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Em and I are at track practice. Of course i dragged her along with me, there was no way i was coming here on my own.

We got back from France early this morning and i'm exhausted, but i didn't wanna have bad attendance. Even though i'd much rather be on the volleyball or swim team. I guess i could join them since they're all on different days, but if the tournaments end up aligning that could be a probl-

"Carter!" I'm snapped out of my thoughts as Miss Cooper calls me name.

I push myself up from my straddle stretch and jog over to her, dusting the back of my legs of grass.

"You're up." She nods over to the track and i let out a sharp breath from my nose.

I'm way too tired for this, but maybe the adrenaline will wake me up.

I walk over to the starting point with the other girls and stretch briefly, rolling my ankles and shaking my wrists.

Bending down to set, i notice who i'm stood beside.

"Break a leg." Mia smiles at me devilishly, i know she means it quite literally.

"Thanks, i w-"

The shot sounds for us to go, and the other girls sprint off, leaving me behind.

That bitch! She totally made me have a late start!

I take off too, speeding down the track and passing a couple girls that weren't far ahead yet.

I place third. I totally could've won that.

I spot Mia at the end of the track, stretching sideways. She's a total fluke, she only won because i was distracted.

She faces my direction as i walk towards her, a smug grin on her lips.

"Too bad Julie, better luck next time." She pouts before turning back to her friend and laughing as if she said the funniest thing ever.

"What's your problem?" I geniuenly ask. She's hated me since the day i started here.

"You. You're my problem."

"Awh, thanks babe, i'm so glad i hold such a special place in your life." I put my hands to my heart and stick my bottom lip out.

Mia rolls her eyes and huffs frustratedly. "You think you're absolutely hilarious don't you."

"Well yes i-"

"You're such a pig. Me and Lane were happy and you had to come and practically throw yourself all over him." she continues.

I thought we were past all this Lane shit, my god.

"Uh, no i-"

"You've ruined my fucking life Jules, you know that?" Mia begins to raise her voice now.

"Calm down Mia i-"

"We were in love, he was gonna forgive me for cheating eventually but oh no, here comes big bad Jules."

"Mia-"

"You're a slut. Did you know that? A dirty treacherous whore." She spits.

"It's not my fault he doesn't fucking like you!" I say as soon as i get the chance, the pitch of my voice going up.

Mia stops, her bottom lip quivering and her eyes brimming with tears. Oh great, now i've made her fucking cry.

She takes a deep breath, letting it out from her nose, raising her hand and pulling it back. Before i realise whats happening, she swings forward and her palm connects with my cheek, a loud noise ringing out.

My eyes water from the pain as i bring my hand to my tender cheek, my jaw almost at the ground. Did she just... slap me?

As soon as i come back to reality i pounce, tackling her to the floor as she squeals. The girls around us begin cheering and i'm pretty sure i can hear boys coming over from across the field where they were training.

I don't care about any of that right now though, because i can only see red.

Mia pulls at my hair and i regret not putting it up for practice today. I make my hand into a fist and pull it back, crashing it down into her face. She cries out in pain as her eyes begin to water and blood gushes out her nose. I'm starting to feel bad for her.

Just as i let down my guard she grabs a handful of my hair and drags my head down, causing me to fall off of her.

She elbows me in the stomach, dropping with all her body weight and i wheeze, the air being knocked from my lungs.

Does this girl think she's on WWE Live?

"Beat her ass J!" I hear Em call from somewhere in the crowd and almost laugh.

I feel for something around me on the ground as Mia climbs on top of me. A water bottle. I crash it over her head and the plastic smashes, water gushing over her. Oops.

It does the trick though because she falls back, startled. I take my turn to straddle her and push my fingers into her hair from the roots, getting a sturdy grip. She grabs my throat, not in a kinky way, and her other hand pulling at my hair again. She's pretty weak at this point, so she isn't squeezing hard enough to restrict my air flow.

I pull her head up by her hair and slam it back down into the ground, multiple times, but she doesn't let go. A chorus of 'oooohs' sounds through the crowd. Just as i'm about to slap her silly, she spits. It goes up, directly into my face.

Oh, so she chooses death. Nice.

I swing my arm back, slapping her as hard as humanely possible and she screams, her head following the direction of my slap on the impact.

"Woah, what the hell is going on here!" Mrs Cooper screams at us, blowing her whistle as she pushes through the crowd towards us. Where has this woman been for the past three minutes?

Whatever, i take no notice of her.

I go in to hit Mia again, this time aiming for the jaw, when a pair of arms wrap around my waist and pull me off of her.

They walk back a couple steps, distancing us and Miss Cooper kneels down to check on Mia.

"Bitch! Let go of me!" I scream, thrashing around in the person's hands as she sits up, her face bloody and dirt stained.

My hair is a mess, covering my eyes and i can barely see a thing.

"I'm gonna fucking kill you!" She screams back, attempting to get to her feet and failing terribly.

"I hope both sides of your pillow are hot you pri-" A hand clamps over my mouth and i'm about to bite the fuck out of this person until they whisper in my ear.

"Hey, hey. It's me Carter."

My body relaxes as i hear Lanes voice. He feels me stop tensing and puts me to the ground, letting go of me.

"Fuck me Jules, i leave you alone for an hour." He laughs as i turn around to face him.

I look up sheepishly. I can't believe he just witnessed that. Fighting is one of the things i never wanted to do; honestly so embarrassing.

He pushes my hair back behind my ears and cups my chin in his hand.

"I'm glad she barely got your face." He smirks at me as he runs his thumb over a scratch beneath my eye that i didn't even know i had. I wince at the sudden sting of it.

Emmy jogs over to us, along with Ozzy who was training like, five feet away from us and completely oblivious.

"You really rocked her shit Jules, she's gonna have to go to the nurse!" Ozzy laughs. "Up top!"

I stare at his raised hand before looking to the ground and Emmy swats his high five down. He mumbles sorry.

"Are you okay J? Are you hurt?" she rushes, inspecting my body.

I shake my head no.

"I'm sorry Jules. I'll speak to her." Lane sighs, placing a hand on my shoulder.

My chest tightens, making it hard for me to breath. There's a chill outside, but my palms are sweating like crazy.

Oh no, not again.

I clap a hand over my mouth to stop myself from choking and take off running in the direction of the school building, without a word to my friends.

They call after me, but i don't stop. My breath is so strained it's almost hard for me to run, but i keep going.

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After having a small panic attack in the bathroom, i fixed my hair and walked out acting like nothing happened. I was called to the principle's office, which is where i'm currently sat now.

I honestly should've pretended it wasn't even me. Other than a long scratch beneath my eye and bright red nail marks on my neck, i look pretty much untouched. I can't say the same for Mia though. I caught a glimpse of her waiting outside as i walked in here; she looks a state.

"Miss Carter?"

My attention is turned back to Principal Sanders as she says my name.

I look at her expectedly.

"I have a statement from a witness that Miss Martinez was the one who initiated the fight, is that correct?"

What is this, a flipping police interrogation?

I nod once in response.

"Okay, well it may have been classed as 'self defense' on your side, but this behaviour is still unacceptable, do you understand?"

I nod again.

"Miss Martinez will face five days of isolation, while you will only face three." She explains, her tone softening. "You will dorm in the isolation room on the ground floor, completing all your work in there. No contact with anyone when you leave to get your meals. Am i understood?"

Okay, this is sounding more and more like prison.

"Yes." I mutter.

Principal Sanders gives me a small smile.

"Your isolation will begin tomorrow. You are free to go."

I deserve it honestly.

She may have hit me, but i broke her nose and gave her a concussion. There was no need for me to go that hard, but my anger got the best of me.

We could have talked it out. This whole situation could've easily been avoided if i didn't go from zero to a thousand in point five seconds.

Whatever. There's no point dwelling on it now, it's over and done with.

I only regret it because i've been trying so hard to maintain a good reputation at this school. At my old school i was know as the girl who did drugs, got in fights, ran from cops, lived mercilessly.

I mean i did do those things, apart from the drugs, but that's not the point.

I didn't want to be that here, i left her behind. I was trying to change, for myself and my dad.

And now i've gone and done this. They're so gonna tell him. I bet my friends think i'm crazy too. And there's no way Lane would still like me after watching me batter his ex girlfriend like that.

Ugh, i'm such a mess!

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jules really had her ass oop-

mia had it coming if i'm honest, not being biased or anything.

anyway hope you enjoyed,

bye!