Lila was walking down the hallway on her way to the cafeteria when she saw Justin running towards the exit. She didn't think anything of it so she continued walking down the hall when she saw Joey's limp body on the floor near the office.

“JOEY!!!!!!!” She sat down beside his body and looked over him. “Who di.... I should have known! Joey I am so sorry Justin did this to you. What if he didn't? I need to find him. Someone go and tell a teacher he is hurt!”

A girl had run and got a teacher who came out and attended to Joey. Lila ran and looked everywhere for Justin. She didn't find him for a while but finally caught up with him on the street just outside the school. She grabbed his arm and saw no regret in his eyes, but then again she didn't know if he did it.

“What do you want?” he asked sweetly. When he saw who it was, he looked disgusted. “Oh it's just Lance's little girlfriend.”

Lila hit his arm. “Why did you do it, huh?” She hit his arm harder.

“Do what?” Justin asked innocently.

“Don't play that kind of game with me, Timberlake,” she said in anger.

“Oooh I’m scared.” He just rolled his eyes.

She went to grab his backpack to take it away. Instead, he leaned forward and punched her in the stomach. It didn't take much out of her, she was quickly up and about looking at Justin with the same cold stare.

“Think your so tough?” He nodded proudly. That look caused her to punch him back in the same place he had hit her, but only harder. If only he knew she had taken karate. “Don't mess with me or my friends, do you got that?”

“List…” He grabbed his stomach in pain. “God, woman you have some punch in you.”

“Thank you.” She was still giving him the cold stare as she noticed blood was now on his shirt. “I hope you've learned your lesson. You better hope Joey is alright, or you'll get it much worse from me.”

Lila didn’t give him a second look. She ran back inside to check on Joey. She ran into Chris instead.

“Lila is Joey okay?” He was out of breath from running from the other side of the school in record time. “I heard what happened.”

“I don't know, Chris. I don't know.” She sighed. “I just beat the crap out of Justin, though. He is the one that did this.” Lila looked proud of herself for finally getting her revenge on Justin. She hated him with a passion. If people only knew how much.

“He did?”

Lila and Chris both looked behind them and found Christina standing there. Her eyes were still blood shot and her hair looked like it hadn’t been brushed.

“What are you doing here.  I thought you were at home?” Lila said.

“I heard about Joey,” Christina said, concerned.

“We don't want you here,” Chris said. “You don't care about him so just stay the hell out of his business and his life!”

“ I love him, I will not stay out of his life.” The whole school started at her but she didn't care. “I love Joey! You may not believe it, but I do.”

Lila reached out and hugged her. “It’s okay, I know you do. Don’t listen to Chris. He doesn’t know anything.” She had known from the start that Christina did really care for Joey. Though no one would see it. Even Joey.

“You broke my friend's trust and heart!” Chris said.

“It was all a misunderstanding! Just ask Lila,” Christina said.

Chris looked over at Lila waiting for her to say something.

“Chris, she does care about Joey. True, she only sat with us in the first place because she was hurt cause Justin kissed that Missy girl, but she stayed because she enjoyed out company---especially Joey's. She cares for him a lot. If you can't give her the benefit of the doubt, well too bad. She is going to stay and see Joey,” Lila said in a take control attitude.

“You believe what she is saying?” Chris seemed shocked.

Lila nodded then put a hand on Christina's shoulders. “Justin did this. He admitted it.”

“Just because I have feelings for Joey? That's not fair, but then again if something doesn't go Justin's way, he does something about it,” Christina said. Chris and Lila looked at her. “You see, Justin can be very violent.” She lifted up the shoulder part of her shirt and there was a bruise there.

“Justin did that to you? But why?” Lila asked.

“I missed one of our dates,” Christina said. She remembered that night because it was the worst of her life. Justin had come to pick her up but she was at the mall with a few of her friends. Justin had found her and beat her up right there in the mall and dragged her home in his car.

“How could he do this?”

Christina turned around and saw Joey standing there. He was holding his stomach, but he was able to walk. Lance was beside him, holding him up.

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