Free Keep it Secret by Olivia Snow Page B

skillfully
unpredictable.
    “Hi, I’m Ava. Katy is it?”
Ava smiled in a sweet manner.
    Wow. See what I mean. She
could switch her emotions off and on so quickly it was giving me
whiplash.
    “Oh! That’s right, you're
the ‘black hair whore’ everyone’s talking about. Did they not teach
you class wherever you came from?” Katy was unfazed from Ava’s
obvious cold sinister smile.
    “Don’t get salty with me,
Kitty Kat.” Kat’s eyes glaze over in anger. She hated when people
called her that, it was either Katy or Katherine no reference’s to
cats what so ever.
    Oh, my damn. This wasn't
going to be good. Katy stepped closer into Ava’s personal
space.
    Crap. Big, huge
mistake.
    “Why don’t you crawl back to
the hole you came from, slut?” The cafeteria went eerily silent.
Silly as it may seem your name and reputation is everything around
here. Katy knew this, hell she probably wrote the book about it.
Starting these kinds of rumors was detrimental to my family and
Ava’s reputation. Calling her a slut was planting a seed in
everyone’s mind whether it was true or not, it didn’t matter if
someone like Katherine Alexander labeled you, it was set in stone.
Ava was going to be known as the easy girl at Eagle Academy from
now on. I needed to ask Ava what happened at that party.
    “Katy!” Gabriel called as a
final warning. Ava laughed reminding me of something Hannibal
Lecter would do right before a kill. Seconds later, Ava grabbed
Katy’s neck right below her face lifting her up she threw her on
the cafeteria table. The back of Katy’s head slammed on the hard
surface causing everyone in the room to gasp in unison.
    “Ava!” I yelled. Her free
hand shot up to stop me. I stopped.
    “Listen, you stupid little
bitch because I’m only saying this once.” Ava snarled her face
inches away from Katy’s. “The next time you think you have balls and come over
here acting like you're tough shit, you better know who the fuck you're dealing
with. If you ever come near my cousin or me again, I’ll make sure you don't
have any pretty blonde hair left on that simple minded head of
yours. Do. You. Understand?” Katy didn’t say anything only groaned
in fear or most likely pain.
    “Answer me!” Ava gritted
through her teeth.
    “Yes!” Katy whimpered her
lower lip quivering. Ava finally let go of her neck backing away
slowly. I see the realization of what she had just done dawn on
her.
    “Let’s go, Van.” She called
firmly. No way in hell was I saying no to her right now. Grabbing
her hand we hurried out of the cafeteria into the school courtyard
sitting down on one of the benches, putting as much distance as
possible between the cafeteria and us. Ava looked up at the sky
closing her eyes she held her cross tightly.
    “I’m so sorry, Van. I've
embarrassed you.” She said with remorse. I ignore her apology
because deep down I thought what she did was badass. Katherine
Alexander was the worst type of high school bully, she made sure to
make anyone who crossed her life’s impossibly difficult. She
targeted every angle of your life. School, home life, extra
curricular activities, teachers, she even had her claws deep in the
Headmistress.
    “Ava, what happened at that
party?” I asked moving to look at her, our knees touched as she
kept her eyes closed still holding onto her necklace.
    “Nothing really I danced,
drank, partied then went home.” She answered opening her eyes
lowering her head, looking blankly at the grass in front of
us.
    “I’m not siding with Katy,
but why did she call you a slut?”
    “You’re trying to say
there’s no smoke without fire?”
    “Not necessarily, she could
just be saying that to be hateful. Nevertheless, Gretchen and Viola
did mention that ridiculous nickname. What really happened at the
party?” I asked again.
    “Nothing I wouldn't do at any
other party.” She replied vaguely. Not confirming or denying that
she was acting like a slut , as Katy would