She sat with Ruth and Hattie in maths. The bell for second lesson rang. Kuki sighed as she stood up, she wasn't looking forward to English. Bradley didn't seem as friendly as Ruth.
She followed Ruth and Hattie out of the room and stood with them as they gathered with some of their friends.
"Bradley, look after Kuki in English or I'll pound your hide!" Hattie smiled sweetly, Kuki couldn't decide whether that was a joke or if she was serious.
Bradley rolled his eyes. "Come on Kuki, I think we're downstairs."
Kuki followed him quietly. After one run in with Bradley, she wasn't sure that she wanted another one. She wasn't sure if he'd yet forgiven her for that either.
They stopped when they found room 16 and Bradley joined a group of rowdy boys. Kuki stood at the end of the queue and waited silently. Examining the children in her next class. Looking for one who looked nice enough to go up and talk to. A teacher appeared in the doorway and told them to come in. Kuki walked in slowly and began to look around the room for a seat next to a kind looking person.
"Hey Kuki, you want to sit here or what?" Kuki looked aside to see Bradley with his hand over a chair as if guarding it.
Kuki nodded and sat next to him. "Thank you."
They were on a desk that sat four. Two other boys glanced over to look at Kuki.
"Who's the quiet stranger?" A black haired boy asked curiously.
"This is Kuki, she's from Gallagher." Bradley replied, leaning back into his chair.
The boy grunted and turned his head to turn to the brown haired boy next to him.
"That's Michael, he's my best friend." Bradley informed Kuki quietly as the teacher began to write on the board.
Kuki nodded in acknowledgement. She stared at Michael and gave a small smile. His characteristics reminded her of Wally. The bored frown, the way his fringe covered his eyes, the way he stared anywhere around the room other than where he was supposed to be, at the board or the teacher.
"Sorry about the comment in home room." Bradley said quietly. "I tend to make jokes and they sound funnier in my head than they do when I actually say them."
Kuki grinned. "I've got a friend like that...only he doesn't think about them first."
Bradley chuckled. "Can we call a truce?"
Kuki nodded. "Why not."
"Good, I'm not good with having enemies, I forget that I don't like them." Bradley replied.
Kuki giggled and stared at the writing on the teachers board.
"So what made you come to Lyons rather than Greenschool?" Bradley asked, he obviously had no interest in learning about the tempest.
"My mum." She replied simply.
Bradley chuckled. "Ah, that explains it all. Why did she want you to come here?"
"Cause it's a private school she automatically thinks it's better than Greenschool, plus its closer to my sisters middle school." Kuki glanced at him.
She was warming to Bradley, he was getting more and more like Hoagie every second.
"It's quite a small school huh?" Bradley whispered.
"Yeah, I thought that too." Kuki whispered back. "How many's in our class?"
"51 from our school, I think you're the only new one." Bradley told her.
"Do you have something you'd like to share with the class?" The teacher asked firmly.
Bradley nodded. "I hate Shakespeare, can't we do Lemony Snicket or something instead?"
The teachers eyebrows rose in dis-amusement.
"You've read Lemony Snicket?"
"No, but it sounds more interesting than reading about a shipwreck, a magician and a fairy." Bradley replied.
The teacher squinted her eyes at him. "If your talking about Ariel...then he's a sprite! Now stay quiet or stay for two hours detention after school."
The class stayed silent as the teacher continued to preach.
"Well she's going to be fun to listen to all year." Bradley stated.
Kuki giggled.
After a long fifty minutes, the bell rang and the class exited for third lesson. Kuki went upstairs to find her home room and then made her way a few doors down to find her science room. Ruth and Mark came up to her and stood with her. They went and sat next to one another in the science room and partnered up together for their experiment.
When the bell for break sounded, Kuki followed Ruth and Mark to meet up with Hattie, Bradley and Michael in the canteen.
They sat around a table as they conversed. Many other kids in their year joined them. Kuki sat there quietly listening to their conversations, talking every now and then to a few of them.
When the bell rang for the end of break they went back up the science room and spent an hour learning about mitosis. Kuki was so happy when the bell for lunch rang. She was so hungry she'd happily eat her packed lunch and a school meal.
They walked down to the canteen and sat in the seats that they had claimed at break time. Kuki sat down and pulled out her lunchbox. She licked her lips as she opened it and pulled out her tuna mayo sandwich. She was about to take a bite before opening her eyes and noticing the table staring at her.
"What?" She asked.
Hattie gave her a small smile. "What you got for lunch?"
Kuki shrugged. "Tuna mayonnaise sandwich, salt and vinegar chip and a chocolate bar."
"Mm mm that sounds good." Bradley licked his lips.
Kuki looked and noticed that neither Ruth, nor Hattie, nor any of the other girls on the table were eating. She bit her lip and looked at their beautiful slim figures.
She gave a sigh. "I think I'll go eat outside."
"Where?" Ruth asked. "Don't you want to sit with us?"
Kuki shook her head. "We've got an hour lunch right?"
Hattie nodded.
Kuki smiled. "I'll be back later then."
She walked outside, noticing a tree by the gate she walked over and threw her backpack over the fence. She then checked that nobody was watching before climbing the tree and jumping down. She ran down the road. She was running for around twenty minutes before reaching her destination.
She looked through the gates of Greenschool high and glanced around at the school field. Kuki smiled when she saw an orange hoodie. She grabbed the rubber from her back pack and threw it with perfect aim. Hitting him precisely on the crown of his head.
Wally swung his head around in anger but his expression softened as he noticed Kuki at the gates. He waved and stood up, walking over to greet her.
"Aren't you supposed to be in school?" Wally asked, placing his hands on the metal bars as he peeked through.
Kuki nodded. "Yeah, but I wanted to see you guys. Where is everyone?"
"Lunchtime detention." Wally replied. "So how's the private school?"
Kuki shrugged. "Okay, I've made a few friends. One of them's kind of like Hoagie and the another one reminds me of you."
Wally gave a small smile.
"The girls seem kind of nice too. But I don't think they eat, I felt really weird sitting and eating in front of them." Kuki sighed.
Wally cocked an eyebrow. "Well they sound...fun."
"How's Greenschool?" Kuki asked.
Wally scrunched his face. "okay I guess, some guys are real idiots."
Kuki smiled back. "Well, I guess I've got to get back before they notice I'm gone. Bye."
"Later Numbuh 3." Wally waved.
Kuki ran back home, making it back just in time before the bell for 5th lesson rang.
