Chapter 6 - Their Friendship (1/2)

”Arianna, just because I covered up for you the last time doesn't mean you can take advantage of my....” Mimi, who had strode over to Arianna intending to give her a piece of her mind, halted in her tracks as soon as her eyes landed on her.

”Holy mother of God,” Mimi cursed as soon as her gaze landed on Arianna's face. The girl might have covered her red eyes with makeup but Mimi was her best friend and could see through the disguise.

She grabbed Arianna and pulled her into the back room, away from the customer's eyes and the annoying boss.

”Did that witch and her daughter hurt you again?” Mimi asked in concern.

Arianna simply nodded. She was mentally and physically tired to say a word; remembering what happened this morning was like a sword piercing through her heart.

”Gosh,” Mimi exhaled angrily through her nose and clasped her face in her palm, ”How could they do that to this pretty face?”

Arianna smiled at her, feeling better. Mimi was her best friend and one of the few people who helped keep her sane throughout her ordeal.

They had met the first time her uncle took her to this city after her father's death. Arianna became withdrawn and quiet after her father's death and when her uncle put her in the new school, she talked to no one.

But her silence was short-lived. Hardly had she sat down, Mimi turned to her and introduced herself, displaying those perfect white teeth - that still gleamed till now. As expected, Arianna ignored her, expecting her to move along like the others she snubbed, but Mimi did the opposite. She went ahead to talk about herself, her hobbies and all, that if it wasn't for the teacher's presence, the girl would have talked on.

As soon as class was over, Arianna left the class without a word to Mimi but the girl persisted and followed after her, still talking. Her unappreciated discussion irritated Arianna so much, couldn't the annoying fly understand the fact she needed no one.

And then, Arianna pushed her.

Mimi staggered back, knocking into the lockers and drawing attention from the crowd of students in the hallway. Arianna hated their stare, she was not a circus, why were they staring at her that way?

Then she wanted to hide away from their stare. She didn't their pity! Their sympathy! The daughter of a mogul suddenly becomes an orphan! She didn't need their fake compassion! She had seen enough of that at her father's burial!

Arianna stood, attempting to hide away from their prying eyes when she received a hard shove causing her to fall to the ground on her bum. Then she looked, it was that girl again and the crowd was cheering her on. Something snapped inside of her at that moment. It was that girl's fault, the reason the crowd were pitying her.

Without warning and with great speed, Arianna tackled the annoying girl to the ground and they began to fight as the students cheered them on. They clawed at each other, grabbed and pulled on the hairs, and shouted at their faces until the teachers arrived and separated the both of them.

The both of them got detention which was quite a shame to Arianna since this was her first day at school. She'd probably be tagged a trouble maker from now on. None of them talked to each other at detention till it was time to go home and that was where the strange part began.