The girl's dorm was quite large, which was strange, considering the fact that the female students were a minority. Alice looked at the flowers in front of the building. They looked oddly charming, more like the kind of flower that a charming man would offer to his date, if he was so polite as to even bring a gift. None of her exes had been decent enough to buy her anything. Not that she expected them to, but still, she would have appreciated the gesture. That was why she always enjoyed Shay's gifts so much, not because they were frequent or expensive, but because they were gifts. Quite odd how simple thoughts can go astray so easily, Alice thought to herself. She opened the well-oiled door and entered the dormitory. The design was quite homely, almost cute, but not nearly enough for her to feel at home. After all, a home is not a home until you've lived in it, she thought. And she would be staying here for quite a while...
So far, so good. The girl's dorm wasn't covered in yolks and whites, which was certainly favorable, and the interior wasn't bad either. But it still lacked one thing: friends to hang out with. Alice was a sociable girl, and she liked being around friends,so being in a new environment without people to communicate with made her feel a little uneasy. Not in the same way as shy kids such as her brother, her feeling of uneasiness originated in a feeling of solitude, which in turn created a certain feeling of insecurity. She felt the latter feeling act up, urging her to hurry to and seek security in a space of her own, namely, her dorm room. She and Shay hadn't been told what their dorm room numbers were, which was quite odd. Maybe they had simply forgotten? How was she going to find her room in the first place? As she began to feel lost, she noticed a makeshift sign on one of the doors. ''Alice 3'' While she appreciated the gesture, the pink sharpy and love heart made her feel a bit awkward. Perhaps the author was simply trying to appeal to Alice in her own ''girly girl'' way? She didn't care much for girly girls, but she had to admit that she'd written notes with pink sharpies and hearts on it in the past, but those were addressed to friends, not strangers. Speaking of strangers, wasn't she a stranger to everyone here? How did they know her name? After resolving not to overthink matters, she stepped into the room. In it she found two beds and two wardrobes. One of the beds was made, and a neatly folded school uniform was waiting for her on top of it. A white shirt, a teal skirt and white socks. Slightly bland, but she thought it was cute. School uniforms were a new thing to her, so she embraced the concept for its exoticness. She felt a strong urge to try it on, and decided to just give in. Thankfully, it fit like a glove. If only she could find a mirror and see how it looked on her...
Suddenly, a slightly hoarse voice cried out behind her. ''Omigosh!'' Alice turned around, and saw an enthusiastic girl standing in the doorway. ''You're the new girl! Heeey-uh!'' The girl was smiling, and as she approached Alice, her red hair bounced about frivolously, as did certain other parts. Her modestly glossed lips were curled in a crooked, charming smile. Alice smiled back and said: ''Yeah, that's me. Hey!'' The redhead replied, still smiling. ''My name's Christy. So, like... Welcome to our school! Did you see my note?'' Alice half-chuckled for a split second. ''My name's Alice. Thanks for your note, Christy! To be honest, I was kind of.. Lost.'' She'd decided not to ask how she knew her name. Christy laughed. ''Aww, you're welcome! I gotta look out for my roommate!'' So Christy was her roommate! Makes sense, since she wrote the note. She seemed pretty nice, which made Alice feel more at ease than before. ''So, like...'' Christy had clearly mastered the rhetoric arts. ''Has anybody shown you around yet?'' Alice shook her head. ''I've only been here for 20 minutes or something. I'm glad I found my room, at least!'' Christy looked proud upon hearing that comment. ''You wanna go for a walk or something? I can show you around!'' Alice liked that idea. ''Sure!'' Alice said, her telltale smile shining brightly.
They were on their way out when Alice heard a snarky voice. ''Oh, wow., it's the NEW girl...'' Alice looked to her left and saw a gang of fluffed up cheerleaders, who were staring at her, each with an amused expression, save for one, who was standing behind the other two. The latter were both tall, with long legs and matured bosoms, much like Christy. One had dark brown hair, whereas the other had a lighter shade of brown. Both were wearing quite a bit of makeup, although the one on the right was wearing a remarkable amount. It was the girl with the auburn hair and the heavy makeup who had made that sneering remark about Alice, and she looked ready to say more. Christy didn't seem eager to stick around, but Alice stood her ground and looked at the cheerleader. ''... Oh wow, it's... What are you, exactly?'' Alice said, with a semi-confident expression and glaring eyes. The cheerleader wasn't amused by Alice's spunk, and glared right back. ''I'm everything you'll never be. Just remember that when you walk around with your cleavage showing, whore!' She turned around quite abruptly and walked away. The other brunette followed her, but the third cheerleader stayed behind and looked at Alice and Christy. The latter looked apologetic and a little unnerved. ''Oh, wow... So, that's Mandy. She's a bitch.'' Alice shook her head and laughed. ''You don't say!'' She looked confident, but she was rather upset. Why was this Mandy girl so mean to her? And moreover, were her breasts really showing? She looked down, but without much result. Her blouse was buttoned up appropriately by mainstream standards. Christy cought Alice in her moment of insecurity, and tried brushing it aside. ''You look totally fine, she's just bitchy today. Her boyfriend, like, cheated or whatever.'' Alice was going to ask out loud what her problem was, but Christy just answered that. Whatever, she thought. A wolf does not lose sleep over the opinion of barbies.
Meanwhile, the cheerleader who had just been standing there didn't say a thing. All she'd been doing so far was fiddle with her black hair or glasses, whilst staring at various things. Christy turned to her when she was done consoling Alice. ''So, this is Alice! She's new here!'' The girl hesitantly waved with a faint smile on her face. ''Ummm, hey... My name's Angie.'' Alice tried to smile some more confidence into Angie's system. ''I'm Alice. Are you okay?'' Angie nodded. Christy jumped in, and said: ''She's just shy, don't worry. Angie's my bestie here, ha ha!'' It was kind of funny to see Christy drag Angie along like that, in an attempt to compensate for Angie's apparent introversion. It reminded her a lot of herself and her brother. She's always be the one introducing him to people and taking him outside. He wasn't nearly as shy as Angie, though, it was mostly just a lack of initiative on his part. The three of them walked towards Angie's room, and waited outside while she changed out of her cheerleading outfit. While they waited, the ever so bubbly Christy decided to revisit the topic of Mandy again. ''Poor Angie, she was stuck with Mandy all day. I thought she'd skip practice today, cause that's what we usually do when Mandy's all bitchy like that.''
Alice smiled faintly. ''You're a cheerleader too, eh? Well, it kind of suits you... Not that you're a bitch or anything!'' She added the latter with haste, in a desperate attempt to make sure that Christy didn't take it the wrong way. She didn't, perhaps because she wasn't quite sharp enough to make something negative out of it, or because she was sharp enough not to, and replied with a giggle. ''Awww, thanks! People always said that to me, so I just went for it. And it's fun!... When Mandy's not ruining it. Or Pinky.'' Pinky must have been that other girl. She looked really aloof and bitchy, and she probably was, by the sound of it. Note to self, Alice thought, do not join the cheerleader team. In the meantime, Angie had exited her room, ready to join them on the Bullworth Tour. ''Okay, so...'' Christy was straight to the point as always. ''... You know all about the girl's dorm now. Let's go outside!'' The three of them went outside. There were a lot of people around for some reason. Alice looked at the small crowd. ''What's going on?'' Christy sighed. ''Boys must be fighting again. They do that, like, all the time...'' That wasn't a good sign. When they went over to take a look, all they saw was an angry, bruised boy who was hitting a scrawnier boy. The victim looked a bit younger, and unlike the assailant, wore a pink shirt. Alice also saw a blue sweater, which was lying on the ground, all torn up. The attacker was a short (though taller than his victim), red-haired boy, who was only wearing a dirty white shirt. ''ARE YOU CALLING ME A WIMP, KID?! HUH?!'' The scruffy boy looked very upset. The smaller one whimpered: ''N-No! I'm just saying that you shouldn't pick on people 'cause they're new!'' Upon hearing that, the pink-shirted boy got shoved and fell on the ground. The red-haired boy lunged at him to hit him, but Alice appeared on the scene to stop him. ''What're you doing!?'' She exclaimed, whilst holding on to the bully's wrist with a grip that was strong enough to prevent him from hitting the smaller kid. ''NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, BITCH!'' The redhead barked. Alice turned her face away instinctively as tiny drops of saliva flew towards her and made contact with her eyes. Christy, who had been watching in mild shock, now decided to butt in as well.
''Come on, Wade, don't be like that!'' Wade looked at Christy before shoving Alice away, breaking her grasp. The violence made Christy gasp, as well as Alice, who stumbled a back a few steps. Disapproving noises rose from the crowd, mostly made by the students in teal sweaters. ''Don't hit girls, man...'' Christy stepped forward. ''Yeah, Wade! Alice is just a girl! And Petey's...'' ''SHUT UP!'' Wade was yelling at Christy, having lost his patience completely. First, the new kid beat his ass. And now he was getting defied by a few girls? His friends weren't looking happy about it, either. This wasn't going to get him points with the leader. Why would his friends respect him if he couldn't even handle his own sister? He came closer to Christy, breathing rather heavily. ''You better don't mess with me, sis. You're gonna regret it!'' While Wade approached Christy with clenched fists, Alice decided that now wasn't the time to just stand by and watch. ''Hey, hey, hey! Wade, was it?'' Wade turned around. ''What's it to you?! Huh?!'' Alice gulped. Now the bully was coming for HER! Christy opened her mouth to lure him back, but a new vigilante eleminated the need. ''That's close enough, Wade. In fact, I find that a little too close.'' Wade looked to his left, and there he stood. The new kid, ready for another fight. Shay stepped forward, towards the scruffy bully. Unfortunately for Shay's nerves, Wade didn't move an inch. He wasn't going to lose another fight, if it came to that. And it would come to that. He'd make sure it would. ''Ohhh, what?'' Wade said, imitating Shay's sarcastic tone. ''You getting all worked up if I touch your girlfriend?!'' ''She's my sister!'' Shay hissed. ''And yes, I do have a problem with that!'' Shay came a few steps closer, and continued. ''So, Wade... Don't you have some other people to touch? A few 'friends', maybe?'' Wade's hands clenched even harder. ''SHUT YOUR MOUTH, NEW KID! I DO WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT!'
Wade barked at Shay, more than ready to bite. But rather than do that, he instead walked towards Alice, and shoved her again. A perfect demonstration of the fact that he really could do whatever he wanted. However, while that was the case, that didn't mean Shay was ever going to agree. He grabbed Wade by the throat, and looked him in the eye. ''You little gi-'' A kick on his right shin ended his sentence prematurely. Shay shoved Wade back, and kicked him in the abdomen, which created even more distance. Wade's core didn't cope well, as it had already endured its share of impact. He was hunched over, which gave Shay the opportunity to land a punch. His right hand hit Wade square on the temple, just like last time. Wade fell on the ground, and winced in pain as yet another bruised spot had been hit. Shay's knuckles hurt, too, but that wasn't nearly enough to floor him, unlike the pain Wade was in. It looked like Shay had won the fight, and considering the fact, that was the case. However, his victory was short lived. A deep voice came from the entrance of the boy's dorm, and it turned as many heads as it caused people to flee. ''NEW KID! NOT HURT RUSSELL'S FRIEND! MAKE RUSSELL MAAAAD!'' A huge piledriver of a man was standing there. His hair was a mess, his huge body hardly fit into his clothes, and his fists were curled up. This titan was mad, very mad. And he was mad at Shay. He stormed towards Shay headfirst, with such force and speed that he caught Shay in his charge like a fly on a car window. When he stopped, Shay fell off and coughed.
That took quite a bit of air out of his lungs! The giant approached him, ready to pin him down. If that happened, it'd be the end of Shay's life. The latter quickly got up, and looked at his assailant in disbelief. Was this a human being? And if so, was this human being a student?! He was wearing the uniform, but... There was no time to question the matter, as the giant came running once again. Was this going to be the end of him? He was ready to see a white light, but instead, what he saw was a flash of blue. Navy blue. ''RUSSELL NORTHROP!'' A prefect stood inbetween them, his finger pointed at the giant. ''Back into the dorm, NOW! You're getting detention!'' Russell Northrop groaned, turned around, and walked right back into the dorm. Shay had always despised authority, but right now, he was grateful. That prefect saved his life! He got back up and rubbed the back of his head. That was quite a nasty drop. Meanwhile, Alice rushed towards Shay. ''Shay! Are you alright?!'' In such a dire situation, rhymes weren't appropriate. Shay nodded. ''I've been hit by a big fleshy train, but otherwise, I'm alright.'' Alice looked at Shay's hands. ''Your knuckles are all torn up...'' She grabbed his hand and inspected the bits of missing skin. It really wasn't anything serious at all, but Alice was very worried about her brother. She'd never seen him take charge of a situation like that. She'd always been the one protecting him, and now... ''If you want to read the future in my finger bones, you might have to wait another century or so.'' Shay was looking at her with that smirk that he always had when he was watching something silly. She quickly let go of his hand. ''I'm sorry, I just spaced out. I'm just glad you're okay, little brother.'' Shay nodded. ''I was in a pinch, wasn't I?'' ''You're STILL in a pinch, mr. Bonham!'' A stern, old voice ruined their moment. Doctor Crabblesnitch was standing right behind them, and he wasn't pleased at all. ''Two fights in one day?! Your first day, no less! Are you really that relentless a scoundrel?! I want you in my office, NOW!'' Shay sighed as he followed the headmaster, who had turned around sharply and walked away. Bullworth Academy. A prestigious and renowned school? This place was a pit of violence and mischief!