Lola hesitated and shifted uncomfortably.

"Well... Uhm." Lola tried to come up with an excuse, but words couldn't come out of her mouth.

"Uhh, yeah, you are right. We set you up." Ken said, seeing that Lola was having difficulties in speaking.

"Yeah, I thought so." Vivian scowled without looking at either of them.

"Vivian!" Exclaimed Lola standing up. "Please be my friend, that's all I wanted from all of this."

"Well, what I want is for you to leave me alone. You two should know that you are just wasting your time."
Scorned Vivian.

Lola looked so sad and disappointed.

"Uhh, but why, I don't understand, won't you be lonely all by yourself?"
Asked Lola.

"Being alone is not synonymous with being lonely. Like I said, it's a waste of time, every sound coming out of
your mouth annoys me." said Vivian, grabbing her plate off the table.

"Uhh... Are you sure about that? Do you really want to spend the next two years of your life that way? If you don't make friends, you will be isolated." Ken said, trying to persuade her to stay but to no avail.

"I've been completely alone for the past nine years, so it's another thrill to me. It partly matters." Vivian said and walked away.

Shifting her attention to Ken, Lola said apologetically, "Sorry, I kind of think I might have made Vivian hate you, and that's the last thing I wanted."

"Nah, don't worry about it." Ken assured Lola.

"Maybe she and I will never be friends it makes me sad." Lola said sorrowfully.

In Vivian's opposite direction came Costa Nucho and his friends, determined to cause a tantrum in the
cafeteria and Vivian proved to be a good bait for them.

As she moved looking for an empty table, Costa Nucho simultaneously moved behind her and kicked her on
her heel, making it look like an accident.

Vivian stumbled forward, tipping her tray. The plate heaped with orange soda, fried rice, and two egg rolls slid off and landed upside down on the floor. The large paper cup filled to the brim with orange soda started to
topple, then changed direction and spilled off the side, drenching the sleeve of Vivian's blouse.

The uproar didn't start until she got to her feet. Then holy hell, started popping.

"Ooh, no!" exclaimed Nucho, faking to prevent the incident and pretending to care. "Are you okay, sweetheart,
you better watch your step next time, honey. You might damage your pretty little face."

"Ohh no, you just didn't do that, now did you, huh? Are you blind, stupid, or foolish, huh? What do you think
of yourself, Mr., you think I didn't see you do that. You did it on purpose idiot." Vivian snapped at Nucho.

"Wooo, watch your temper capcake. You might explode," said Nucho and laughed. "After all, it was just an
accident, you should probably be thankful that I was there to save you, darling."

"Save me?... My foot! I will show you just how thankful I am, you bastard." snapped Vivian and grabbed a
full glass of soda and threw it on Nucho.

Boy! Was there a great deal of talk, everyone in the cafeteria shaken! It was the coolest thing of the century.

Nobody, absolutely nobody has ever been able to stand up or defend him or herself from the great fearful Nucho.

But this girl did it. Everybody was in complete awe of what just happened.

"What the hell have you done!" shouted out Nucho.

"Oh, sorry, my bad, it was just an accident." Vivian said sarcastically, trying to even with Nucho.

"Accident! Bitch you've just messed with the wrong person, now am gonna show you how I handle people like you around here, you will be sorry you ever lived!" Nucho grabbed Vivian on her arm and started dragging her out of the cafeteria.

"Let me go you imbecile, let me go at once!" Scream out Vivian.

She tried by all means to pull through but she couldn't break out from Nuchos' tight grip. She was really in for it.


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