September 9th
Jinx left for school early the next morning. Not because she wanted to but because she felt like she had to. Ekko, her wonderful neighbor, was not on the top of her favorite encounters list. In fact he was at the very bottom and she wasn't taking any chances. She could tell her grandmother had high hopes for the two to get along. If only she knew about the devil in sheep's skin that lurked next door. It made her sick to think about dinner the night prior. He was so kind and sweet to her little grandmother. Yet so sadistic to her.
The sun was barley kissing the horizon as the school came into view. A handful of students waited outside in the crisp autumn air. She hurriedly went inside and began to dart for her homeroom, her shoes echoing off the walls.
"Hey," someone called out to her as she walked the empty hall. She turned and recognized the boy from the fight.
"You can't be in here," he continued as he walked up to her. She involuntarily rolled her eyes. The boy looked no older then seventeen, maybe eighteen. Which meant no older then herself. Teachers pets just rubbed her the wrong way. But in an effort to stay out of trouble she went along with it.
"Look," Jinx said in a flat tone, "I'm trying to avoid Ekko, so just let me inside and we can forget I was here."
"Ekko?" the boy quirked a brow, "and why are you avoiding him?"
Jinx let out a frustrated sigh, "because he's annoying ok."
The boy chuckled then broke out into a fit of laughter in front of her.
"Man, you got that right, " he said between chuckles, "I've heard arrogant, jackass, even irresistible," he started listing words he had heard Ekko been called then stopped and stared at her, "but never annoying," he finished with a sparkle in his eye. He held out a hand to her.
"Im Ezreal," he smiled.
She looked at it cautiously for a few moments before deciding to take it, "Jinx," she replied in a stern tone.
"Jinx," he let the name roll off his tongue with ease, taking in her features before continuing, "well good luck, maybe Ekko has finally met his match."
"what's that supposed to mean," Jinx almost growled at the thought. She didn't want a match with anyone. She just wanted to complete her senior year in silence.
"Ekko and I go way back, you'll see," Ezreal answered as he placed his hands behind his head and walked down the hall. Seemingly 'forgetting' about Jinx. What she didn't know as she turned to her classroom was that Ezreal had already caught Ekko earlier that morning. Outside that exact room. He found it odd Ekko didn't argue him when tried to shoo them away. So after taking in her wild blue hair and defiant stance he let her go. Egar to see the results.
"Jinx," Ezreal shook his head as he walked to the office, " I give it three months."
Jinx decided to drop the encounter outside and leave it buried as she trotted into her homeroom. She shuffled herself to the back of the class, ready to take a much needed nap until school started. her desk however was missing. A blank space sat innocently where hers used to stand second from the back.
She rubbed her eyes a few times to wake herself. Nope. Still missing.
A growl escaped her as she turned around the classroom. she found the missing object high above her head on top of a cabinet. It lay upside down, legs pointed to the ceiling. Her angered died down as she inspected it by climbing on top of a waist high table next to it. She stood on her toes to try and look on it, but it came above her forehead and jumping in her already unstable position was out of the question. She chanced it and slid the desk off the shelf. Her hands slipped and it went crashing to the floor. A bag of zip ties spewing itself across the tiles.
She blinked once, twice, three times at it. Who puts a desk on top of a cabinet with zips ties just sitting on it? She looked back to the desk previous position and noticed a water pipe sticking from the ceiling. The anger soon returned as she dragged her desk back over to her spot. She knew exactly who had done it, but it looked like he only got half his plan done. At least she caught it, getting it down from the ceiling would be a huge pain. Even more so when its zipped tied to a walker pipe.
She tapped her foot impatiently as she sceemed. With her detention yesterday she hadn't even tried to pay attention in class let alone look at her classmates. Was he in the same class? Same grade even?
She walked over to the teachers desk and opened the top drawer. Surely the teacher had written down the seating arrangement the students had taken. She did remember he was awful at names.
Pens were scattered around the first one she opened so she went for the right one next. Inside lay some folders, all hung haphazardly on the built in rack. On top though she found a piece of paper with hastily drawn squares and names. Just what she needed.
She didn't bother looking at the front she knew a boy like him wouldn't bother sitting there. Instead her eyes glanced to the back row. There is name was in all it glory, underlined twice indicating importance. He had stationed himself by the door, very last row, good for quick escapes.
She placed the paper back and went to work. Scooping the ties off the floor in the back and walking over to his desk. She pushed his chair in as far as it could go before she started to tie the desk to it. Creating one large chair desk mass that couldn't be separated without snips. After half the bag she stood back to admire her work then went to fetch a paper and pencil from her bag. She wrote a large 'you dropped these' and put the note on his desk with the ties holding it down.
Completely satisfied she went back to her own desk and sat down. Using her bag as a pillow she drifted off into sleep.
"Ryan," Ekko whispered as they stood around the corner of the office. His lackey nodded as he watched ezreal go through the door as he feined getting a drink from the fountain. The pair quickly moved back to homeroom. Followed by what looked like a sophomore boy.
"We have to hurry she's gonna be here soon," Ekko said quietly as they neared the class.
"You are being really mean for her second day," Ryan chuckled at his friend.
"She punched me," he growled back.
They reached the room and Ryan went inside first. He was supposed to make sure the coast was clear but instead stopped in his tracks.
"What's the hold up," Ekko hissed form behind him. Ryan only shook his head, trying to contain his laughter once he saw the note to his right. Ekko pushed past him and into the room. One eye twitched as he saw the sleeping Jinx buried into her book bag across the room. He then looked to his desk and snatched the note from it. His face flushed as he took in the words soundlessly then crumpled it into a small ball. He went to grab for his chair and sit down only to drag his whole desk with him. Ryan couldn't hold it anymore and broke out in laughter. The sleeping girl only moaned before bringing her bag closer.
"Shut up," Ekko snarled at him. He looked at the second year that had been trailing after him. Steven? Stewart? Sean? He couldn't remember his name.
"You," he decided on, it was good enough, " get lost," he finished. The no name swallowed before taking off down the hall. Ekko looked over to the sleeping girl again.
"Ryan go get me the teachers seating chart," he demanded. The boy went over and fetched the paper expertly and handed it to Ekko.
He took his bag off his shoulder and took out an eraser. He rubbed out his name before rewriting it over by the window behind the blue haired devil.
"you sure that's a good idea," Ryan said with a shake of his head. Ekko shoved the paper back at him and gathered his book bag.
"Shut up," he growled as he walked over to his new seat. He sat down with a loud thud as the warning bell rang. It tossed Jinx awake. The girl rubber her eyes with a quiet yawn. Oblivious to the events behind her.
After letting the girl wake up for a few moments Ekko kicked her seat. She turned around with a puzzled look to see a seething Ekko glaring at her. She returned it before turning around with a huff.
Ryan left the room, shaking his head at the antics displayed in front of him. This Jinx girl was really getting to Ekko.
"What happened?" Ezreal called out to him from down the hall. Ryan didn't dislike the blonde, actually he enjoyed his company. Ekko was the one that hated him.
"Take a look for yourself," Ryan said, pointing to the open door. Ezreal peaked inside, a similar smile painting his lips.
"I give it three months," Ryan commented as Ezreal left the view of the door.
"Maybe she can bring him down," Ezreal sighed.
"After what he went through I don't know if he can," Ryan replied, "but I've never seen a someone, let alone a girl, fight back against Ekko, at least not like she is, I mean half the school swoons over him the other avoids him like the plague," Ryan finished. Ekko had a history of messing with whoever crossed him. Male and female alike.
"Ekko never did like to lose," Ezreal responded.
"I guess you would know more about that then I would."
Ezreal turned to the boy, "keep me updated," he said before trotting off to class.
September 14th
The weekend went by without incident, in fact well into the next week went buy without incident. Jinx managed to get to school early every day and somehow disappear for lunch without anyone noticing. She hated to think of what Ekko could do with a free hour to torture her. So instead of sitting down at one of the overly crowded tables she found that the door to the roof could easily be unlocked with her school id. She simply placed it in between the door and the frame to release the lock then taped it down after to keep it that way.
First period however was another story. With Ekko sitting directly behind her it was hard to keep him at bay. It felt like sitting in front of a pouting two year old with his seemingly never ending supply of rubber bands and paper to slingshot at her. She stayed strong however, staring out the window consistently, only enraging him further. The Wednesday went buy quicker than most. Soon it was time for lunch. The bell rang but Jinx still stared out the window.
"Hello," a voice pulled Jinx from her thoughts. She looked up to see a short redhead girl staring down at her kindly. Her bangs nearly covered her eyes as she held her hands in a ball in front of her, making her already large breasts even more emphasized. At first glance she seemed to be one of those cutesy girls. Always shy and blushing at the smallest things.
"Hi?" Jinx replied when the girl didn't finish her sentence.
"I was wondering if you would like to sit with me at lunch today," she murmured. Jinx quirked a brow at the offer, "I mean, i-it's not like that," she stammered, "it's just I know you are new and I haven't seen you at any of the lunches," she finished.
"Fine," Jinx stood, " let's go," she answer. The girl let out a bright smile at her acceptance before turning to walk out of the room. As long as she was with someone Ekko couldn't do anything. Could he?
"My names Molly by the way," the girl chirped as they walked down the hall. She seemed to open up after the first interaction.
"im Jinx," she responded. Jinx had never been great at making friends. In fact her last school everyone was afraid of her. Something about beating up the resident school gang single handedly with traps made people cower in fear, apparently. So maybe friends wouldn't be so bad.
They reached the lunch room and got in the line formed by the door. For the first time Jinx got a look at the student body and realized just what kind of school this was. The air was thick with chatter about matters much higher than the concerns of high schoolers. Almost every student was holding the newest version of a smartphone. The girls all seemed to be pristine, hair and makeup done expertly. While the boys all look at if they were going to be the next CEO of some obscure company. She had forgotten her parents had to buy her way in here. With her father being high up in the military it was no huge dent in finances. In fact he almost seemed elated he no longer had to deal with her.
The line inched forward slowly. Jinx taking in the room table by table. The students all blending into one big rich kid mass. She got to the last one and noticed someone different. A familiar face was shoeing away an underclassman with an angry expression as he leaned into his hand. His white hair glistening in the skylights as he chewed. He stuck out. Just like her.
Jinx swallowed and turned her attention to her new acquaintance as they neared the food. Her eyes landed on the items for sale with a shocked expression. Each meal was plated on porcelain with real silverware. The contents looked not only edible but delicious. Jinx mentally slapped herself for not going to lunch the past week. She assumed it was like any other high schools. Even if this one did come with the tuition.
She decided on a classic mac and cheese casserole with a side of peas and pudding before walking off to the open café. She scanned the area, only finding one table to be empty. For a rich school they sure had a small café.
"We can always go eat in the classroom," Molly chirped from behind her. Voice sweet and comforting. Jinx sighed at what a nice girl she was. Surely she had been trampled by the students here. Maybe that's why she came to Jinx. As a last resort.
"No," Jinx scoffed before moving forward, "come."
Jinx couldn't help but let a mischievous smirk rise to her lips as she took a seat at the nearly empty table. Even taking the gal to sit mid way down. Only four seats from her target. Molly followed after her silently. Her face beaming bright red as she sat across from Jinx. So nervous that she stared down at her food instead of eating it. Hands resting in tightly balled fists on her lap.
"And what do you think you're doing?" An angry voice came from Jinx's right.
"Eating," Jinx took her eyes from her plate and to his, "you?" She asked. Ekkos face grew grim after the question, making Jinx's insides jump for joy. Any day she could make bad for Ekko was a good one. Satisfied with the reaction she turned back to her plate of delicious cheese and pasta. She heard a chuckle from Ryan as Ekko got up. Purposely scraping his chair slowly across the stone floor. In one quick motion the boy sat next to Jinx and commandeered her fork to his mouth as she raised it another bite. It was all so perfectly executed the Jinx just stared at him in shock as he swallowed her precious food and responded to her earlier question.
"eating," he said with a smirk as Jinx grew red with anger. Without hesitation she grabbed a fistful of her peas and smashed it into his perfect hair. Molly let out a girlish scream as the room went silent. After a few agonizing seconds Ekkos lips curved into a smile as he started into a dark chuckle. Her grabbed her pudding and scrapped a majority of it from the bowl. Then smashed it from her ear up to the top of her head.
A whistle blew form the front of the room before Jinx could retaliate. A teacher came stomping up to the pair point to the exit doors.
"Sorry Molly," Jinx grabbed her tray from the table, "maybe tomorrow," she said as she turned on her heal and walked out the door. Ekko followed behind her, the same excited smile painting his lips. Once outside the teachers let into them. Screaming about starting a food fight before handing them each yellow slip.
"And Ekko I will check if you go," the man growled at him before walking back to the café.
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