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Makayla arrives at the table and Kaitlyn glances back at Charlotte. “Ugh, you’re still here? I thought you knew that peasants don’t sit with royalty. Move, peasant.”
Unlike Charlotte, Annalisa lives for confrontation. Aiden is about to open his mouth when Annalisa beats him to it.
“Okay, I think we’ve had enough of this,” Annalisa snaps. She narrows her eyes at Kaitlyn. “I get that you feel like you have some sort of claim on Aiden since you screwed him that one time—”
Aiden interrupts her with a growl, but she turns her burning gaze to him. “Oh, now you talk? Shut up, Aiden.” She looks back at Kaitlyn without missing a beat and continues. “As I was saying, you think you belong here. You don’t. Get over it. We don’t need your attitude and quite frankly, I think we’re all sick of hearing your grating voice all the time. Aiden’s made it more than clear that he wants nothing to do with you. So run along to your little cult followers and toc_marker-2stay the hell away from us.”
“Shut up, Annalisa.” Makayla defends Kaitlyn like a loyal dog.
Kaitlyn’s calculating eyes narrow at Annalisa across the table from her. “Stay away from you? I don’t want to be anywhere near you. Why are you even here? In fact, why do you even bother coming to school at all? Everyone knows you’ll just end up like your pathetic moth—”
She’s cut off as Annalisa suddenly pounces across the table, trying to get a hold of Kaitlyn, who shrieks. But Julian catches Annalisa around her waist before she reaches the other girl.
“Julian! Let me go! I have to kill her!” Annalisa struggles to get free of Julian’s iron grip. “If you love me you’ll let me claw her face off!”
Charlotte jumped up when Annalisa did and is now standing beside me. Mason, Chase, and Aiden are also all standing up, wearing matching enraged expressions. Kaitlyn clutches Makayla beside Charlotte and me while Annalisa still struggles to get at her.
“You’re crazy!” Kaitlyn shouts.
If there is anyone in the cafeteria who wasn’t already watching us, they most definitely are now. Aiden steps right in front of Kaitlyn, scowling down at her and blocking her view of Anna.
“Leave. Right now. I don’t want to see your face ever again. I’ve told you countless times before, but I guess I need to say it S-L-O-W-E-R. Me, plus you, equals never going to happen. It was a one-time thing. I don’t make the same mistake twice.”
How is Kaitlyn still standing there? Actually, she’s moved even closer to him. Aiden’s hostile facial expression and voice full of clear animosity would’ve made anyone else shrivel up into a puddle on the floor. I was honestly a little intimidated, but she’s taking it all in stride.
“Oh darling, you’re just a little confused.”
Aiden looks down at the hand that Kaitlyn places on his chest, and his eyes darken.
“Okaaayyy.” Pushing Kaitlyn’s hand off Aiden, I slide between the two of them. I’m getting nervous from all the attention we’re receiving, and it’s already a miracle a teacher hasn’t booked us yet. I didn’t want to push our luck.
“Kaitlyn, we’ve all come to an agreement. Collect your shit and leave. Now.” Turning to the rest of the room, I call, “Show’s over people! Get back to your lunch.”
“She said the show’s over!” Aiden announces, and everyone scrambles back to what they were doing before, conversations starting back up around us.
Grabbing Kaitlyn’s purse, I throw her fancy reusable water bottle into it, and then shove it into her chest. “Go.”
She swipes the purse from me like I’ve infected it and holds it to her chest. “Who do you think you are?” she demands.
“I’m the extremely pissed and hungry girl whose food you threw all over the ground. Now leave so I can peacefully enjoy the rest of my lunch period.”
Finally, I’m back in my seat. Charlotte slowly sits back down beside me, and Chase does the same, but Mas
on and Aiden remain standing with their arms crossed, looking at Kaitlyn and Makayla. Annalisa and Julian aren’t at the table anymore. He probably took her to calm her down before she ripped Kaitlyn’s trachea from her throat. Something Kaitlyn said really triggered her.
“You’re picking this whore over me?” Kaitlyn accuses Aiden.
Before he can respond, she leans down and hisses in my ear, “Aiden’s mine. I told you to stay away from him. This is your last warning.”
“Do I look like I give a shit?” I nonchalantly take out my phone, pretending to look at some texts.
The so-called Queen Bee can’t handle being ignored and not getting the last word in. “I’m talking to you!”
Ignoring her, I message Annalisa to see if she’s okay. Maybe if I keep pretending Kaitlyn’s not there, she’ll go away.
She snarls. “Stay away from—what are you doing?”
The snarky reply is on my lips before I can stop myself. “Checking my calendar. Nope. Looks like I won’t be giving a shit tomorrow either.”
