"BRYNN, TALK to me." I hear when I open my locker and see Marcus coming up to me, "You barely spoke to me after telling me that you're 'done' with me."

"Yeah, because I am done," I sighed, putting my books in the locker, "I'm not your guinea pig and I'm not your second best- or third- when the others don't give you attention."

"I didn't say anything about you being my guinea pig," He defended, "I have feelings for you, Brynn-"

I cut him off by giving him a stern look before looking both ways down the hall, "You should be quieter before Maria comes out from one of these lockers and tries to slice me with her fan."

He kept an unamused look, giving a brief fake smile before letting it drop as I smirked, "You know, you aren't any more good of a person as me." I raise a brow at him, "Did you tell Lex what happened?"

"Tell me what?" I hear his thick accent come up from behind me and I glance back when he wraps his arm around me. I give him a small smile, but feeling Marcus eyeing us down, "Is it about the guy that got killed?"

My smile drops and I glance at Marcus, "Someone got killed?"

"Yeah, everyone heard about it. The news has been spreading around like wildfire." He told me, but I still gave him a look, "Someone killed Yukio the other night."

My mouth gaped slightly at his words, "I didn't hear about that." I slowly respond and look at Marcus, who then looked with relief, so I glare his way, "Uh, Lex, Marcus and I have to go get something from class."

I was about to remove myself from Lex's grip, but he stopped me to pull me to the side, away from Marcus, "Why do you always choose him over me?"

"Lex, what are you talking about?" I asked, "We just need to-"

"You've been going places with him all month and making up dumb excuses to me," He told me, "I know you've been lying to me and I haven't questioned it, because I'm not your boyfriend, but after the night we had sex... I just have to ask is if anything is going on between you and him?"

I look at him and hesitated for a few seconds, so he looked away and shook his head. I glance down at my shoes, "Lex, I-"

"Go ahead then," He cuts me, "Go get the bloody 'thing' you need from class."

He walked off and I sigh, "Lex!" I called out, but he continued walking down the hall.

I then turn to Marcus, seeing that he watched the whole conversation, "Everything good?"

"That's none of your business." I dismiss and pull on his blazer, dragging him down the hall, "Now, you know something about Yukio. Tell me."

"What are you-"

"Do you know who killed him?" I asked him,  but in a slight whisper, keeping him close so our conversation could stay between us.

He glanced around us, "Maria, but she did it to help Saya."

"Help her?" I questioned, "Yukio was a part of her gang. And if everyone knows about his death, so does Lin."

"And so?"

"Don't you remember the rules when you got into this fucked up place?" I asked, "No killing other students and because your girlfriend broke that rule, again, we are once again fucked."

"But Chico's father-" A loud clash made us stop talking, and Marcus shoved through the crowd that began to form. I follow behind him to see Maria and Saya close to one another and one of Maria's goons, Juan, sprawled on the floor.

Marcus quickly gets in between them, but before another word gets out, the monks begin to appear randomly and shove us down the halls. I groan to myself, already knowing that this was a clampdown. This all Maria's fault again.

They shove me into a room with roughness and quickly close the door behind me, leaving me to slam on the door, "When I find out who you are, I am going to fucking slit your throat."

I hit the door again before resting my head on it, "Who pissed in your cereal?"

I turn to see that I was in a room that wasn't mine, but I was more focused on how I was stuck with Marcus, Willie, and Vicktor. I kiss my teeth and turn around, kicking the door, "The least you could have did was put another girl in here!"

"Why? Are you scared?" Vicktor asked and I turn to glare at him.

"I'm not scared of you small dick boys, so don't make me laugh." I retort, a smirk when he rolls his eyes and stays quiet when all the doors shut and Lin yells how no one is leaving until he finds out who killed Yukio.

I clench my teeth as Wills speaks up, "Why are you so angry, Brynn?"

"Because all of this is bullshit." I respond and go toward the available bed since Vicktor was on the other. Marcus was sitting down on it, but I sat a distance away from him.

"We need to get out," Marcus stated, but it was specifically towards me, though he didn't look at me, "I need to speak to Saya, end all of this shit."

I didn't respond, my head pounding as I thought of how Lex is probably rooms away with some weirdos pissed at me, but I guess it's better than my situation. For almost an hour, Marcus tried to get himself out of the room while we all sat around. Though, when he did get out around the second hour of the clampdow, Willie found a box of playing cards, so we played Goldfish to have the time go by since we weren't in the mood to get caught if we left during a clampdown.

"So what's been up between and sparky?" Willie asked lowly, and I eyed him as he nodded his head over to where the door stood ajar. I then realized he was talking about Marcus, "After Vegas, I seen that you guys were awfully close, even when he went steady with Maria."

"Nothing is going on," I answer, but see him eye me, so I sighed, "Anymore. I ended it."

"You got feelings for him?" He wondered and I shrug, "But ain't you and Lex together?"

I shrug again, "Not sure about that either, but I know Lex is mad at me, as of today," I fumble with my cards, "He's suspicious about me and Marcus."

"Well, his suspicions are right, aren't they?" Willie wondered, "And if he has his suspicions, so does Maria."

"I think she's more concerned about Saya." I look down at my cards, "Any sixes?"

He shakes his head, "Goldfish," He then eyed his card, "Yeah, he told me how she tried to shoot him with an arrow."

"Better their heads than mine." I grumbled and he shook his head with a small smirk. I then glance over at Vicktor who was asleep in Shabnam's bed, "Part of me just wants to draw a dick on his forehead."

Willie chuckles lowly, trying not to wake Vicktor before we continued our game. Though when we started up again, a knock on our door startled us. It swung open, since the doorknob was broken, having the monk stand at the doorframe, "The lockdown has been lifted. All of you can return to your rooms."

I instantly drop my cards and go over to kick the bed that Vicktor slept in. He jolts up, but groans when he seen it was just me, "Clampdown is lifted. Get your ass up."

I turn around to see that Willie was gone and the hall were filled up with kids who were dying to leave their rooms. I walk out of the room and chose to look around for Lex. I ask some people that passed by me, all of them responding with 'no', which made me groan in agitation.

I then seen Petra walking toward me and I smile at her, "Hey Petra, you seen Lex?"

She answers my prayers and nods, motioning over to a room a few doors down, "Yeah, just left him and Billy. We would have had a threesome if the lockdown wasn't lifted, can you believe it?"

I stood frozen and my mouth agape, but she walked away from me before I could ask more. A threesome? I shook my head, believing she was just joking, but my feet continued to go toward the room.

When I reached it, my hand ghosted over the door, thinking of what Petra said. Could she be joking? Was she fucking with me? I had to know and opening this door would tell me.

I ball and open my fist in one motion, before I rest my hand on the doorknob and turn it open, letting the door swing back. It felt like everything went blurry when I saw Billy and Lex shirtless and in their underwear on Lex's bed. Lex and Billy look up at me and I felt my throat closing in, my words stuck, but I soon choked out, "What- what the fuck?"