"You're doing what?!" Gordie said as soon as they saw Mini disappear around the corner.

"I'm going home with Mini Mackenzie after school," Chris said and let out another sigh. "We got stuck working on a chemistry assignment together and since you aren't there to take it with me, all I could do was sit back and take it."

"Don't try and blame this on me. I got an F in chem last year. Pullman would never even let me in the classroom!"

"Whatever. I'm stuck. There's nothing I can do."

"You sure you aren't enjoying this though?" Gordie said teasingly. "Just a teeny-weeny bit?"

"Um, no!" Chris exclaimed and shook his head. "What the hell for?"

"Oh come on! Half the guys in this school would kill to be in your shoes right now. I mean, you can't deny that Mini is hot as hell."

"Yeah, well, pretty on the outside maybe, but her personality is not all that beautiful."

"What do you know? You just assume things."

"Gordie, I know. I know her type, I know what her friends are like. I know exactly what she is worth. And now, I get to spend the next four weeks with her, more or less. Lucky me."

"I still think most guys would call you lucky without the sarcasm," Gordie said.

"Would you?" Chris asked him while eying him carefully.

"Of course!" Gordie said and after Chris' doubting looks, continued "I mean, what other great ways of getting contact with her older, way cooler sister?"

Chris just laughed and continued the walk towards the lunch room. He spotted Mini with some of her friends in the line a few feet away, and eyed her. She was acting just like a princess on her pedestal, as far as he could see, with her exaggerated giggling and letting some guy actually carry her tray for her. He acted stupid too, like a retard who ridiculated himself by following her like some slave. Chris still had his eyes on them as they sat down at the usual "cool people table", while the rest of their friends followed. She annoyed him like crazy.

"Chris? CHRIS?", he suddenly heard as he came back to it. Gordie stood in front of him, waving his hand before his eyes with an amused look on his face.

"What?", Chris said with an annoyed tone as he put a sandwich on his tray.

"Why are you checking out Mackenzie junior?" Gordie said while trying to hold back a smile. Chris looked at him with indignity. "I am not!"

"Yeah, sure you're not." Gordie rolled his eyes and took a sandwich too. "This is the point of view from how I see it: First, you cannot stop talking about Mini Mackenzie. Then you "accidentally" end up in the same project group as her. Then you can't stop staring at her and acting like some crazy stalker…"

"I am not a stalker!"

"Would you let me finish!" Gordie blurted. "Oh wait. I guess I was finished."

"Hey guys!", a new voice squeaked. Alexis showed up with sparkling eyes and a wide smile. "How's it going?"

Chris stopped himself as he was going to argue with Gordie, but smiled at Alexis instead. "Hey, Alexis. How's your first week of high school turning out?"

"Meh", she replied at they got to sit down at a table. "A lot like junior high actually, only with much more terrifying teachers."

"Yeah, that's high school for ya," Chris said and turned his eyes on Mini and her friends again. They had started picking on some freshmen girls. Seemed like they wanted them to hand them their desserts. Chris shook his head in disbelief when the freshmen actually did so. Not because they were scared, like Eugene had been the other day, but because they adored them. How someone could adore a person like Mini Mackenzie was beyond Chris. Alexis followed his eyes and looked back on him teasingly. "So what is this, a flashback from earlier in the week?"

"Huh?" Chris said, looking back at her.

"You are totally checking those girls out!" Alexis laughed and threw a napkin at him.

"Told you," Gordie said quickly.

Chris let out a sigh. "Fine. If that's what you believe, I don't really care. I'm just stunned and amazed on how evil those girls can really be. Seriously, it's like watching a bunch of devils. That's what's so fascinating. So can we please drop it now and please be more mature than that."

"Sorry Chris," Alexis muttered down at her chicken salad.

"Yeah, sorry man," Gordie agreed.

None of them saw Mini walk away from her friends before they stole any more desserts from the freshmen with her eyes firmly focused on Chris before she left.