Chapter 3

The Minority's

Rayne looked down at her watch; 7:15 had come and passed nearly ten minuets ago. She would have gone inside, but one problem, she didn't know the girls apartment number. The redhead suddenly looked up as a really loud bang came from the door, and a very distraught and pissed off Alex rushed her way over, trying to pull on her hoody, while simultaneously clutching onto her book bag. Deciding to help, Rayne leaned over, and pulled the door handle on the passenger side, opening the door for the clearly upset teen, which got in slamming the door.

"Let's get the fuck out of here."

Without a second's hesitation, Rayne shifted the car into gear and drove away from the flat. Rayne looked over at Alex, who had managed to get her black hoody on. She had caught Alex hurriedly brushing away tears that were streaming down her face. Concerned, she pulled into the nearest parking lot, and killed the engine.

"Hey, it's okay. You don't have to wipe your tears in front of me! That's what I'm here for. I'm here for you, and I hope you know that." Rayne put one arm around the girl next to her, trying to get a glimpse of her face but she covers it with her hair, wiping her nose with her jacket sleeve.

She nodded weakly before muttering, "I know."

"Come here." Rayne pulled her into a comforting embrace. She was slightly concerned this it might have been getting a little to close for there new friendship. But she didn't throw her away, or tense up; instead she snuggled into the embrace and held the other teen close, like no one had ever been so gentle with her. The redhead began running her fingers through the dark, raven locks, murmuring words of comfort.

"I-I'm getting snot on your jacket." She said beginning to hiccup.

Rayne chuckled. "It's only a jacket. You need to stop sweetie; you're going to make yourself sick." Reluctantly, the other girl drew away, Rayne reaching out to clumsily wipe away the fallen tears, while she sniffled. "Is it too personal to ask what's go you so worked up?"

Alex shook her head, beginning to fiddle with her sleeve. "I know first hand what Domestic abuse is like. My mom and I are… sometimes abused by my mom's drunken boyfriend Chad, which…is why I really don't like Rick."

"Oh, Lexi…"

Alex shook her head. "I don't care if he hits me; it's only when he goes for my mom that I care. It's what made me toughen up a lot. I have this daily routine where I'll do pushups, crunches, anything to condition my body. It keeps me strong, to help defend my mother. It's one of the reasons why I can take care of myself against anybody, chick or dude." She sniffed again. "Chad was drunk when he walked in this morning. I was in the middle of my routine, when I heard them arguing again. He wanted to get frisky, but my mom wasn't in the mood." The teen shuddered at the thought, but continued. "I walked into the living room just in time to see his hand make contact with her face. Instantly I tackled him to the ground. Got two punches in before I was thrown into the wall. He stood up, only to fall down again, passed out cold. She yelled at me for the thousandth time telling me to give him a chance."

"What did you say?" Rayne asked.

"What else? I told her that the fucking lazy ass bastard has had one too many chances in his life and the next thing I honestly remember, is me in your arms saying something about snot." The two girls laughed at the last comment, the mood lightening a little more. "I'm sorry I kept you waiting."

For the second time in two days, she had to stop herself from kissing Alex, as a way of physically showing that everything would be alright. "Don't worry about it. Are you hungry?"

Alex nodded a little, and for the first time noticed that both of them had pulled into McDonalds parking lot. Both teens ordered an egg McMuffin, scarffing it down as Rayne speed towards school only to just barely make it in time for the first bell.

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Rayne walked down the stairs, meeting Alex at the bottom when the lunch bell rang. The redhead was about ready to greet her when a guy who was a little taller than Alex came up, and wrapped his arms around her shoulders from behind, kissing her cheek. A serge of jealousy shot through her body at the sight, and she tried her hardest to swallow it down. "Well, it's nice to see that you don't have detention at lunch again today. Sorry again I couldn't give you a ride yesterday."

Alex laughed then gestured to the redhead with a nod. "Well, Jay you don't have to worry; Rayne here gave me a ride."

'Ah, so this is Jay! He doesn't look all that bad.' Jay looked up, his bright blue eyes twinkling. He was wearing a one-size-fits all grey cap backwards, with a pair of chrome colored rimed sunglasses resting on top. Around his neck was a thin chain, and underneath his baggy, black windbreaker, was a grey shirt that was just as baggy, with dark denim jeans that hung loosely off of his wait, exposing his boxers in the modern day style.

"Are you sure that's not Ellie's short haired evil twin?" he asked giving her the once over. Alex nudged him playfully. "What!?"

Alex chuckled. "Rayne, this is Jay, Jay Rayne."

"So this is the infamous Rayne. I hear you're into racing."

"Who told you?"

Jay laughed. "Alex and her cousin told me a lot about you."

"Jay, Alex, what's up you two?" Another guy asked walking up. He was dressed in a white black t-shirt, with a grey unzipped hoody, and a redheaded girl who looked a lot like Rayne. Her hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail, and she was wearing black cargo pants hung loosely around her waist covering her combat boots, with a picture of Gir from Invader Zim on the side of her hoody.

"Nothing much man." He greeted his friend with there 'pound it' hand shake. "This is Lexi's friend," he paused; clearly he had forgotten her name, so she took charge.

"Rayne, and you are?"

"Oh, uh I'm Sean and this is Ellie."

"So you're my evil twin!" Jay, Alex and I all burst out into laughs while the other two looked at the two of us as we had lost our flipping minds.

Chuckling, Jay regained his composure. "So, where's your car? I wanna know if it's as nice as Alex claims."

Rayne lead the two hand in hand, couples over to her pride and joy, where both boys' jaws hit the floor and bounced back into their mouths. She opened the door, letting the two awed teens take a look inside.

Her seats where also an Acid Green, with black accents. "You've got the Sparco seats, a Bose sound system, and you've managed to keep the back seat."

"Jay, she's got Streetglow ground effects!" Sean called from the ground.

"Nos, Alpine, Alpex, girly you've got more name brands put into this car than I do in mine." All three girls laughed as the two looked like children at Christmas. "Are you sure nobody helped you with this?"

Rayne laughed. "My friend Josh helped out a bit, but I was the one who found the Nos tanks, the ground effects, did all the maintenance, he only helped out with the cost and in exchange, I split the winnings with him."

Suddenly the bell rang, and the five teens began to disperse. "Am I getting a ride from you after school?" Alex asked as they began walking back towards the front doors.

"Sorry baby, I've got to head over to the garage right after school."

Rayne saw the opportunity to spend another afternoon with her raven haired beauty, and seized it. "Hey, you could come over to my house; my parents do kind of want to meet you."

"Oh, that reminds me, there's a race tonight do you wanna head over there? Maybe earn some cash?" Jay asked, opening the door for the two of them.

"Hell yeah!"

"Sweet, Alex knows where it's at, so you two can just meet me over there." Alex gave Jay a quick kiss before he disappeared into the Auto Shop room, and the two girls charged off to the fourth hour Drama Class the two shared.

So, I'm not too sure if Alex would really have cried or not, but I know I would have if I was under that much stress.

I didn't know what to make Ellie wear, and she kind of strikes me as the kind of girl who would be into Invader Zim, so I went with it, but I'm not too sure if I spelled Gir right…if you know how to spell it, tell me! Oh, and some fashion descriptions for the characters would be much appreciated!

Also, I'm not too car savvy, so I'm not exactly sure if Jay and Sean would have freaked out as bad as I made them, but if you've got any suggestions that would make the freak-out more believable, please don't keep that to yourself! Anyway, Review and let me know what you think!