Kiara's POV.
I walked down the school's hallway with gladness in my heart. Finally school had reopened again. It had been so boring being in the house. There was nothing productive I could do. All I had to hear in at home was how mother bickered about me not following her to go on shopping,assisting her in her work place and not accompanying her to business parties. I mean what part of those things were interesting. All I was going to do if I followed her was meet girls my age who were spoiled and only knew how to obsess over boys,fashion and fame and none of those things seemed significant to me.At last finally out of the house and back to school to acquire more knowledge.
I walked towards my locker,unlocked it and packed some books from my bag into it. It was now light in weight. I wore it back and headed to my classroom knowing perfectly well classes wouldn't start until tomorrow. I always came on the first day of reopenings fearing I might miss an important event in case I didn't show up to school that day. Generally I didn't like skipping school.
I walked past a lot of people who didn't bat an eye about me and this was very normal to me. After all I was not that popular in the school. I liked to keep a low profile even though I was insanely rich, not to brag. Only those in my circle of worth and a few people gave me a little amount of acknowledgment and respect and I liked it that way.
Gold and Diamond High was the biggest,most influential and richest school in the country. It was the school where super rich and powerful parents sent their kids.So there was a lot of classifications,bias and snobbery in the school.
The less rich and weak was bullied and even when students flaunted the rules,because their parents were super rich or powerful,they were left alone without any sanctions whilst those who did understandable mistakes but because of their low wealth, were dealt with severely.
Such was the cruel reality of this school. The rich were the oppressors and the poor ,those who were here on scholarship and the lower class were the oppressed. Fortunately,I was the the second most richest student in the school so no one dared to cross my lane.
In Gold And Diamond High,the most trouble makers were the rich people I spoke of and since the school couldn't do anything to them,they continued with their unlawful acts and this resulted to our school going down as the most dangerous and notorious school in the country.All sorts of things happens in this school. But they always found ways to cover it up.
I soon got to my class and wasn't surprised with the number of people in the class. They were less than quarter of the total number of people in the class. I entered and they turned to see who it was. Realizing it wasn't someone important and just me,they averted their gaze and continued whatever they were doing. This didn't bother me at all because I was used to it. I liked it that way as I didn't want to be bothered.
The only one I had ever had a long conversation with was the girl who sat next to me Lucia. She was a smart girl who came here on scholarship. She was always bullied and I always had to come to her rescue. I think that's how we became close.
She smiled when she saw me enter and waved at me. I smiled back and also waved and then went to her. I made an attempt to clean my chair when she stopped me.
"It's already cleaned"she said and I nodded
"Thanks"I said and she nodded.We weren't friends but we had this understanding for each other. She didn't know my true identity but suspected I was either rich or powerful since I was always able to confront and stop her bullies.
"Welcome back,how was your vacation?"she asked.
"It was good,what about you?"I asked just to be polite.
"Same"she answered and just like that silence reigned between us. She was reading a book which I noticed was Jane Eyre.
"Great book"I said
"You've read it? I know right. At the beginning,it seemed boring for me that I almost gave up but on the way,I got engrossed in it"she said and I smiled.
"Will Jane really marry Rochester?"she asked.
"No she won't in the beginning"I answered and her face turned sour.
"Why?"she asked again.
"I don't like giving spoilers"I answered.
"Oh okay,in fact I think she shouldn't marry him. That man is too old to be her husband"she said as she continued to read her book.
I then brought out my Calculus textbook and started solving some questions.
After about an hour later,I closed the book as my brain was exhausted,I heaved a sigh of tiredness and turned to Lucia who was already sleeping and the book was on the floor. I took it and placed it under her table. With that I left to the restroom to ease myself.
When I retuned ,I realized some number of people had hovered around where I sat and they were giggling. They were at it again .I walked to them and saw the despicable thing they were doing. They were drawing all sorts of nasty things on Lucia's face. It seemed she was deep in slumber because if it was me,I would have woken up by now.
"Hey leave her alone"I said as I walked to them. They turned and looked at me with shock. It seemed they didn't expect me to come back very early. Well sorry to disappoint them.
"Back off now"I said with a little authority and they went back.
"Okay I hear you.You don't need to be feisty girl."Christian,the leader of their gang said. He was quite muscular and tall so together with his wealth,a lot of people feared him but I didn't.
"You know,for someone who is one of us,you shouldn't be with someone like her. You should stop playing the hero here and show your true color. "He said. He was the only one who knew my true identity.
"I'm nothing like you bullies"I retorted and then decided to wake the sleeping beauty up. It took quite a toll for me to do that. No wonder they took advantage of her so easily.What if I wasn't here? I shook my head imagining the result of those bullies's actions on her.
"Hmm,what is it?"she asked still feeling sleepy.
"Do you have a mirror?"I asked and she nodded as she checked her bag and brought out a heart shaped mirror.
"There you go"she said as she stretched her hand to give it to me.
"Look at your face"I requested and she looked confused but not asking any questions,she did what I told her to do.
She gasped at what she saw.
"How...how did this happen?"she asked and turned to where she heard the boys behind us laughing.
She quickly understood that it was them that did it.
"You look gorgeous sleeping beauty.Or should I say, sleeping ugly!"Christian mocked as he and his friends burst into more laughter.
"Sorry,I went to the restroom and met them doing this when I came back"I explained. I didn't want her to think I was there when they did this to her.
"No need to apologize,those bastards are the ones to apologize but they won't. I will go and clean up this mess now"she said as she stood up and exited the class. I then sat down and continued to solve some calculus questions.