"The fuck is your problem, asshat?", she growled, baring her teeth slightly.
The teenager deepened his scowl and puffed his chest haughtily.
"For your information, my name is Julian Harrington. You might of heard of my father, Travis Harrington, the owner of Harrington Energy. And to answer your question, however unimportant it may be, my problem is him."
"Why? The hell did he do, brat?", she glared down at him, eyes filled with distaste.
The boy wrinkled his nose in disgust.
"Because he's a queer! It's disgusting, love and marriage should stay between a man and a woman, not the same sex! My father says that back in his day, it was illegal!"
Paige cocked an eyebrow, frowning at the teenager in disappointment.
"So you listen to everything your father says, do you? Can you even think for yourself, or does daddy do that too?", she grumbled, loud enough for them all to hear.
Julian reddened in anger and embarrassment.
"Why you...! When I tell my father, he'll-"
He was cut off by Ali, who snorted loudly and waved him off dismissively.
"Yeah, yeah. Run to daddy, Chīsai gaki."
Kirby furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, Paige biting her lip to hold back her laughter.
"I- What the fuck did you say about me, pauper?", he hissed, pulling himself up as tall as his 5'5 frame would allow. Ali smirked as she looked down at him, as she herself stood three inches taller.
"Awww, I'm sure Dada wouldn't want his precious widdle Julie cursing, would he?", she cooed mockingly at the furious teen.
"UGH! Whatever! I'll hopefully never have to put up with you bloody tossers again!", he shouted, storming back into his room across the hall and slamming the door behind him.
"And that is how you do it!", came the victorious cry from Ali, while Kirby looked lost.
"Cheese-sigh car key...? What? Tosser...?", he slowly tried to repeat, frowning as he knowingly butchered the pronunciation.
Paige shook her head with a small smile.
"Don't worry dude, Ali has a habit of cussing people out in Japanese. Blame it on anime. And 'tosser' is a variation of wanker.", she ignored Ali's indignant cry, grinning at Kirby's sheepish "Oh".
Ali pulled off her hat and rubbed her forehead, fighting off the headache the kid had given her.
"Man, who was that little shit anyways?", she mumbled, circling her fingers around her temples.
"That", Kirby sighed, scratching the back of his neck, "was Julian. Don't get me wrong, you've already seen how much of a dick he is, but wait until you meet his dad. He's like a cross between Fred Phelps and Jabba the Hutt."
This caused the girls to snicker, the three of them conjuring a mental image of his description.
"Well, what have we missed girls? Looks like you've made a friend", came the voice of Jane as she and Poe emerged from the elevator, toting several shopping bags filled with food and clothes.
It was Paige that answered as Ali pounced at the Baby Ruth that Jane held up for her.
"Hey. This is our new pal Kirby, and trust us, you don't wanna know."