What are you really supposed to say to a girl crying under a table? 'Hey, sorry you got rejected?" As if. He didn't want her to know that he'd been straight up spying on her. He wasn't even in the room, so it'd be really weird for her to know.

Guess I'll just play it cool, like I haven't been reading her thoughts. thought Judas to himself. He opened the door to the abandoned room. "Hey, anybody in here?" he asked, even though he knew the answer.

HM's quiet sobbing stopped. She held her breath and turned invisible.

"C'mon, you can't stay hiding forever," he called out. Judas set down his skateboard that he'd been holding on one of the tables. The skateboard rolled off the table and fell onto the floor, breaking in half.

"Damn, there goes another one," he muttered to himself, not really doing anything about it. After about 5 minutes of looking for the invisible girl, he gave up.

He sat on top of a table, pulled out his phone, and started playing a game.

"What'cha playing?" asked a female voice. Judas looked up. There was Hindi Makita, sitting right next to him.

"Whoa!" he looked scared out of his wits. "Don't do that!"

"Oh. Sorry," she said. "So, what are you playing?"

"Angry Birds," he said. She just stared at him blankly. "It's a normie game."

"Oh," she said. They stayed quiet for a few seconds. Then HM asked, "So, what brings you to the old science room?"

"I could ask the same of you." Judas said, not wanting to answer her question. He didn't want her to know that he could read minds. Last time he told somebody, it caused a riot, getting him kicked out of school. HM sighed. "Fine, I'll spill."


"Sup my bitches?" Bee asked, walking in the room. The four Princesses were at Jackie's house that afternoon.

"I don't know about those two, but I am most certainly not a bitch." Cleo said, crossing her arms. She was sitting on Jackie's bed, brushing her hair.

"That's not what Deuce told me," Bee remarked. Cleo fumed.

"Alright, alright, that's enough! No fighting in my house!" Jackie said, breaking the two girls up.

"Hmph. She's just mad cuz she's not a Queen." Bee muttered, plopping down on a beanbag chair. "So what's the dealio, Pumpkin Queen?"

"Yeah, why'd you want us to come here after school?" Arachnia asked.

"Nothing really, besides gossip. And speaking of gossip, did you see what went down between Joss and HM?" Jackie asked the girls.

"Yeah, I know!" Cleo said. "HM can be SUCH a loser, right? I'm so glad we kicked her out, along with Selene!"

"Ooh, speak of the devil, she's right outside!" Arachnia said, looking out the window.

"The hell? What's Selene doing here?" Bee asked.

"I-I dunno! I'll be right back..." Jackie said. Grabbing her green coat from off the door handle, she went downstairs to see what's up.


"Whoa. I knew Joss was kind of a jerk, but damn." Judas remarked, after hearing Hindi Makita's story.

"Yeah, well..." HM started, but never finished. They both sat in silence. Judas checked his black-and-white watch.

"Well, I gotta get going. I told my mom that I'd be home before 5, and it's already 4:30." he got up off the table. "See you on Monday, I guess."

He grabbed his now-broken skateboard and headed out the door.

"Yeah," HM said, quietly. "See you on Monday."