bring out my Chemistry notebook from my bag, place it on my desk and drum my fingers on my desk impatiently waiting for our Chemistry teacher to come into the class. Our class president walks into the class and informs us that our Chemistry teacher is waiting for us in the laboratory.

We all walk to the lab in pairs, there we met our teacher, Mr. Russell waiting for us. He asked us to pick a partner each and group ourselves into two then he left the lab after instructing us not to touch anything. I chose Claire as my partner as usual and we were both talking about how interesting the experiment is going to be when Cassie suddenly walked up to where we are with two of her pets.

I feel Claire tense up beside me, she always tries to make sure that she doesn't cross paths with Cassie because she doesn't want Cassie to make her remaining days in this school hell by picking on her. As for me, being picked on by Cassie is the worse thing that can ever happen to you in Star Light High School. As for Ash, I have noticed that she never picks on anyone in school apart from me, I think she just doesn't like me from the beginning.

One thing I'm sure of is that Cassie is here to cause trouble. She's going to insult me and call me names till I snap and burst into tears, that's what she always does but I'm not going to let her get to me this time around.

"I have been trying to figure out where that garbage smell has been coming from. I should have guessed it is from you." She says as she scrunched her nose in disgust and her pets gave a loud laugh which gained everyone's attention.

"I can't believe she tried to snatch your boyfriend Cassie." A girl tells her.

"She has been flirting with him all this while and I had no idea, she is a whore. Thank goodness I am now back with him." Cassie says with a dramatic sigh of relief.

"I'm sure this whore takes after her mother." Another girl utters with a sweet mocking smile plastered on her face.

Don't cry! Don't cry!

I tell myself while biting my lips so hard that I draw blood and I clench my fist tightly.

"That's right. Does your mother feed you by flirting and sleeping around with different men?"

I gasp in shock and close my eyes tightly as tears stream down my face and I bite my lower lip even harder.

"Was it your mother who taught you to pretend to be a maid so that you can whore around with rich men and..."

I saw red when she mentioned my mother again. It felt as if my legs were moving on their own accord as I moved closer to her and slapped her hard. I hear everyone gasp in shock and they start backing away. If we haven't gained everyone's attention before, I have sure we have now.

Cassie also looks shocked, more like dumbstruck but I didn't let her recover from her shock before I yank her hair hard and push her to the floor.

"How dare you disrespect my dead mother like that? How dare you call my mother a whore to my face like that?" I yell like a maniac and cry bitterly as I pounce on her and grab the collar of her shirt.

"I tried to tolerate you, I tried but you wouldn't stop," I say while shaking her wildly.

"Get off me! Ouch." Cassie screams and shouts for someone to get me off her but everyone seems too shocked and probably scared to come close to me. I feel someone yank me away from her roughly, I turn around to see who it is and it turns out to be Ashley. My eyes widens in shock when realized what I have just done and what the consequences may be.

I may be suspended or even expelled for picking up a fight with the daughter of an important person in the school. If that happens all my effort and endurance just to graduate from this school will be a waste, I take a deep shaky breath and tears fill my eyes. They may not even listen to my side of the story and to make matters worse, I hit her first.

Cassie's friends help her get up from the floor and our teacher, Mr. Russel chooses that moment to come back into the laboratory.

"What is going on here?" He asks sternly and everywhere became as silent as a graveyard.

Cassie burst into tears while holding her cheeks, Ashley rushes to her while Mr. Russel narrows his eyes in suspicion. I tremble as a girl opens up her mouth to explain but Ashley beats her to it.

"Cassie has been complaining about stomach cramps recently, I think it's a girlie stuff... you know." She says with a small laugh while everyone gap at Ash as she told the smooth lie.

"O-oh...w-well.." Mr. Russel stutters as his face went bright red in embarrassment.

"That is..." Cassie starts while glaring at Ash but Ash cuts in again.

"I will just escort her to the infirmary." She glares at everyone as if daring them to say anything as she drags Cassie out of the lab.

Even though I'm still trembling, I sigh in relief while wondering why Ash helped me out. I see Cassie's group of fake friends giving me a deadly glare from where they are.

I walk into the kitchen to prepare dinner when I saw Ash sitting at the kitchen island, she is pressing her phone while sipping from the glass of juice in front of her. I want to thank her for what she did in school today but I don't know how to bring up the topic in front of her.

"A-Ash..." I call timidly and she turns to look at me.

"What is it, Sasha?" She asks softly.

"I-I just w-wanted to t-thank you for what you did in school today. You save me from being severely penalized." I stammer nervously.

"It's okay, that's the least I can do f-for..." she shakes her head and bites her lips. "You're welcome anyway." With that said, she picks up her phone and walks out.

I walk to the fridge with a sigh and scan through its contents to check if I need to go out to the grocery store any time soon. I turn around and jump in surprise when I see Jace standing directly behind me, he wraps his arms around my waist and places his head on my left shoulder while taking a deep breath.

"You're back." I ruffle his hair affectionately while grinning in excitement.

"I missed you, princess." He says with a cute pout and steps back.

"Me too."

He fixes his gaze on my lips and narrows his eyes at me suspiciously. "What happened to your lower lip? Did you bite yourself like that?"

I draw the cut lip in between my teeth while debating whether to tell him what happened in school today or not.

"I..." The doorbell rings all of a sudden and I breathe in relief, I don't want to tell Jace right now but I know I will tell him eventually considering how persistent he can be. "I'll go get that." I didn't wait for his reply before rushing out to get to the door.

I regret being the one to open the door the moment my eyes land on Cassie and the angry-looking woman standing beside her.

My eyes widen in shock and I start to tremble on the spot while staring at the replica of the devil who is Cassie's mother glaring at me with venom. A glare that puts Cassie's deadly glare to shame.