ALISSA'S POV

We arrived in school, and we got out of the car.

"Yoh bro," Rocco said, walking towards Aries along with Reign. They did a bro shake and talked for some time. "I thought you would be suspended after what you did yesterday."

"Like I give a shit," Ari said. "Dad was angry when he heard about it, more angry when you did not show up for dinner, both of you," Luke, Eric's son, said.

"I don't care," "Let's go, Ali. I will walk you to your English class," Ari said. "No, I will go, you go to your own class." "Are you sure?" he asked, and I nodded.

"Okay, I will see you at lunch." He gave me a hug before walking inside the school with Rocco and Reign.

I walked to my English class, I opened the door and went straight to my seat. "Alissa, you are late to class. Will you tell us the reason?" Ms. Ruth asked.

"No," I said, and she just shook her head and continued with her lesson. I looked outside the window as my thoughts shifted to Kimberly. I should really keep my distance from her, I don't want the poor girl to get in a dangerous situation because of me.

The English lesson ended so fast and I went to the next one, which was Biology, Asher and Nate were attending the same class as me. I sat beside Asher the whole of this lesson.

When there were 30 minutes left for the biology lesson to end, the classroom door opened, and in came a beautiful girl with black hair.

"Young girl, why did you come late? There are only a few minutes left for the class to end." Ms Ruth said to the girl.

"And why does your face seem to be new to me?" Ms Ruth continued.

"That's because I'm a transfer student." The girl said.

"Oh okay, then introduce yourself to the class, please,"

"My name is Visha Kang," the girl said. It's not surprising that this girl is the one I was to accompany.

"Hey, her surname is Kang. Is she the Korean mafia princess?"I heard Nate whispering to Asher, who just nodded in response.

"Why did she transfer to our school?" Nate whispered again, but this time, Asher ignored him.

"Okay, Ms Kang, though there are only a few minutes left for the lesson to end, you may sit down anywhere you want.

Visha looked around for a moment and stopped when she noticed me. She flashed me a smile and came to sit at an empty seat beside mine.

"Hi," she smiled at me.

"Hey," I said.

****** After the siren rang, I packed my stuff inside my bag. Everyone was already out of the classroom, and the only people left were me, Asher, Nate, and Visha.

"Let me introduce myself, Hi, my name is Visha Kang from the Korean mafia. Nice to meet you."She put her hand forward for a handshake and looked at me. At least she didn't stutter.

"Alissa De Leon, the Italian mafia heir, but I now go by the name Alissa Romano," I said as I took her hand and gave her a firm handshake.

We broke our handshake, and she turned to look at Asher and Nate.

"Hello guys, I guess this is the Russian mafia heir, Asher Kingston and his right handman...?" She said before she paused.

"Nate Hayes, my name is Nate Hayes," Nate said.

"Okay, Nate,"

"Okay, let's go to the cafeteria," I said.

"By the way, I'm a fan of yours, you know?"Visha said as we arrived inside the cafeteria.

"Visha, your dad told you about my brothers, right?" I referred to the fact that they didn't know about my dad and that I knew how to fight and stuff like that.

"Yes, rest assured,"

We went to take our food before I went to be table I usually seat at with Visha besides me. Asher and Nate went to sit at their usual table, too, which was at the center. If they were to sit with me, my cousins would be too suspicious, especially if maybe one of them knew that Visha is the Korean mafia princess.

"Do you always sit here alone?" Visha asked as we ate our food.

"No, I used to sit here with a girl called Kimberly," I answered her.

"Where is she then?"

"I kind of scared her last time, so I don't think she will show up." I shrugged my shoulders. It's best if she doesn't show up and cross paths with me. That way, she can be safe from I don't know, maybe me?

"I heard you live with your uncles and counsins?"

"Yeah,"

"Where are your brothers and cousins?" she asked, looking around the cafeteria.

"I guess they haven't arrived yet. They usually come in a little bit late."

"Hey, there looks to be a group of people coming towards our table. It's nine boys and a girl. They are even holding bats and some stuffs" Visha said, looking behind me.

"Just let them come," I said and continued with my food.

"Brother, it's her. She is the new student who broke my nose and poured Samantha with soup." A voice of a girl sounded behind me.

"Hey you, it's either you kneel down and apologize, or you get beaten up by us." the boy said.

"Are you nuts or something. My friend doesn't kneel to anyone, let alone people like you, who don't have brains, just save you stinky breath which I could smell from here and leave along with that ugly sister of yours and your ugly group." Visha said.

"You... you... how dare you," the same boy said

"Aiya, didn't you hear what I said, just leave bro we don't want to entertain people like you, okay why don't you do this, go back and brush your teeth to remove your stinky breath maybe then I could think of listening to you speak" people who heard her were laughing which u guess made the boy angry.

"Beat her up!!"Three boys came to Visha with bats and were about to beat her. Visha dodged and stood up with her tray of food before smacking the first boy square in the chest with it. He stumbled backward, crashing into a table behind him.

The cafeteria fell silent. Eyes widened as they turned to watch the unfolding drama

Another boy lunged at her, but Visha was ready. She sidestepped, sticking out her leg just enough to trip him. He fell to the floor with a loud thud. The third boy hesitated, glancing nervously at his fallen friends. Before he could decide on his next move, Visha swung her tray like a weapon, catching him on the side of the head. He yelped in pain and retreated, clutching his ear.

"What are you guys waiting for?" beat this one also, " the boy who I think was their leader since he has been commanding them said. I looked at the table where my brothers usually sat and found no one. That's good.

The other 5 boys who weren't busy fighting with Visha came towards me.

One boy tried to grab me from behind, but I elbowed him in the stomach and swept his legs out from under him with a swift kick before banging his head hard on the table. He fell to the floor unconscious with blood on his face. I stood up with my sandwich, taking a bite while waiting for another boy to make a move.

Another boy grabbed my arm, but I twisted, using his momentum to flip him over my shoulder. He landed with a thud, groaning. The remaining three boys hesitated for a split second before charging at me from both sides. I spun around, sweeping their legs out from under them with a low kick. They hit the floor hard, groaning in pain.

I turned my gaze towards the people who were in front of me. I recognized this girl as the one who was bullying Kimberly on my first day.

"Have anything else to say?" I said using my cold voice, which I'm sure was audible to most of the people, if not everyone inside the cafeteria, even though it was low.

"N-no...no..no," the boy stuttered, looking at me with fear and disbelief.

"Take your guys and Scram, I'm giving you a minute." With that said, the boy picked the unconscious boy and ran along with the girl. Those who weren't unconscious didn't stay a second they too left.

The cafeteria fell silent, every eye fixed on our table. I sat down quietly and began eating my food. Even Visha did the same.

After a few minutes passed the cafeteria door opened and in came my brother and my cousins along with their friends.

They walked to their table and sat down.

"Those are your cousins and brothers, ayt?" Visha asked.

"Yeah, it's my brother and my cousins. My other brother is not here. " I said.

Unbeknownst to me, I already considered Visha, my friend.

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