Chapter 4: Shopping can be such a drag.

Atian's POV

I scowled as I was dragged from store to store while Melissa tried on endless amounts of clothing. She kept asking me whether her *** looked big in this or that. It was as annoying as hell. There was no way her *** would look big in anything since she was so skinny she didn't even have one. The only reason why I was stuck wasting a perfectly good Saturday with her was because of my father.

Flashback

I opened one eye to see my mobile phone vibrating on my side able and just about to fall off. Must've left it on silent I though groggily as I reached an arm out and answered it.

"Hi Atian sweetie!" a voice attempting to be sexy said on the other line.

I frowned in confusion.

"Who is this?" I asked as I stifled a yawn.

"It's me, Melissa!" the voice said.

I moaned and rolled over in my bed.

"Atian? Are you still there?" she asked.

"Firstly, how did you get my number and why are you calling my at-" I checked my clock. "7.30am on a Saturday morning?"

"Well I wanted you to come shopping with me" she said as though it couldn't be any more obvious.

"What, now?" I asked in disbelief. She couldn't actually be serious right?

"Yeah? Why is that a problem Atian?" she said.

"Well kind of. You see Melissa, the shops don't normally open till 9.00" I explained.

"Oh. Well then, we'll go then okay?" she said.

"Uhh" I said attempting to stall for time so that I could think of a valid excuse as to why I couldn't go shopping with her. "Melissa, as much as I would love to go with you, I am kind of busy today. You know homework and stuff." I lied.

"Atian, it's the first week of school. You can't possibly have that much homework" Melissa said.

Damn. Now what?

"Melissa, who are you talking to?" a voice on Melissa's end said.

"I was just asking Atian whether he wanted top go shopping with me Dad" she said.

Oh crap. If her Dad knows that I refused to go shopping with Melissa then it'll most likely get back to my father. Then I'll dead. If my memory is correct, Melissa's father wasn't that particularly important since he worked for Mr. Li but it still could have negative effects on my father's business. It wasn't worth taking the risk.

"Wait Melissa, I think that my work can wait till tomorrow. What time do you want me to pick you up?" I said reluctantly.

End of flashback

"Atian" Melissa's annoying voice said.

"What?" I snapped.

"I'm hungry" she whined.

"Well then go eat" I growled clenching my fist.

"Oh, okay then. I think I'll have the 99.9% fat free frozen yoghurt" she remarked.

I sighed. Well if all she ate was fat free stuff no wonder she's a stick. She was gripped onto my arm as though she was holding on for her life and dragged me towards the food court.

Xiaoyi's POV

I flicked through the clothing racks. Nothing. I sighed. Oh well. I suppose the new clothes aren't in yet. I headed out of the shop and towards the food court. Shopping had made me hungry and I was thinking of getting some ice-cream, the real stuff from Wendy's, not that 99.9% fat free frozen yoghurt crap. flavor should I get? Chocolate? Orange sherbert? Tropical mango? Oh I know Cookies & wait, did Wendy's accept credit cards? Better check how much change I have. .Then suddenly.I bumped into two people. I fell forwards but before I hit the ground I crashed into somebody. That somebody didn't even seem to be effected by me crashing into them.

I slowly opened my eyes and found myself staring at a white shirt. Tilting my head up I tried to see who I had crashed into. Oh crap. Of all people I had to crash into, I just had to crash into Atian.

"Xiayoi " he asked in disbelief.

I grinned. "Well fancy meeting you here" I said cheekily.

He rolled his eyes.

"Next time, don't be so clumsy" he said as I stepped away.

Hang on a minute. Didn't I crash into two people? I looked around and saw a girl lying on the floor nearby.

Atian followed my eyes and stared at the girl who emitted a low moan.

"Atian, help me up" she whined when she lifted her head up to look at him. Atian scowled and reluctantly tugged on the girl roughly pulling her to her feet.

"Atian!" she complained as she rubbed at her wrists. "Not so rough"

"Sheesh, he didn't even pull you that hard" I said. Oops. I hadn't meant to say that aloud.

"Excuse me?" she said glaring at me.

Well I had already said it. Why pretend that I didn't?

"I said Atian didn't even pull you hard" I said calmly.

"Who do you think you are anyway?" she hissed.

I smirked. Like I hadn't heard that one before.

"Atian, do you know this girl?" she suddenly said turning around to face him.

For a moment he looked torn.

"Yeah, I go to school with her" he finally said.

"So she isn't anybody of any importance?" she asked him. Atian merely shrugged.

She shot me a triumphant look.

"Just as I thought. You are nothing, you are trash, you are dirt beneath my feet" she spat.

I scowled. I was so not going to let her get away with this

Atian's POV

I watched the scene with curiosity, wondering who would win and whether I should stop this while I still could.Xiaoyi said softly.

"I'm the daughter of a respected man. My father works for the Zhong Company and has an important role in its functioning. I've modeled before and am the envy of all the girls at my school." She said. "And I'm am also Atian's girlfriend" she added triumphantly after a moment of thought.

I looked at her with disgust. Like I would stoop so low as to go out with a stick figure like her.

"Like I care whether you're a model, or your father's a respected man, or that you're Atian's girlfriend. If you think that makes you better than everybody else then I' sorry to tell you that you won't get far in life if you don't treat other people with respect" Xiaoyi said flatly staring at Melissa straight in the eye. Her were narrowed with dislike and contempt at Melissa. It was evident she was extremely angry from her eyes but other than that she appeared calm and in control.

Melissa was clearly at a loss for words. Then.

"Bitch" she said.

God couldn't she think of anything better?

That did it. Xiaoyi launched herself at Melissa and it wasn't just any girly launch either. It was a proper martial arts one and she maintained complete and utter balance while sailing through the air, her fist zooming in on Melissa's face.

Crack.

Xiaoyi's fist collided with Melissa's cheekbone and it managed to scrap her eye as well. She would have a nicely bruised eye in a few hours.

Xiayoi was not fool. She didn't hang around within striking distance of Melissa. She had stepped backwards and dropped into the traditional fighting stance. Melissa not realizing Xiaoyi had already backed away out of striking distance swung her arm out wildly but got nothing but air. With a howl of rage she turned towards Xiaoyi and simply resorted to charging. Xiaoyi lifted an eyebrow at me before stepping away. As Melissa flew past her, she stuck her arms up and for a split second they contacted with her then Melissa smashed into the wall.

I scratched my head in confusion. I was sure Xiaoyi hadn't struck her hard but why had Melissa suddenly flown so hard and suddenly into the wall? Aww well. I'll figure that one out later. It would be best to get out of here for now. I glanced over at Xiaoyi who was standing a few feet away from Melissa and she looked up. Catching my eye, she inclined her head ever so slightly in the other direction. Smirking, I grabbed her arm and we raced away from the scene of the crime.

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