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Hailey Baldwin

"Senior year... my newest adventure."

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a character in “Welcome to Hollywood High School”, as played by Lilac

Description

Hailey Rhode Baldwin
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General Personal Information
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Full Name
Hailey Rhode Baldwin

Nickname(s)
Hail or Hailz - simply shortened versions of her name

Nationality
American

Ethnicity
She's half European, with bits of lineage coming from England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany on her father's side. On her mother's side, she's Brazilian.

Date of Birth
September 29th

Age
18

Zodiac Sign
Libra
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Sexual Orientation
Bisexual

Relationship History
"He never wanted to call it anything with how fucking annoying the media is, and since we all know he was and is still into Selena, but I did get pretty serious with Justin for a few months. We still hookup pretty frequently, and now that they're completely finished, I can tell that he wants more from me. You can say I'm his booty call, but it's honestly not like that, because I only hookup with him when I want to. I don't want to settle down, and that's just as much of a reason for why we never officially dated, so come at me with that 'side bitch' shit one more time..."

Current Relationship Status
Single

Virgin?
No
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Skin Tone
She's white, yet tan enough that in the sun, her skin will tan over burning.

Height
5'9 and wishing she was an inch or two taller

Weight
Fluctuates between 120-125 lbs

Body Shape
Banana

Hair
She's a natural blonde. She went brunette temporarily last spring, but is back to blonde, and plans on sticking with it. It's currently cut short, falling near her shoulders.

Shape of Face
Square

Eyes
Light brown

Tattoos and Piercings
Her ears are pierced and she has two tattoos, one of her last name on her finger, and one of the letter "g" behind her ear in honor of her pastor's daughter who's battling a serious brain condition.

Fashion Sense
Her fashion sense is hard to describe as falling into one certain genre. She's definitely not frequently sporting anything frilly or super girly, unless she's gown to some fancy event, so a lot of the time, her street style is simple and chic, or rough and edgy, but even if she just rolled out of bed and is sporting nothing more than a t-shirt dress and a messy bun, she always looks like what she's wearing is part of a certain look. Like she was aiming for that casual look, or aiming to look like she just rolled out of bed and luckily for her, most of the time, it works.

Overall Attractiveness
She's a signed model, so automatically, that puts her ahead of a lot of the girls her age who are still going through awkward teenage stages. She knows what's in and what's out, and with a growing influence, she's one of the young models who are setting those trends for others to follow. Her look is different, with strong features and a model's body, so she doesn't think she has any certain qualities that make her pop or stand out. No exotic beauty, gorgeous blue eyes or thick auburn locks to draw you in... but she's attractive. If she wasn't a fit for conventional beauty, she wouldn't be a signed model.

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Hometown
"I was born in Tucson, Arizona, spent the first eight years of my life in New York, and the rest in Cali. I've moved between Sherman Oaks, Calabasas and Hollywood, and am now in Beverly Hills."

Upbringing
Hailey was born to Stephen Baldwin - no, not the one who called his daughter a "rude, thoughtless little pig", that was her uncle Alec - and Kennya Baldwin. Stephen's main career path was acting, but he became lost in the shadows of his brothers, whose paths to stardom came easier. Most of the movies that he's known for were filmed before Hailey was born, and after her birth, she mainly knew him to work behind the scenes of movies and television shows, but they were all small projects, not blockbusters. Her mother worked as a graphic designer which brought in a steady income, but even with both incomes combined, they could barely keep up with the lifestyles that their friends and family were living. On top of that, Stephen spent the first ten years of Hailey's life as an avid, yet secret, cocaine user. In order to keep up with the Jones', he and his wife had to file for false loans, commit tax fraud and hide their assets, so when Hailey was eight and her parents' financial stability really began to crumble, her grandfather, Eumir Deodato, Brazilian musician and composer, "rescued" her. He took custody of her and her sister Alaia, and moved them cross country to California where he lived.

Life in California was a lot better than it was in New York. While she was never abused or neglected living with her parents, it just wasn't the right environment to be raising children in. Kennya and Stephen were constantly fighting, her father's drug use was becoming more obvious, and their house was on the brink of being foreclosed because he couldn't get his act together. In California, her grandfather did his best to be a hand's on parent. She was homeschooled by a private tutor three to four days a week, and the rest were spent in various extracurricular activities, such as religion classes, horseback riding programs, gymnastics programs, and music lessons. None of the hobbies ever stuck with her, but she lived a normal and fulfilling childhood.

When she was sixteen, her older cousin Ireland got her an appointment with a modeling agency that soon signed her, and since then, her career as a model has only grown. She's not Cindy Crawford or Naomi Campbell, but she likes to think that she's getting there. During the spring of her junior year, her older sister finally moved out of their grandfather's home to attend college, and that was what propelled Hailey to want to go to a normal school. After some deliberation, her grandfather agreed, and she's now a student at Hollywood High School.

and took legal custody of her and Alaia. . It hey essentially committed fraud by not filing taxes and committing shady business like that to "keep up with the Jones'" She was (WIP)

Family Members
Eumir Deodato - Grandfather - Age: 72 years old - Profession: Pianist, composer, record producer - Currently resides with
Stephen Baldwin - Father - Age: 49 years old - Profession: Actor, director, producer, author
Kennya Baldwin - Mother - Age: 46 years old- Profession: Graphic Designer
Alaia Baldwin - Sister - Age: 22 years old - Profession: Student at NYU

Childhood Idol/Hero
Her grandfather, her older sister, Heidi Klum, Cindy Crawford and Candice Swaenpoel

Dream Job
She's not thinking that far ahead from modelling right now. Maybe a talk show host or something down the line, though.

Pets
She had a dog as a child, but since its passing, they haven't gotten a new one.

Education
She was never enrolled in any schools, public or private, before now. She was homeschooled three days a week.

Social Class
Upper Class
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Good Personality Traits
Risk taker, Inclusive, Lively

Bad Personality Traits
Unorganized, Impulsive, Brazen

Personality
Her mother called it before she was even old enough to walk - she was going to grow up to be a wild child, and that, she did. She never says no to a challenge, always takes things one step further than she should have, and strives for fun, entertainment and adventure. Even when things don't go as planned (since for her, things are never really planned anyway), she seems to work with it and make the best out of it. She isn't some walking ball of cheer and if you catch her early in the morning, especially before an espresso shot, you can bet she's going to glare at you like you just murdered her family. Overall, though, she's energetic, impulsive and always willing to do what it takes to make sure she's having fun. It makes for a good person to meet at a party or a club when you don't know anyone or many people, because she's the type of girl who will include anyone and finds it easy to make conversation with strangers.

If you're as drunk as her at the party, you'll probably find her to be the life of the party and an enjoyable person. When people are sober and she's drunk, or when people are sober and she's just her normal self, she's sometimes not taken in as welcoming of a light. She's still that fun girl who's full of life and a desire for adventure, but sometimes it's too strong for some people. Espeically the people of Beverly Hills. In a town where standing with your shoulders back and your shirt perfectly ironed and your socks matching is just expected, she sometimes doesn't fit in. Granted, it's not in the way that an emo or punk kid were, where you can look at them and know they're different, because physically, she's beautiful. She's a model, and at first glance, you'd expect that she comes from the money and connections that she comes from. Her mouth gets her in trouble though, and sometimes, her bold personality rubs people the wrong way. They either don't like the way that she seems to capture attention, or that she doesn't care that they think of her as being improper and crude. She makes friends very easily, but in this town, she also has a tendency to rub the uppity, uptight bitches the wrong way too.

Strengths
Public speaking and being in front of crowds, making the best of situations, creative thinking

Weaknesses
Committing herself to specific tasks, following plans, waking up early, getting anywhere on time, thinking before she speaks, not saying "yes" to everything

Mental or Behavioral Disabilities
None

Life Philosophy
"YOLO!"
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Likes
Chanel perfume, dogs, orange flavored things, bikinis, new clothes, Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, candles, grocery shopping, fresh linen, Gatorade, lemon water

Dislikes
Coconut flavored things, hangovers, know-it-alls, prudes, people who are too touchy-feely, long report papers, science and math courses, non-mechanical pencils

Favorite Color
Neutrals

Least Favorite Color
Lime green

Favorite Music Genre
She'll listen to almost anything, but that barely includes country music, and definitely no metal.

Favorite Food
Her favorite meal is chicken Parmesan, and her favorite type of junk food is either cookies & cream ice cream or cotton candy.

Hobbies
She doesn't play any sports or musical instruments, and doesn't have any major hobbies. She doesn't know how to sew or knit, isn't a video game fanatic, doesn't collect anything special and isn't very crafty. However, she does enjoy doing some basic sketching and loves baking, even if half of the time, whatever she's making ends up burnt to a crisp.

Spending Habits
She doesn't spend thousands of dollars a week on things that she doesn't need, but if you ask her to fly to New York with you on a whim, she wouldn't hesitate to drop a couple grand for a private flight there with you.

Drugs/Alcohol
Alcohol is a definite yes. She smokes socially, so marijuana and hookah are cool with her if she's at a party or a club, but she doesn't smoke cigarettes and isn't addicted to doing it. Additionally, she isn't addicted to any other drugs but will use cocaine or ecstasy at a party if they're offered to her.


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How has senior year been for you thus far?
"School is school, so if you're talking about how my senior year as a student has gone, I'd say average. It's my first year of real school, so I guess I was excited for the first two weeks, and then I became normalized into the system, and realized how lame it is. I can't say that it's better or worse than being homeschooled... it's just different. I think I'd prefer to be homeschooled again in the sense that I wouldn't have to wake up early, I could do things at my own pace and only worry about one teacher, but I have to admit that I have met some fun people here. I guess, overall, the first few months have been good. I can't complain that I'm finally getting to be a real 'student' for once."

What are you most looking forward to this year?
"School wise, I think I'm just excited for all of the the house parties that normal teenage kids apparently go to. They're different than the dinner parties and just parties in general that I think I've been too. I don't know, it's probably lame sounding, but I guess I'm just excited for the normal socialization stuff."

How do you feel about Spirit Week? Which is your favorite day?
"I've never done this before, so I don't have the experience to pick a favorite. Pajama day sounds really chill, but when I was being homeschooled, every day basically was pajama day. I guess the day where every class wears their color will be fun. It'll be cool to see the unity between each grade level and then at least I'll remember that no matter how good looking some of these freshman shockingly look, that they are just freshman, and I ain't about that life."

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Animals

How do you feel about your group/clique?
"I always heard that it takes a while for teenagers to find their 'group' in school. That a lot of kids bounce around between friend groups before finding their home. Surprisingly, it took me less than a week at this school to figure out that these were the people who knew how to have fun, and that this was where I belong. I wouldn't take a bullet for any of them because I don't know them like that, but they're fun, and that's all that really matters to me."

Are you happy with your place on the social ladder?
"Definitely. Maybe my opinion isn't the popular one because I'm new to all of this, but it doesn't really matter to me that much. I definitely recognize that that's easier said coming from someone who will only be here for one year and has a thriving social life outside of school. Plus, being an Animal isn't the same as being an Emo or something like that. But, to answer the question, I'm happy, yeah."

If you could be in any other group/clique which would it be and why?
"I know people will reject this opinion, but I kind of feel like I could have chosen my clique if I wanted to be something other than an Animal. I guess this is just where I fit best, so I wouldn't even know what other place I'd want to belong to."

Are you a part of any clubs or sports?
She hasn't joined any clubs yet.

Your current GPA
When the mid-quarter grades come out, she'll probably be at a 3.0.

Schedule
Period 1: Theater I
Period 2: French II
Period 3: English 12
Period 4: US Government 12
Period 5: Physics
Period 6: Imaginative Writing
Period 7: AP Statistics
Period 8: Physical Education
Period 9: Lunch
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Username
Lilac

Timezone
Right now, I'm on the east coast of the USA, but will be back on the west coast for most of January.

How Often Do You Post
Right now, I think I can post within a day of my post being needed, or every three days otherwise.

Excreta
So, I'm not exactly new to this website. I was a member 5+ years ago when everything was "forum" based and there wasn't this whole tab system. I left when the tab system was introduced because for one, it was too confusing for me at the time, and two, most of my roleplaying friends on here were also leaving. I'm back now, but a little rusty, and also horrible at all of this coding stuff. I apologize if anything doesn't look write; please just give me time to get used to it.

So begins...

Hailey Baldwin's Story

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Physics was a tricky subject for a lot of people, but Olivia enjoyed it. She was the kind of person who flourished in mathematics and science subjects, because her mind worked more logically than it did creatively. It wasn't like she did poorly in her English and art classes, but she just didn't possess that creativity that she needed to really enjoy them. It was harder for her to conjure up creative writing topics than it was for her to understand thermodynamics. Needless to say, she didn't mind her fifth period class as much as many of her classmates did. Besides being comfortable with the topics, she shared the class with a few friends, including Mani. For the majority of the class, Olivia remained silent and focused on the lecture material that the teacher was giving, for the first few minutes of each class, she allowed herself time to get into that focused mood. Rather than stop at her locker or take the four minutes in between this class and her last to chat with friends, Olivia headed straight here. It was what she always did. She hated the idea of even possibly being late, and luckily for her, her fourth period class was only down the hall from this one. It took her less than a minute to get to the physics room and take her normal seat, the one in the second row, closet to the door. It gave her perfect visibility of the board and screen, and of the clock. Plus, when the final bell rang, she never got trapped behind anyone else and could get to her sixth period class just as quickly as this one.

Though for the majority of the almost hour long class she remained silent and focused on the lecture material, or lab instructions that the teacher gave them, for the first few minutes before the class started, she took the time to get herself ready. Her pencils were situated on her desk, she finished her water bottle, and retrieved her finished homework assignment from her bag. Her last class had been with Normani and Katherine, so she wasn't surprised that Mani lagged behind a few minutes. Kat could keep anyone's ear for hours, and on top of that, Liv knew that it was frequent for Mani's followers to seek her out in between periods. Whether it was for advice, to offer her an iced coffee or treat from the cafeteria, or just share new gossip, they always seemed to be around. Olivia was used to it and didn't mind the time to get herself together, but when Normani did arrive, she offered her friend a soft smile and waved her towards her usual seat beside her. "You made it," she teased, noticing their teacher walking in just then. "We've got a lab today, right? I think he's going to say we need a group of four," she said, her voice growing lower as she walked their teacher gather himself and appear to get ready to start the class. "Let's pick two good people to work with today. People who won't be more interested in winning your heart than recording our data," she said, now in nothing more than a hiss as her eyes focused in on their teacher. She was sure that she didn't even need to say Christian's name specifically for Mani to know who she was talking about.

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At the end of her fourth period class, Hailey had been called down to the guidance office. She spent the last ten minutes of the fourth period seated in her guidance counselor's office, which was a position that she was in almost once a week. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing, because it wasn't like she was sitting with the principal or vice principal, but Hailey found her counselor to be a drag regardless. Even now, when she had only been called down to the office as a "check-in", to make sure that she was adjusting to the school and enjoying spirit, she wished that she wasn't there. Shockingly, she wished that she was with the rest of her classmates finishing up their so-boring-it-might-kill-me history lesson.

"Wow, how time flies!" Mrs. Brennan exclaimed a moment after the bed signaling the end of fourth period rang. She folded her hands together as she leaned forward on her desk, staring into Hailey's eyes with such intensity that Hailey felt like she was about to be hypnotized. It had her searching for anything else in the room to look at. She scanned over the photos of the woman's children that were posted on the wall, the back of her computer screen, the bland off white walls... the bell had rang, and it seemed like this impromptu and unwanted meeting was coming to a close, but every second felt like a year to her. "Well, I don't want to make you late for... physics!" the woman continued as she glanced at her computer screen to confirm Hailey's next class. "Yikes, it doesn't look like you've really gotten the hang of that class yet," she continued, apparently gazing at her current grades too. By this point, Hailey was standing, and the scrunched up expression on her face probably expressed her desire to get the hell out of there. "Don't get hung up on it, though. I've told you a million times, I know, but our tutoring services here are phenomenal. The teachers have days with extended hours where they can help you, and our Homework Heroes club is very popular amongst the study body. Mr. Keislar heads it, but you know, a lot of the students end up making great friendships with their tutors and will pair up out of school as well. It's definitely something to consider, Hailey. We want you to do well here, and I'm sure that extra one on one support will help, especially since I'm sure it's what you're most used to with your history of homeschooling."

Hailey always thought that once she got too old for modelling, or if one day she decided it just wasn't for her anymore, that she would make an awesome talk show host but now she was considering that she should reccomend that career path to this woman because god, could she talk. She didn't want Hailey to be late, and yet she was sure that she was already down one minute to get to her class. "Uh huh, Mrs. Brennan. I'll definitely look into it. Science has just never been my thing, but yeah, I'll totally consider it. Thanks for all of the help!" Yesing the woman to death seemed like the only option she had if she wanted to leave that office before midnight. While she had no real intentions on joining the club, it wasn't just to be defiant. She really didn't do that poorly in school. Physics was a bad example of her academic ability, but it was that way for a lot of people, so Hailey didn't get bothered by it. She had more important things to deal with, like catching up with fellow Animal Anastasia in the hallway to pose for pictures in their Twin Day outfits. She managed to do that and make it to her physics room just as the bell was ringing to signal that class was beginning.

"Miss Baldwin, I'm glad you made it here on time today. I know how excited you've been to get this projectile motion lab started, and today's finally the day," Mr. Kennedy, the physics professor, announced, peering at her skeptically from behind his glasses. She hurried to her seat, which was behind Normani and Olivia, but met his bothered look with a smile. "Of course. I wouldn't miss it for anything!" she returned sarcastically, though her cheerful tone didn't hint at that. She wouldn't miss it physically, maybe, but she sure as hell wasn't mentally tuned in, and just as their professor began speaking, she turned back in her chair to Ian, who sat nearby. Hailey didn't know Ian very well, but occasionally during their gym class, she'd make conversation with him, and insist he play on their team in any sport where height was a benefit. "Look!" she hissed, barely being discrete as their professor explained the day's plan. "I'm basically twinning with you today too!" she said, pointing to the large print on her shirt which read "GEEK". She felt it was funny and playful, and didn't even consider that it might have been offensive. She didn't mean it that way, at least, because in her mind, being a geek wasn't necessarily a bad thing and even if it was, that kid had to have embraced it by now! If he didn't like being a geek, he could always switch to contacts instead of keeping those classic geek glasses, she thought. Just as quickly as she had spun around to face Ian, she was spinning back, and tapping Olivia and Normani on the backs. "We're going to need a real geek to help us with this lab. Want me to ask 'Glasses' back there, or did you hoes find someone on your own to be our number four?" Hailey didn't think twice that she would be included in Olivia and Normani's group. She knew that Normani wasn't her biggest fan, but she didn't think that the Queen disliked her. She just didn't think she knew her fully yet, and besides, lately, Olivia had seemed more open to her than she ever had. She still wondered how Kat somehow managed to mesh with these girls who took themselves too seriously.

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Normani did not rush herself once her fourth period was over to catch up with Olivia. Not that she did not want to walk with her other friend, but between Lauren telling her about Christian's bitch fit in the middle of the hall earlier and Kat complaining about having to deal with the rest of the day, she found no need to be in a hurry. Especially considering the fact that she always lagged when it came to Physics. One thing that Normani never bragged nor spoke extensively about was that she was definitely considered a member of the top 10% of their graduating class, a feat not all of the A-Listers could say they accomplished. So she didn't lag to her classes out of a desire to not have to deal with a subject she knew nothing about. In fact, ask her professor - and probably Daniel, if his opinion didn't cause her cheeks to grow heated - she should be in the advanced level course. Hell, she should have been in AP Calculus as well. But again, that was only if she was willing to talk about it.

Which she wasn't, by the way.

No matter how many times Danny text her to remind her such every single day, which had her laughing.

Lauren walked her to class and after a quick smooch on the cheek followed by the brunette offering her a banana, Normani traipsed into the classroom with a relaxed smile. Eyes followed her as she made her way over to her seat beside Olivia and when she was beside the blonde, her smile turned warm. "I'm here, aren't I?" She shot back playfully and pulled out her necessary materials. Once Liv brought up group partners and then, implicitly, Christian. Normani did not even want to take the time out to think about her ex, especially if he was bound to enter the classroom soon. Chris had not been late to this class yet, so she knew he had no marks against him. She also remembered that he was the last person anyone who wanted a respectable grade should have if they wanted to pass. "Do not even remind me. Luckily, we already have each other cuz I would go straight crazy without you." Aggravatingly, just as she finished speaking, an incessant finger poked her back and not many just allowed themselves to touch Normani Devereux. Whirling around slowly and with little enthusiasm, Normani's glare only lessened just enough to not be abrasive when she came face to face with Kat and Liv'a friend.

It wasn't that Normani did not like Hailey. The blonde was fun enough when Normani was in the mood and she entertained Kat when neither she and Liv could not. However, despite her last name and both of their backgrounds as socialites, Normani just wasn't impressed by Hailey. Not enough to bump her up to A-Lister status and definitely not as a Royal. She had not proved herself worthy, and if Normani had not elevated either Dinah or Lauren - her two most loyal followers out of her typical band of four - she wasn't going to bump up some random ass skinny blonde chick with really no other talent other than hyping up a crowd.

"Of course," she replied, not an ounce of her actual disfavor appearing in her voice as she finally offered the blonde the semblance of a warm smile. Taking what Hailey said about a fourth member into account, Normani's smile turned sweet as her eyes landed on Ian Butler. "Hey, Ian. Come over and work with us, love."

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Sure, Olivia had meant Christian when she had made her comment about finding good people to work with, but that major descriptive quality of good also should have crossed Hailey off of their potential partner list. Olivia had never had any real problems with Hailey, and maybe she kept it to herself too much to be known, but she definitely didn't like her. Maybe it was because she was protective over Kat, and whenever the brunette would hang out with Hailey, she would call her the next day with some bizarre story where Katherine was a sip of vodka away from ending up in a coma. It was more than just that, though. Hailey was overbearing and obnoxious and crude. She didn't know when to stop, she had no boundaries, and she was just too much of... everything for Olivia to like her. It was her actions, but more than that, it was her personality that had Olivia knowing that there was no way they would ever be friends. Before this year, that was all fine. Hailey was homeschooled so Olivia saw her once every two months, maybe, for a few hours during a modelling event they were both at, or if Kat was hosting a party that Hailey happened to be invited to. During that time, Olivia could be cordial, but for the most part, she did her best to associate with people she liked, rather than the blonde. Now they were going to the same school, and while luckily, they were in different cliques, that didn't do much to keep Hailey out of the way.

She felt a poke at her back just like Mani did, but Olivia didn't spin around immediately either. Her pause wasn't out of shock or annoyance that someone had touched her, but mainly because the professor was still reading off instructions, and she wasn't looking to get any participation points knocked off of her grade. Olivia did well in school, and she possessed a level of natural intelligence, but she also worked really hard to keep her good grades. She was an active learner, and that was the main reason for why she did so well. When the teacher finished and began to pass out their assignment sheets for the period, she did turn in her seat, and in time to hear Normani and Hailey's conversation. Olivia knew that it would have been awkward to reject Hailey when she just seemed to think that she was a welcomed member of their group, but out of all people, Mani could have done it, and Liv wished she had. Olivia did want to start including Hailey more, just to prove a point that if Mani could do it with Honey, who was also unwanted, than they could do it with Hailey, but Olivia wanted to do that in a social setting. Not where her grade and sanity were on the line. A barely there, feigned smile graced her face as she made eye contact with Hailey, but she quickly pulled it away to look at Ian, who Normani had invited over. That was a good choice. She didn't know Ian very well and they weren't friends, but she knew he was intelligent, and she could respect that. In fact, her respect for him probably outweighed the respect she had for the fellow model that sat behind her, but no one really needed to know that. She couldn't resist, however, giving Normani an "are you serious?" look when their gazes crossed. Not about the latter partner choice, but the former. Christian didn't look like such a bad idea compared to Hailey. At least she found him to be entertaining.

"This doesn't look too extensive," she noted, briefly scanning the worksheets that were passed back to her as she passed the rest towards the girls. "As long as we do the experiment correctly, the calculations shouldn't be that difficult." That would be especially true it Ian did agree to work with them.

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Surprisingly, Mr. Alessi had gotten a kick out of Jameson's Twin Day outfit, which was aimed to match the vice principal's style. James knew that it was quite possible that it wasn't so much of genuine amusement as it was him just wanting to look like a student-oriented administrator, but the level of genuineness of it wasn't a concern to him. All he cared about, was that when Mr. Alessi insisted they get photographed for the yearbook, it meant that he was pulled from his fourth period class a few minutes early, and got a late pass for physics. Even after stopping in the cafeteria for a bag of chips, he only ended up getting to Mr. Kennedy's physics class a minute late, but being late and having a late pass meant that he was able to miss one minute and not get in trouble, and he couldn't complain about that. Plus, now he had some food to quench his hunger, but just as he opened the bag of Lays and sat down, Mr. Kennedy looked at him with a death glare. "You know the rules, Mr. Page. No eating in the science labs." It was one of the only rules that James knew in this class, because it seemed like every day, he consistently came in with a snack to eat, and was shut down by the teacher. He didn't think he could be blamed for wanting to eat. It was halfway through the day, his waffles had been burned off periods before, and he had a long way until lunch. Truly, it wouldn't have been that much of a burden for him to snack in his fourth or sixth period classes, but he couldn't help his cravings and both he and Mr. Kennedy knew that this conversation was going to be a daily ritual. James just hoped that it would be annoying enough for the professor, so that he would pass him just so that he wouldn't have to deal with him in extra help sessions if he was at risk of failing.

"My bad, Mr. K," James offered, with a mouthful of chips as he stuffed the rest into his backpack. He'd finish them off in a few minutes when everyone separated into their groups to work on the lab, and the teacher was too occupied with other students to notice him eating. First, he had to figure out which group he wanted to be a part of, though. He normally worked with Christian, since he was one of the only royal males in the class, and when groups larger than two were required, they'd either try to get in with Naomi and Olivia, or they'd grab a couple of jocks and work with them. It was just his luck, though, that Christian wasn't in sight. James knew he had seen him earlier in the day, so he hoped the King Bee competitor was just out using the restroom or at the water fountain and would be back any minute. In case he wasn't, though, James knew what he had to do, and he nearly jumped out of his seat when he caught sight of Normani waving Ian Butler over to her, Olivia and Hailey. Ian, Normani and Olivia all had enough brains to do the assignments on their own and probably get A's. There was no way that they needed to be a triple threat, while he sat in the corner with some brainless football players and failed. Hell no! Especially not when he was actually friends with the three girls.

"Mr. K said that I could work with you lovely ladies," he said with a smirk, clearly lying about their teacher's words, but just being playful. "You know, he wants us to practice our group dynamics for Saturday. We're still on to go together, right, Liv? And then who's the lucky fellow who gets to go with you, Mani? Don't tell me that Ian's your new catch!" he inquired, an amused smirk on his face. By this point, he felt like being playful about Olivia was the only way that he could continue to ask her to things and not get humiliated. It wasn't like she ever rejected him, but it also wasn't like she had ever said yes and taken him seriously. He supposed that doing it this way, just claiming that they were going together and then getting her to roll her eyes was clearly not working, but James just wasn't the type of guy who was good at being serious. It made him feel uncomfortable and vulnerable, so if he could do it with a laugh and get a laugh out of other people, the rejection stung less, because it felt less genuine.

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If there was one area of life where Ian shined, it was schoolwork. Academics just never gave him much trouble, though English could be challenging as it was about as far removed from his way of thinking as any subject could possibly be. Don't get him wrong, he loved to read and he had a rather large collection of Star Wars books, but his gifts did not lie in writing or dissecting the themes of 18th century bestsellers. Physics, however, was just too easy. You just needed to understand a few basic concepts and have a good head for math and the subject opened up before you.

"Hey, Ian. Come over and work with us, love."

Ian couldn't help but blush. He had been working on it, but he just couldn't help it. Normani was the most popular and beautiful girl in the school and she wasn't bitchy like some people he could name off the A-List. Almost without thought, he walked over to her, Olivia, and Hailey, only to be interrupted by someone who was most definitely a bitch.

Inwardly, he took a deep breath before replying with the most charming smile he could muster.

"I am sorry, James. I know I am quite attractive, but I am not homosexual. I could only ever be your friend."

He winked at Olivia.

"It's nice of you to be his cover. It's asking a lot to sacrifice your Senior Homecoming."

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Normani pointedly ignored the look she could feel Liv was burning into the side of her face, not bothering to even to hint to understanding her best friend's ire. It was a calculated move on her part. For a girl like Normani, whose intelligence and creativity capabilities were nearly on the same level, Physics wasn't hard. No, AP would have been a bit harder, more fast-paced - more of Normani's caliber. She loved a good challenge after all, particularly in math. So, no, she couldn't have a dramatic internal breakdown like Liv might have been having over someone else fucking up her grade. Not when it was Liv and Kat who had brought Hailey around in the first place when Normani could have done without. Petty, but you reap what you sow.

No, Normani was more inclined to keep her gaze on Ian, who reacted as he normally did with that adorable blush staining his cheeks. Judge all you want, but it still flatters a girl like Normani - who's used to being the darkest of her group and not always gaining the best of light in the media despite being so high on the attractive scale - to garner such an honest reaction. And, nodding only briefly after Liv's explanation of the packet, she would have teased the need about it had James not arrived in his typical excitable fashion. Normani fixed him with an unimpressed stare coupled with a warm enough smile that conveyed her pleasure at seeing him, despite now having another partner. She hated group projects and the less people, the better. Normani raised a swift eyebrow at Liv, a need for a later explanation since the girl had continuously rejected the guy and that required some kind of explanation if he was going to go around making such claims. But Ian's response made Normani bite back a laugh, a far too pleased smile on her face directed at the tall guy. As much as I'd love to hear Ian here sass your ass into next week, let's settle down guys. The faster we get through this, the faster my girl here can give you an actual answer about Homecoming, James." Normani positively chortled at the expression Liv was bound to toss her way. Teasing her friends also riled her up.

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For a Royal, James didn't take himself very seriously, so for now, he was able to laugh off Ian's comment, though slightly taken aback that a nerd like him would have the nerve to say something like that. He knew Ian through the Homework Heroes club, so he guessed that the familiarity gave him more leeway than your run of the mill nerd. Had hard liquor been involved, James' personality would have been shifted to a point where he probably would have combated the joke with his own, telling Ian that he was surprised that he was so sure he wasn't gay, considering that there was no way he'd ever been laid by a girl before in his life. However, this was fifth period physics, and James was sober, in good spirits, and just looking to mooch off of this group so he could at least get one good lab grade for the quarter. "Hey, I understand, man. I'm more into blondes anyway," he returned, looking towards Mani as she spoke and shaking his head in playful shock at the shade she was throwing. I definitely won't be writing her a recommendation letter for her wingman skills anytime soon...!

"And, the faster that you can give us an answer about your Homecoming date," Olivia added, after remaining silent for most of the exchanges, aside from a giggle at Ian's comment. If she was going to be teased, Normani could expect some teasing too. However, Olivia wasn't going to go so far as to list any names... or particularly, any one name... Daniel Jensen. Normani had confessed (or her version of confessed, with it being a lot less direct) that she had a thing for Daniel. Or that she thought she did. Or that it was a possibility that existed in some realm in some dimension, but possibly not this one. That was enough for Olivia to know that it was something real, because Mani and Liv were similar in that aspect, where they rarely came right out and said things that left them feeling vulnerable and exposed. Olivia knew the trait well enough in herself to see it in her friend, and she knew that it wasn't a laughing matter. Her "thing" for Daniel wasn't like this thing that Olivia had been dealing with James for years, so she only raised an eyebrow as the corners of her lips twitched towards a smirk.

She turned back to James, a smile still on her face, mostly because her mind was still on Normani and her love life. "You know I'll go with you, just like I went with you last year and the year before." In all of the past years that they had went together, it had been nothing more than them going to the same pre-party and after party. They went as friends, in a group with everyone else. They weren't dates. If that was the logic behind it, than he could say that he had been Christian's date, and Katherine's date, and Honey and Chad's dates too. "Yeah, but this year I want to go with you as more than just--"

"Didn't you hear your Queen?" she snapped, her tone a lot colder than she expected it to be, especially considering that she was trying to be playful when referring to Mani as that. "We have work to do, James. Or, at least we have work to do," she corrected herself, her tone shifting back to its normal, more relaxed one as she motioned to herself, Normani and Ian. Leaving Hailey out was discrete enough to seem unintentional, but like most things with Olivia, it was passively intentional. For once, James happened to be perceptive and noticed the exclusion, and in order to shift the sting he was feeling from that snap away from himself, he looked towards Hailey. "Hey, hey, hey, let's not be hasty here. Hailey and I are going to contribute to this group too." He pulled his chair closer to their desks and opened up his packet. "You tell me what to do, and I'll do it. We're a team, and I vote myself as captain."

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"Oooh, I feel some sexual tension in this group, and since Mr. Quarterback isn't here yet, I think it's coming from you two," Hailey insisted, reaching out to grab Olivia's hand enthusiastically. She didn't see anything wrong with referencing the relationship history she had heard Normani and Christian Hernandez had, because even if she hadn't heard about that, she did genuinely feel sexual vibes between them. As James insisted that he and her were actually going to contribute to the group, Hailey folded her packet open to the page that everyone else seemed to be looking at. Maybe he had plans to actually help, but she didn't really. Why would she try to do something when there were three very capable people sitting right there? If she tried to do anything, she was sure it would mess up whatever they were working on, and it just didn't seem necessary in the moment. Besides, she was far more entertained with the conversation on homecoming than she was with this physics topic, so even when Normani, and then Olivia, and then James insisted that they start their work, she continued with the conversation. "So, is this a dance where everyone actually brings a date? Or the kind that you see on TV, where the girls stand on one side of the gym and the boys on the other, and everyone just drinks punch all night?" She was completely serious in her questions, though she was sure the latter wasn't that realistic. She had never been to a dance before, so she honestly wasn't sure, though. This was going to be her first main event since starting public school, and she wanted to know what the formalities were.

If bringing a date was basically a requirement, she knew that she had guys to choose from. If not from this school, than from outside sources. She had spent most of the summer with Justin Bieber, but the night before, he had called her going on and on about his relationship with Selena, so she was sure that he was hopping back on that ship. Which didn't really bother her. She and Justin were really good friends, and he was a fun time for a night or two, but she knew they wouldn't ever be a real couple. It was fine by her for now, since she wasn't looking to settle down anyway. He probably would be too busy to come, but she could find someone else. She had lots of friends outside of Hollywood High, considering she had a social life even before public school was a part of her life. Bringing someone from this school seemed like it would fit in better with her "trying to experience a normal teenager's life" motto this year, though. Partially hung up on the possibilities for her date now, she turned to Normani with a curious expression. "Are you bringing Mr. Football Captain as your date, or was James right, and Bookworm here is your date?"

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Anything was better than sitting in class, but two minutes in the private room in the nurse's office and Katherine was bored. She wasn't antsy to leave, because once she left, she'd have to head back to geoscience, but the bed she was lying on was uncomfortable, she wasn't actually tired or sick, and she wasn't the type of person who could fall asleep on a whim, especially knowing that in a few minutes, she would be kicked out. So, with the door shut and Mrs. Ellis being lenient with in-school phone use, Katherine kept her phone out after texting Knox the first time, and texted some of her other friends. They were nothing but typical Katherine texts, where she was bored and looking for someone to keep her attention, even though she knew that they were all in class. The last text, one that was sent to Emma, didn't necessarily fall under the category of a text to a "friend" but right now, Katherine was more anxious for her to respond than any of the others. She knew Emma would never take the test for her, because not only did it go against the morals she was sure the girl possessed, but obviously, her teacher would realize that it was Emma sitting there taking the exam instead of Katherine. It wasn't like they could pass as identical twins.

To: Hailey
let's do something fun after school

To: Olivia
i'm bored and tired :( tell mama yolanda to pick me up.

To: Mani
hiiiiiiii!

To: Knox
but she likes disneyland! we should all go!!!!

To: Emma
can you plz take the test for me 7th period. i don't know anything i forget all of it and you know everything about math

It was of no surprise to Kat that minutes passed without a response to any of the messages. She knew that Olivia, Normani and Hailey were in science classes, Knox was in French and Emma... well, Kat didn't know what her schedule consisted of, but she imagined that whatever class it was in, it was something difficult. So, after another few minutes of scrolling through Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and then posting a "save me" selfie to Snapchat, she was over her time in the nurse's office and was ready for a change of scenery. She slipped her phone into her bag, just as the door to the room was pushed open and Mrs. Ellis motioned for her to get up. "Out, out, out, Katherine! I've got at least one kid on the way with a bloody nose who's going to need this room more than you!" the woman said, a bit frantically, as she pressed her hand against Katherine's back to quicken the girl's pace as she left. "Kids these days! Always fighting!" Obviously, Katherine didn't think that this kid she was speaking of was suffering a bloody nose because Honey had punched him, or that the other kids involved in the fight were Honey or Chad. She hurried out of the office, too grossed out with the idea of seeing the bloody faced kid that was probably on his way down, to want to see who it was. Before heading back to geoscience, she made a stop in the bathroom to fix her hair. Before leaving, she sent a text out in her friend group's group chat.

To: Mani, Liv, Honey
Omg there was another fight.... we literally might as well live in like detroit or something with how rowdy people are in this school this year..

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At James' quip, Ian felt himself relax. He felt a little bad for snapping at the guy. He was used to people belittling him due to his clique and just recently, he decided to stand up for himself more. Still, James wasn't a bad guy, just unbearably cocky. In retrospect, he shouldn't have been surprised that he immediately voted for himself as "team captain". He shook his head with a small smile and a sigh.

"This is Normani's party. I'll vote for her as captain. I'd rather avoid the drama of a whole fight over who gets to be in charge," he said with a shrug. At Hailey's comment, he laughed.

"It's more like grinding against each other after an Animal spike the punch," he told her with a grin. He slightly flushed at her question about Normani bringing him as a date. It'd be nice, but he doubted it would happen. Besides, he had a feeling Daniel liked her and he didn't want to open that can of worms.

"Daniel is probably trying to find a perfect scene to reenact just to ask her," he murmured to himself, accidentally voicing his own thoughts. It was a habit that he picked up as a child and never could get rid of, not matter how hard he tried. He tapped his notebook with his pencil, "I wonder if Haejin has a date yet. It'd be nice..."

His eyes widened, his cheeks flushed and he quickly directed his gaze at his notebook.

"What are testing again?" he asked quickly, trying to change a subject to something much safer.

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Chad felt the anger claw up his throat when Tony didn't seem to know how the fuck to shut the fuck up, but he could sincerely say his vision went red when the guy hauled off and punched Honey. In another world or at another time, he would have gently told Honey to calm down, let it go. Maybe even had tried to catch her fist before her hit ever landed because, yeah he was mad, but she did not need to go into full Mama bear mode and resort to violence. Besides, he could just tell Chris to get extra...aggressive with Tony on the field. You know, give him the tough love another team would during an actual football game. She should not have had to raise a single finger. But then she did and he heard their teacher yell - outside of their scope of four - that Miss Perez needed to go out in the hall. However, a second later, Tony had swung, right across Honey's cheek - no preamble, no hesitation whatsoever - and Chad literally saw red.

And dove, he honestly would not be able to tell you. All anyone outside of his limited universe - which was solely focused on doing more than breaking Tony's nose - could do was yell, "Fight." And that was it. The classroom was in an uproar and it...well, it made sense. Because Chad - yes, sweet, nonviolent, passive, gentle, definitely not violent Chad for all the disbelievers in the back - had a good grip on the labels of Anthony's jacket and was shoving the dude - yes, Chad was more than a simple Prep who happened to actually work out more than people gave him credit for - onto the flat surface of a nearby desk.

Which was why Christian did not hesitate in the middle of his basketball game (yes, he was supposed to be in class, but who the fuck wanted to go to class during Spirit Week?) to pause when one of his followers, Luke, came in to tell him that Chad was actually fighting. Yeah, once he got in the hallway, he had been like, "You're kidding, right?". Because really, who the hell would suspect that Chad would go ape shit on someone, but when he made it to the nearby classroom to see that half of the class and a few students from other classrooms were in the hallway, he knew something was real as fuck. Christian ran into the classroom to see the professors trying to pull the guys apart, with Tony landing a good jab to Chad's jaw followed by a hook Chad delivered to the already bruising face of Tony. "Yo, Chad, man, stop!" He called and ran over to help out, luckily (for the moment) without being reprimanded for having skipped class because this teacher in particular knew his schedule, pulling at a surprisingly firmer, stronger Chad. Glancing over his shoulder to Honey, who was actually sporting a bruise on her cheek, Christian bristled at the sight before remarking aloud to Luke, "Get someone to text Normani. Now."

Normani held her hands up in mock surrender while giggling as soon as Liv turned to her the same teasing grin, keeling over slightly in her fit of laughter. They probably should be focusing more on their current assignment, and it was not like Normani had ever allowed herself to not finish an assignment unless the situation called for it. But the moment was lively and they were probably the one group every person in their classroom wished to be in. However, a second later and the air around them crackled, and not with the "sexual" tension Hailey's irrelevant ass decided was suffocating them all. No, this was something more and she cut her eyes at James for pushing Liv, considering getting on the girl's nerves was not going to get him the result he desired. In fact, it was doing the exact opposite and an aggravated Royal of Normani's was an aggravated Normani. "The conversation is over," Normani replied sharply, mostly to Hailey since she didn't seem to get that the group was no longer in a jovial enough mood - despite James' bout of enthusiasm - but also to the guy in question. She glanced imploringly at Liv, just to check with her bestie to see if she was fine. If needed, Normani would kick all of them out - except for Ian. He was the only truly needed member, after all. However, she didn't vocalize anything, only smiled briefly, sweetly, at Ian for his vote of confidence.

However, even that was short-lived for just before Normani got a look at Katherine's text, Lauren came barging into the classroom, ignoring the professor's insistence that she leave. Faithful as always, her Wannabe headed only to her with a hint of desperation in her normally calm disposition. "Chad's fighting. Your girl got hit." Short an simple, but enough to cause Normani to scrunch up her face slightly in confusion and annoyance. "What the - ?" She paused, only briefly, before rising. "Bathroom break. Be back." She announced, out of slight respect for her teacher, but everyone knew where she was headed. To check on her friends, with or without the others.

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Olivia appreciated Ian being the only person who seemed interested in this lab, and equally, needed to remove herself from this conversation even though Mani had declared it over. So, to give herself a moment to collect herself, she stood up to collect their lab materials from the front of the room. By the time she got back to her seat, she was nearly run into by Lauren, who seemed to not notice anyone in the room, including their teacher, aside from Mani. The brunette sprung towards their friend and spoke loudly for most to hear that Mani's "girl" had gotten hit and that Chad was involved. It didn't take a brain surgeon to realize that this "girl" was Honey, because not only was she very closely linked to Chad's hip, and not only were they also in the same fifth period class, but also, it matched up with Honey's personality. She was... volatile. A ticking time bomb. She was nearly as filterless as Katherine, and in Olivia's mind, she lacked enough class where fighting might as well have been her day job over singing.

In the time that Lauren came in and Mani left with her, there was little time for anyone to react. Even their teacher seemed caught off guard and couldn't protest as the girl excused herself for the bathroom. Olivia wasn't going to chase Mani out anyway, but it didn't even give time for James to crack a joke as the Queen hurried out with a concerned look. While they were alone, he looked towards Ian with raised eyebrows, almost as if he was saying, "These crazy bitches. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em." When Olivia returned to their seats, her unfazed look was almost laughable, but more so to James, who knew that she and Honey weren't the best of friends. "You can take the girl outta Brooklyn, but you can't take the Brooklyn outta the girl," James joked, shaking his head. He knew that Honey had only lived in Brooklyn for a few years as a kid, but the phrase wouldn't have worked as well if he swapped Brooklyn for Manhattan or Miami. "If anything, I'd think she'd be fighting you," he said, snickering at Olivia. "Who's Honey got beef with besides you?" he continued, closing his packet since there was no way he was going to be able to focus on anything physics related, at least until Normani returned with the details. "Honey and I do not have beef," Olivia corrected him quickly. "And I would never fight anyone, James." She had seen Katherine's text around the time that Lauren came in, but unlike Kat, Olivia had a filter. She wasn't going to be the person who verbalized that she would never get into a physical fight because it was classless and trashy. She disliked Honey, everyone in their friend group probably knew it, but no one aside from maybe Kat, could quote her on ever trash talking Honey, because she didn't do it. Olivia wasn't stupid. She knew that words traveled fast in their clique, and she didn't want to give Honey the satisfaction of knowing that she was important enough to even be on Olivia's mind at all.

"Hailey, do you want to record the data for us, when Ian and I do the experiment? It looks like we just need to record the range of the ball once it's fired, and then do all of the calculations when we finish." The lab didn't look that difficult, and having Ian there meant that things would go fine, but Olivia wished Mani hadn't fled. If nothing else, she would have been the ultimate voice of reason who could have told Hailey and James to get lost without making Olivia be the bad cop.

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"Oooh, doesn't sound as lame as I thought," she gushed to Ian, after he explained how the dances usually went down. She grazed right over Normani's insistence that the conversation was over without even giving her an answer about whether she was going with Chris or not. Oh well. It wasn't like Hailey really had a thing for Christian. Anyone who was into guys had to appreciate the quarterback's perfectly sculpted body, his arrogance that was oh so prevalent, and yet had enough charm to it to not always be overbearing. If this was some 90's sitcom, he'd be the spitting image of your classic hunk, the boy that all of the babes drooled over. Hailey wasn't the type to drool, though. If she was that interested in someone physically, she rarely had a problem getting them into bed and taking them for a test drive. The lust was there, but it wasn't that strong. She didn't really know him well, and if anything, she would take him to bed, not some corny high school dance.

As Olivia got up to collect their lab materials, Hailey reminded herself of how absurd it was that Katherine was actually friends with these girls. Could they be anymore uptight? Normani over here, acting like she's the Queen of the Universe and can decide when conversations start and end, and then Olivia, so tight that Hailey doubted that James would be able to fuck her even if her legs were spread wide open. Maybe physics class wasn't the time to be playing around, unless they all wanted marks like her's, but come on, these girls needed to lighten up! Even dork of the month Ian seemed to have more of a sense of humor than they did.

In what felt like seconds, a Royal came in, said something about a fight, and Normani was gone. Of course, just because the drama was gone didn't mean that the class wasn't abuzz now with interest. Hailey was one of the many who seemed to be digging through their bags to discretely check Twitter and see if any videos had been posted, because she assumed that was what happened in high schools. She had seen videos of other fights where students would film others clawing each other apart before a teacher or security guard stepped in to break it up. James' words pulled her away from her phone, but not before shooting back a response to Katherine saying, "YAS beach & booze?". James' snide remark to Olivia reminded Hailey of what Lauren had said, that Normani's girl had been hit, which meant that James was right, and that was Honey. If it had been Katherine, who was the only other girl that close to Mani who wasn't here, Olivia would have left the room too. In what a move that was out of character for Hailey, who always had a comment on something, she didn't add anything to the back and forth between James and Olivia, and just nodded when Olivia addressed her. "Sure thing, team captain," she responded, sticking her tongue out at James after.

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Though the day was halfway finished, Samuel hadn't even graced the Hollywood High School campus with his presence yet. He wasn't cutting, and he wasn't just getting a late start to the day because he decided to take the yacht out for a morning spin or was suffering from a cruel hangover. No, Sam's reason for being late was much more typical for a high school student: he had a doctor's appointment. An eye doctor appointment, to be more specific. Few people would even know that he had terrible vision, considering that he always wore contacts, but he did, and today he had an appointment to update his prescription. It was nothing major, but he took his sweet time in the office, and then made pit stops at both a local cafe for a sandwich, and then Starbucks for a shaken sweet tea lemonade that he took to school with him. His mother had already notified the school that he would be coming in late, so he only had to make a quick stop at the front office to drop off the slip from his doctor before getting a late pass to class. Then, he was off to physics class. With his lemonade in hand, he walked at a casual pace through the halls and towards the science wing. He was in no rush to sit through a period of physics, and plus, the slower he walked, the more people he passed, and the more people who would be reminded of his impeccable style and overall lifestyle. His twin day outfit was something he would tell you was nothing special. It was a classic preppy, Sam look that he and fellow prep Ted had chosen. They didn't want to go all out, taking on some comical costume or even one that was themed, but irrelevant to them. They opted to keep it classy, because that was what they were all about. Or so that wanted people to believe.

"Wow, perfect tim-" As Samuel turned into the science wing, he spotted Normani leaving their classroom and heading further down the hall towards the other rooms. He didn't catch a glimpse of her face, which he didn't particularly mind because... well, damn!, but that also meant that he didn't see the emotion that she was feeling either. So, he expected she'd stop, he'd be able to unleash some comment about how it was perfect timing that he caught her outside, because he'd get to admire her up close and personal. She didn't even stop or look at him as she hurried past with Lauren in tow, so he just scoffed and continued into the physics class. Typical Mani! Sam didn't take it personally though. He'd hit on her later when she wasn't in the bitchy mood that she was apparently in. As he walked in, Mr. Kennedy was just getting the class back under control after the minor scene that Sam had missed, and the greying man motioned Sam over to an already formed group on the other side of the room. "Nice of you to join us, Mr. Lexington. Why don't you join William, Tara and Abby over here? They could use a fourth person." Though normally, he automatically would have headed to the opposite side of the classroom where the more popular kids (and Ian) sat, he wasn't an Animal and wasn't going to backtalk the teacher.

Only seconds after joining the group, Sam was included in all of the chatter that was going on while Mr. Kennedy thought they were working. According to Will, his friend from the AP physics class texted him saying that Chad, Anthony and Honey had gotten into a fist fight. The thought was baffling to Sam, who was in the same clique as Chad... and well, Chad was not the guy he expected to be fighting. Preps in general weren't that type, at least not in school, and not when they were sober. At least in Sam's case, when he poisoned his blood with alcohol, his temper grew way too short and if someone even looked at him wrong, he could start throwing punches and claiming that his father would sue if they dared to hit him back. Chad wasn't like that, though. In fact, he often got slack for being too nice and patient and controlled. He was the last guy Sam would ever imagine getting into a fight, especially with a guy like Anthony, who Sam knew would easily use his fists to back up his words. Though it was surprising, the news made Sam smirk, especially when he found out that it was because he was defending his girl. What a dog, he thought, deciding that Chad had just moved up a step in his book.

To: Chad
that's how we do it, my man!! protect what is yours!!! if you need a lawyer, lmk. elliott not only got me off from that case over the bar fight from august, but we countersued and made 2 mil. i got you, bro

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Honey glanced at her best friend and gave her a non-committal shrug, ā€Well letā€™s seeā€¦My temper probably got me and my boyfriend suspended, the whole school can officially call me poor white trash, and donā€™t say they wonā€™t your bestie Olivia will be leading them, I have a big bruise on my face and I have a photo-shoot in two days. Oh! And Iā€™m this closeā€ She said representing it with her thumb and index finger ā€To losing my shit.ā€ She sighed and pushed her pale blonde hair out of her face. She sighed and pulled Normani closer, leaning on the girls narrow shoulders, ā€On the plus side I have a sexy bad ass knight in shining Armani for a boyfriend and my best friend is going to endā€ She said shooting a look at Anthony, ā€The guy who put his hands on me and I can trust Chris wonā€™t let him get away with it either.ā€ As usual she had been knocked down but there was no way she was staying down. Anthonyā€™s life at Hollywood High was over and she was sure he knew it as well as anyone.

She began the long walk of shame to the nurse, where Normani got Honey a ice pack and Honey demanded that Chad, who was no doubt going to have a bruise on his handsome jaw, get tended to so he could avoid having a bruise over his right eye. The whole time she said sorry in total maybe ten times but she couldnā€™t help it she just felt so guilty. Anthony would have never hit her if she just would have curbed her temper, not that she was actually going to fess that up to the principal, and then Chad would have never gotten in trouble. She had to admit thoughā€¦ Chad never looked hotter. She kissed his jaw lightly and mumbled another apology when he flinched, ā€At least weā€™ll look bad ass togetherā€ She whispered. The nurse looked at her impatiently and said sternly, ā€I need to clean him up,ā€ Honey resisted the urge to tell her to fuck off, instead she kissed him carefully before turning back to Normani.

ā€I want this buried. Chad doesnā€™t need my temper to flaw his reputation. Iā€™m asking you, not as the queen but as my best friend, to get this taken care of. That includes Olivia, you know sheā€™ll use this as proof that Hailey should be a royal and I should get booted. I donā€™t care what happens to me butā€¦ ā€ She glanced at Chad, ā€I donā€™t want this reflecting bad on him. He deserves better than me and I know that.ā€

She pulled out her phone and sent a group text to people to catch people up on what was going on. The last thing she needed was people who she actually considered friends hearing from people who donā€™t know the whole story.

To: Angel, Trayson, Kat, Hailey
Just so you hear it from me I punched Anthony in the face and he punched me back and Chad jumped in which caused a fight. Iā€™m fine but I think Iā€™m getting suspended.

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Location: Hollywood High School ā™• Theme Song ā™• Mood: Aggravated (Shared)



Normani was unyielding when the group entered the nurse's office first, not even allowing Anthony to take a step inside. He stared her down for only a second before her steely gaze sent him right down the hall. He could lick his wounds like a little bitch when he was at home, but she would be damned if he was allowed to come into the nurse's office. Of course, all under the guise that "We wouldn't want to increase the likelihood of a second round in one of the neatest rooms in the entire building" just to get the nurse to stop giving her a bitch face just for being there. Not that Normani planned to stay the entire time or even walk the couple to the main office. She had class and Chris, despite having class, probably wasn't going to head back so late in the period. She didn't respond to Honey's exclamation about people considering her white trash or even that Olivia would try to get Hailey to replace Honey as a royal. Nobody replaced anyone without the final decision being left to Normani. And it would be a cold day in hell before she EVER allowed some random chick to suddenly be considered one of her besties, which was what all - or at least, the majority - of the Royals were. Best friends to their liege. It just so happened that Normani was the only one who was actually in power and again, she would be damned.

While Normani and Chris lingered by the opening of the nurse's office, Chad sat, feeling more guilty about being in trouble than for what he had done to actually get in trouble, hating the way the alcohol burned again his skin. The corner of his mouth quirked, instinctively, at Honey remarking that they would look badass. He also, shoving away his earlier frustration, did not hesitate in kissing her back regardless of the cough from the nurse. "Really, you two?" She snapped and finally, Honey pulled away so that the older woman could get a better inspection of him. Which only made him groan. "Cat..." he began in the middle of her plea to Normani, but Normani turned to him a sharp stare. "Shut it, Boy Scout." He could only bristle at her for the nickname, a rarity in and of itself unless she said it with a grin. "Just...wanted to tell her not to talk about herself like that," he said quietly, though the other three could hear him clearly. Normani just ignored it and Chris smirked lightly.

"Done," Normani finally said and shared a small look with Chris to which he only nodded. "Keep me posted on what the deliberation is and don't forget, beach party tomorrow." Hugging her bestie quickly, Normani finally tossed a gentle smile Chad's way. "Try not to take on any more missions, Batman. You don't have your trusty sidekick anymore." Finished with her partings, Normani headed back to class, but not without asking for a pass from the nurse. Chris nodded to Honey tensely, forgetting all about his typical flirtatious remarks in favor of turning to his own best friend. "Don't worry about a thing, Chad. We'll get it straightened out."



3: 10 || Ninth Period

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Location: Hollywood High School: Cafeteria ā™• Theme Song ā™• Mood: Devious



By the time the senior lunch period came around, most students were ready to go home. Particularly Normani who was already done with the excitement of the day. As soon as she made it out of her Physics class with Olivia and the others, she instructed all of her followers to find every hint of footage from the fight and delete them, sending each and every proof to her as a means to confirm that they all had been deleted elsewhere. It took until their lunch period, but it was enough to appease her mind. Once she got from cheer practice (which, for only the third time in her entire all-star cheerleading career that she actually did not want to go), she could place all of the footage on a single flash drive that she could hide unless she found a way to use it against Anthony in the near or later future. If he knew any better, he would make it later. Much, much later. Afterwards, she finalized the tweets and Snaps about her throwing a beach party for tomorrow since that was the next Spirit Week theme, a means of distraction for everyone else. Small moves, but enough to get the - for lack of better terms - "lesser" students to think about something else. However, despite the tame quality to her latest machinations, Normani was not done with Anthony. She made a promise and she was going to bury the situation. But before then, she sent out a few text messages.

To: Danny
Study date 2nite or nah?

To: Honey
Update plz

To: Angel, Camila, Chelsea
Don't forget ur cheer candy duties 2day

To: Liv, Kat
Headin 2 caf now

"I pretty much convinced coach already to bench him for the rest of the semester," Chris explained as they stepped into the cafeteria together. Normani normally made an entrance with her girls and she was going to spot them soon enough, but she had immediately run up on Christian the second she got out of eighth period. "He's pretty much fucked for the year. Coaches can't scout a bench-warmer." Normani was not satisfied. As anyone knew, messing with someone she cared about was one of the biggest mistakes a person could make. She was the one who stayed on top of any and everything. She had more dirt on the student body than a child wearing white tennis shoes on the baseball field did, and that was saying something. Despite her own band of followers, Normani received intel from students just begging to be acknowledged by her, even though she was privy to greeting all of her subjects. And that's what the students were at the moment - subjects. And she had a lesson to teach them - even if it meant making an example out of Anthony McLaughlin.

"Well, I want more," she said quickly, a hand on Christian's chest so that he wouldn't step any further into the line formed where the food was being served. She seemed to take her time in allowing her eyes to rake up Christian's muscled form before meeting his gaze. Which had his palms feeling suddenly more warm than they needed to be. He was nervous. He couldn't tell if Normani actually liked what she saw or was simply mulling over how to destroy him. Somehow, he thought it was both. "What I want is to make sure that the next time a no-neck fucker lays a hand on one of mine, the only thing on his mind is the cold chill of fear for how much more hurt he's gonna be than them." Christian didn't react for a moment, just because he couldn't read Normani. She rarely asked for violence and the other jocks could do so; they've done so. But she has never asked for it before. However, a small smirk flitted across his face as he stared down at his suddenly - though, not unsurprisingly so - sexy ex-girlfriend. "Playing with the dark side, aren't you Mani?" She shouldn't be influencing his flirtation, but that didn't stop Normani from discreetly playing with the lapels of Christian's jacket before allowing those same slender fingers to trail up his firm, covered chest. She paid no mind to the classmate nearby who had to gawk at the very obvious seduction. "Oh, baby, this ain't dark. Dark is my making it so that your boy Tony can never walk the halls of HHS ever again," she practically purred, batting her thick lashes up at him only for a moment before grinning and leading Christian over to the line.

"But see, he'll walk. I want him to, but only to gain the satisfaction of knowing that for every step he takes down a hallway, there's fear. And he remembers that the next time he steps out of the line I placed him in, there won't be mercy. I protect what is mine - we protect what is ours." It was a bold move, using them as a "we" when she had made it clear that she was not going to call Christian her man nor her King. However, stroking his ego just enough with the same amount of flirtation got the job done because his gorgeous eyes flashed hungrily before his smirk turned into a wolfish grin. "Consider it done." Normani only smiled brightly, ruffled his hair and then leaned up to kiss him on the cheek swiftly. "Thanks, babe." Ready to step away, Normani settled her gaze on the same classmate that eyed them in surprise and offered them the sweetest of smiles as she said, "You might wanna pick up your jaw off the ground, honey. You might choke on all the flies swarming around ya."

Satisfied, Normani eyed the cafeteria for her crew and found Liv and Kat entering the large room. Luckily for her, she was not one of the cheerleaders who had to run the Cheer Candy fundraiser today. They had a schedule and she had already manned it with a few choice cheerleaders yesterday, and would do so again on Friday. So, she had no need to rush over to her girls, though she stole a picture of them in the process of keeping an eye out for her crew. She would post it on Instagram later during the evening and send it to the chronicle for pics of the week. She made it her mission to traipse over to them, the naturally seductive sway in her hips a sight for sore eyes as she finally Kat and Liv. "Let's go put in our final Homecoming Prince and Princess, and then eat outside. Clifton's bringing our orders from Health Nut in five and it actually feels great out there right now. Besides, I've been in this building too long and I'm suffocating."

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Hailey moved into Normani's now vacant seat when they began the lab, because it was a more convenient spot for her to watch and record the data as the experiment progressed. As Ian and Olivia got started, she quickly became distracted with her phone. Though it was on silent, she could see it light up in the pocket of her backpack, and pulled it out discretely as Honey's text came through. Although Lauren had said in front of them all that Honey had been involved in the fight, Hailey really was surprised to read that same thing coming straight from Honey. And that she punched Anthony first, and he punched her back? Even more surprising. Knowing Honey, she shouldn't have been that surprised that the blonde was the one who initiated the fight, because Honey was a fiery girl. It was something that Hailey admired about her, really. She didn't take shit from anyone and could hold her own. Obviously, no one could expect a girl of her size to beat the life out of Anthony, but at the same time, no one would expect him to punch her back. Hailey didn't know him that well, but even the scummiest of guys would usually resist hitting a girl. That crossed the line, and in school nonetheless, where there was no way that they would get away with it. While Hailey imagined that Honey was injured and maybe Chad too, she was honestly more concerned for Anthony. God only knew that his social life was ruined, and though Chad was no Christian or even Anthony in brute strength, he wasn't an Ian either. He had to have taken a few good hits too.

To: Honey
HAHA ILY you are literally too real for this school Honey Perez <3. couples that fight together, stay together, so at least you've got that going your way ;)

Her text to Honey wasn't very compassionate or concerned, but that was how Hailey was. She kept things light, especially since Honey had said she was fine, at least physically. She didn't see it as being wrong, but Hailey couldn't resist sliding her phone across Olivia's desk with Honey's text showing. "This girl is too real," she laughed, as if Olivia would feel just as amused and equally impressed with Honey's actions. "Would you punch someone in the face for Jamie Boy over here if they were being mean?" she asked, looking up at Olivia and then turning to Ian. "I bet Mani would do it for you."


When ninth period rolled around, Hailey was actually feeling more energized than she had been a few periods before. The two cups of coffee she had definitely helped, and the excitement of the fight from earlier had energized her as well. Maybe it related to her Animal personality, but things like that amped her up. If she had been in that class, or even wandering the hallway and managed to hear it, there was no doubt that Hailey would have been one of the kids cheering it on. It was that crowd mentality and just the excitement that got her adrenaline pumping.

After eighth period, she headed to the front of the school and waited for an older friend to drop off her lunch. It was a hot chicken pesto sandwich from a local sandwich shop and before she even opened the bag, her mouth was watering. It smelled amazing and she couldn't wait to devour it, but before she could, she needed to figure out where her friends were. While Katherine was one of her friends, and maybe it was one way, but she would consider Olivia to be too, they weren't her friend group. She wasn't as welcomed at their lunch group table as she would be with her Animal friends, and just remembering how uptight Mani and Liv were earlier reminded her that she didn't want to sit with them anyway. She didn't want to be a Royal.

To: Angel, Jada
Where my girls at?!?! I have the most amazing sandwich and I am not waiting all year for you bitches to respond before I eat it!!

To: Katherine
What ended up happening with Honey? Did she get suspened?

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Honey sat patiently outside the principals office. She sat close to Chad and intertwined their fingers. Periodically she would glance at him, waiting for some reaction; Anger, Annoyance, Painā€¦ Something, anything at this point. Chad looked guilty but she kept her face stoic. She glanced up and saw one of the office aid eyeing her and him. She could tell they werenā€™t surprised to see her but were alarmed to see Chad with a bruised jaw and an ice pack in hand. ā€Baby let me help,ā€ She said leaning over to gently place the ice pack over the injured eye.

She glanced over at Anthony who looked like he wanted to say something but maybe he couldnā€™t or wouldnā€™t. She almost felt bad for him, almost. She whipped her head back around dismissively. No, she shouldnā€™t feel bad, he questioned her relationship, he hit her, and he put his hand on Chad. With a sigh she trailed her fingers along his lip on a trail to his jaw. ā€Iā€™m so sorry baby this is my fault. I swear to god Iā€™ll make it up to you. Iā€™m so sorryā€ She said lifting his hand to kiss his injured knuckles. ā€I love you so much baby, I canā€™t believe I caused this. ā€

After a few minutes the principal came out of his office and cleared his throat loudly, the balding man, who had to split up one of Honey and Chads make out sessions (usually instigated by Honey) in the school parking lot before school, was used to this behavior between them so he just patiently waited by the door way. When they sat down the principal looked at a folder and then back at them.

ā€Miss Perez your developing a habitā€ He said in his slow monotone voice before turning to Chad, ā€But Mr. Arsenault Iā€™m surprised with youā€ He tsked low in his throat and Honey felt her irritation flare up. ā€Hereā€™s what Iā€™m going to do. Because Miss Perez, you were injured Iā€™m not going to give you a long suspension, your injury is enough. Mr. Arsenault, this is your first altercation so Iā€™m going to go easy on you as well. Two day suspension for both of you. I expect you to leave campus immediately. You are dismissed.ā€

To: Mani
Two day suspension for both of us, we got lucky

To:Hailey
You know it, heā€™s my baby. Well I got suspended fort 2 days so see you soon.


A little while later she exited the building, she had Chad meet her in the parking lot so she could get her stuff together but really she just wanted to collect herself in the bathroom for a while. When she reached the parking lot she dropped her stuff in front of him and looked up at him with a small sad smile, ā€Can I just be Cat for a while?ā€ She asked before launching herself into his arms and sighing into him. He smelled like home and she, just in that moment, felt like everything was fine. She ran a hand down his shirt and looked up at him with a mixture of longing, affection, and lust. ā€Take me homeā€ She said not really caring which home we went to. She pulled at his collar and kissed him hard, not caring who saw. Right now that was what she needed.

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The fight between Honey, Chad and Anthony had only made Spirit Week more exciting, but it freaked Katherine out. She was dramatic and emotional, and easily bothered by a lot of things, and even if she wasn't very close to Honey, it still bothered her. She couldn't imagine some big, bulky jock ever hitting a small girl like Honey and by sixth period, Katherine already had an order placed for "get well soon" flowers to be sent to Catalina and Chad's houses, because it just seemed appropriate. She didn't know the extent of the injuries, even though Honey had texted her saying she was fine, but the rumors about the fight did run rampant through the school. Some said they saw Anthony being taken out in a stretcher, and others claimed that Honey was going to need a nose job because that was how bad she had been hit. She had enough sense to know that both were exaggerations, but still, Katherine was the type of girl who liked to believe the dramatic rumors because they were more exciting.

As she and Olivia left their gym class, Katherine felt more relaxed. She normally did as little as possible in her physical education class, but this week they were doing yoga, and she could vibe with that. Their teacher wasn't as good as Katherine's personal instructor that she met with multiple times a week, but doing that was still better than being forced to play basketball or kickball. Since she was focused on the exercises, she didn't bring up the Honey drama until she and Olivia were leaving the locker room and heading to the cafeteria where they planned on meeting Mani. Unsurprisingly, Olivia wasn't as supportive of Honey as Katherine was. It wasn't like Katherine was Honey's biggest advocate, but she didn't see anything fundamentally wrong with Catalina. No one thought she could pass as a Prep if the Royal thing didn't work out, but she seemed Royal-ish enough for Katherine. Anyone that Mani deemed worthy just automatically was in Katherine's eyes, because unlike Olivia, Katherine would rarely even considering questioning Mani. She wasn't brainless, but she just felt like Mani knew and understood the way things worked better. She wouldn't have been granted the position of Queen Bee if it wasn't true, and Mani had never steered her wrong. She had been the best Queen this school had ever seen according to most people.

Before Normani reached them, Katherine texted Hailey, who she saw on the other side of the room. She didn't bring up inviting Hailey to eat lunch, but only because Normani started speaking as soon as she reached them. A semester ago, Katherine would have ran at the mention of having lunch with the girls and being forced to eat, but she was doing better now, and she was honestly excited for it. Health Nut salads were her favorite, and after an hour of yoga, she was feeling healthy and strong enough to not have to feel guilty for eating.

To: Hailey
Can we do pool and drinks instead of beach and drinks? I missssss you. come eat lunch with us outside in a little if you want!

Olivia was controlled enough where she really could act like Honey wasn't her business, but Katherine wasn't. Besides, unlike Liv, she actually thought of Honey as a friend and spoke out of genuine concern over curiosity. "Is Honey okay? Why did she hit him first? I heard she needs to get a nose job, and I honestly liked her nose the way it is now."