By the time lunch came around, I don't think I had ever heard someone back track on his or her own plan faster than Luca.

"You have to fake break up with me, snow." Luca whispered harshly as we collected our food trays. Snapping him a look, he was looking at me like I was in the wrong.

So I kinda still am, but that's not the point.

"Wait, what happened to Mr determined to help me bring down the wicked witch of the west?" Placing a slice of pizza on my tray, I slid over so he could do the same.

"He spoke to Vanessa Hull in Spanish class, that's what happened." Rolling my eyes, I grabbed a carton of orange juice and the small square of chocolate cake before moving out of the line.

"Well I'm sorry but Vanessa Hull is going to have to wait." Walking over to a spare table, I slid myself in and started to pick at the chocolate cake.

"Snow, I'm being serious-"

Rolling my eyes, I scoffed at how he resembled my little sister after I had accidentally stepped on her Harry Styles doll.

Shattered.

"So am I Luca, you promised you'd help me, your pinky promised me this." My droning didn't seem to be swaying his mind.

If he wanted to fake break up so badly why didn't he just do it himself?

Because he's the new guy? He doesn't want to be known as that heartless jerk that broke up with the innocent geek. Duhh.

Oh.

"How long am I going to have to wait?" Ruffling his hair, he scratched at the slight stubble along his jaw he probably forgot to shave this morning.

Shoving the whole slice of cake in my mouth and ignored his bemused expression, whilst I tried to give him an exact date that Kimberley would be destroyed.

Hmm January 23rd? How the hell was I supposed to know?!

Swallowing the cake with a struggle, I started to poke a hole in my carton of orange juice whilst glowering at Luca.

"The quicker you help me, the quicker you can dip your feet in the pool of sexual transmitted diseases." Smiling up from my carton of orange juice, as I sipped along with a simper - I tried to calculate what he was thinking.

Was I being a bad person?

"Snow, why are you doing this exactly? I mean what do you intend on doing?" Leaning his chin in his palm, he had his elbow propped up on the table with his hazel eyes focused on mine.

Why was I exactly doing this? I was doing this because Kimberley Kent has non stopped bullied me since the day I stepped on sight. Whether it was my hair, my clothes, my nose, my family or my friends. She scrutinized anything she could, and even got people to join in.
And then there's Noah. He's been my high school crush since what's felt like forever. He's so unlike Kimberley I could never understand why they were together. He's kind, caring and not just some superficial jock who has more notches on his bed than he has touchdowns.

I remember the other week we got given an assignment for Sociology, it was to write about something we knew nothing about. Though it's due at the start of summer next year, being the person I am - I had already finished it. I wrote about a small place in india and about the culture and norms - but since Luca had agreed to go along with this charade, I was considering on changing that and titling it 'A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A COOL KID'.

So the title isn't there yet, but you get my drift? Maybe I should tell him its for the sake of my final grade. Pfft im sure he'd choose Vanessa over my likely hood of passing English. Part of me wants to do this to prove to Kimberley that you know what? Im just like you, and even better.

And part of me wants to show my whole English class that yeah, I did this for a kick ass grade and passed. How you like them apples, huh?

Biting at the tip of my straw, I tried to think of a logical answer out of all the rambling in my head.

"I'm an optimist" I answered with uncertainty in my voice. With the straw loosely on my lips, I could see the concentration break on his face as he was about to say something - but due to luck, Miss Kimberley Kent and her whole flock had came walking towards us.

You didn't actually think I was being serious, right?

"Hey Luca, thanks again for the help in sociology." Kimberley's voice purred with pure seduction. All he did was lend her a pen as hers had ran out? I was sitting in the middle of them the whole time, no help was handed out

Flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder, she parked the side of her ass on the table and turned her back on me as if I wasn't even here.

"No problem." He sighed.

Flickering his eyes towards me, we stared at eachother almost having a telepathic conversation on why they were still standing there in silence.

Shifting his eyes from me to the group, I gritted my teeth and tried to slyly shake my head.

Hoe don't do it.

"Did you all want to sit or..?" He asked with a slight annoyance in his voice.

The sound they all made resembled a pigs squeal rather than a group of teenage girls. That got me wondering..

Where were the guys, or more importantly Noah.

So yeah that crush may have been slowly turning into a slight fantasising about our future kind of obsession. it's not weird.

He's always been nice to me, regardless of what his friends had said about or to me.

As all the girls clambered in next to me, I glowered at Kimberley as she squeezed in tight next to a bored looking Luca.

Catching my eyes, she gave me a distasteful look before slapping on a overly fake smile.

"Oh my god, Winnie I hadn't even noticed you were sitting there - not to be rude or anything." Adding on a small cackle, Luca had raised his eyes to look at my reaction.

Oh Luca, I've had many years to master this non affected expression of mine.

"It's okay, I read in a book somewhere some people just find it hard to pay attention to multiple things within their eyesight." Smiling equally as wide as her, I shrugged away the unsettling feeling inside of me. "Not to be rude or anything."

Hearing Sara try to stifle her small laugh beside me, she had quickly shut up because of the hard glare that Kimberley had shot her.

"I never noticed how funny you were, Winnie" Tilting her head slightly, she blinked at me with a bitterness behind her expression.

"You don't seem to notice a lot, kimmy." I retorted.

Oh my god what are you doing you fool. This is Kimberley you're speaking to, this is not one of your stupid daydreams when you're imagining roundhouse kicking the hell out of her.

THIS IS FREAKING REAL.

Dropping my smile, I gulped at the small worried glances I was receiving from the other girls around the table.

"Again, so funny." She muttered after popping her gum. Turning herself around, she placed a dainty hand on Luca's shoulder and flashed him her best promiscuous smirk.

"I came over to say that I'm having a party tonight and thought you and Winnie would like to come?" Drawing my eyebrows closer together as he smirked back at her, I shot my foot under neath the table - only to make the girl sitting next to Luca jump up in her seat with a shrill squeak.

Looking at the girl next to him and then at me with a cocked eyebrow, I was about to answer her and make up some excuse about is having some date night, but noooo.

Of course nothing ever goes to plan for me.

"We'll be there." His voice has suddenly become husky and dark, did he need some cough syrup?

Raising from his seat, I followed his movements with my eyes suspiciously.

"Now if you excuse me ladies, I promised my girlfriend I'd do something for her earlier." Sending us a wink, I had no clue what he was going on about which either scared me or excited me.

Watching him walk out of the cafeteria with his hands shoved in his pockets, I suddenly realised he had left me alone with a bunch of vultures.

The little bitch.

Going to stand up, I was brought back down immediately by the loud slamming of Kimberley's hand upon the table. It wasn't loud enough to grab the attention of the whole room, but it sure was loud enough to make me nearly shit a brick.

"Look here you little bitch, you're gonna listen and you're gonna listen good. Luca has now became the hottest guy in school, and I'm not going to let the hottest guy go out with the lamest girl." Swallowing the lump in my throat, I tried to keep that whole non affected expression steady on my face.

"But I thought you're dating Noah." I said with an uneasy look on my face. I didn't want her to know that in this moment I was so petrified I could have pooped my pants, but I'm pretty sure my face resembled that thing from the goonies if he was trying to hold in s fart.

Her expression didn't change what so ever. She simply picked up her hand and began to examine her nails as if she had just got a French manicure.

"We're not talking about my Noah right now Winnie." Lifting her gaze, her azure eyes locked with mine and narrowed in as if I were her prey. 'We're talking about Luca."

"Break up with him and I'll even let you sit on the table adjacent to us? If you don't, this whole thing is just gonna end in tears-" hopping up from her seat, her minions followed her action and made way as she took a step to lean over me. "And trust me Winnie, they won't be mine."

Smiling deviously, they then all began to walk away just as Victoria had came shuffling towards me - looking at them curiously.

"Are you okay, Winter" Letting go of the breath I hadn't noticed I was even holding. Running both of my hands through my hair, I couldn't help but begin to start laughing. Victoria stared at me with worry and fear in her eyes as my laughs didn't stop for a good 5 minutes.

Laughing because I just had a near death experience with a pack of vultures. Laughing because my life is a mess? Who knows

"Tori? How would you like to help me with my English project"