The girl who got on his nerves

"I can't believe summer break is over," Mila said to her best friend, Willow over the phone.

"Tell me about it, at least we've got dance tryouts to look out for." Willow reminded.

"Yeah, when does Khalil gets back, by the way, I've missed him," Mila asked picking up some stationery from the book shop at the mall.

"He said he and his boyfriend Jake would be here in two days, I like how his parents supported him when he came out as gay," Willow told.

"Yeah, they're good parents... so he's missing the first day of school?" Mila voiced out.

"Mila honey, school starts in two days time today is Saturday." Willow chuckled at her friend's forgetfulness.

"Ah, that's why forever 21 is full, I better go get some outfits for school before the best ones run out of stock," she said walking to the shop.

"Actually, I'm in there." Willow spotted her friend as she waved to her. Mila dropped the call and then walked towards her friend muttering a few 'sorrys' as she made her way through.

Willow hugged her friend tight even though they hang out together during the summer break. They had fun travelling together and visiting beautiful sceneries.

Mila's parents were both workaholics so it was most at times her and her caretaker, Naya. Mila's elder twin brothers were in the university, far from California. She only got to see them during Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

Willow's mom was also a workaholic like Mila's parents. Her dad had eloped with their maid to start a family, not that she blamed him but her mom didn't have much time for him. Willow's younger sister, Aaliyah, was starting her freshman year in high school.

"I picked a couple of dresses already," Willow admitted.

"Hey, Aaliyah." Mila side hugged her.

"It's good to see you Mila, but I gotta go. I'm meeting Kiera at the food court, bye sis." she waved both of them as she walked out.

"So where were we?" Mila asked.

"Mila! we're gonna be late!" Willow honked her horn.

"Jeez woman, calm your tits!" Mila responded sitting in Willow's turquoise sports car, with Aaliyah at the back.

"You ready for your first day in high school?" Mila asked the 15-year-old as Willow drove off.

Mila turned on the radio as backstreet boys "I want it that way" played.

"Yeah

You are my fire

The one desire

Believe when I say

I want it that way

But we are two worlds apart

Can't reach to your heart

When you say

That I want it that way

Tell me why

Ain't nothin' but a heartache

Tell me why

Ain't nothin' but a mistake

Tell me why

I never wanna hear you say

I want it that way

Am I your fire?

Your one desire

Yes, I know it's too late

But I want it that way

Tell me why

Ain't nothin' but a heartache

Tell me why

Ain't nothin' but a mistake

Tell me why

I never wanna hear you say

I want it that way

Now I can see that we've fallen apart

From the way that it used to be, yeah

No matter the distance

I want you to know

That deep down inside of me

You are my fire

The one desire

You are (you are, you are, you are)

Don't wanna hear you say

Ain't nothin' but a heartache

Ain't nothin' but a mistake (don't wanna hear you say)

I never wanna hear you say (oh, yeah)

I want it that way

Tell me why

Ain't nothin' but a heartache

Tell me why

Ain't nothing but a mistake

Tell me why

I never want to hear you say (never wanna hear you say)

I want it that way..." as they sang along on top of their lungs.

"That was fun ladies, but we're here." Aaliyah swallowed constantly.

"Hey, you're going to be fine. You've got Kiera and you've got this." Willow assured her younger sister as they all got off the car.

Aaliyah headed in first to go find her friend as Willow and Mila scanned through the sea of people to see if they would find Khalil.

"Where the hell is that dimpled guy with locks?" Willow asked after a while as they headed to their lockers.

"You missed me?" Khalil asked behind them as they turned to hug him.

"Where the hell have you been, we've been searching for you?" Mila asked.

"I was with Jake in one of the empty classes." he winked.

"Okay, enough of the details, let's see our class schedules," Willow suggested. They had classes together, including recess.

"Well, let's head out to Ms Pricks class before we score a detention," Khalil suggested as they walked to their class.

"Aaliyah, wait up!" a voice behind her.

"Um, hi." the girl greeted.

"Hello," Aaliyah raised a brow wondering why the girl had stopped Kiera made a stop at the bathroom so Aaliyah headed to class without her.

"I'm Vanilla, and I just want to be your friend if that's okay with you." she fidgeted with her fingers as Kiera to join them.

"I thought you would have been in a class by now Ali," Kiera said.

"I was, but Vanilla stopped me. She said she wanted to be my friend." Aaliyah told.

"That's a great idea, it won't be us two anymore, hi I am Kiera." she introduced.

"It's nice to meet you, Kiera, and I look forward to being your friend as well," she added.

"Okay then, come on we don't want to be late for our first class." Aaliyah prompted as the three friends walked together to their class.

That's oddly strange. Aaliyah thought to herself.

Relax, just go with the flow. Her mind added as they entered the classroom.

I just hope the first day of freshmen year goes on well. Kiera murmured to herself as they found themselves seats.

"What time is tryouts today?" Mila asked Willow.

"After school," she added her mouth full of salad. The doors to the cafeteria burst open as Hayes and his friends, Natalie, Mike, Austin and Nina walked in.

Some of the girls adjusted their tops to show more cleavage, while others bat their eyelids at the girls. Girls gave glares to Natalie and Nina who cared less as they tapped away on their phones.

Mila wasn't bothered at all by their presence or anything that concerned them. Natalie and Nina nodded at Willow and Mila since they were both on the dance team, while Hayes just glared at them thinking they would be intimidated by that.

"You could try better buddy, that doesn't work on us." Mila found herself saying to him.

" You better watch your tongue." he bellowed.

"You better watch your tongue," she mimicked.

"You don't scare me, Miller. Try something else this one is getting old," she stated.

"That's enough Bennett, don't you know when to stop? jeez..." Mike chimed in. She was about to answer him when Khalil held her shoulder signalling her to.

"Cat got your tongue, miss fakey fake?" Hayes blurted out.

She shook her head at him, she wasn't going to stoop so low to argue with him. Besides, he wasn't a fan and neither was she.

"That's enough Miller, " Nina added with finality in her voice.

"Whatever," he murmured as the bell rang.

"Finally, it seemed like eternity with all this tension around here, wooh." Willow let out a breath she didn't notice she was holding for too long.

"Come on, Bennett we've got math," Khalil said as the friends walked to their next class.

Mila felt a pair of eyes on her, she turned to meet Hayes dark ones, she flipped her middle finger at him as she smirked triumphantly heading to class.

Mila: 100

Hayes : 0

Beat that. She smiled to herself as they entered the dreaded math class.

"Good afternoon, class." the boring old man greeted.

"Fuck, my life," Mila whispered to Willow as they giggled.

"So, I was thinking if we could try out for the cheerleading team?" Aaliyah suggested.

"It's not a bad idea, I was thinking the same." Kiera agreed.

"Vanilla?" They both asked.

"Sure, I'd love to." she beamed.

"Girls, let's go then." Kiera happily led the way as the girls followed suit.

"It seems this year's tryouts are more than we've had during the years," Willow said as she dropped her bag on the table.

"Of course it is." Mila agreed.

Nina and Natalie were already seared waiting for Willow and Mila so tryouts could start.

"Sorry, we're late." Mila apologised to them.

"Nope, you weren't we were just a little bit early today." Natalie chimed in.

"Okay, let's begin," Willow announced.

"Hey ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you to the dance team, as you know we're auditioning for new members, so you show us what you got and we decide who stays and who goes, let the audition begin," Natalie added the dramatic effect.

***

"Thank you all for trying out today, by Thursday, your names would be mounted on the noticed board to see who made the team and who didn't, until then Ciao," Willow added as they piled out of their dance studio and headed to the parking lot.

Aaliyah spotted her sister and friend. She couldn't wait to tell them how her day went.

"So, someone seems happy, I guess your day went well," Willow said as she reached where her sister was standing.

"Yeah, and I can't wait to tell you both about it." She said as Willow unlocked the doors and they all piled in.

"You were rude to her, so you deserve everything and more." Nina voiced out. Hayes and his friends hang out at Mike's house. They had a lair where five of them hang most of the time.

"Why are you defending her? Is it because you're both on the same stupid team that's why you defend that fake ass bitch?" Austin asked taking a drag of his cigar.

"First of all, smoking kills, and my team ain't stupid. Mila is the most real person you could ever find in Henry M. Gunn high school," she stated.

"Enough of the fake ass bitch, is there a party tonight?" Mike changed the topic.

"None that I've heard of," Austin answered.

"There is, actually." Hayes showed them a chat between him and Trisha, the school whore inviting them for a party at her house.

" Parte after parte

Then we mash up the place

Parte after parte

Then we mash up the place

Parte after parte

Then we mash up the place

Mash up the place

(Big Trill on the beats) Mash up the place like

Yeah

Parte after parte, ah yeah

Parte after parte, ah yeah

Parte after parte

After parte

After parte, ah yeah

Parte after parte, ah yeah

Parte after parte, ah yeah

Parte after parte

After parte

After parte, ah yeah..." They all joined Mike to sing. The issue about Mila and her drama long forgotten.

"Hey, Naya." Willow greeted.

"Hi Willow, she's up in her room." she directed.

"Okay, thanks," Willow added climbing the staircase.

"Yo bitches, what's up!" Willow exclaimed as she entered Mila's room. Khalil was on the floor texting while Mila was doing homework.

"Nice to see you Willow." sarcasm dripped from her tone.

"I heard there's a party at Trisha's today," Khalil spoke up.

"Today is Tuesday..." Mila shrugged.

"And, the first day back from summer break. It's her tradition to throw parties after school reopens." he reminded.

"We are going, no buts Mila, live a little. Life's not about books, school, dance rehearsals, sleep, Netflix and chill, then food. YOLO, Mila, YOLO." Willow told her.

"Yes ma'am, I have no strength whatsoever to argue with you. By the way, since we are partying what happens to Aaliyah?" she asked Willow.

"Well, she has a party and a sleepover at Kiera's, so she's covered," Willow added. She cared about her sister, though she wasn't super overprotective of her, she watched over her from a distance.

" What time is the party tonight?" Mila asked.

"It's at 7 pm," Khalil answered.

"Okay, we'd pick you and Jake up at 7:30 pm, we're going late," Willow said.

"Alrighty, I'd better go get some rest before the party, see you later and dress sexy." he left the room and descended the staircase.

"See you later Naya." he bid her goodbye as he headed out to his car.

**

"You guys got everything?" Trisha chewed her gum loudly.

"Yes, we've got the punch, the bar has been stocked with a whole lotta drink, we've got chips, sour gummies, skittles, chocolate bars, water, the songs have been picked, so that's it I guess." Gloria one of her minions added.

"Okay, that's it then, we are ready to paaaarty!" Trisha exclaimed.

"And oh, the pool has been cleaned." Annie another minion added.

"That's more like it, what does the time say?" she asked no one in particular.

"It's 6 pm," Gloria answered.

"We've got to get ready, come on!" Trisha ordered.

"Tonight's gonna be a good night," she said to no one in particular.

"Naya, we're off to the party and we would be back late. Don't stay up, you need rest." Mila told her caretaker.

"Have fun and don't do what I won't do." she winked at the girls as they headed out.

Mila picked her grey jeep wrangler 2021 model. She parked it in front of the house for Willow to get in. If she was going to a party, she had to do that in style.

"Oh yeah, baby!" Willow exclaimed as they drove to Khalil's house. His house wasn't far from Mila's, but it wasn't a short walking distance either, so we could say it's kinda far.

"Khalil!" Willow called honking the horn.

"Enough, Willow." Mila scolded, but instead,d she honked harder.

"Hi, Willow, hi Mila," Jake smirked getting in the car.

"Jeez Will, do you want to burst our eardrums?" Khalil rolled his eyes at her as he joined his

"Nice car Bennett." he praised.

"Thanks, Adam," she replied as she zoomed off to the party.

"What are we watching tonight?" Vanilla asked as she set the caramel popcorn in between them.

"We are binge-watching the resident, I heard it's a good show and there are a couple of hotties in there," Kiera suggested.

"It's actually a good show, I've watched bits of it and it's great," Aaliyah added.

"Alright, the resident it is," Vanilla stated as she pressed play on the remote.

The party was in full swing when they got there. The house was filled up with a lot of cars parked up front.

Music was playing from the house but it wasn't too loud as typical house parties were.

"She did good throwing a cool party," Mila suggested as they got off the jeep.

"Trisha throws only cool parties, at least that's the only thing she's good at." Willow chuckled as they walked in. Just as Mila thought, the inside of the house was extravagant. It reeked of money, but for now, it began to reek of alcohol and weed.

"Let's get something to drink," Willow suggested. Jake and Khalil had dashed off to only God knew where.

"Hi, please we'd like two mocktails to go please," Mila ordered.

"Coming right up hot stuff." the bartender winked at her.

"Here's your drink Will." she handed over her drink as the doors opened revealing Hayes and his friends.

"Ah, the devil's incarnate made it at las," Mila smirked.

"Yhup and so did his minions." Willow chipped in.

"He cleans up real nice though, I compliment him for that," Mila stated.

"That he does, he looks yummy, I could eat him," Willow said as Mila stared at her friend as if she had grown two heads.

"Just when I thought I'd had enough of fakey -two-shoes, she shows up here." Hayes groaned loud enough for Mila to hear.

"Oh, don't worry you'd live...besides you've lived with yourself for the past 18 years, what could be worse than that?" Mila shaded as his face darkened.

"Watch it, Bennett," Mike chimed in.

"Oh come on Mikey, not you too. It's a Miller- Bennett thing, so you run along...shoo now." Willow added making Nina and Natalie chuckle.

"There you are handsome." Trisha cut in glaring at Mila.

Willow dragged her friend outside for fresh air, as Hayes glared intensely at them.

"I could help you blow some steam off." she twirled her finger around her hair.

Mike, Austin, Nina and Natalie walked off in different directions.

"I'd love that very much." he slid his hand up her top as he grazed his fingers over her nipples, making her moan lightly.

She held his hands and led him up to her room as she locked the door.

"Now, where, were we?" she pulled her top off making Hayes swallow hard.

"We leave you for two minutes and you're at it with Miller again?" Khalil said behind the girls.

"Oh hello to you too Adams," Willow added on sarcastically.

"It's not my fault he hates me for no reason, besides it's fun getting under his nerves," she smirked.

"Dr Okafor and her so-called Mentor, Dr Austin make a good team and would make a good couple," Kiera said sooning.

"Dr Pravesh is soo, handsome. Look at his nose and dimples." Aaliyah fangirled.

"Conrad, and Nic...get back together already!" Vanilla exclaimed as they burst into uncontrolled laughter