1. Another Usual Day
ELLA
One thing that I hoped for while walking down the hallway to the cafeteria, was a peaceful lunch, but just a few steps in, I heard the voices of my bullies. Everyone in the hallway quickly scurried away in fear. The triplets were feared and practically worshipped because of the ruthless power they wielded. Wicked to the bone, they made sure I knew my place. And just their looks were enough to make anybody shiver.
The triple J- Jace, Justin, or James; or the triple threat as they were called, the Moët of the f*****g town, the most desired and feared guys at Crescent Moon High. They were my neighbors back home and never missed the opportunity to make my life hell.
"Poopella, Hey!" One of the voices came through, clearly James's. I froze at the spot before clenching my hands and biting my tongue angrily. But there was nothing I could do to defend myself.
It had always been clear from the very start that they would win no matter what. The three towering figures getting closer and their deep waves of laughter gradually began to echo all over the hallway.
Angry, I spun around and glared at the looming 6’2 figures. They stopped and smiled like they had pulled off the biggest joke in the world.
Sick cunts! I growled inside, still glaring hard.
“How's it going?” James was smirking, staring down at me with those icy-blue eyes that seemed to see right through me. He had slicked-back, brown hair and high cheekbones coupled with a smirk he always carried. It revealed a row of teeth that were too perfect to be friendly.
"Can you just leave me alone for God's sake?!" I snapped, not intending to make my voice that sharp. I only hoped it would do something to deter them from doing something stupid this time. I continued. "Listen to me, I am not in the mood for your nonsense today. Leave me alone and go about your own business."
They all exchanged glances and acted surprised. Jace shrugged and nodded to his other brothers, carrying a smirk on his face.
"Okay, sure, Ella. Whatever you say." James replied, his hand raised in mock surrender. He had messy brown hair and green eyes that were sharper than Jace’s. He had a strong and sharp jaw which gave him a hard attractive look.
Jace said nothing, which worried me. He was the worst among them and reeked of evil intent. He was staring at me now, eyes cold and grey. A good part of his dark hair was closed by a beanie. His silence intensified that sinking feeling.
“Okay” James replied, but I was still staring at Jace.
His nose twisted into a sneer as he stared at me. His nose had a sharp, and almost hawkish angle to it.
And just like that, they turned and walked away.
"Huh?" I was utterly confused by what had just happened. The reason being that they had never, ever listened to me before. Before now, they would go on to keep taunting me and would always leave when my anger had gotten out of control. But considering the way they had just acted, I was so surprised.
I watched the three rogues walk away like none of this had happened, but I still half-expected them to turn around and pull some other dirty prank on me. However, I was wrong. My expectations didn't happen. The three kept walking and soon disappeared around the corner.
Taking a deep breath, I felt so relieved and turned back towards the cafeteria. Our little meeting had already attracted a pair of curious eyes but that wasn't my concern since I had gotten used to it. But before I could take another step, something hit me hard on the back of the head. It was a dizzying blow, and it took some time before I recovered.
"Ouch!" I cried out, crashing on the wall before steadying myself and snapping my head around. I turned to see who had done it, but nobody behind me looked guilty. So I didn't know who to attack. That was the moment another slap landed on my shoulder. I whirled around again, this time my cheeks were already burning. It felt like people were hitting me for no reason.
"What the f**k's going on?" I whispered to myself before looking around. That's when I saw the triplets at the far end of the hallway and the moment our eyes met, the three of them burst into laughter, clutching their stomachs as if their ribs would crack.
How the hell was this supposed to be funny? Hitting someone and laughing over it?! My heart was already pounding furiously at the discovery, from the stinging slaps and from the anger that was already bubbling deep inside me.
Without another word, I immediately marched towards them, not scared of confronting them again. My eyes were already stinging with tears when I got close enough. I glared at them head-on.
"What did you do?" My voice was shaking like a leaf in a wild wind. Before they could answer, however, someone else slapped me on the back and the laughter returned, this time it was even louder. Full of hate and choking with anger, I spun around but yet again, I couldn't even tell who had done it this time.
I looked back at the triplets who were laughing even harder now, acting like this was the funniest thing they had ever seen.
These bastards needed to learn a thing or two, and it hurt me that I wasn't in the right position to teach them that. Their constant torments and presence only reminded me of how weak I was and how I was never going to be able to stand up against them and defend myself squarely.
"Why are you all laughing?" I yelled with a breaking voice. But nobody replied to the question. They just ignored me and acted like I wasn't there. It only served to fuel my anger. Finally, Justin, one of the triplets stepped behind me and this time, it got even worse. It had happened so fast that I didn't even have time to react.
He grabbed something from the back of my shirt and ripped it off before waving it in front of me with a cruel smile on his sharp face. It was a piece of paper and written on it were big bold letters of the words, "SLAP ME."
The last bit of dignity that I had was crumbling into pieces now, and the hot tears were already spilling over. I tried to hold them back now and deny them the satisfaction of seeing me cry but was that even possible?
They had always won every time and they would continue to win no matter how many times I tried to keep them away. These methods had always made my life super uncomfortable, and this Pack was a hellhole for me. I stared at them, trying to find the right words to say to them, but everything just came out in a shaky, jumbled, and broken mess.
"Why... Why do you keep doing this to me? This isn't fair!" I cried, wiping the pouring tears from my cheeks now. "Why can't you just leave me alone?"
The three of them looked at each other and chuckled as if my pain meant nothing to them. "You asked us to leave you alone and we did. Why are you complaining then?" James's blue eyes sparkled with satisfaction as he asked, sounding so pleased with everything they had been doing to me.
"One of you put that thing on my back." I fired back but they feigned surprise and looked at each other, one after the other asking themselves questions in a very mocking tone that made me want to do nothing else but rip those silly smiles off their faces. Bastards!
Justin finally turned to me and replied. "None of us did it. So deal with your s**t. And see you at home, Poopella." He let out another mirthy chuckle before the three of them disappeared down the hallways finally.
I stood there, choking with hatred as I watched them walk away. If only I had a chance to make them pay for everything they had done to me... I pushed the thought away because it had never happened and it never would.
They were better than me in almost every ramification and trying to fight them would be suicide. I couldn't take it anymore and turned away Immediately.
The tears were running down my face and as soon as I was away from the school premises, I ran. I didn't stop until I was far away from everyone.
This life of misery had to stop and I was damn tired of it! I muttered a short prayer to the moon Goddess, even though I knew she would never hear. I'd always hoped that these torments would stop one day, but they never did.
I was just a helpless, weak Omega despised by almost the entire Pack because of my rank, with no way out of this hellhole. And that's what scared me the most- getting to leave my whole life in such a miserable state.