The-AO-Squad: School Wars book #1/chapter6
Chapter 6
The bell rang as soon as Kate, Humphrey, and Syrita all got back to class... Humphrey couldn't help but scowl at himself from within his mind. He hated the fact that they had scrammed to get out of the Cool Kids' way as they entered the hall for their own lockers... He also hated how, truthfully, Kate and Humphrey had been seen as, or placed, within the Quiet Kids ranking section...
He sighed, as he hauled his bookback onto his back, the straps clicking into place around his girth and flanks. (That's how i imagine wolves wearing backpacks)
Humphrey padded over towards Kate's desk, while she was trying to get her things in order now.
Humphrey then pondered as he waited for her...
Now... which class is next for us-...
And then it hit him.. like a rolling meteor that just fell from the skies... He and Kate were supposed to go their own way now!...
He glanced at the clock and then back at Kate, fear and worry pricking his fur. What were they bound to be in for now? Especially without each other?
"K-Kate..." Humphrey then began as Kate finally clicked her bookbag into place.
Kate's eyes were on Syrita as she watched her friend ready to set off, yet her head was turned towards Humphrey as she answered. "Yeah?"
Humphrey paused, not really knowing how he should put this... "...K-Kate... w-w-what class period do you have next?" Humphrey couldn't help but plan it out for Kate to discover the feeling for herself.
Kate shrugged, her eyes still n Syrita. "History why?..." But then, her eyes finally snapped onto Humphrey, horror flashing within them. "O-Oh!... Oh no!... This is where we say good bye for the day!" Kate whined, as the memory of their different class periods all began coming back to her.
Humphrey quickly disagreed with this though. "No, not necessarily... we'll meet back up when lunch comes around" Humphrey remarked, quite lowly though.
Kate tipped her head to one side. "And... whens lunch?" She sarcastically asked, pushing the matter at how that was too long of a wait for her.
"...I think it's after our next period..." Humphrey then recalled correctly.
"..Oh" Kate's ears drooped.
Suddenly Syrita came trotting over to them, bewilderment showing from her expression and eyes. "Uh, guys, lets go... we have to get to History next" Syrita noted. But as she said this, Humphrey's paws began itching with horror and sadness.
"W-Wait..." He began slowly. "Y-You have History next as well?" He then asked, looking from Syrita, then to Kate again.
Kate also looked a bit shocked, and yet well pleased all at once. She'd at least have her best friend...
Syrita nodded. "Uh... Don't you have History next too?" She then asked, a bit doubtful sounding all at once though.
Humphrey gulped, shaking his head momentarily afterward.
Syrita slumped her shoulders. "Oh.." She breathed, finally understanding what the situation was at.
Kate was just about to open her mouth and give some comforting words for Humphrey but she then slammed them shut as a few Cool Kids entered the room, their tails and heads held high, ears pricked, and eyes firm.
Kate almost gagged on her words as they got caught up in her throat. Fortunately though, there was no sign of Lucy...
Kate couldn't help but give Syrita and Humphrey, both a look to shut up and quietly walk out of the room. Humphrey quickly caught on to what she was saying and instantly spotted the Cool Kids for himself as well.
"Come on... L-Let's go" Kate muttered through a fake-smile as she led the way to the door. As they passed the Cool Kids though, Humphrey couldn't help but feel their eyes quickly turn and strain on him. He felt quick hot shame overtake him for some odd reason, as if he had done something wrong... and yet he had done nothing to them to be mean or arrogant.
So why did he feel this way?
Once he, Syrita, and Kate were in the clear though, the shame lifted and he felt like he could breathe again.
Syrita though was giving the two a strong look with an expression unlike any other she usually gave them.
Humphrey raised an eyebrow at this. "W-What?" he couldn't help but ask, making Syrita's look harden even more.
"What's wrong with you two?... They're just a bunch of arrogant kids who will do no harm to you if you don't get in their path" Syrita bickered, making Humphrey lower his head slightly.
But Kate on the other hand, had her eyes narrowed now.
"But we already did get in their path once today! And it's only day one Syrita... come on... it's as if... it was planned out for us or something.. like it was pathetically meant for us... I don't know how to explain it but... We already seem like enemies to the so called Cool Kids!" Kate bore down on Syrita now, her mouth never stopping of what her mind had to say.
"...I-In fact... maybe we should even rename them the 'Arrogant Kids' or something... Or, wait, I know, how about the Mean Girls, like that one movie?" Kate suggested, yet in a slight sarcastic manner.
Humphrey couldn't help but agree with every single thing Kate had to say to the brutes though... He didn't know why he felt like they were always staring over his shoulder and yet when he turned to face them somehow... they were lost within the crowds of wolves..
Syrita only rolled her eyes at Kate's miraculous notations. "...Look Kate... This is just how things go in this school, and how it works... You've just gotta ignore them.. please" Syrita pleaded next.
It actually felt as if time itself was holding it's breath for Kate's answer now... It's as if everything felt slowed.
Kate though wouldn't have it, and yet she could still see Syrita's point of view... so she only turned her head away, her anger slowly dying away.
Humphrey couldn't help but, at that moment, glance back at the Cool Kids that they had left behind from in the Math room. The wolves were posing now and taking pics, or selfies of themselves, laughing and gaggling on their own style.
Humphrey snorted, he couldn't he how anyone thought of them as cool... yet as he looked harder... There was something there.
He then turned his head back around to face Kate and Syrita, yet he quickly found that he was left, standing, alone. He started to panic quickly, glancing around in the crowds for Kate and Syrita. Where were they!? Where had they gone!?
K-Kate?...
He then thought maybe that they had moved onto their class together, leaving him behind... A deep sadness was beginning to shift into Humphrey's feelings when suddenly... He spotted the two, chatting to Garth and Lilly, plus some other wolf near some benches just around a slight curving corner!
He rushed towards them, his paws carrying him straight to Kate's side. He hated being alone. And he was so glad he had found them!
He ran, and even rushed into a few Prissy Froo froo looking females but he didn't care! he didn't care about anything at the moment.
As he finally reached them, Kate was finally starting to jerk her head around to look and spot for him.
"W-Where-... Humphrey there you are!" Kate beamed as he came galloping up to them, his eyes gleaming.
"Where were you? Why didn't you follow us?" Kate questioned her mate, quite unsure of what he was capable of on his own. Humphrey's eyes only darted to the ground before he answered her. "I... I kinda got lost" he confessed, making Kate give him a small lick on the ear.
"Oh, I'm sorry" She replied, turning her attention back to Garth, Lilly, and their unfamiliar friend.
"Garth and Lilly were just introducing us to Brianna... She's really nice" Kate informed, making Humphrey quickly scan over the new light brown female wolf who now stood at Lilly's side.
From his point of view, and just by looking at her, she seemed intelligent, and quick witted. Brianna quickly caught onto his view and smiled his way, making all eyes turn to Humphrey.
Garth quickly reacted, his voice high with greeting. "Humphrey! We were just beginning to wonder where you were!" Garth noted before nodding at Brianna now. "This is Brianna, she's a friend of me and Lilly's" He spoke quite happily and proudly.
Humphrey sorta knew why... it seemed like quite a big deal to the four to actually make a true friend from on day one of school...
Humphrey nodded in greeting. "Nice to meet you" He replied. Brianna smiled wildly. "Pleasure's all mine" she spoke formally and straight. She seemed like she never slouched as her fur was neatly brushed and combed.
Visually Brianna had coconut brown fur with a creamy underbelly and ear tips. She also had a small cream colored marking on her snout in the shape of a small swirl, just right above her nose.
Kate then continued with the introduction, turning to Syrita now who looked like she knew Brianna pretty well herself.
"A-And this is Syrita, remember? She was with us back at the small quarrel we had with Lucy and her friends. She also told us of the ranks, remember?" Kate explained, eager to see if anything clicked from in Lilly or Garth minds, but of course they remembered her. How could they forget?
"yes, we know Kate, we know" Lilly nodded with a small giggle.
Kate though couldn't help but notice the understanding friendship from with Syrita and Brianna's eyes, their faces not telling Kate or the others something. She then couldn't help but ask... "S-So... Syrita, how well do you know Brianna?"
Syrita shrugged. "Oh... we're... we're like best friends actually..." Syrita admitted with a swift nod.
Kate blinked though, wondering why Syrita hadn't introduced her and Humphrey to Brianna in the first place then?... And if this was so, why didn't Syrita ever talk to Brianna while in the halls or something?..
...Maybe Syrita's just trying to be nice and stick with us and show me and Humphrey around today... I mean... it's only day one.
Kate couldn't help but also think what would it be like tomorrow, and the upcoming following semester of the school year without having Syrita to just be always focused on her and Humphrey...
Syrita must miss her friends somehow... I bet she's been wanting to catch up with them too...
Guilt starting pricking Kate slightly, but she was suddenly then dragged out of her thoughts by Lilly, who was now speaking again.
"S-So... You all have been to Math now... is it hard?" Lilly dumbfoundedly asked, making Garth give a chuckle. "If you mean just sitting in there and getting to know each other?... Yeah it's pretty heard Lilly" Garth answered dramatically, making Syrita and even Brianna give a small chuckle.
Lilly though was then struck by a need-to-know question.
"S-So which classes do you two go to next?" She hopefully questioned, wondering maybe if they could get with each other.
Humphrey brightened at this. "Oh I have Science next" he informed, making Garth almost spring from his paws.
"I-I think I might have Science too!" Garth yelped, unraveling quickly his schedule that he held within his mouth.
He scanned over the paper, all eyes on him. Everyone was on edge as well, including Syrita and Brianna... but it didn't last when Garth looked back up to meet Humphrey's gaze, his eyes dull now.
"Oh... my mistake... I have Bible next" Garth corrected slowly, making Humphrey's ears droop slightly.
Next then Brianna spoke up, her voice taut with positiveness. "Hey, it's ok. What's your other classes?" She then asked, her cream tipped ears flicking with acknowledgment.
Garth scanned his paper again quickly for his next period. "I have Science after that... ending me up with Language last..." He groaned, putting his paper away then.
Lilly then stepped up, her eyes still hopeful. "Well I think I actually might have Bible as well Garth! you and me!" Lilly yipped, making everyone brighten a bit more.
Kate was about to open her own mouth to speak when... the bell rang, making annoyance quickly stir within her chest.
ugh, we never have any time...
"Well see ya later!" Brianna quickly barked before heading off to class.
Garth and Lilly started heading off together too, their voice happy that they had finally gotten a class together.
Kate and Humphrey though gave each other a small look before departing, both not knowing what they were in for without each other...
End of chapter 6 folks! But chapter 7 is next so hold on tight! ^^