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someone was already yelling at me. As if it were my fault that t

ack by the poster of the school

g the Stanley Cup three years ago. That win did great things for our town; it basically put Velmont

ng the playoffs. It went viral online-we had memes, poste

omeone slam into me, and I crashed against the locker. Pain r

lia Davidson, my school bully and arch-nemesis. She towered over me with a smir

st place she would see me in this

ition in Velmont to use "shark" in place of other popular nouns. Her long blonde hair cascaded down her shoulder. Emilia is

who are shorter, took a stance

up to these girls when I couldn't even talk. Even if I did anything, I

o give Milli

essing against my index finger to control my anger. Even if

her French-manicured nails in my direction. She

laughter; the joke was old and not even funny

grab my books from last year, which I kept in c

om the library. To this day, the librarian h

gh my body when she pulled on my short hair, which I had forgotten to wash that mornin

r happened to be the principal of this school, the only college in

n punch her in the throat like I wanted to. I

, holding my hair tighter, and I felt like my scalp was on fir

of my bes

d held me against her bosom as if I were a kid. Her perfume engulfed me as I took in her clothing: a bright red, above-knee-le

dressing up, even to sleep. Meanwhile, I felt like

step out of a

those your father's underage who

n's father was wealthy and a huge investor at the school, so she didn

the ground and make her beg for my mercy. I loathed her a

er designer shoes on the ground, her face red wit

er eyes. She was pissed and not trying to hide it. I cou

ny, and I would be awarded jail time for smacking

searching my face, "Why do you let that

hy. I knew why. Apart from the scholar

might even kill me just to exact revenge. At my height of five-five and Wren's fiv

ddling with the rabbit-ear case of her

need this scholars

r arm around mine, squeezing

lood to my heart, and my head started to spin at the sight of him. All six of the hottest hockey players in

was stuc

At six-five, he looked like heaven from down here. I found myse

when he bumped into me in the school gym. Although he only

day. He is a senior; this will be my last year of seeing him, and I might j

uc

pbrother is part of the hockey team, the captain. I glar

ckey hotness. She sees them every day

ly swooning. <<

h a push toward his direction. My steps cam

k to

mean sign

omeone who can't speak? He had a list of s

d i

ckly, you might miss this chance forever. Gavin is a prodigy; he will be recruited by the NH

lips on his. I had never kissed anyone, but I hear

n't risk the embarrassment and rejection

mean better, but