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"I'm going to school now! Bye dad!" "Ok, be home before nine!" My dad yelled from the couch, I rolled my eyes. He wouldn't notice if I disappeared for a week.
Getting my class list from the front office I started towards the lockers trying to find mine before the bell rang. Searching for 279 I groaned in frustration. I was staring right at 278 and 280 but nowhere was 279. I heard footsteps and spun around. A boy around my age, maybe a year older, and really cute, stopped in front of me. "Uh hi." I said. "Hi, I'm Chase." "Scarlett but if you can think of nick name other than scar to call me, feel free to use that." "Why?" "I just think Scarlett is too girly." "How can something be too girly?" He seemed genuinely interested as to why I wanted to go by something else. "I don't know." I said giving a small laugh. "Well anyway Scarlett, you're in front of my locker." He said politely pointing to 278. "Oh I'm sorry." This time he smiled "No problem." "Do you know where 279 is?" Facing the lockers he stared and then said "Someone just switched the numbers. Which seems like had to have been hard considering all the number plates were iron and bolted in with completely iron nails, it would have taken someone really strong to have pulled them out even with a hammer." Where 281 should have been was 279. Chase twisted the two already loose number plates off and put them in the right place. "How did you know that?" I asked. His eyes widened a little "Uh, you know… school history books?" "They have those?" "Uh yeah." He said unconvincingly. Shrugging it off I said "You wouldn't happen to know here any of these classes are?" "Yes, but it's sorta of my first day to." "Then how do you know where the classes are?" "I came here to… see the school a few weeks ago." "Oh, lucky you."
Once the first bell did ring, three other people walked up to Chase who flinched as it rang. Weird… I thought. "Hey guys, this is Scarlett." The girl grinned "Oh my gosh Chase talked to a girl already! I'm Bree. Do you like the mall? Or going to movies? How do you feel about slumber parties? Manicures or pedicures?" The questions fired out of her mouth rapidly and I laughed answering "Yes, yes, and I love them and both!" She pulled me into a hug "Oh my gosh I have a real bestie!" I grinned and felt a little confused at the reaction. Chase and the other two boys pulled her off. Smiling, a little creepily in my opinion, the youngest boy said trying to sound cool "Hello Scarlett. I'm Leo." Raising my eyes in amusement I said "Hey Leo." "I'm Adam." The tallest and who I was assuming the oldest was. "So how do you guys know each other?" "Well we're siblings and Leo is our… step brother." Chase said; he had paused when he tried to describe Leo, was it that awkward to say?
Even though I had already eaten I went to breakfast with the entire group. Leo was telling Chase and Bree something but I was tuned out for the most part. "F.Y.I Adam just sat down at the cool table." Leo's eyes went wide "WHAT? He can't sit there, that's where the football players sit with the cheerleaders! And they pride themselves on finding very clever places to stuff your pudding cup." Chase smiled saying something about them not being able to talk about colors forever. I sighed, why did guys always go for the cheerleaders? Still following them I stood by Bree. "Hey guys, these girls said when the football guys get here; I'm getting a free pudding cup!" Adam exclaimed. Leo said hi to one girl then kept whispering for Chase to move, who obviously didn't. The cafeteria doors opened and the entire football team was storming over. I watched with Bree in slight fear as the lead jock grabbed Chase's shirt collar. Then the weirdest thing happened, like a switch had been turned on Chase pushed him off and started threatening them back. Adam practically jumped over a chair and looked right at Bree saying "I don't mean to alarm anyone but I think Spike's back." Looking at him I said "Spike?" "Oh just a family nickname." Bree laughed awkwardly.
But after Chase won he kept acting sort of arrogant while they ate. "So Chase, you said you know where my classes are?" I asked after a few minutes. "Didn't you get a map from the front office?" "Well yes, but-" "Then I have more important things to do" and he turned back to cheerleader next to him." My mouth dropped open. "Excuse me?" He didn't listen and my head snapped to Bree, Adam and Leo. "He's not always like that!" Bree promised, "He just gets a little full of himself, trust me it wears off." "Wears off? People's personalities don't just 'wear off' god, no offense but your brother is jerk." "It's hard to explain but, really he's not!" "It's ok Bree, don't defend him, he's made his opinion pretty clear. Well I'm going find my first class before the official start of school." Grabbing my bag I stood up and left.
In my head I was confused, he seemed so different then just like that he was a jerk. Bipolar? I questioned myself running through scenarios. Who are you kidding; he's just a flat out jerk. The bell rung again signaling the five minute passing period. Getting ready to leave my locker I watched them all walk by. Chase was still bragging, and then flexed his biceps saying they were his 'hall pass'. He glanced at the cheerleaders in the doorway, and poof like a switch he seemed to change again. "Commando App disengaged? Guys why was I in commando mode?" Furrowing my eyes I whispered "What the heck is commando mode?" Oh god, does he like not where underwear? Wait no Scarlett that makes no sense for what's been going on I started thinking. Bree and Leo tried and failed to cover up for whatever he was 'in' and I laughed a little when Adam said "Oh that's good, everyone keep lying!" Chase looked really upset and started pacing as they told him what he did. Ok maybe he has short term memory loss. "-pudding popped the defensive line-" "And told off Scarlett." Bree piped in. "I what? This so going to come and haunt my Supreme Court nomination, plus I probably scared her off!" Rolling her eyes Bree said "Do you know what Spike would say to that? Nothing, he'd rip out your rib cage and play it like a xylophone. Not scare off, maybe appear like a huge jerk face, but not scary." I figured now would be as good as time as any to get questions answered. "Hey guys!" I said finally making my presence known. "Hey Scarlett!" Bree smiled. "So who's going to explain to me what exactly is going on?" They all looked at each other. "Nothing's going on, what makes you think something's going on?" Chase said quickly looking at me extremely uncomfortable. "Because I was listening?" I said staring at him. "I'll explain in it class." He said then added "I don't want you to be late on your first day." Smiling at me we started walking, I turned and said a quick bye to everyone else.
"So Alpha Dog, care to explain?" I used his new 'groups' name. It was pure luck the day we started school the day teacher gave us a free period right before study hall as well. Two hours to talk. "I really want to apologize for earlier, I don't exactly remember what I said, but I didn't mean it." "Ok question number one, why don't you remember." "Maybe I should just start from the beginning. See I, uh Bree, Adam, and I that is, were genetically engineered, partially bionic." He paused to gauge my reaction, I kept my face blank. I didn't know what to think. "And we were designed to be able to go on missions after training, you know save the world. But Mr. Davenport, he married Leo's mom, and Leo found us in the lab, which was his basement. He showed us the world and once you see it you don't exactly want to spend forever locked up again." Once again he stopped "Scarlett? I know this seems crazy-" "No, I think it is crazy but keep going." "Basically our senses and emotions are a lot better than an average person's sometimes they cause glitches, like a normal person's flaws but more intense. Bree, when she gets nervous she just runs, she's the fastest person on earth, I'm talking around the world in like ten minutes fast, and she can't always stop, Adam if he gets to mad or upset he has lasers and if he's over happy he shoots really powerful energy balls, that's what I call them anyway, from his hands, but his talent is strength, insane strength."
It all seemed impossible but I believed him. "What about you?" I whispered, this wasn't exactly a conversation every one should hear. Chase had something between a smirk and a smile "Well personally I think I got the best deal. I'm the smartest person ever to exist and I can create a forcefield." "4,359 times 67.9" I asked grinning. "295,976.1" He said almost immediately. "No way." I gaped; looking at the calculator he was right. "But I have the most sensitive glitches. I sorta have a super sneeze… like allergies gone wild." I laughed at that. "My hearing is increased by twenty percent, which is problem when bells ring, but I'm getting used to them, my eyesight is a little more bionic, I can sort of see information about whatever I'm focused on, like those locker numbers." "You can't read minds?" I asked with another smile tugging at the corner of my mouth. "No, but I can I vaguely sense emotions, when my own aren't in the way, mostly I sense hostility." "Like when crazy football jocks try using you as a napkin?" "Uh yeah, this brings me to another glitch. I was created to, when in a threating position, go into my Commando App, which basically as Mr. Davenport has said is like a fight or fight instinct without the option of flight." "How does that explain you not remembering?" "When I go into commando mode, any instincts of… weakness, are turned off, so I don't really remember things 'Spike' thinks could bring him down." "How would I bring you down?" "I'm not sure."
Leaning back in my chair then forward again I smiled "Well at least it's over for today." "I hope so." Chase sighed. "So you're a math whiz?" "I'm a whiz at every subject." "Cocky aren't we? Anyway I suck at math, you wouldn't mind helping me out every once in a while?" "Sure thing." Being the so talented person I am, I knocked my pencil off and it rolled underneath the table. I got down on my knees and crawled under only to find myself face to face with Chase and our hands both on the pencils. Literally there was maybe an inch tops between us, both of our faces turned red, mine even more so I realized his hand was still on mine. "I uh, I've got it." I said. "Yeah, right, sorry." Gripping it tight we both crawled right back out. The awkward atmosphere left though, and spent the rest of the time talking.
Lunch rolled around, and Chase was acting perfectly normal. "Hey there's Trent, I've gotta go apologize!" Standing up Bree pulled him back down "Whoa slow it up buttercup." "Mail him a greeting card, it's so much more personal." Leo said, I was guessing the sudden popularity went to his head.
The principal (who was kind of a freak) was yelling at him for ruining the football team and blah, blah... Standing up taller Chase looked at her and went at it. Well I think Spikes back Internally I sighed again, who knew when it'd wear off this time. I tried not to laugh though when he said "Watch who you're talking to, sports bra!" I mean, I don't usually undermine authority but it was pretty funny. The whole rant must have gone on for at least ten minutes of Chase making fun of her. She said something along the lines of having a football game to settle who got a table. He turned around to face the four of us "Me, him, her and… him." Lastly he picked Leo and completely skipped over me. I found myself staring at Chase or should I say Spike, how on earth did I make him weaker, I could play football. "What am I not good enough?" I said irritated. Bree looked at me "He explained it all right?" "Yeah." "Try to remember Spike isn't Chase, we don't exactly understand him." "Fine, ok, well I'll be there tonight." "Yay! My BFF is coming to watch me play a sport!" "You know it!" I laughed giving her a hug.
During the game, they were tied. I cheered for them as loud as I could, giving Bree a thumbs up when she would look over. At the very they were down by a few points, Spike caught my eye and I glared, it's not like Chase would know. But then he spun around and I heard him say "Wait where am I? Am I wearing a jockstrap?" "No we need Spike back, where is he? Where is Spike?" Bree yelled before Adam pulled here away. "I told you I don't want to be Spike, look I've been waiting for my first day of school for fifteen years and now I don't even remember it." I looked down at my feet, I felt bad for him and Leo, Bree and Adam felt the same way. In the end they lost but after they hugged it out I said goodnight. Well the first day of school could have been alot worse, but not weirder I thought smiling as I walked home
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