Lulu and Maddy became friends when they were thirteen.

Maddy was walking down the school hallways one morning and noticed something happening near the lockers.

A horde of students had gathered around two people, some of them were recording with their phones, others were clearly cheering. But most of them were watching with their mouths opened wide.

Lulu had slammed a guy harshly against a locker, pressing her knee against his crotch, "You racist piece of shit, hear me out."

Maddy's attention had been drawn enough to put her phone in her pocket and walk closer.

"If I hear you, or see you mimick a baboon when Rue's around," Lulu spat, pressing her knee even harder, earning a painful whimper from the boy, "I make you eat the little stick that's between your legs."

Then, she forcefully made him look at her straight in the eye, using her hand to yank him by the hair, "Got it?"

The guy was now crying, absolutely mortified by the girl standing in front of him, "Y-Yes..."

Slowly, she removed her knee, still holding a threatening gaze on him, before pushing him away from her and laughing loudly as she watched him running away.

Lulu locked arms with Rue, who had watched the whole scene silently, perfectly aware that no one should mess with Lulu and her friends, and they both walked away.

Lulu was suspended for two weeks after that. But Maddy was hooked.

Like... she had found her perfect match.

Lulu was lazily putting her books and pens on the desk, waiting for the math class to start. Or maybe to end before it even began. She couldn't really understand the point of learning a bunch of things she would eventually forget and never need in her life.

Someone sat down next to her, Lulu recognized her immediately. And she couldn't believe she was sitting next to the coolest girl in her entire school.

"Hey, I'm Maddy."

Lulu's eyes sparkled and she flashed her a big smile, "I'm Lulu."

"I know," Maddy replied with a smirk, "That bitch Nathan had it coming."

Lulu chuckled, still feeling very proud of the beating she gave him a few weeks ago, "Yeah... Now he shivers and looks down when I'm around."

Eventually, Maddy and Lulu made eye contact and it was like they both knew they were made to be in each other's life. It was a no-brainer.

That's when the show started. A good one.

Lulu and Maddy almost became inseparable. When Lulu wasn't hanging out with Rue, she was spending her time with Maddy. That was how she was introduced to Cassie, Kat and BB.

The duo held the reputation of « fixing people's problems » in the bathroom, reigning over the school through terror and glitter.

And when Lulu wasn't watching Maddy slamming some girl's face on a window for insulting her, Maddy was proudly letting Lulu deal with a homophobic bitch during the cheer practice —that Lulu had no regret crashing whatsoever.

They stopped kicking people in the face, at some point.

But everybody knows what they can do so nobody really messes with them anymore.

Lulu and Maddy sat on a curb, a few feet away from the station, as Lulu started picking her nails nervously. She didn't really know why she felt that way because, in all honesty, if Maddy had wanted to hurt her, her face would already be on the ground.

"I'm not mad at you," Maddy finally spoke.

"Really?"

"Yeah..." Maddy nodded, "I just... I thought you'd send me a text to know if he was alright."

Lulu frowned, "Why would I do that?"

"I don't know... cause you're my best friend and you know how I feel about him."

Lulu bit her lower lip, staring at the road for a few seconds. She understood the girl's point of view. She really did. They had been there for one another through tick and thin but they had also been deadly honest for all of these years and Lulu had warned Maddy about Nate way too many times in the past.

"I also know what he did to you," Lulu replied seriously, "That night at the carnival."

Maddy gulped, suddenly feeling the urge to stare at her feet. Because she knew she couldn't lie to her.

"You don't have to say anything," Lulu added, "I just know it was him. Not Tyler."

A tension was now palpable around the two girls. As if the air was slowly enveloping them and was hard to breathe. Maddy's skin was aching after every single word coming out of Lulu. The truth was painful and even more so when her best friend was legitimately explaining why she wouldn't apologize.

"That day when the principal told me you had been assaulted," Lulu said with a shaky voice, "I lost my shit. I wanted to find him and kill him."

Instinctively, Maddy grabbed Lulu's hand and squeezed it strongly, as if it was a way to say thank you. As if she really needed someone who had understood what had actually happened that night. But she couldn't let the words come out so she held her hand.

"Maddy, I know when you're in love you can't take any fuckin' advice," she said, "We're all stupid when we're in love."

Maddy let out a small laugh, quickly wiping away the tears that had streamed down her face.

"But y'know I hate him. He's a piece of shit and I hate him even more because he hurts you," Lulu added in a whisper, "So I couldn't pretend and ask you how he was 'cause y'know what? I'm fucking glad Fez beat the shit out of him."

Lulu used her free hand to wipe away some tears on Maddy's face and she rested her hand on her cheek, "Because I can't let any guy who hurt get away with it. So, yeah... I sided with Fez on that one. But... it was like I sided with you too."

Maddy was crying harder, unconsciously letting her face rest on Lulu's hand, appreciating all the support she was getting.

They looked at each other for a few seconds before Maddy wrapped her in her arms, holding on for dear life.

She really had found her perfect match.

"I fucking love you," Maddy muttered in her neck.

"I love you too," Lulu said, "So much."

They pulled away and Maddy watched her light a cigarette with a curious glance, "What?"

"You're in love with someone else too, uh?" Maddy asked with a smirk.

Lulu followed her gaze that led right to Fezco, who was talking with Zahia and Ashtray, "Would you give me a break, Mads?!"

"What? You guys are cute," she giggled, "That's disgusting."

Lulu playfully shoved her, "Shut the fuck up, you're ruining it."

The two girls laughed before Maddy looked at her seriously, "You should tell him."

"What?"

"How you feel, you stupid bitch!"

Lulu looked at her boyfriend once more, trying to contain the smile tugging at her lips, "He knows. I guess."

Maddy shook her head, "Nope. You never know until you know."

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, there you have it!!!! more of a background story about lulu and maddy! not gonna lie, i LOVE the idea of lulu and maddy kicking ass and frightening an entire school for years

also, i apologize, it might not be my best written chapter, i dont know what happened....

but at least the power duo is back and i cant wait to make them interact even more!!and THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the love like over 300k reads??? hundreds of comments and likes EVERY DAY??? you are the greatest i'm so grateful