A/N: A little quick announcement my second semester of school started so I will be unable to update as quickly plus I have other stories that I'm working on as well and needs my attention as well. So I can't spend all my time on one certain story. Other than that I hope you like this chapter of The Beautiful Ones.

"Control" by Janet Jackson

Love benny…

My control

Control of what I say

Control of what I do

And this time I'm gonna do it my way

I hope you enjoy this as much as I do

Are we ready?

I am

Wanna make my own decisions

When it has to do with my life

I wanna be the one in control

~Janet Jackson

Kaia was never the type to judge. To be correct, she was not the type of person to judge another individual. It seems to bring out certain nastiness in a person. A defense mechanism to cover their insecurities and flaws, while uncovering others and stabbing at it with mockery and sneered comments.

It was one of the most disgusting traits in the human nature that she didn't want to associate herself with.

After all whom was she to judge?

This was also the one thing that her best friend Lisa teases what she called her saint like attributes to us lowly humans.

But it wasn't so; Kaia was as imperfect as anyone else. She just saw it as a waste of precious time and energy to judge another. Like her mother always told her that everyone has an untold story that motivates their actions.

A perfect example was Steff.

Steff was the picture of the privileged jerk that was a simple whoremonger that thought his shit smelt like roses.

Or simply the perfect character that he fooled the masses…well all except for one.

He perked her interest in some weird way. She wanted to hear the untold story of the real Steff then the one he painted to the world.

She wouldn't lie and say that their first encounter went well in fact it didn't. It was the first day of high school, and she could precisely remember him saying that she was a bitch and she calling him an asshole.

He stared at her as if she had grown another head as if he didn't think that she was going to respond back to him. He recovered quickly and walked away with one of the many sneer comments to follow that year.

No person ever worked her nerves the way he did that day. That walked around with an attitude the whole day. The next few encounters and having one class with him, caused one of the many word banter between them. The endings were always the same Steff walking away all calm and collective, while she was annoyed to the core.

Taken all that she could take, her mother sat her down about her unpleasant attitude for the pass three months.

She told in great detail about Steff and the constant annoying encounters they've experience. Her mother listens intently, nodding her head with the look of pure amusement on her features. That only further annoyed her since she saw no amusement about her predicament with Steff McKee.

Her mother knew what was causing the young man to set his sight to annoy her daughter and she wasn't going to tell her either.

The only advise that her mother gave her that day was to pay attention to his actions and don't take to much from it.

It was simple advice that she took to heart. After all there was never a time that her mother advice was wrong. The next day she was determined to pay attention to Steff actions. It was the first of many surprises that brought out the many complexities of Steff.

As each day pass, she no longer carried an attitude whenever they exchanged words. Her annoyance was replaced with amusement and in some sick way she looked forward to their sparring.

He had sparked her interest, considering him as a personal scientific project of sorts. And as each year passed she learned more and more about the true Steff that he tried to hide.

"I don't understand this!" screamed an overly excited Lisa.

Kaia lay in her bed holding the phone to her chest until her friend was less excited.

"Are you going to continue to scream or are we going to talk?" with a smirk on her face when she heard a heavy sigh on the other end.

"We're going to talk," she said dejectedly, yet Kaia knew her friend all to well she was by now crossing her fingers.

"And no crossing your fingers," a loud smacking noise was her answer causing her to laugh.

"I don't see anything that you need to understand," deciding to continue the subject that seem to plague her friend of misunderstanding.

"You and Steff? Come on Kaia, you might see it as sparring with an adversary but I see it flirtation with a future boo thang."

"Whatever Lisa," shaking her head while rolling her eyes of the preposterous thought of her seeing Steff as a future boyfriend.

"Why not?"

"Because I don't think I'm his type," she said with all honesty.

She never really saw herself dating neither Steff nor any guy that went to her school.

"Poor naïve Kaia, must I break it down for you?" Lisa said using her mother hen tone with her.

"Please break it down for me," knowing good and well that she were going to tell her anyway.

"Let me break it down, throughout the four years has picked on you and no one else…"

"Um…no he used to pick on that girl name Andie,"

"And the key word is used- he doesn't do it now if anything he ignores her since she goes out with his friend-what's his name-Blaine. While you on the other hand, he continues to pick on you…he evens goes out to even find where you're at to pick with you."

"I don't thi-"

"Don't even say it's a coincidence, yesterday, I swore he came to pick on you ten times through out the day. Like how he came to our defense when those skanks we're making a fuse over seats he came to your defense."

"And he made it clear that he was the only one to pick on me," she counter back.

"He made it clear to everyone that you were his to pick on…if you don't see the evidence that Steff Alexander McKee likes him some you. I'm going to shake you."

Kaia let out a heavy sigh, " I don't see it…" but was cut off by Lisa.

"Okay, then lets get to you," she said in an accusing tone.

"Me?"

"Yes you, I remember a girl who use to rock a evil scowl whenever the very name Steff was mention. Who whenever she got in a heated sparring with him would have an attitude that could move mountains and shake the very fundaments of heaven."

"Melodramatic thou name is Lisa," her friend busted into giggles.

"Whatever, you know I'm right. Now, you smirk or smile with a twinkle in your eye whenever you two spare off. Sometimes when we're having talking, I can see your eyes searching every which way trying to find him. You look forward to talk with him…its as if Steff have some control over you."

"No he does not have any control over me,"

"A double negative in a sentence cancels out and make it a positive,"

"Will it shows that you pay attention in English," she laughed as her phone went silent.

"Whatever, but I don't hear you disagreeing with me. You totally have a crush on him."

"Now this conversation is becoming crazy," shaking her dejectedly.

"What? I don't see anything wrong? I mean Steff is by far one of the most sexiest creature in that whole school building…"

"Lisa…"

"And from what I heard he can throw down in be-"

"Lisa!"

"What!"

"I don't want to hear about Steff sex life!"

"What! I'm giving you me blessing to go after him I mean come on stop acting like that."

"Acting like what?"

"Girl, like you and every single one of the fairer sex haven't thought about having sex would be like with Steff."

"I haven't,"

"You haven't?" she said in the most disapproving tone.

"No…I just always wonder what sex would be like with Prince," causing both girls to laugh.

"I'm sorry Kaia, I forgot that you plan on marring Prince in the near future,"

"You know it…anyway I'm about to go to bed I have a lot of things to do tomorrow," she sigh dejectedly.

"Okay, but think on what I said,"

"I well…I promise," as the conversation ended.

Placing the phone on the hook sinking in the soft light gray comforter she let out a very heavy sigh.

Her mind wonder on what Lisa said about her and Steff. To be truthful Kaia didn't know what their relationship really was. Back in the day it was simple the sparring of words with an adversary now…she didn't know what to say.

Did their sparring come off flirtatious?

Her mind went back to some of the latest exchanged of words they shared last week. And as her mind replayed each one she put herself in the shoes of a stranger and it sound very flirtatious on both sides.

There was one point that her friend hit, sometimes when she thought Lisa wasn't paying attention she did look for Steff.

Wondering was he going to come so they could exchange words for the day. When she thought he wouldn't show up the feeling of disappointment sinked in her. And when he did show up, which was all the time she felt a spark of excitement reenergize her.

Well it seem that Lisa did pay attention to certain things after all.

But the thought that Steff liked her…she just didn't know after all she didn't know what she felt for him. Did she have a crush on him?

Steff wasn't ugly...he was everything that Lisa described him to be but that didn't mean she had a crush on him.

There were times every now and then that she would have certain fantasies about him and her. But she made sure to repress such thoughts; after all she wouldn't be able to face him any more.

What she found so comical was the thought that Steff had some control over her…Kaia was more in control about everything she did in this life and most important with her emotions.

But then again…Steff was the only person on this earth that cane shake up so many emotions in her that at times could be so very confusing.

"Look at you Kaia, here you are losing sleep on Steff and he could careless," she whispered to herself as she turned the lamp off.

Moving around in the full size bed to find a comfortable spot Kaia closed her eyes trying not to think of a rich good-looking blond.

If only Kaia knew that she wasn't the only one who slept with some trouble; as he dreamed one of the many dreams of her and him together in ways that could make a nun turn red.

Neither Kaia nor Steff knew that they both held some sort of control over the other mentally, emotionally, and spiritual.

That the control that they thought they had was simply comical.

They had unintentionally set the course of how their relationship was going to play out this year and it was going to happen sooner then expected.

Sorry that this chapter is short the next is going to be longer=]