Rose pov

As the half of the school day ends, we head for lunch.

"You're sitting with me, ok?"

"Where else would I sit? You're the one who said follow you around, and I'm not stupid, Ryder." I spit out.

If I come off a bit defensive, it's only cause I've been getting stares and comments thrown at me all day, and we still have half of the school day to go.

I'm just done, I don't like these kids, I don't think I ever will.

Ryder doesn't respond, probably understanding my frustration.

Nearing the lunch room door, I sigh.

Here we go, again.

We enter the lunch room, side by side and the whole place gets quiet.

Everyone looks and try to analyze our every move.

It was cool this morning but I'm over it.

Ryder starts to lead me to this corner table where a group of boys I've never seen before sat.

I lean close to his ear.

"Who are they?" I whisper, because the room was still quiet as hell.

"My guys." With this the talking begins once again.

Glad to know people have a little common sense.

"So they're in the gang." I ask, wanting him to be blunt.

"Of course." He smirks, as usual.

"Your face is going to get stuck in that smirk one day and I'm going to laugh my ass off." I smile just imagining it.

"If you plan to stick around that long, Rose, and become Queen."

Why's he still going on about this?

"I already said no."

"Why not?"

By this time, we're standing next to the table, as his crew watches us argue.

"No is no, Ryder. Don't be a spoiled brat." I pull out my chair and sit, deciding to ignore anything else that comes out of his mouth.

Ryder realizes my decision and takes a seat himself.

As we sit in silence, I realize I'm not hungry and I enjoy the silence as much as I can because I know it won't last, just like my break.

"So boss..." Just as I finish my thought I'm proven right.

Damn.

"Yea?"

"You gonna introduce us or...?"

Ryder looks at each of them carefully.

"Ok."

He turns to me and stares.

"Go ahead." He finishes.

The boy on the left, next to Ryder, starts.

"I'm Lucas, second in command." He smiles at me, while I just look at him. His black short messy hair gives his this mop kinda look, and his blue eyes look like the sky. I can already see the madness behind his gaze. This man's crazy.

I wonder why he says "second in command" but I guess they already know I know about them, from Ryder.

"I'm Caleb, third in command." He doesn't bother to smile, and I like him already. His long brown hair is pulled back into a samurai ponytail, while his black eyes are nothing but serious. What a great guy.

I grin.

The last guy scowls at me.

"I'm Ethan, fourth in command." He looks at me angrily with his green eyes, while his dark brown skin almost looks tense. His hair cut, almost to his scalp, with a nice hair line.

He's cute, sitting there, pouting, almost.

My grin turns into a smile.

"You're cute." With this his glare intensifies and I almost laugh.

Ryder puts his hand on my thigh and clenches down hard, but I don't even mind anymore.

Still looking at Ethan, I start my intro.

"I'm Rose, a random girl your boss kidnapped, but I think you guys already know that much."

They nod.

"No, you're their Queen, stop being so defiant." Ryder says, looking mad.

"I'm never going to agree to that so stop trying." I say, kinda annoyed.

"You will. Or else."

I pause for a second.

Then burst out laughing.

"Or else what? You're going to kill everyone I love, or, or maybe you're going to cut off my finger." I chuckle throughout my sentence.

He doesn't know what I've been through.

I look over at his members to see shock written in all their expressions.

"What?" I ask, looking over each of them.

The lunch bell rings and Ryder grabs my arm.

"Let's go."

He lifts me up, out my chair, and I see understanding in his eyes.

If it's for me, I don't want it, I don't need anyone understanding or feeling bad for me.

I only need myself.

And that's the only way I'm going to survive in this world.

By myself.

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4/25/18

Thanks sooooooo mucch as usual for the support.

Bye