 100$ per hour." The woman informed her.
"Ok, I think it should not be a problem. Can I make a call, Miss?"
"Yes, go on."
In no-time the teenager left the classroom and chose Evelynn's number. The girl expected to wait for at least a while, for her call to be picked up, but to her surprise it was nearly instantly.
"Hello, darling. What is so important that you decided to call? Or you just miss my voice so much?" The diva giggled.
"Hey, Eve. I have an information to pass and one quick question." The black-haired girl responded.
"What is his name, age and family?" The lawyer asked in a serious manner.
"No, it is nothing about any imagined boy of yours. I just had a music class and it seemed that we are to create a new song to pass the subject, I asked the teacher if she could recommend any guitarist to teach us to play properly. We were informed that we could have such sessions but it would cost us at least 100$ per hour and I am curious if you have anything against me participating in it." The girl explained quickly.
"No, sweetheart." The siren replied. "I was thinking about someone myself, but if you got a recommendation and the cost is that low, why don't you give it a try. I will give you enough money for every class, so do not worry about the payment."
"Thank you, Eve. You are the best." Akali exclaimed.
"Oh, dear. I am sure, I am." The woman chuckled. "How was your day?"
"It's decent, but I made a lot more enemies than I thought." The teenager confessed.
"If they try anything inappropriate, just call me and their heads will be handed to the headmistress on a silver plate."
"I can take care of myself, but thanks for the proposition, I will have it in mind if such a situation occurs." Rogue assured. "How is your day going, Eve?"
"It is slow and boring to tell the truth. I wish it would be already over and I could spend some more time with you, sweetheart."
"Yeah, it would be nice, but heads up we need to wait only a few more hours to have a bit of fun together." Akali said with a wide smile.
"Oh, I can not wait. Maybe I will leave work a bit early and will be able to pick you up from school, how does it sound to you, dear?"
"It sounds like the best plan we have at the given moment." The girl responded honestly.
"I miss you so much, honey. I do not know why but I feel empty when you are not next to me." The magenta-haired woman confessed.
"I feel the same to some extent." Rogue assured her.
"So let's meet in a few hours, dear. I will be patiently waiting for it." The lawyer whispered in seductive manner.
"See you later." The black-haired girl said, finishing the call.
As soon as she ended the conversation between her and Evelynn, she returned to the class.
"What is your decision then?" The teacher asked.
"We are interested in the lessons, please make the first appointment and let us know when and where it will be held, Miss." Akali said with a playful smile on her lips.
