Emma glanced around the classroom as she entered, looking for Taylor and found her sitting at a work table all by herself. Mr. Carmichael hadn't arrived yet. Perfect. Emma smirked as she sauntered over towards Taylor and sat down next to her. Emma sweetly said, "Hi Taylor. How are you doing today?"

Taylor let out a yawn before lethargically tilting her head towards Emma. She gave Emma a mildly confused look before saying, "I'm tired, I guess? Doing things is exhausting. I wonder if what's his face will notice if I take a nap." Taylor then closed her eyes and laid her face in her arms.

That... hadn't been the response Emma had been hoping for. "Aren't you going to ask how my day is going?" Emma pressed with a frown. "You wouldn't want to be rude."

"I'm cool with that," mumbled Taylor.

Emma dug her nail into Taylor's shoulder and hissed, "Well I'm not!"

Taylor let out a grumble and opened one sleepy eye. "How was your day... you?" replied Taylor, her voice filled with a combination of irritation and bafflement.

"I'm doing g-" started Emma before she stopped and stared at Taylor. "Are you pretending not to know who I am, Taylor?" demanded Emma.

"What? No. Don't be silly I know who you are," said Taylor as she gave a nervous chuckle. "You're um... Jane?"

"You think this is funny!?" growled Emma. "I am going to make you pay for this Taylor."

"That seems a bit extreme," said Taylor as she patted Emma on the shoulder placatingly. "Look... Erin? It seems like you got some anger issues to work through. You're not really mad at me but at the world or something."

"What the fuck is wrong with you!" shouted Emma as jumped to her feet. Emma slammed her hands down on the table and yelled, "Say my name right now or I'm going to make you wish you were never born!"

Taylor groaned into her arms, "Oh god, why did this nut case have to sit next to me?"

"Say my name, you bitch!"

"Man, I don't know... Erica?"

"SAY MY NAME!"

"Heisenberg?"

"SAY! MY! NAME!"

"Miss Barnes. What are you doing?" growled Mr. Carmichael.

"I uh," sputtered out a flat-footed Emma. Emma was suddenly aware that the biology teacher was in the room and that everyone in the classroom was staring at her.

"Why don't you sit at a different table Miss Barnes," said Mr. Carmichael firmly.

"But-" started Emma.

"Now. And see me after class."

Face burning, Emma moved over to a different table. As she sat down she heard Taylor mutter, "Who in the world was that?" Emma's eye twitched violently.

…

Emma didn't know what Taylor had hoped to accomplish by pretending not to know who Emma was, but Taylor was going to rue the day she tried her little plot. Emma decided to back off for a couple of weeks so that Taylor would think that she had won their last encounter, and then when she let down her guard Emma would strike.

During the two weeks Emma was not idle. She spent night and day crafting the perfect words to break Taylor. Sure, Emma missed hours of sleep and her grades slipped a little, but it would all be worth it when she saw Taylor's devastated face. When Emma was finally ready to break Taylor, she grabbed Madison and went on the hunt.

They quickly found a sleepy looking Taylor shuffling through the halls and made a beeline straight towards her. Emma slid in front of Taylor's path and said with a smirk, "Hey Taylor." Taylor came to a halt and made a choking noise. "Aw, Taylor, what's the matter? You don't look so good?"

Taylor stood there in silence, staring at Emma, eyes wide. Emma's smirk grew into full blown grin. Taylor was so terrified that she was frozen in place. Emma glanced over towards Madison and said, "You know what would make you feel better Taylor? A makeover."

"I don't know Emma, I don't think there is any fixing that face," said Madison with a sad shake of her head.

"Hmmm. I guess you're right Mads," said Emma as she watched eagerly for a reaction from Taylor. However, Taylor's face didn't even twitch and that wide stare was starting to creep Emma out.

Frustrated, Emma and Madison kept ratcheting up the intensity of their insults as they tried to get a reaction out of Taylor besides her weird stare. After several frustrating minutes of no reaction, Taylor made another odd choking sound after Emma used a particularly nasty insult that took her three hours to come up with. Success!

"What's the matter? You going to cry for a whole week?" said Emma with a manic grin as she executed her coup de grace.

Taylor's mouth fell open and Emma grinned with anticipation, ready for the look of hurt and betrayal to pass over Taylor's face. Only for the sound of snoring to come out of Taylor's mouth.

Emma's smile died an ugly death, and she said, "Taylor I know you're awake, your eyes are wide open." Taylor just kept on snoring. "Stop ignoring me Taylor!"

Madison stepped forward and waved her hand in front of Taylor's face before flicking her nose. Taylor didn't react at all. "I think might she really be asleep Ems."

"Are you fucking kidding me," groused Emma as she stepped forward and examined Taylor's face. "I know you're faking it Taylor! Taylor! Taylor! Answer me damn it!"

Emma gave Taylor's shoulder a light shove, causing Taylor to stop snoring and mumble, "Ten more minutes Dad." She then immediately went back to snoring even louder than before.

As Emma glared at Taylor she heard Madison let out a giggle behind her. Was that bitch laughing at her! Emma rounded on Madison and snarled, "Is something fucking funny!?"

Madison paled and quickly said, "No."

Emma turned back to Taylor and growled, "Taylor stop it with this bullshit already! Nobody is falling for it! I said stop it!" Taylor made a loud snorting sound and drool started to run out of her mouth. Taylor was actually asleep. Taylor was sleeping through Emma's moment of victory. That was unacceptable.

"Taylor wake up!" demanded Emma. "I said wake up!" Emma shoved Taylor again but harder this time. Taylor fell over and slammed into the ground with a loud thunk but the bitch didn't wake up. She just lay there on the ground mocking Emma with her snoring.

"Wake up!" Emma nudged Taylor with her foot. Nothing. Furious Emma nudged her even harder only causing Taylor to roll over and start sucking her thumb. Emma let out a shriek of frustration and kicked her.

Madison opened her stupid fat fucking mouth and said, "Uh Emma-"

"Shut the fuck up and help me!" screamed Emma as she kicked Taylor again. "Wake up you bitch!"

"What are you doing!" yelled a woman. Emma looked up and saw Mrs. Knott staring at Emma in horror and Madison had at some point backed up several feet away from Emma and Taylor.

"Emma went crazy and attacked Taylor. I tried to stop here!" exclaimed Madison with tears in her eyes. "I was so scared she was going to hurt me to."

That bitch! Mrs. Knott grabbed Emma's arm and angrily said, "We are going to Principal Blackwell. Madison, get Taylor to the nurse's office."

As Emma was dragged away she could only watch Taylor peacefully snoozing. Damn her.

…

Emma ended up getting suspended for two weeks for beating Taylor 'unconscious'. Emma had to put up with two weeks of her Mom and Dad giving her disappointed looks while Taylor was no doubt laughing it up. And to make matters even worse when Emma returned to Winslow Madison had supplanted her as the queen bee. That backstabbing bitch! This was all Taylor's fault. Emma hated her. Hated her!

Now only Sophia had Emma's back; only she was willing to help her in her campaign against Taylor, which wasn't going well at all. Every time they tripped or shoved Taylor, she would just shrug her shoulders and take a nap there on the floor. Insults slid off Taylor like water on an incredibly sleepy duck's back. Emma didn't know what caused this change in Taylor's behavior, but she hated it.

"Sophia, we have to come up with something to crush Taylor! We can't let her get away with... with whatever the fuck she is trying to pull!" hissed Emma.

Sophia shook her head and said, "Look Emma maybe we should just move on. Taylor might be prey, but she is a sloth okay? She moves so little that she is covered in moss that she uses as... what's the word?" Sophia paused before she snapped her fingers and continued, "Camouflage. She uses moss as camouflage against predators like you and me."

Emma stared at her incredulously and said, "Sophia you need to watch other channels other than Animal Planet." Emma ignored Sophia as she muttered to herself about heretics and blasphemous fools and said, "We have to come up with something so awful and fucked up that she can't ignore it."

Sophia sat in silence with a thoughtful look on her face before saying, "Well the natural predator of a sloth is a jaguar. So, if we acquire one and-"

"God damn it, we are not getting a jaguar!" yelled Emma as she pulled her hair in frustration.

"Well I suppose an ocelot would work," said Sophia with a shrug.

Emma buried her face in her hands and counted to ten before saying, "We are not going to attack Taylor with jungle cats."

"Fine," said Sophia sulkily, "then how about we fill her locker with used hygiene products before winter break and then shove in on her first day back."

"What the fu- you know what? Let's do that," said Emma as she threw arms into the air. "I don't even care anymore!"

To Emma's annoyance Taylor was late for school the day of the prank. It was ten minutes after first period and Emma hadn't spotted hide nor hair of Taylor. "Where is she?!" hissed Emma with her fists clenched.

Sophia shrugged and said, "She probably skipped. She has been doing that a lot lately. We should head to class before somebody notices."

"No. We can't let her win," said Emma as she glared at the locker.

"Look Emma, I explained it before, we can't beat her sloth powers," said Sophia with a shake of her head.

Emma took a deep breath and closed her eyes before saying, "Just. Just go ahead to class Sophia. I got this handled."

Ten minutes after Sophia shrugged and walked off Taylor came ambling down the hall at a sedate pace. Well at least the halls were empty, so nobody could rat Emma out for what was about to happen next. Emma snuck up behind Taylor as she opened her locker. "Huh," said Taylor as she stared at the inside of her defiled locker. "Well that's a thing. I wonder if I can use this as an excuse to get out of class."

"God damn it Taylor!" Emma yelled. "Be upset about this, you dumb bitch!"

"That seems rather uncalled for," said Taylor with raised eyebrows as she turned towards Emma. "I mean what have I ever done to you? I don't even know you."

Emma let out a feral noise before she lunged forward and shoved Taylor into the locker. As Taylor fell backward into her locker she let out a bored, "Welp." Emma quickly slammed the locker door before Taylor had time to escape.

"This is what you get for trying to stand up to me Taylor," said Emma with a manic smile. "Maybe if you beg me I'll let you out." However, Emma was only greeted with silence before the sound of gentle snoring started to come out of the locker. What. No. No. No. Snarling, Emma wrenched the locker door back open and found Taylor sleeping.

"You motherfucker! You think this is funny!?" screamed Emma. Taylor responded by snuggling deeper into the filth. Something snapped in Emma and her vision became tinted with red. Emma let a shrill noise of pure rage before she wrapped her hands around Taylor's throat.

Taylor's eyes slid open with disinterest and she said, "Hrgkl?"

"Not laughing now are you Taylor?! No, because it's me that is laughing now," Emma said before she started giggling hysterically. "I win Taylor! I win!" Taylor made a halfhearted swipe at Emma's arm before giving a shrug and promptly falling back asleep. "Did you fall back asleep!? What the fuck is wrong with you!? Don't you get it Taylor?! I am going to kill you! This is me killing you right here and now! I'm-"

Emma was interrupted as she was pulled away from Taylor and she heard Principal Blackwell hiss, "Miss Barnes. My. Office. Now."

"No! I can't let her win!" yelled Emma as she tried to reach Taylor's throat with her flailing arms, but she couldn't break out of Blackwell's grip.

Blackwell responded by dragging Emma down the hall. "No! No!" screamed Emma as she fought back. "I am going to destroy you Taylor! I am never going to stop! Do you hear me! Never! Never! Never!"

AN: Taylor triggered earlier when her mom's flute got covered in shit and proceeded to stop giving a shit.