Almost in high school. I simply can't wait. We've looked forward to this day that felt like forever. Lisa's mum is hosting a huge party for ever in celebrations of us 'growing up'. We have been best friends for almost 7 years, that says something big. I pull up my floral dress and zip it on the sides before wearing my red pumps.

It isn't much fancy, but it's enough for me.

From what I heard, the celebration was going to be huge. Lisa's mum really went all out and I know for a fact there will be more people than I can possibly count. It's still a weird thought, that after a few months we're going to be entering another school. I can remember from the back of my head when we first started primary school. It's a memory I can never forget and flashbacks of it come back to me.

" Hello girls, what class are you in?" A woman stands inside the hallway and we all look at her confused until she looks down at the clipboard in her hands.

" What are your names?" She asks. Before anyone has a chance to reply, Jennie replies for everyone.

" I'm Jennie Kim, that's Lalisa Manoban, and this is Jisoo Kim, Park Roseanne and also y/n y/l/n" Jennie tells her, the women in-front of us glances at her clipboard before looking at all of us.

" Alright girls, follow me - you're all in the same class" She tells us and we all squeal in excitement. She guides us through the huge hallways and all of us just look around the building in fascination.

I peeked through a door on the left and saw a park, I couldn't get a good enough look of it but I was already excited to spend my time there.

The woman lead us into a room which was filled with tables and chairs. There were shelves on the side that were filled with books and board games - this looked like heaven.

Almost in sync, all of us looked at each other with pure shock on our faces.

What I was even more excited about was how many kids were in the room. There were about 10 others and I couldn't wait to get to know them and make more friends.

" Alright girls, go take a seat. Your teacher will be here very soon" The woman who guided us here said, we all nodded and thanked her before walking to the seats in the first row, all of us sitting next to each other without question.

None of us said anything as all we did was observe the classroom. I noticed one of the kids staring at me and I waved at her enthusiastically and she waved back, making me smile.

Soon, someone came inside the room. A girl who looked like she was in her 20's, she was really pretty. She had a huge smile plastered on her face and greeted us all.

" Hi everyone, I'm Miss Chan and I'll be your class teacher - I'm excited to get to know you all but before that, let me take the attendance. I want you to say your name and your favourite food when I call your name out." Miss Chan said happily while she walked over to her desk and took a seat, opening up her laptop in the process.

I could see that Lisa and Rosé were a little nervous for speaking out loud since they are a little more shy while me, Jennie and Jisoo are more confident. I held Lisa's hand and gave her a smile trying to reassure her, I couldn't hold Rosé's hand since she was two seats away but I could already see Jisoo holding her hand.

" Ella, My favourite food is pizza" The first girl replies when Miss Chan calls her name. The list keeps going until Jennie's name is called.

" Jennie, I like dumplings" Jennie said making the four of us giggle softly. Her dumpling cheeks have always been a joke amongst us so her answer was ironic.

Jisoo's name was called out next before it was Rosie.

" Roseanne, I like all s-seafood" Rosie replies nervously, we all give her a smile after, telling her she did good.

" Lalisa, I like potatoes" Lisa said, her tone more on the softer side. We all gave her a thumbs up which made her smile afterwards. It's nice to encourage and be there for my best friends, just like they have always been there for me.

" I'm Y/n, I like ramen" I reply when my name is called out. Just like that, the teacher calls out everyone's names and once we have all marked our attendance she moves onto the next step which was something I was already super eager for.

Making new friends.

I smile as I rejoice the memory which seemed not so long ago. It seems like time really has went by within the blink of an eye. Maybe one day when I'm going to university I'll be remembering this moment, the moment where I'll be a few months away from secondary.

" Y/n, are you ready? We're getting late." Mama and Papa urge me. I quickly smile at myself once more in the mirror before opening my room door, flashing a bigger smile towards them.

" I'm ready."

She takes yet another puff of my joint and blows the smoke across my face, smiling at me. I'm not having any of it. They can't all just fucking walk into my room and 'want' to talk to me. I push her away but she only stumbles a few steps backwards, not looking pleased with my actions.

" Get the fuck out of my room." I mumble, pointing at the window where they entered. They have been ignoring me for a couple days and have given me the bitchiest of glares. They can't just have the audacity of walking in like nothing happened to us. I don't even recognise them anymore, it's almost as if they are an entirely different person.

" Mind your language." Jisoo scolds me, stepping up to stand beside Jennie with her arms crossed. If it were any other day, I would've listened.

But it's not just any other day.

" I can fucking swear to whoever I want. And the only words I have to say to you four are, fuck you and goodnight." It was clear the smoking was making my brain hazy and I just said the first things on my mind. I glared at them all once more and turned on my heels, going to grab the door but just then, my forearm was grabbed tightly and I was dragged and thrown onto the bed faster than my hazy brain could process.

I sat on the edge of the bed with Jennie standing in the middle of my knees, the rest of the three standing beside her. She shocks me by pulling my hair harshly behind and leaning down to look me closer in the eye. My scalp was stinging from her pull and I told her to knock it off, but she didn't budge.

" What the fuck has gotten into you?!" Jennie yells at me, angrily. The music is still blasting loudly behind so I'm sure my parents won't even hear them. I'm questioning how they even climbed up my roof in the first place. It's basically illegal since it's breaking and entering. I can't believe she is asking me that question, cause I could be asking the same to her.

" Don't act like you haven't been ignoring me for the past few days." I fire back at them. She almost seems taken aback but shrugs that away as quick as the expression appeared on her.

" It was your punishment." She simply states. I scoff at her and push her away but I only hurt myself in the process as her grip on my hair never let's go, making me hiss softly in pain.

" Stop it." I demand and to my surprise, she does. She let's go of the grip on my hair but still stays close to me. I look to the side, away from them and bite on my lip so I don't start screaming insults at them even though I'd very much like to.

" You've changed." Is what Jisoo says. I can't even believe they have the audacity to say that to me. "I don't even know who you are." I retort and it's true. It's like they are changing from who they were before. The once sweet and kind people are now acting harsh and cold towards me. They walk in here like they own me when I'd like to whoop their ass out and tell them otherwise.

" You walk in here without my consent after ignoring my apologies for days, and now you want to talk? You think I didn't wanna talk when I was pleading you to speak to me?" I'm pissed to say the least. The whole room is radiating anger from all five of us that I almost feel like this negative energy will consume me.

I just wanna go to sleep and pretend this never happened. That they never changed and our group was always the same. But it's not that easy, it never is.

" Okay, now we can talk once and for all." I don't want to take Jennie's offer but I want to hear what excuses they have to say and them apologising for their actions. I may be dumb as fuck for agreeing to this but just to keep in mind, it's all the smoking that's talking right now. I'm doing whatever comes to mind.

" Fine."

Present

I wake up when I feel a rough shake, instantly I grab onto whatever I can thinking it's an earthquake. I pant heavily and open my eyes to see the roof of a car. Confusion takes over me as the last place I remember being was on a bed, naked.

" Sorry for waking you up, sweetie." Her voice startles me and I look to the front to see Rosé in the passenger seat and Jisoo in the driver's seat. I get up only to realise one of my ankles were cuffed to the handle on the seat. I was trapped, again.

My whole body felt sore and I could feel the cramps in my thighs from what happened before. I'm not even sure how long I was out for and I'd like to see if it's day or night outside but the windows are blocked with black curtains.

Pieces start clicking together as I realised the last words of Rosé.

" They found us, Jisoo."

It can only mean that they are on the run from them. I hated how I was being treated. They were passing me around like I was a bag of potatoes, but I'm a literal human being.

" What happened between the four of you?" My thoughts are spoken out loud in my raspy voice and I see from the side how Rosé grits her teeth in anger. But a hand to her shoulder by Jisoo calms her down a little. Rosé always had a good patience level but it seems that isn't the case anymore. They aren't who I knew them as.

" Remember that time when we went to that highschool party and we found out you were whoring around with another guy called Frederick? Well, it started there." I grit my teeth for her wording. I won't even 'whoring' around with anyone. We simply just got high and that's all.

" And we got mad at you. Well it started when you met that girl called Ashlyn, I'm sure you remember her." She continues. It's like a memory is triggered in my brain when I remember the girl I met in the bathroom once I got kicked out of class.

" So, what's your name?" I ask the girl who's smoking her blunt next to me. I managed to rant about everything I had on my mind to her and she just listened patiently - not giving me any advice but was a good listener, it's something I needed badly.

" Ashlyn, what about you?" Ashlyn asks, getting up from the ground and holding her hand out for me.

" Y/n, mind if I have lunch with you?" I ask her, she lets out a chuckle and nods. I take her hand with a smile and get up - both of us cleaning ourselves up a little before we walked out the bathroom doors.

The bell for lunch had already rung so students crowded the hallways. The half an hour I spent in the toilet with Ashlyn was one of the best I've had in the past 3 days and deciding that going to sit at my usual lunch table with the other 4 would be a bad idea since they would ignore me or kick me out, I'm going to eat with Ashlyn instead.

" The more the merrier" She replies.

I rejoice in the memory for a few seconds when I remember what happened next. Rosé and Jisoo found out and Jisoo slapped her across the face. I never even saw her afterwards despite trying to find her after everything that went down.

" We thought you were betraying us because you were mad. And we didn't like that, not one bit. Once Jennie and Lisa found out, they were mad at us because we didn't tell them first before confronting you and her. Jennie and Lisa had different ideas compared to me and Rosé as to how we'd punish you for betraying us and that is when things started going downhill. We ignored you but it doesn't mean we were all still happy, we ignored them and they ignored us. It's just how things started, or so I remember." Jisoo finishes. My mouth is left agape at her explanation. I even think they are a little selfish. They were mad at me so how could they be mad with each other?

Jisoo's next words make my thoughts stop.

" And that's when we decided that our group was no longer one, but in-fact 2. And you were the only person both of us wanted. Let's just say that after the realisation is when the wars began. The war for you."

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