Meeting the Virals Chapter 3: Boat Kids
Tory's Pov:
So we walked in and I was terrified, I went to the office and the secretary gave me a class schedule it said I have advanced math first, then I met with the head master and he said the speech and then walked me to my first class and said "Sorry to bother you Mr. Acre but here is you new student Victoria Brennan." I shook his hand and he said my seat is in the back and I realized it was in between Hi and Shelton. I felt all eyes on me so I tried not to trip while I sat down. "Hey Tory we knew you were smart but I didn't know you were this smart too." Said Shelton. "Yes! We are all the same on our island." Said Hi. Then we went through the lesson.
When the bell rang we went out of the class together but I went to my locker and all three boys were walking ahead when I hear people chanting "Boat kids, boat kids, boat kids." Over and over again. Now I got mad so I yelled "Why are you calling them boat kids?!" Then one kid yelled back "Because they are, new girl!" Then I smiled and said "Technically you guys are boat kids to us" then the kid yelled back "Why is that?" My smile got bigger when I said it "Because, on Morris island, everyone else in this school is a boat kid!" and with that it went silent, and I went up to them and we all linked arms and started chanting "Boat kids, boat kids, boat kids." Then we started laughing while we went through the hallway to go to our next classes.
At the end of the day I was waiting for the boys on the stone steps while reading a book. Then I saw shadows from above me and saw three girls in front of me the one in the front had brown hair, was skinny and had perfect teeth, the one to her left have long black hair and was tall, tan, and looked meaner and deadlier then the others, then the one to her right had on a cheerleading uniform, blond hair and looked dumber than the other two. I hated them all ready. Then the one in front spoke with a plastered on smile "Hi Victoria, I'm Madison, and this is Ashley on my left, and this is Courtney on my right." "Hi, you can call me Tory." I said in my strongest voice. "So Tory, listen up, this is our school, so back off and just keep being a boat kid. Ok?" I felt like I was about to explode and punch her in her perfect makeup face. So I said "Listen Madison, I am not listening to a selfish, inconsiderate, mean, rich, spoiled, brat, like you and your entourage. Ok?" Then she had anger in her eyes and said "You… can't… talk… to…me…like…that!"
She then lunged at me but I dodged her, she got up quick and lunged again but I dodged again, when she got up this time her hair was all messed up and so was her makeup, then she screamed in rage and all of the tripod was behind her this time and I knew I wouldn't last if all of them attacked so I backed away, but a crowd of kids surrounded us yelling "Fight, fight, fight, fight!" Then I felt the rage of all that has happened to me, my mom dying because of a drunk driver, moving all the way to South Carolina to a father I have never met, being called a boat kid, and then I let it all out by straightening my posture and getting ready to fight them. Then I lunged straight at Madison and punched her to the ground and she was paralyzed, then Ashley came at me but I kicked her and she was on the ground next to Madison in seconds paralyzed, then Courtney kicking me and it knocked me to the ground but I was back up in a second and I kicked her to the ground. All my adrenaline from my anger coming out then, when they were all on the ground in stood taller and saw three shadows behind me and when I looked with tears in my eyes I saw the Hi, Shelton, and Ben shocked and the rest of the crowd too. So slowly I picked up my bag and book and pushed my way through the crowd and ran down the street crying.
I stopped at an alley and sat down and cried harder until I saw the three shadows in front of me and heard Shelton gently say "Tory, are you ok?" "Of course I'm not! I got into a fight on my first day and I freaked out and probably scared away my new friends or probably ex-friends." "You didn't scare us away." replied Hiram. Then I looked up "You actually made us respect you more Tory." Said Ben in a proud voice. "That was awesome! You made people see that they shouldn't be afraid to stand up to those brats. Now let's go to the shuttle Boat kids." Said Hi. Then they pulled me to my feet and we walked to the shuttle. Talking about how awesome the fight was. Then I said "I'm glad I have you guys for my friends!" and I swear they all teared up.