A group of girls sat at a round table, lunch trays pushed to the side, whispering and giggling.
"I heard, he's been to juvenile hall, eight times!" Bridgette said, holding her hands up, signaling she wasn't lying.
"By what I heard, he got sent to the real big house because of all the bad things he did!" Gwen grinned. "That's actually pretty hot in my book..."
"Gwen! Girl, I thought you were better than that. Besides, you already have a man. That guitar dude, you know, Trent? Does that name ring a bell?" Leshawna stated, crossing her arms.
"It's not like I'd actually date guys like him." Gwen laughed. "Way too rebellious for my taste anyway. I like my guys without a juvie record, thank you very much."
Courtney raised an eyebrow, eyeing her friends as she walked towards the table, setting down her lunch tray and took a seat. "Hey guys," she greeted. "What cha' talking about?"
"The new guy." Bridgette grinned. "He's totally hot, but I don't think you'd like him. In fact, you'd probably hate just looking at his direction." she shrugged. "Or any boy's direction, might I add."
Courtney gasped. "Hey, I like checking out a few guys every once in a while! I just don't like wasting most of my time giggling about them, so immature." she rolled her eyes.
"Hey, he's coming this way!" Gwen whispered, pointing forward, behind Courtney, who turned around to look.
A green-mohawked male, who looked like one of those guys who worked at a tattoo parlor, walked towards them, along with a Trent, Geoff, and DJ.
"Hey, ladies, mind if we join you for lunch, today?" Geoff asked, grinning as he squeezed in between Bridgette and Gwen. The others sat down too, leaving the newcomer to sit next to Courtney.
"We'd like you to meet, Duncan." Trent said, leaning forward on the table. "He's new, so go easy on him." Duncan nodded at everyone, side glancing at Courtney, giving her a wink and a smile, she glared, deliberately, then shook her head, her cheeks burning furiously as he gave her a small nudge. She examined him carefully for a moment while he looked away from her, Who would do such a thing to their body? she thought, examining the two studs on the top of his left ear, the one stud on his right, the one on his eyebrow, and the small one on the side of his nose.
"Hey, I'm Bridgette."
"I'm Gwen."
"Name's Leshawna."
Courtney stayed silent, but she rolled her eyes when everyone waited for her to introduce herself. "Courtney." she managed to utter without looking up, avoiding Duncan's gaze on her.
"So, Duncan, what classes did they give you?" DJ asked, Duncan replied by just shrugging and handing him his schedule. Everybody but Courtney gathered around to check.
"Hey, Court, you guys have almost the exact same classes." Bridgette let out a laugh. "Except for wood shop."
Courtney's eyes widened as she looked up. "Excuse me?" she stood up to snatch the paper away, and examined the paper carefully. She was right. They were all the same as hers, except for one. She stared hard at the paper for a minute, until she gave up on hoping that what she was seeing wasn't real. She finally set the paper down. When the bell rang for the next class, she felt relieved, until she realized she would be having it with Duncan. She gave out a sigh, picking up her lunch tray, getting up and walking towards a trash can. When she turned around she came face to face with Duncan.
"Hey, looks like we'll be spending a lot of time together." he smirked at her, blocking her way from the trash can. Courtney scowled, glancing at the spiked dog collar around his neck. Was that even allowed in the dress code? Courtney moved to the side, about to walk away.
"Would you please leave me alone?" she glared at him, crossing her arms, glancing around at a few people staring at the two. "We're going to be late for class." she stated, trying once more to walk away, but he just kept blocking her.
"Why don't you say, we ditch? Have a little make out session behind the dumpsters?" he winked, flashing her a smile, leaning in a little too close for comfort. Courtney pushed him away in disgust.
"Ew! Look, I do not get involved with people I barely know anything about! Especially if it's somebody I've known for less than a few minutes!" she snapped, finally passing by him, bumping her shoulder into his, shaking her head as she walked to her next class. As she sat in her seat, she got lost in her thoughts, muttering to herself as she pretended to take notes. "Ugh, It's only been less than half an hour and I already hate his guts... geez, what is it with him?"
"Aw, you talking about me, Princess?" Duncan smiled, leaning over her desk. Courtney looked up, realizing she hadn't been paying attention to him walking into the classroom and being sent to sit in the seat behind hers.
"Do not call me that!" she hissed, Duncan shrugged, taking his seat, enjoying his view. Courtney's cheeks were burning, feeling his eyes on her for the rest of the hour, until she finally snapped.
"Would you leave me alone?" she asked, in a voice a little too loud for the classroom.
"Ms. Henderson, would you like to share something with the class?" the teacher, Ms. Bryan, asked, turning around from the white board.
Courtney glared at Duncan, then looked back at the teacher. "No, thank you, Ms. Bryan." she mumbled, leaning forward on her desk, and writing down more notes. She was grateful that this was the last class for the day, and quickly gathered her things into her backpack, which she immediately put on as she got out of her seat.
When she ran into Duncan again, she rolled her eyes. "Okay, what do you want?" she asked, looking up and pointing her index finger at him.
"Hey, can't a guy be friendly to a..." he wiggled his eyebrows in a flirtatious manner. "pretty girl like you?"
"Look, if you're trying to turn me into one of those skanks you've probably dated before, it's not gonna work. Because I will never, ever, be into you at all!" Courtney threw her hands up in the air, and let them drop down to her sides, and she stormed out, passing Bridgette on the way.
"Whoa, whoa, what's the rush?" her friend smiled, looking at Courtney and stopping her in her steps. "You look... well, mad! What happened?"
"That... that new guy keeps trying to make a move on me!" Courtney groaned, running her hands through her hair. "He's so annoying!" Then, she felt a tug on her hair.
"You know, if you're still up for it, you could always meet me by the dumpsters if you wanna make out. Or we could just do it right here right now, I'm cool with that." Duncan was once again getting into her personal space, wrapping his arm around her. Courtney glared, shaking out of Duncan's grip.
"Get away from me, you delinquent!" she shook her head, pushing him, and walking quickly to the school doors. Bridgette followed, trying to catch up.
"That's going to cause a few nasty rumors, Court..." Bridgette looked up at her friend. "You know how the girls here love to gossip, and you know how it spreads, fast."
Courtney stopped in her steps, turning to her friend. "You had to remind me?" Bridgette shrugged, smiling at her friend, giving her a 'sorry' smile.
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