Angelina Etxeberria-Rivera's Story

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"Angel! You gotta wake up, you're gonna be late!" Angel's little... sister, you could call her, Dynasty shouted in the young girl's ear as she shook her. Angelina just groaned before swatting at her and sitting up in her bed to reveal her smudged makeup stained face. Dynasty looked the older girl up and down before looking into her reddish eyes. "What did you do last night?" the eldest girl just rolled her eyes, ignoring the little ten years old's question as she got up and walked to the restroom. "Seriously, Angel. What were you doing last night when you snuck in through the kitchen window." She was rubbing her eyes as she stopped dead in her track to turn towards Dynasty. "How did you know that?"

"You're not very quiet when you're high. But, don't worry no one else heard you and I won't snitch on you. Promise" Dynasty said before holding up her pinky finger. Angel sighed and smirk as she squatted down to her younger 'sister's' level to wrap her pinky around the young girl's. "And that's why you're my favorite." She whispered with a wink. "Now, are Estaban and Sierra up?" Dynasty nodded. "Good, and Zen and Issac?--"

"Took your car." Angel stood up straight, infuriated. "They did what?!"

"Issac and Zen wanted to pick up their girlfriends, or whatever they are and take them shopping for some party tonight. I tried to stop them but, they told me that you said it was fine and you were taking the bus." Angel groaned as she punched the wall, still a little on edge from the cocaine still in her system a bit. She always got even more angry and violent than she already was when she took it. Dynasty took a step back and looked like she was about to cry. Angel looked down at her before sighing and going back down to the young girl's height. "I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at them," She kissed her cheek before continuing. "Now, go get with Sierra and Esta to Emmy. You guys eat?" She nodded with a smile on her face. "Good, I might be a bit late getting home if I have to take the bus again. Have a good day, okay? And no attitude."

Dynasty rolled her eyes and huffed before fixing her bag and walking away before looking back at the eighteen year old. She walked out and yelled at Sierra and Estaban to come on and that their caretaker was waiting in the car for them. Angel smirked and chuckled before walking to the front door to wave at Emily and the kids before they went off to their friends house in Bel-Air Since she now had to take the bus, she had forty minutes to get ready before having to sit on a bus from East LA to Hollywood for an hour just to get to an audition and that was if there wasn't any problems. She rushed into the bathroom, only bumping into the wall once before starting the water and hopping it just to find out that all that was left was icy water. She groaned before shouting, "God damnit! Can I not catch a break today?! Shit." Again, with the anger. Wow, she must have went overboard a bit last night...

It took her ten minutes to get all cleaned only to wrap her hair up in her designated, 'Little Mermaid' towel and wrapping her plain white one around her small body as she hurried into the room and locking the door behind her. Sure, she was the only one home but, she still liked having the door closed and locked at all times when it was allowed. Her outfit for the day was already laying on her bed ready to go as she sat at the vanity turned dresser to get started on her makeup. By the time she had finished putting on her signature ruby red lipstick and slipped on her black top and leggings followed by her white heels (given to her by Sun-Ye from when she went to Paris) Angelina looked herself up and down with a smirk on her face as she grabbed her phone from her twin size bed and took a few quick pictures. She looked at them as she check the time. "Shit." She grabbed her bag from the corner of her bed before rushing out of the room and out of the house. She locked the door as she made her way down the street to the bus stop just to make it there right when the older bus driver, Victor was about take off. She hurried in her heels as she banged on the glass door to make him stop. "Yo, Victor! C'mon man, stop the bus." Apparently someone else heard her and got the man's attention right before he stopped and opened the door for her.

"Angel, since when do you ride the bus?" Angel sighed as she slid her bus pass and sat in the front seat next to a guy who was the first person to introduce themselves when Angel had moved it, Samuel. "Since, Issac and Zen learned how to hot wire my car." She rolled her eyes as Samuel chuckled as put one finger on Angel's chin to make her look at him. "'Know, hermosa you would have to worry about being late if you just got a job closer to your house and hell, maybe you could work with the love of your life at the music store." Angel removed the finger from her chin as she looked at his smirk and laughed softly. "Funny, I didn't know I had a love."

Sam put his hands over his heart with a pout. Victor laughed as he looked at the mirror to see them, seeing that most people in their neighborhood got on the bus ride right before this one, Samuel and Angel were the only two people on the entire bus. "Son, I think you've been broken up with." Victor said as Samuel clicked his tongue. "Victor, my little Angel here wants me. She's just playin' hard to get and all..." He winked at her before watching the girl roll her eyes once again. "Sam, I wouldn't hold your breath on me ever being with you." Samuel bit his lower lip and looked her up and down before leaning into her ear and whispering. "Not what you were saying two weeks ago, beautiful." Angel smirk and chuckled as she nudged him in the stomach softly. "Bite me." She whispered back. "You offering?" Sam asked just as they pulled up to music store where Samuel worked all summer. "Save that answer for later, gorgeous. I need to go make that money." He stated as he slid past her and winked. He blew her a kiss before being flipped off by the young girl and exiting the bus.

Victor closed the door and started driving again. Looking at the time, Angel was seeing around what time she would get to school at this rate. If no one else got on that is. "You know Angel... I think Samuel likes you." Victor said, breaking Angel focus. "Really Victor, I didn't notice." She said in sarcasm as she looked up with a small smirk peeking on her lips before slipping in her earbuds and laying her head down as the music was blasting. She softly nodded her head to the beat as she started to drift off.





An hour and three minutes later, she was now awake as she looked out the window to see the familiar buildings of Hollywood. Victor stopped the bus and looked in the back to address everyone. "Tener unos buenos chicos de día. Nos vemos después del trabajo. {Have a good day guys. See you after work.} Most, if not everyone on the bus got off and waved at the old man before he drove off. Angel smiled at some of her neighbors before heading the other way to her audition, hearing the mumbles about what she was wearing get quieter and quieter. Looking at the time, she noticed that she had gotten a text from her agent aka, Annie's sister saying that they pushed her audition back for another hour. "Great. What am I suppose to do now?" She asked herself softly as she walked the other way towards the restaurants and stores. Looking through her Instagram feed to see everyone talked about this party Isaiah was having tonight. Just looked at the post made her heart leap softly. She had been so busy getting unpacked from her trip with her animals friends, she never even got to find a green outfit to wear. And since, she had an hour free. Why not, see if she can find a decently priced outfit at the mall not too far away from where she was?

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Naea grinned as she heard a familiar voice behind her, as she waited for the door to open. She hadn't really noticed the roar of the motor bike, as she was preoccupied with checking her phone. Her sister had apparently raided the pantry for chocolate... Again. She smiled to herself and turned to greet Chad.

"Hey, Linnae. Did he answer yet?"

The girl shook her blonde curls, grinning at the floor. "Do you think I'd be waiting out here if he was?" She asked, a cheeky smirk on her lips. Suddenly, the door opened, and Linn grinned. Honey had answered the door, and the light blonde girl with tan skin had smiled at her, before enveloping her in a hug. She smelled like... Well, Honey smelled like honey, and it was very light and pleasant. She grinned, before replying with; "I'm surprised you aren't cringing away from me, I fell asleep with Ace and slept in late." She pulled a guilty face and bit her lip. "Oh well. Fresh and clean as can be now." She shrugged nonchalantly, grinning to say she was kidding around a bit. The attractive young blonde then released her and turned to Chad, who it was pretty obvious was the apple of her eye at that moment. She shot Chad a look and raised her eyebrows slightly, before smiling again and heading to Catalina's car, to help out.

She had to admit - Naea was surprised that only four people had shown up yet. Fiddling with the hem of her white and pink top, she made her way to the car, and soon found Izzy. "Hey, Izz." She greeted him with a small hand gesture. "What is it I need to grab?" He was attractive, as Isaiah had always been. However, Izz was off the charts for Naea, and she knew that, so she treated him with friendship only. "It must be earlier than I thought... There aren't many people here yet, huh?" She was trying to make small talk with him, trying to start a conversation. It was a lot more difficult than she imagined - she was out of practise with her whole bubbly side.

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Florian woke slowly, to the smell of vomit in the bathroom, and the moans of his hungover mother from the bedroom next door. The boy shook his hair from out of his eyes, wondering if he could even be bothered to get out of bed that day, much like he did every day. Did he really want to take care of his mother? No. Of course not. Who would ever want to do a job like that? He sighed to himself and checked his phone. He didn't even look at the time, just the weather. Sunny again. Perfect. He could go out and ride his skateboard and go to that stupid party -

Shit. The party.

Florian had forgotten all about that - and he definitely did not have any clothes of red or green, and DEFINITELY not yellow. He mentally facepalmed - he did not have the money to buy a whole new outfit, and any money he had gotten over the holidays had been spent on skateboard repairs, (he'd splintered the board twice - it had cost a lot of his allowance to get it fixed both times) food, bills, and X Box games. Any clothes he had bought were dark blue or black. He was totally unprepared and the party started soon. He cringed and rolled out of bed, not even bothering to unwrap himself from his duvet. He ended up on the floor with a thump, before he eased himself out of the duvet carefully, nursing any new bruises to appear from yesterday's skating antics.

Florian made himself get up and walk into the living room. He could smell the reek of stomach acid coming from the bathroom, and his mother's room adjacent. He swallowed back the bile that always rose in the back of his throat when he thought of her, held his breath, and poked his head into his mother's room. She was sprawled on the bed, passed out, completely hung over and most likely still slightly drunk from last night's episode. She'd puked all down the side of her bed and onto the floor, and the rancid smell of bleach was coming from the toilet where she'd tried to clean it herself. He cringed and backed out of there. She could deal with it when she woke up. She was old enough to.

Rubbing his forehead with his index finger and thumb, Flo returned to his room. He changed from his pajamas into a Guns and Roses tee and some ripped jeans along with his converse, and to top it off, his cross necklace. He tiptoed out of his room again, slipping his phone into his pocket, his black jacket tied around his shoulders. He grabbed his skateboard and slammed the door. He didn't plan on coming back here today, at least, he would once it was passed midnight. His mother would probably be out cold again by then.

Florian didn't think about where he was going, he just hopped on his skateboard, earphones in his ears blasting music away so he couldn't think or hear, and somehow, he managed to make it safely into the city centre relatively quickly. He wanted to let himself go a little bit today, and it didn't matter if it was right then, or later, or whenever. Just as long as it would drown out today and he could get back to school as fast as possible.

He barely had time to stop as he saw a girl checking her phone. He managed to swerve to avoid her, slipping off his skateboard and sending it scooting backwards from him as he stumbled over his own feet, but relatively proud of himself for avoiding her. He recognized her now, too, it was Angelina. He grinned and saluted her Florian style, with a sarcastic grin and a tilt of his head to the side, before he flicked his hair out of his eyes. He retrieved his board and decided to go up to her. Why not? She was in the same sort of position as he was in.

"Hey, Angel. What's up?" He greeted her casually. He didn't really have an opinion on her type - he believed they all had a story, just like he did. People don't change on a whim. "You have an outfit yet?" He asked, pulling out an earphone. He hoped she didn't. He needed a hand picking something bright coloured. It just never seemed to suit him, no matter what people nagged. He was thinking about a dark green t-shirt, but had no idea, if he was honest. He just hoped Angel could give him a hand. Or at least, if not helping with an outfit, helping distract him until the party started.

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After talking to Florian for a bit and showing off a few swimsuits, he left her by herself once more just as she found the perfect green swimsuit without being too green. She smirked at it as she nodded before buying it at the register. Just as she walked out of the mall, she got a text from her 'agent' saying that she had ten minutes to get there. Which she did, with four minutes to spare since she ran as fast she she could in her shoes.

After the audioton, they said what they always said; "We'll be in touch." She knew what that meant, so of course once leaving the studio she stormed out and called Issac to see where the hell he was with her car. After three times, she finally got a hold of him and where he and Zen were, surprisingly they were at the mall getting outfits for the party just like she had done. They met up and all drove home only to be dragged into helping at their foster mother's restaurant for a few hours and even though they complained and told her about the party, they were still forced to go help out for a couple of hours. After which, Angel and the boys went home and collapsed on their sectional sofa.



"Ang. Lena. Wake up, you gotta get ready for the party." Angel opened one eyes to see Issac above her. She groaned loudly before rubbing her eyes "What time is it?"

"It's only been two hours, but still. Zen and I have already taken showers and unless you want to go smelling like Italian food or go without makeup on, I think you should get up." Angel just nodded as she got up from the fake leather sofa and started her walk to her room to set out her outfit for the night. She grabbed a black halter top from Sun-ye and a pair of her jean shorts as she laid them side by side before reaching in the bag she had gotten from the mall to pull out her green swimsuit top and black bottom. She never did like the color green, but she wasn't going to wear red and she hated yellow even more. And since she was an animal, she kinda had to wear green to uphold her image and whatnot.

After selecting one of her numerous black shoes, she walked to the shower to take another shower that took no longer than ten minutes, it would have been less if it wasn't for her practicing her new song which she was washing her hair. But, nonetheless Angel made her way out of the bathroom with her towel around her hair and tightly around her body as she rushed passed the boys' door which just so happened to be close, meaning they were either arguing or doing their hair... or both, probably both if anything. She sat down at her vanity and started her morning routine all over again only, this time she used a rather light green color lipstick and made her makeup a tad darker than it was this morning. When she was finished she started to curl her hair and put half of it up and half of it down to hide the damage that her red hair dye left after she dyed it back brown two year ago. Looking at herself in the mirror, she took a picture of herself with her towel still tight around her body only to save it onto her phone and toss her phone in her bag as she slipped on her swimsuit and the clothes to go over it.

Looking herself over once more after slipping on her black wedges, she turned to her right side to look at herself only to tug at her shorts and feel like something was off, but she couldn't put her finger on it. Then, she snapped as she noticed what it was. "I need to borrow on of Emmie's bracelets, and necklace, and whatever else might look good." She smirked to herself as she, like a snake slipped out of her room and snuck into her caretakers' room to see what jewelry items they might have. She always loved Emmie's fashion sense, she loved fashion almost as much as Angel did if not more. She hummed her new song softly as she reached for a pair of green earrings and a green cuff bracelet. She put them in and looked at herself in their mirror. "Perfect." The young girl said softly before sneaking back out and going to her brothers' room as she pounded on the door. "What!?!" Zen shouted from the other side of the closed door. "Who the hell are you talking to?! Cuz' you're obviously not talking to me like that." Angel shouted back. "Zen, stop being a bitch." Issac told the younger boy before opening the door. "What, Ang?"

"You guys ready or not, cuz' if not I'll leave without ya'll." Issac rolled his eyes before chuckling under his breath. "Yea, we're ready. Zenny, c'mon lets' go." Zen groaned as he walked out with his hand through his hair as he looked at Angel before looking away. The two never got along and to be honest, if you asked them why they could never get you a real answer on why. The three teenagers walked in the living room to get the keys just to see their foster family in the living room watching their medium size television. "Where are you guys going?" Annie asked with her arms crossed. ".... A party in L.A."

Emelia looked confused before starting to sign what she was trying to say. "L.A? The fuck kind of party is in L.A?" Emmie, was deaf. And no one, other than CPS knew that. Annie rolled her eyes before speaking clearly to her wife, Emmie was rather well at reading lips seeing that she just lost her hearing nine years ago. "A lot of their classmates live in Los Angeles, Em. Just let them go, they know the rules... Well, Zen and Issac do..." The older woman said before turning her glare to Angel who just rolled her eyes before turning back to her phone. She loved Annie and Em, really she did but, she didn't grow up with them and she didn't like how they tried to take the place of her parents.

"Fine, they can go." Emmie signed to her wife before sighing sharply. Zen, Issac, and Angel all smiled before rushing out the door before they changed they're mind making the three have to sneak out later in the night. They all made their way to Angel's car with Angel driving, of course.



And within twenty minutes, they were in front of the house fixing themselves up in the two mirrors in the car. Zen pulled his hand through his hair as Issac fixed his eyebrows and Angel fixed the emerald cuff that kept slipping down her arm a bit. "Ready?" Zen asked with his Brit accent showing a bit as the two others nodded and exited the car. But, seeing how Zen was a 'Royal in-training' and Issac decided to spend his time with the Performers, Artists, and Nerds, they all went their sperate ways once they walking up the drive way. They all had records and reputations to uphold, and even if they cared for one another that didn't mean they had to be all lovey dovey and buddy buddy with one another in front of other people... As bad as that sounded. Once entering the house, Angel looked around and made her to the bar, not really paying attention to anyone but her Animal friends, Purity and Azra apparently all of their parents liked to name them ironically, esp. Purity's parents. She could smell the alcohol on her girl friend's breath as she passed by with Azra in tow, dragging him quickly away. Azra winked at her before biting his lip and looking Pure up and down. Angel just playfully scoffed before laughing and looked back towards the bar. She grabbed her shot of vodka before just pouring it down her throat, letting the sting make her smirk. She looked at the party and could already feel the eyes somewhat on her as she looked up a random jock up and down before giving him a smirk. She never was one to go up to someone, she liked sex but she wasn't desperate. She took a vodka drink with her as she started to walk away, knowing completely that the Jock's eyes were following the sway of her rather small but, curvy hips as she walked towards the pool area.

When she did, she caught sight of Ric and Isaiah. She couldn't help but smile as she looked at Izzy. Sure, she promised herself to stay away from him in order to not stir up more drama between Alessandra and herself, but the more she looked him up and down before looking away, the more wondered why she even gave a fuck about if she started more drama with that bitch. Who was she to shy away from anything or anyone? Isaiah was 'forbidden territory' and if there was anything Angel loved it was something that she wasn't suppose to have or even want.

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Angel smiled towards Ric as he got his friend to turn in Angel's direction. She watched as Ricardo went towards the lounge chairs before Isaiah made his way towards Angel. She tried to hide the joy on her face by softly biting her lip but, she stopped the second she saw Honey throw her arm around him. "Great." She turned away from him and turned her gaze towards an artist she was known for being around whenever she had no other people. She somewhat signaled him towards her with her doe like eyes as she smiled softly. He started to walk towards her before stopping and turning around. What the hell? What was wrong with her today, was she old news? Did she get unattractive over the summer? Or were people just-- "If it isn't my favorite wild thing! I haven't seen you all night. Don't tell me you've been avoiding me." She lost the annoyed look on her face as she turned towards the taller male. She smiled towards him before softly chuckling. "And, why would I want avoid my cute, little royal?" She said with a fake pout as she let on of her fingers go along his jaw.

Oh, it was going to happen. She had her mind set on it. She moved her hand from his jaw to his side as moved a bit closer to him with a devious smirk back on her face. "So... Did you miss me over the summer?" She looked away briefly to see if either Alessandra or one of her little minion were around before she turned back towards Izzy and started leaning in to start the first kiss of hopefully a long night. But right before she could she stopped to hear someone calling his name. "Izzy! Izzy! ISAIAH LOOK!" When he turned around, she looked past him to see what was going on between the two fighting guys. "WHAT THE FUCK!" When he started to walk away from her, she sighed sharply as she watched him walk away as more people rushed passed her and pushed her to get closer to the fight. "Hey, watch it!" She shouted while someone pushed her almost to the floor just to get close to Isaiah as he shouted for everyone to leave before the cops got to the house.

As much as Angel wanted to stay, she knew when it was time for her to go especially seeing that she had one or two rather... illegal drugs on her and she couldn't afford to be arrested esp. on the day before the beginning of her senior year. Someone had grabbed her arm which made her turn around ready to hit someone as she saw Issac. "We should probably get going. Zen's in the car. C'mon." Angel sighed in defeat as she looked over to see Isaiah hugging Jasmine. "Of course."

"Fine, lets get going." She grabbed his wrist as she started to drag him to the front door. "Ey, Angel... Can I go with you, Pure left without me... again." Angel just rolled her eyes before nodding as Arza started walking with the 'siblings' out the door. When they got into their car, Azra made Issac move into the back as the four of them pulled away from the house. "Um... Angel..."

"What now, Issac?" She asked with annoyance in her voice. "W--Where's Emmie's bracelet." She felt on her right arm as she kept her eyes on the road as she felt nothing but her bare skin. She hit the steering wheel with her left fist as she cursed. "Fuck! Emelia's gonna kill me! Goddamn it, of course it fell off. This is just--" Azra put one hand on her shoulder before speaking. "Angel, breathe. Now it gives you an excuse to talk to that little pretty boy again with out the head witch getting on your case." Angel listened to him only to grow a smile as she took a deep breath in. "You're right. I'll just talk to him tomorrow or--"

"Or I can give you his number to text him." Zen interjected from the back seat. Angel shook her head. "No way in hell. That makes it seem like I begged you for his number or something, I have pride. I'll just talk to him sometime tomorrow." She told him with a shrug. "Sooo, you and Iz. That a thing now?" Angel cleared her throat to try and get rid of her embarrassment blush on her cheeks. "No, we and that are not a thing. All I wanted to do was fuck him, strictly sexual--"

Oh, whatever. You've liked him since freshmen year and you know it." Azra said after scoffing along with Issac and Zen. All three of them knew there was some feelings there for Isaiah whenever Angelina looked towards him even if she wouldn't admit that it was more than just lust. "Seriously, what else could that little pretty boy royal offer me? Popularity again? Please."

"Mhmm."

"Sure."

"Whatever you say, lovebird."

Angel groaned in annoyance as she stopped in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, hoping food would help the migraine that was forming. She wasn't drunk, far from it. She wasn't there long enough. But, she did drink enough in that time to give her a massive headache. She looked to the three guys before speaking. "There is nothing there. So, just drop it."

"Fine, geez way to sink one of my ships." Azra said as he reached for his credit card to pay for whatever they got to eat. Angel sarcastically laughed before rolling her eyes and starting the car again to pull into the drive-thru. They may have not wanted to go home, but she rather spend her night driving around the city than in a grimy In n' Out.

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Red-Azra
Light Blue-Isaiah
Green-Issac
Gold-Zen

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After eating that night, Angel had no recollection of what happened afterwards. That is until she woke up to find herself not in her room but, in a large room with a picture of her, Purity, and Azra on the night stand. Angel turned from her side to her back to look at the ceiling. Oh, shit. Purity's gonna kill me." The small girl heard someone chuckle from the foot of the bed. "Yea, she might. But, I think it was worth it." Azra said as he looked over Angel who had nothing on except the blanket she had pulled to her chest after remembering who she had slept with. Angel sat up and threw one of his pillows towards him before rolling her eyes and reaching for the hoodie Azra had wore the night before. She slipped it on and got out of the bed to see a Hello Kitty bag. She raised an eyebrow as she looked back at Azra. "What happened last night?" Azra chuckled as he moved closer to his friend, getting close enough that they could feel each other's breathing. "We went to your house, dropped the guys off, and right before we were about to drive off you ran inside and got this bag. Next thing, I know we're fucking in my bed." He said with a smirk before leaning in to kiss her for a brief second. "You might want to get ready and sober up before school." He back up before leaving the room. Angel just rubbed her eyes before groaning in frustration. She was confused on what happened but, it all became clear when she look on the small table located at the foot of his bed where he had been sitting; small little specks of white with a paper card and a plastic bag that has fallen on the floor. She nodded softly as she figured out when she couldn't remember most of last night.

She groaned as she moved back to the bag to grab out the outfit she had apparently brought over to the house. She tossed on the nightstand, covering the picture as she hurried to the restroom with her makeup bag and toothbrush, she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror she at first couldn't recognize herself. He hair was a bird's next, her makeup was smudged as hell, and overall, it had seemed like the light in her eyes, the fire she used to have was just gone. She shook the thoughts out of her head as she turned on the water and splashed some on her face to somewhat snap her out of this state of mind. It took a minute, but she finally snapped out it, only to look at herself in shock before brushing her slim fingers through her hair and wiping off her messed up make up. She put her hair up in a ponytail and sighed at the reflection before grabbing her foundation and starting the process of putting her facade back on. It didn't take too long and before she knew it she was back in Azra's rather clean bedroom, sliding off his hoodie to slip on her own clothes.

She, again looked at herself in the mirror to make sure everything was to her own standards. She looked down at her tattoos before grabbing her phone and taking a few pictures to post, seeing that her last post was two weeks ago when she was in Spain in a tight black skirt and white crop top. She posted it with nothing more than the diamond and kiss mark icons before slipping her phone on her side, inside her leggings. She grabbed her small bag given to her by Emilia and walked out of the room letting the hardwood floors click under her as she walked into the kitchen to see Azra sitting at the island with his chef cooking him breakfast. "Damn... And, why did take me so long to get you into bed?" He asked as he looked her up and down for what seemed like the tenth time. She pushed his chin to look back at his plate with a smirk on her face. "Easy, because you're Purity's." He choked on his orange juice before coughing and looking back at Angel.

"Since when?"

"Since, she 'claimed' you."

"That's so stupid." He said before the girl on his lap. "Azra, you know this was only a one time thing, right? It's not like we're gonna become friends with no strings attached or anything..." Azra shurgged before kissing her neck. "You say that now, Angel." Angelina just rolled her eyes before getting off of him and snagging a small piece of bacon from his plate. "Ready?" She asked as she headed towards the living room to leave the house. "You're not going to eat anything else?" Angel shook her head. "Nah, I don't really have an appetite right now." Azra looked a bit concern before sighing. "Alright, your bookbag's still in the car. I didn't take it out last night." Angel rubbed her head again, as she realized that was another thing she didn't remember. Azra grabbed his car keys as he walked past his friend to get in his new BMW with Angel's car right next to his. "Where are my--.." Azra held out her keys with a small star keychain with a smirk. She grabbed them from around his finger before speaking. "Smartass."

"Animal." He retorted quickly from the front seat of his car. She watched him back up before getting in her own car and driving behind him with Maroon 5's Animal playing loudly on the radio. Luckily, unlike her Azra lived close to ten minutes, give or take minutes away from the school and when they got there, they could tell they would be fine as she looked upon the sight of all the girls giggling as they hugged their friends like they haven't seen them in ten years and the freshmen already trying to figure out what clique they were going to want to be a part of. She looked for a parking space and was lucky enough to find a space close to the front of the school. She looked at her phone as she stopped the car, shutting off the sound of Sia singing as noticed a text from Azra stating that he stopped somewhere but he was in the parking lot and to wait for him. She rolled her eyes as she got out of her car, already feeling people stare at the rather known little animal. Now, they didn't have a set 'leader' of the animals but, if they did it was most definitely Angel; she was sassy, sexy, adorable, and knew exactly how to make everyone want her even if they thought at first that they didn't. Right by her side, was her equal sexy, Azra. The 'king' so to speak of the Animals. Which Purity hated. Seeing that she wanted the boy all to herself. Look, she should have known sooner or later that Angel and Azra was going to hook up. It was only a matter of time, and even if she felt a tad bit bag, she didn't have to let anyone know...

She looked up from her news feed to see Azra holding two coffees and a brown bag from Starbucks. "What's this for?" She said taking the one that had Angel written on it in pretty cursive writing. "You need to sober up a bit, in your eyes you can somewhat tell you're not all the way there." He said handing her the brown bag as well. "I'm fine."

[b]"Just take it. And--.. Oh, there goes the one that got away." She looked towards where Azra was looking to see Izzy. She looked back at him with a serious face. "What?" She rolled her eyes as she took a sip of her coffee and started walking towards the main entrance with Azra getting farther behind, seeing that one of his little 'friends', Angeline decided to come up and hug him from behind. She looked at the look on his face that said 'Help me out here.' But, all she did was smirk and shrug towards him before turned back around towards the school. She enter the school and walked past the same group of jocks she 'animal stared' at all last night before winking towards them with a sly little smile as she made her way down the hall.

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Angel looked down at her phone as she walked down the hall to get to her first period class. The only thing that snapped her out of it, was feeling someone drape their arm over her shoulder to which she raised an eyebrow before looking to see who it was. Seeing that it was Izzy, she just smirked and rolled her eyes before he started talking. ""Hey Angel! Sorry about last night. I didn't mean to just disappear on ya." She just shrugged, trying to make it seem like it didn't get to her, even if she was irritated as hell by not get what or who she wanted. "You know, Izzy if you didn't want to kiss me all you had to do was say so." She said in sarcasm as she lightly stroked his hand with the same sexual smirk on her face.

"Kiss, huh?, Isaiah thought to himself as he felt her hand soft hand light stroke against his own. The smirk on her face was drawing him in and every fiber of his being made him want to just pin her up against the metal school lockers and kiss her until every ounce of breath was sucked out of them both, but he reframed himself. Clearing his throat he had to shift his gaze from her as her eyes and smile to him was like a siren's song to a sailor. "Is that your way of saying that you wanted me to kiss you last night?" Isaiah said flipping things back on her. He had always found Angelina to be attractive but the timing was just never right. When she was single he was with Alessandra. When Alessandra and him broke up Angelina was dealing with the down spiral of her family. And now? Well there was nothing standing in their way now. Expect for themselves.

Angel smirked as he looked away, this was exactly what she liked. He had to look away to stop himself from doing anything stupid, whatever 'stupid thing' he was thinking about do. As she listened to him, she raised an eyebrow as she chuckled. "I mean, I was going to kiss you anyway but, you just so happened to pull away before I had the chance." She nudged him softly with a genuine smile on her face as they kept walking. To be honest, Angel wasn't paying as much attention to the people around like she should have been. She knew people loved getting gossip on her and on Isaiah and getting gossip on the both of them flirting or whatever, would just start something she didn't feel like dealing with during her last year of high school.

"I am so gonna kick Ric and Jack's asses." Isaiah thought to himself as Angelina gently nudged him as the walked down the hall. The King of the Jocks and Queen of the Animals were really attracting the attention of the student body. To most people it would probably be weird having so many eyes locked on them but Isaiah was use to the spotlight and being the center of attention. Although typical he gained this amount of attention when doing something sports related, not walking through the halls with a pretty girl. Than again Angelina Etxeberria-Rivera wasn't just another pretty face. She was so much more. Or at least she was to Isaiah. "Okay, well how do you feel about giving a dumb jock a second chance?" Stopping dead in her tracks, she raised an eyebrow not knowing if she heard him correctly. As he finished talking, she turned towards the much taller guy, with a look on her face that made it look like she was questioning his mental state and sanity.

"You free this weekend?" Isaiah wasn't looking to get into a new relationship but he was always up for having a good time and he was thinking him and Angelina could have a really good time together. She cleared her throat softly as she looked around, just now noticing all the people looking at the pair out of the corner of their eyes every few seconds and she knew at least one of the students in the hallway were listening into their conversation. She looked back towards Isaiah before crossing her arms around her chest and shrugging.

"I'm free, but are you sure your little girlfriends would approve of that? We all know they're not exactly my biggest fans." She didn't have to say their names, Isaiah knew exactly what "girlfriends" Angelina was referring to. Everyone knew that Alessandra and Angel were... less than best friends and if the royal girl found out that Isaiah even thought about asking the little animal out, Angel already knew Alessandra would make her year hell. Isaiah knew it too. Not without the help of Aaliyah, of course. Even if they weren't enemies, she was never one to tell her friends and followers to leave Angel alone when they were making their daily digs at her.

Isaiah placed a hand on Angelina's cheek while Angel felt the heat go to her cheeks. Every ounce of her just wanted to pull him towards her, to back the both of them up to the wall and just stay there for as long as they could. And even though she wanted to more than anything, she just kept her eyes on his hand as she cleared her throat as she looked to the side. "I'll handle things with Leah and Allie." His tone was one of reassurance. She turned her glaze from the hallway to the hand he had on her cheek before looking up at him with raised eyebrows. Since their breakup Alessandra with help from the reigning queen did one hell of job at keeping the female student body at bay where Isaiah was concerned. Which meant most of the girls he did mess around with weren't from Hollywood High. The fact of matter was that Isaiah liked Angelina and he wasn't about to let the girl he broke up with over a year ago stand in the way of whatever it was that was going on between them. "Things will be fine and we won't even call it a date. No wining and dining. Just two popular, good-looking, friends hanging out." Isaiah said just as Angel sighed, the bell signaling the students to get to their first period classes sounded. "Fine, Izzy but I swear if they come up to me about it or if this is some kind of joke between the royals, I will come after you." She told him as she poked the middle of his chest while going on her tiptoes. Her face while playful, looked completely serious.

"Everything will be fine Angel. I promise," he smiled at her. She gave him a halfhearted smile back before finally coming to terms. She wanted Izzy and she wanted to go on their... not date. And, when the hell did she start Alessandra, a little girl dictate what she could do and who she could be around? She was never one care what others thought and she wasn't going to start now. "Well I've got Spanish. I'll see you around." She gave him a small smile. "See ya around, pretty boy." She smirked and winked towards him before letting him walk away towards her class as she did the same thing. Her first class was dance and she loved dancing. So, it seemed like a good way to start the day. She fix her right backpack strap before walking towards the art wing of the building. Not really paying attention to the few remaining people in the hallways, she was too busy looking down at her phone putting a reminder to not make any plans during the weekend. She softly smiled before putting away her phone and sliding off her heels before walking into the dance studio, hearing the teacher already talking. They looked back at her as the door shut behind her and she just smiled before going into the changing room.

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As Angel was put down from the ground by her dance partner, Edgar she gave him a high-five before leaving her to grab his phone just to get the tenth picture of Izzy and Angel together. He just rolled his eyes before stuffing his phone in his dance pants pocket. Angel saw him roll his blue eyes which made her raise an eyebrow as he looked back at her with a devious smirk. "What are you looking at?" She asked him as she started walking towards the dressing room with Edgar in tow. He just shook his head. "Nothing, nothing. Just looking at half of the cutest couple of Hollywood High." He said with a joking tone just as Angel groaned. All period, she had been getting looks from the other girls in the class as they whispered about her and would stop talking whenever she would come close to them. To be honest, it reminded her of her sophomore year when all the stuff with her parents was going on. She didn't say a word as she went to her small locker with her name written on it as she didn't want to say anything just for the information to get to Alessandra again. "What is with everyone today? We were just talking, there's nothing between me and that little pretty boy." She could hear a girl scoff before coming up to her and Edgar. "You know, Angel, a picture's worth a thousand words." Angel just rolled her eyes before turned back towards her locker to get everything out. She slipped off her top and started to get into her regular clothes as she watched one by one the girls exit the room, leaving only the two best friends. "Okay, so really. What's going on between you and Isaiah. From what I overheard this morning, he asked you on a date." Angel scoffed as she looked over to her friend. "It's not a date. He just asked if I wanted to hang out. She said as she just shrugged.

"Yea, right. Unlike you, I've seen the looks he gives you when you're not paying attention, I hear the things the guys say about you. And trust me, I think it was a date." Edgar said as he fixed his hat before smiling at his reflection one last time before closing his locker and leaning against it as he looked at Angel who was slipping on her white heels. She cleared her throat before looking up towards Edgar. "Oh please, Edgar. Like his little bodyguards would ever let him date me... On second thought, like he would ever want to date little orphan Annie." She said as she slid her backpack on as Ed softly nudged her. "You know I hate it when you call yourself that and Allie and Leah don't own him, you know? If he wants to go on a date then he's going to go on a date, he's a big boy and--.." Angel stepped in front of him with a serious face.

"And, he's a jock, an A-lister. What's he want with me?" Edgar just sighed as he wrapped an arm around the small girl and started walking again. "Angel, c'mon. What's not to love about you? You're sassy, sexy, and that accent of yours could make anyone want you." Angel rolled her eyes as she looked around at the people looking up from their phones to look at her only to look back down at their phones. "Do the pictures really look like we're... a couple of something?" Eddy chuckled as he nodded and unlocked his phones to show just a few of the pictures he got on his own from where he was. He swiped through them and stopped at one of Izzy's hand on her cheek as she looked up at him. She groaned as she rubbed her face in frustration. "You guys really do look adorable together." He said in sarcasm as he pinched Angel's cheek before she swatted his hand away while rolling her eyes for what felt like the hundredth time since entering the hallway. She looked back at the picture before sighing. "God, Alessandra's going to rip me to shreds. Edgar just chuckled as they entered their vocal class and took a seat near a window. "Oh, please. What's that little wannabee going to do. Get her army to attack you for dating a guy who dumped her like sophomore year? Besides, your knight in shinning armor said he would handle it. So, don't worry. Let's go practice." God, she loved Edgar. He always knew what to say to calm her nerves. As they laid their stuff down, they walked into one of the booths only to see Jasmine and Isaiah hugging right next to the door. "No, you're not going to start over thinking this. Keep walking." He said as he pushed her softly into the small sound booth. "You know everything about everyone, right?" Edgar shrugged as he rubbed the back of his head.

"I mean, I'd like to think I do."

"And you're my best friend."

"Of course."

"So, you would tell me, if there was something between those two?"

"Duh, who do you think I would tell first? Alessandra?" He asked with sarcasm in his voice."Is there anything between them?" Edgar could tell that she really was worried. He just sighed before pulling her in for a hug only to have her struggle to get out of it, she never did like hugs. "No, Angel there is nothing between them. From everything I've heard throughout the years, they're just friends." Angel just scoffed as she crossed her arms. "Seriously. Besides, you're ten times better than her... in every possible way. You have nothing to be jealous of." Angel's mouth just hung open as she shook her head. "I'm not jealous."

"Sure, you're not. C'mon let's practice." He said as he and Angel started to warm up their voices before their class started.



During their class, Edgar was looking at his phone a lot before finally showing Angel what he was up to. He, along with a few other students decided to skip the rest of the day and tell everyone to do the same. Angel smirked before nodding. But, after looking at the people he sent the message to aka almost every known or popular person in the school. She shook her head. Edgar just rolled his eyes before whispering in her ear. "Please, I'll be your bodyguard. Promise." Angel looked annoyed at him before sighing in defeat. If she didn't say yes, he would probably make her go against her will. Angel mouthed the word 'fine' before having Edgar kiss her cheek.

The bell rung and the two made their way to Edgar's locker, not far from the door of the vocal class as he went to grab his jacket as he put it on, the two looked towards the room just to see Jasmine and Isaiah again. It was adorable seeing Angel get worked up, especially since she rarely got like this over another person. He closed his locker door and grabbed her to go the other way to where he told his sister to wait. "Has anyone ever told you how cute you are when you're jealous." Angel nudged him harder than before before getting all defensive. "I'm. Not. Jealous. I don't care." The small girl said as they two put on their sunglasses as they walked outside to see Evangeline. Edgar handed her the keys to their Bentley before pulling her close to him. "écraser la voiture et je vais vous tuer." {Crash the car and I kill you.}

Evangeline just smiled before nodding and scurrying off. She was never much of a talker. The two made their way to Angel's car before pulling out of the parking lot with her music blasting. "I need to stop by my house to get a swimsuit." Edgar just whined before looking towards the girl. "No! Angel, you have a great body and you need a hot swimsuit to show that body off. All of yours just make you look kinda like a stick." Angel scoffed before shaking her head and sighing. "I don't have money like that anymore, Eddy to buy a new one--.."

"But, my sister and I do." He said with a kind smile on his face. "God, if you were my type I'd kiss you." Edgar just chuckled with her as he leaned his seat back to relax for the next twenty minutes before they got to his beachside house.

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Naea followed Shai downstairs, smiling all the way. She looked gorgeous for the first day back at school, thanks to her. She ate breakfast with the rest of them, although she didn't say very much. The food was amazing, and she'd have to tell Allie and Jasmine later. She hadn't realized the time, though, and very soon the girls were running late and Naea still didn't have her school stuff. Her father wasn't going to be happy. She sighed and rolled her eyes, joining the girls for the trip to school, wondering what the year was going to have in store for them all.

They got there, and Naea realized the time. She sighed - her father was going to be so mad - she was supposed to be setting an example to her little sister, and she wasn't doing that by being late and partying all night. She hurried to her locker, deciding on picking up her school bag, which Alice's nanny had gotten dropped off outside of her locker, which was lucky for her. She shrugged the backpack over one shoulder, which hung loosely off her shoulder and sat in the curve of her back. She shifted it's weight slightly before heading back to class. She decided that she didn't want to miss any more of school than she already had - maybe she could catch up with something while she did her work. Her friends would understand, right? Sure, it was only junior year, but Naea wanted to crack down this year - do well while she still had the chance.

She headed to her third period and sat down, listening to music while she waited. They were turned up so loud, and she was so engrossed in the music she hardly noticed when her phone pinged, her text noise drowned out by the loud music. Only when class had already started had she the thought to read it. She'd thought it was only from her father, scolding her - turns out, it wasn't the case.

"Crap! Allie is going to kill me!" She hissed to herself. A scowl from the teacher indicated that she had spoken out loud, and she focused her angry gaze at the brand new book in front of her. She was seriously pissed off, mainly with herself. How could she have been so stupid? She should have checked her phone. Maybe after the lesson finished she could still join them - if they weren't all pissed off with her for having the ignorance to not check the text she had received. Allie normally forgave her, though, and she hoped to holy hell that she could let her off a second time. Her best friend hated waiting, Linn knew that too well, but she'd already made her late and then wait again for a simple 'yes' or 'no' to a text. She'd have to make it up to them somehow.

Half way through her third period, while she was scanning and identifying the notes in a piece of sheet music, a girl slipped next to her. It took her a little while to realize who it was, but then Naea had to hold in a squeal and then hugged her. A girl from her Prep group, and local rider, Stephie had slipped into the seat beside her and had hugged her. "There's a Neon Party tonight! You better come. Besides, what are you doing here? Everyone's down at Venice! I got held back by a teacher that caught me leaving. Urgh." She rolled her eyes, and Linn smiled, shaking her head. "I'll give you a lift down there, if you like! I thiiiiink everyone's still there." She drawled, and Naea shrugged before nodding her head. She'd go, she decided. She'd already ruined her first day anyway, her outfit was perfect, and she did have a bikini with her still from last night, a spare one, just in case. Why not? She might even have fun.

A few minutes later, Naea had arrived at Venice. Maybe she could find Chad, chat with him, let him know about the party - it was supposed to be exclusive, invite only. But her hopes weren't going to give her that. Everyone was already buzzing about it when she got there - and it looked like she was the only one that had only just found out, even though she was a prep herself. Oh, how terrible her first day had been! It was about to get worse, though.

She entered the basketball stadium, looking around for her friends, when she saw Chad off in the distance, although he was accompanied by Honey. Naea wasn't sure how she felt about that, but it wasn't good... A pang of something shot through her chest a little, and she couldn't help herself but creep a little closer. She could feel her heart flip and twist in a painful way as she heard Honey ask him her question, and she realized what it was. Jealousy. She was jealous of Honey. This was so not happening.

Sighing, Naea stormed off. She had known that she had feelings for Chad for a while now. She was beginning to think he might reciprocate those feelings, but she guessed wrong. She'd heard that Izzy and Angel had also gotten together, and she realized what Allie must be feeling right now. Was she jealous, too? Or hurt? Linn decided that was much too sensitive a question to ask her right now.

Stephie suddenly turned up again. "You're wanted!" She chirruped. "You HAVE to go to Abbot Kinney! Allie's really upset." Biting her lip, she ran out of the building with the other Prep, got in her car, and hurried back to the group, clearing her face of any emotions when she arrived - although she was completely out of breath. "Sorry I'm late, you guys. By the time I got your text, I was already at third period..." The girls were just buying a few things at the time.

They all headed around the store, although Linn didn't say or do much. However, when Jas suggested going to Caudadlie, Linn was up for it, and luckily, so was all the other girls. A facial and mani was just what she needed after a day like hers, and a party in the evening. It would feel a lot nicer. She nodded her head in agreement with the girls and decided to go where they went. After all, what else could go wrong?

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Florian raised his eyebrows and nudged his best friend after he'd spotted his gaze. "Hah! We both know I'm not the only one with good taste." He commented. After that, they parted ways, Ollie heading to music, guitar in hand, obviously not caring that he had social studies first. Heck, he'd probably play it in class.

It turns out that Florian actually slept through Social Studies - and he couldn't give another damn about it. He needed the sleep - he was hungover, tired, and bored. Plus he couldn't get Charlie and Ollie off his mind. They were even in his dreams, although he couldn't remember what they were about. When he woke up, everyone had cleared out, and Florian headed to guitar, sending Ollie and Charlie a quick text, saying;

"We are going to Venice after this lesson! To the beach!"

He sent it and shoved his phone back in his pocket, carrying the guitar with upmost care to his next lesson, slowly rolling along on his skateboard, weaving his way through crowds. He was picking up the word that almost all of senior and junior year was at Venice already, which was how he had known. Besides, it would be super cool to hang out with both Ollie and Charlie at the same time. It made his insides squirm a little.

Most of the rest of the lesson was spent jamming on his guitar. He could not have loved it more - Being able to pluck the strings in peace was a comfort to him, and Florian soon drifted off in his own riffs and beats on the instrument. All too soon, though, it was over, and Florian was sneaking out of the school, hoping to hell his friends were going to meet him there. It would be so... anti-climatic, if they decided not to come after all! He decided he would wait for 15 minutes before he headed to next lesson. If they were coming - good. If not... There was always another time.

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The rest of Edgar and Angel's day at the beach was rather mundane, sure it was fun but, not much happened other than them getting there, Edgar giving Angel an outfit for tShe he beach and another outfit for her... hang out, for lack of a better word with Isaiah. Oh, that also happened, they talked a lot about the whole Izzy, Allie, and Leah thing. Whether or not Izzy would actually handle it, Edgar... being somewhat friends with his teammate kept telling his friend that she had nothing to worry about that if Izzy said it was handled then it was handled, end of story but, Angel kept it in her mind that at the end of the day Aaliyah and Alessandra were going to do... something to her and she was going to prepare herself.

They spent the rest of their day on the beach; relaxing, roller blading, and volleyball to help Angel get ready for the beginning of the season. But, before all else they did their favorite pastimes; flirting and kissing. Hell, they would have gone further if the guys were so... average. But, beggars can't be choosers, so they worked with what they had. Once they passed the 'A-group' and Jasmine but, they were too busy to see the two blade by the store they were in. She saw Alessandra knock some stuff over which, to be honest she did enjoy seeing for a brief second.



"C'mon, Edgar. I gotta get home and get ready." Angel said as she walked back up to her best friend who had just finished kissing his boyfriend, at least for now. The two of them were even more confusing than Pam and Jim Halpert from The Office, well at least how they were the first few seasons before they got married and everything. But, that was beyond the point. The point was she just wanted the two of them to admit that they did want to just calm down and be together but, both of them mostly Edgar had too much pride to admit it especially to himself. She watched them kiss once more as Angel rolled her eyes. Pierre chuckled as he looked behind his much taller boyfriend followed by Edgar joining in on the chuckling. She mocked them as she sighed sharply. "Yea, yea, I know. I'm hilarious, now let's go I have a--.."

"A what, Angel my dear?" Pierre asked with a smirk on his face, as he didn't know. He was as big as a gossip as Edgar if not bigger, the only difference was that Edgar was popular enough to spread it around quicker than Pierre. "Yea, Angel. What do you have plan for tonight?" Edgar asked from over his shoulder after nudging the blonde softly. God, he loved how they could both mess with Angel. She gave both of the boys the death stare before growling softly. "Look, come on! You have the outfit in your car." She reminded him.

"Outfit?" Pierre looked towards as Edgar as the three finally started to walk towards their cars. "Since she has a date with Prince Charming, I thought Cinderella needed something new to wear." She rolled her eyes and sighed before saying for, what felt like the hundredth time; "It. Is. Not. A. Date. We're just hanging out, besides all we're probably going to do is eat something and then have sex." Edgar and Pierre chuckled at how open Angel was with how she thought tonight was going to go. "The fact that you're so open about your intentions is so... refreshing, Angel." Pierre said to the smaller girl as he opened the trunk of Edgar's Bentley to see the outfit. Pierre, being one who loved nice clothing just nodding in approval as he watched his boyfriend come back to the trunk with them. Edgar wrapped his arms around Pierre. "You know, you're fashion sense is improve tremendously, my love." Edgar kissed his cheek before letting him go. "Yea, I know right. I'm amazing." Edgar stated as the other two rolled their eyes. Angel grabbed the outfit before closing the trunk. She looked towards the two before rolling her eyes again at how adorable they were. "What, Angel. What do you have to say?"

Her mouth hung open for a second before she closed it and just shook her head. "Nothing, nothing at all, lovebirds. I'll see you around." She told the two as she got in her car which was right next to Edgar's. As she turned on the car started to pull away she saw Pierre poke his head through the driver's side window with Edgar as they both said in unison, "Have fun on your date!"

"Have fun on your date!" She just rolled her eyes once more before giving them the bird. She had more things to worry about than those lovebirds being on her case about hanging out with Isaiah. Like, what if he didn't handle things with Aaliyah and Alessandra, then what? Would they just not hang out or would they hang out and Angel would have to deal with a shitstorm after. Either way, it would suck



For the next hour or so, Angel was getting ready to hang out with Izzy, she put her hair up in a high ponytail, wrapped in a black ribbon. She spent twenty to thirty minutes, easily to get her hair just right, not to mention how long it took her to actually get dressed. She was going to wear something other than what Edgar had given her, but after thinking about it. When would she ever be able to say, she wore an exclusive, not even out yet Beauchamp black cutout jacket? Exactly, probably never again if she didn't wear it now. So, she sucked it up and looked at herself in approval. Now all she had to do is do her makeup just right.