Alec leaned against the fence, watching the familiar car drive by. A grin appeared on his face, as a black-haired guy exited the car.
"Al!", Biggs shouted, laughing while walking over to his best friend.
"Biggsy", he answered, giving him a quick hug. "How was the ride?
Shrugging, Biggs said: "Yeah. Alright. Just happy to be here." He turned around, waving to his mother only half-hearted and turned back to his friend.
Alec grinned and showed his friend the way into the school. "You're gonna love it here. Many nice girls", he said, wiggling his eyebrows and patting Biggs' back. "If you know what I mean."
"I think I do", he mumbled and laughed right afterwards. "You're like the star here?"
Nodding, Alec held the door open. "You bet. Girls go crazy because of me. But it seems like I'm gonna have a rival, huh?"
"Definitely", Biggs answered, punching his friends' arm playfully. "You know me, so you know what my first question is, right?"
Alec rolled his eyes, but nodded. "Yes, there is a girl that no one can reach. But she has a crush on Cale, so…"
Biggs raised an eyebrow. "Cale?"
The blonde tried to suppress a grin. He failed. "Mr. Cale. Our IT teacher."
"Oh, damn", said Biggsy, successfully suppressing a laugh. "A teacher? That girl knows what's up."
Alec shrugged, as they walked to their next lesson. "She's not the only one, though. He's, like my only rival."
Noticing, how hard the black-haired guy tried not to laugh out loud, Alec slapped the back of his head. "Sorry", he whispered, chuckling slightly. "So, what's that girl's name?"
Alec made a grimace, showing, that he had a bad past with her. "Max Guevara."
Max sneezed suddenly. "Ugh", she whispered.
"Bless ya", said Original Cindy, grinning at her friend. "Someone been talking about you, I bet."
She rolled her eyes, watching as Mrs. Riley kept talking about biological crap, so Max just got back into her daydream, where she and Mr. Cale would just…
She snapped out of her dream, as the door to the classroom was opened and Alec McDowell and another guy came in. Annoyed, she rolled her eyes and looked out of the window, knowing already, that the new guy was the same kind of asshole, as his best friend. "Hey, sorry, Mrs. R. That's Biggs. He's new here. Just sayin'."
He made his way to his seat, grinning at Max, who caught herself watching him. She shook her head and looked away, noticing the way Biggs stared at her. Sighing, she looked to OC, not knowing what to do exactly. "Another one", she whispered.
Cindy understood and giggled slightly, watching Biggs smiling at the girls in the classroom.
Mrs. Riley seemed confused, but managed to smile. "Uhm. Yes. Hello then, Mr.…"
"Just Biggs", the guy answered, a self-confident smile on his lips. "Nice to meet you, guys."
Most of the girls seemed taken aback. Playing with their hair, Max heard Alec laugh silently, watching his friend and she glared at him, knowing, that he would notice it. He turned towards her and shrugged slightly.
Fixing her attention back on the lesson, she wrote down what stood on the chalkboard, trying to ignore the two womanizers and their annoying giggling.
When the lesson ended, Max stood up immediately, trying to avoid Alec and Biggs, but she wasn't fast enough.
"Hey, Guevara. That's Biggs. Biggsy, Max", Alec announced, grinning at both of them and then at OC. "And that's Original Cindy."
Cindy nodded and turned away again. Max sighed, but tried to smile for Biggs. It worked… Kind of. "It's nice to meet you", she said, holding out a hand.
Biggs grinned and shook it. "It's nice to meet you, too."
Max nodded, then looking back at Cindy. "Alright. I gotta go now. See you around, I guess."
Biggs glanced at Alec for a second, than he smiled back at Max. "Good. I do hope so."
The brown-haired girl nodded, before turning around and leaving the class room.
"Was nice talking to you, Guevara!", she heard Alec call after her.
"Shut the fuck up, McDowell!", she yelled back, not caring about the people who turned to her, hearing her vulgar choice of words. OC tried to suppress a smile, but Max noticed anyway. "Anything you want to tell me?"
"No, no", she said, waving it away. "It's just… I know that Alec is an idiot, Boo, but… You think he's interesting, don't you?"
Max shook her head, too astonished to say something. She found her voice back soon. "No, I don't. He's an ignorant ass." She fastened her step, trying to avoid the topic.
But she heard Cindy's mumbled words anyway. "I ship it."
Biggs stared after Max, enjoying the view as he turned back to his best friend. "Damn", he said, still grinning. "You're right, she's incredible."
Alec just shrugged and winked afterwards. "Told you so. But she's untouchable, believe me, I've tried."
Laughing, Biggs punched Alec's shoulder playfully. "I bet you did. I don't blame you." He started to walk again, followed by his friend. "She can kick ass real good, can't she?"
"You wouldn't believe it", the blonde murmured, obviously remembering a confrontation with the pretty brunette.
Grinning all the way to the cafeteria, Biggs winked at girls and all of them seemed to blush at his charming gestures. Still got it, he thought to himself and turned towards Alec. "Almost three years in the desert and I still got it."
"Of course you still got it, Biggsy", the slightly taller man said, giving his shoulder a fist bump.
They got themselves something to eat and sat down on a table. That was when a pretty blonde came over. "Hello, Alec."
Alec smiled charmingly at her. "Hello there, Asha. How're you doing?"
She smiled back, quickly glancing at Biggs. "I'm fine. Who's your friend?"
"That's Biggs. Biggs, that here is Asha Barlow. She's a good friend."
Biggs heard the undertone, meaning 'Keep your hands off her, she's mine.' The dark-haired guy nodded and smiles politely. "Nice to meet you, Asha."
Asha sat down beside them and answered: "Nice to meet you, too, Biggs." Then she fell into a conversation with Alec.
Oh, that's a real drama here, he thought, as he saw, from the instantaneous angle, how Max glared at Alec, uncaught. Biggs smiled to himself, already enjoying the fuss that would break free soon enough.