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*Chapter 16

Clear View University*

I slammed my locker door feeling irritated. Ian was supposed to give me my money on Tuesday but today was Wednesday and he still hadn't bothered to show up to school. Silva said to leave it because I was busy with the other gangs, but it still irritated me.

I was in a bad mood because I had a shit ton of homework to do and I had to also continue planning the party. This upcoming Friday I knew I was also going to miss school that day and this was also just made me crazy.

I looked down the hall and saw Ian walking up to me. "Meet me on the football field lunch time. I have the money." He whispered in my ear before disappearing into the crowd. It's about goddamn time. I shook my head and headed to class. I walked into Home Room and sat down.

Nikolai came strolling into the class like he doesn't have a care at all that he was 10 minutes late, but Ms. Ritcher also wasn't here yet. He scanned the room and when he saw me he grinned. He strutted all the way to my table. He nodded his head to the left and the poor pale kid next to me scrammed to another chair.

He sat down just as Ms. Ritcher walked into class. "Good morning," she sat down and opened her mouth to say something but the bell interrupted her. She sighed and chuckled before saying "Off you hooligans go," I chuckled at the playful look on Ms. Ritcher's face.

"Hey, so what did Ian talk to you about earlier?" Nikolai suddenly asked. I looked up at him and raised my eyebrow. "Not that it's any of your business but he wants to give me something." He placed his hand on his chest over his heart.

"Ouch, you wound me." I looked at him weirdly and then said "Stop being so mellowed dramatic," I walked into class but Nikolai lingered outside the door. He nodded and then walked further down the hall to his class. I sat down next to Olivia. She said 'hey' and I chuckled.

"What's got you all cranky" She glared at me. "Phillip came to me this morning and said he wanted me back and that he is sorry about the bet and that he fell in love with me along the way." I raised an eyebrow. Was he an idiot or something?

"Well I said no of course and that I never want to see his waste of space low life face again." I nodded and looked at the front as Mr. Newton started giving class. Chemistry, Math, and English flew by and before I knew it was lunch. "Hey Olivia, I'm just going somewhere. Be right back." I didn't wait for a reply as I walked to the football field.

Ian was lazily standing against one of the football goal posts and I raised my hand expectantly. "Tatiana, your quite brave coming out here by yourself." I laughed "Really and why is that?" He angrily glared at me.

"You are just a silly girl. You might have gotten me Friday night but that was because you had a gun," I looked at him amusingly "Oh so you don't think I could take you?" He laughed.

"No, you're a girl and I'm a football player, a jock. I could bench press 2 of you." I raised an eyebrow before saying, "Just 2? Please... Don't make me laugh. I could take you down right now without a gun." I tackled him when he least expected it. "Do you know where I've been the last 2 years?"

He huffed and shook his head. He didn't even try to stand up, but that was a good thing, for him. It meant he knew I could take him down again if I wanted to, "I was in jail, for killing a man..." He looked up into my eyes as if he didn't believe me.

Even though he didn't believe me, he said nothing and I stood. "For your own benefit, don't tell anybody about anything." I waited for an answer "Fine," He hastily stood up, slammed the folder with money in it on my hand and walked away

I turned around and walked back to the lunch room.

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"Hey Tati, have you heard about the recent rumours going around?" Olivia came out of nowhere and started rumbling. I sighed "No I haven't. I don't even bother listening to gossip." She chuckled. "Well, you should. They are quite entertaining. There are a lot of different versions but all about one story." I nodded not really listening.

"Well about a week before you came, the rumours started but recently there was a lot." I looked at her and raised an eyebrow... "Yes," I stretched out my 's' waiting for her to continue.

"Well about 2 years ago there was this girl who killed somebody and then went to jail... Rumour has it that she came out on parole a lot earlier then she should have." I looked at her.

"What are the rumours?" She looked around to see if anybody was listening. "Well, there is a rumour about the guy was attacking her and she used self-defence, the other is like it was for revenge or because she felt a bad vibe from him, or like she was a secret spy or something" I nodded my head.

"Well, which one do you think it is?" I asked, "Well honestly I think it could be one of the first 2. Either he attacked her or revenge." I looked at her. "Well rumours are rumours for a reason... but you said she came out earlier then she should have?" I questioned and Olivia nodded her head.

"Oh, well are you afraid?" I asked teasingly, "N-no... Just that why did she only serve 2 years... and did you know nobody but the judge and the patrol officers at the prison know how she looks?" I chuckled at how ironic it was. She was indirectly afraid of me.

"Well don't worry... I don't think she'll hurt someone if she is on parole." Olivia nodded "Well let's get to class," We stopped in front of the English class and Olivia gave me a nod before walking in and I walked further into History.

Mr. Sawyer was standing in front of the classroom. Written on the board in bold and capital letter stood 'Semester Partner Project' and under it stood 'The SPP'. Mr. Sawyer was about to say something when Nikolai came rushing in. He sat down next to me. He nodded his head to Mr. Sawyer and the teacher started talking.

"Good afternoon... so as you can see behind me on the board," He pointed to the board behind him. "Is where you will get more than 70% of this semesters mark... the SPP" He looked around at the confused faces of his students.

"For those of you who don't know what the SPP is... it is The Semester Partner Project." Mr. Sawyer looked around amusingly. "And this year... I'll be choosing your partners," He has this evil mastermind expression on his face. The whole class groans.

He chuckled... "Well, indirectly you will be choosing your partner. Boys please come and take a slip out of this hat." The guys stood up and each took a pink slip.

"Before you open it... Your partner's name will be written on that paper and the topic your project will be about. You can't come to me and ask can I get a different partner or a better topic. This is your fate..." He waved his hand and the boys opened their slips.

Some of them groaned and others looked happy. Nikolai, on the other hand, had a big egotistic smirk on his... The boys walked over to their partners and Nikolai walked over to me.

"Oh hey, partner. So your house or mine?" He smirked.