Chapter 28
Surprise Attack
Tap. Tap. Tap. The young teenager stared down at his Mathematics homework. He had no clue what the equation made. His black eye stung like hell and his arm was swollen. He slammed his pen onto the table. His sister strolled into his room. "Mum said it's time for dinner." she said. Marcus ignored her. He was busy stressing about his work, and the last sum on his page. She rolled her eyes, until she noticed his look. He looked worried. She sighed heavily and looked towards his homework. "It's quite simple you know." she said softly. "If you know this so well then why don't you answer it!" he snapped. She giggled. She stared at the question. Her smile remained. "It's 44." she replied. He stared down bewildered. "How did you-…" he began. She walked out with grace. She flicked her hair as she turned the corner towards the stairwell. Marcus continued to stare down at the question, how the hell did she get that answer? This thought remained with him for the entire night.
"It isn't fair. I got there first." moaned Nellie. The morning was quiet until Nellie awoke. It was always the same every morning. Arguing and fighting everyday, was normal. Nellie's brother, John had stolen the last flapjack. "I can't help that I'm taller and much faster than you." replied John. He stuck his tongue out like a young child. She stuck the finger at him. "Nellie!" warned her mother. Nellie brushed off the warning and continued to stare down her big brother. Her eldest brother, Alan was too busy listening to music, to join into the argument. As the pair began to bicker yet again, (Fourth time within a space of 12 hours) a loud explosion was heard from their father's basement lab. Everyone stood still. "Honey?" called Eva, with nerves. A cough bounced back. "He's fine." Eva said, while flicking through her magazine. If he didn't reply, she would have had a heart attack. A croaky voice sounded out. "Could someone make me coffee?" he pleaded. No one moved. He sighed and went back to work. Eva becoming soft to her husband's tone, clicked the kettle on. Alan grabbed a mug and placed a teaspoon of grounded coffee inside. Their father smiled happily, he knew they would fall for it.
The door banged behind Marcus, it was another week at school and he was dreading it. He couldn't stand most of the students in his class, including the ghastly boy Harry Plotters. The students and Harry were always teasing him and picking on him, because he was smarter than average guys. He couldn't help they were all idiots. He wiped his glasses with a black cloth, he didn't want them to be dusty. As he was about to place them on his face, the school bus drove by him. A couple of boys shouted 'Geek' out of the opened windows. Marcus jumped and dropped his glasses. He sighed, his glasses were split in the middle. Laughter was heard from down the road. He was going to be late for school, and to make matters worse he needed new glasses. He picked up his glasses and his pace, and ran towards the horrible building that was waiting for him.
Kimi giggled loudly. Charlie had found her ticklish spot. A few students stared at her as if they were burning holes through her. The teacher, Miss Valentine did not bother, she was use to it by now. Sophie glared at the students, she didn't like the way they were looking at her sister. Chris and Angela made her stop after ten minutes, as two boys began to whimper. The effect she had on people. "Hey Chris, I forgot to ask how's your cousin doing?" Trevor said, as he jotted down some notes. "He's fine now. But I had to pull that bastard off him, he nearly put Marcus into hos-.." Chris began, when the teacher turned around. "Mr Gilligan for that curse, I hope you are prepared to write out a very long essay on politics." she croaked. He bowed his head and grumbled underneath his breath. He hated extra homework. Chris glared at the window. He remembered the incident. The boy Harry Plotters pulled off Marcus' glasses and began to punching him for no reason. He was probably jealous of his brains. Chris growled. That slime ball, he thought. Just wait until he gets his hands on his skinny neck. He was going to use it as a tooth-pick. Angela nudged him. He shook his head and returned to the real world. "Don't murder anyone now." she whispered while smiling. She knew him too well. He weakly smiled. "Not yet." he replied underneath his breath. She gave him the look of disapproval. "Mum will flip if you're sent home again." she replied. "Well, if he starts shit again, I'll use his head as a football!" he exclaimed loudly. Ben stared at him, for once he was the calm one. The teacher however was not so calm, she twitched her eyes. She'll become insane, if this continues. "Mr Gilligan! Go to the Principal's office. Now!" she shouted. He shook his head and left the room. Madison giggled, this wasn't like Chris this was more Ben's forte. Obviously Chris was on his Man period or something like that. Everyone became quiet within the classroom until the bell rang. They feared for their lives, Miss Valentine did not look too 'well'.
"Hey Marcus, you alright?" asked Lewis. "Yeah, just a bit sore." Marcus said. Marcus tried to grab a carton of milk, but his arm was too swollen to move. "Ow." he said softly. "I'll get it." said Brandon, Lewis' brother. Marcus weakly smiled. All three of them headed towards an empty table. However Harry and his 'gang' stopped them. "This is our table, snot bags." said the tallest one. His hair was a muddy colour, that reminded you of the colour of diarrhea. "Your names aren't on it." sneered Brandon. The smallest took a step closer to them. "Whatcha say Brandick?" he laughed. Brandon did not. He hated his stupid name. Curse you Mum and Dad.
"Come and say it to my face, shrimpy!" he growled. The two boys were eyeing each other up. Probably counting the odds against each other. Marcus took a step back he did not want to get caught in the battle. Again. "You aren't going anywhere four eyes Gilligan." sneered Harry. Marcus gulped. This is exactly what happened last time. Brandon flexed his fists, he was getting ready for the fight. After being an KND Operative for years, he knew how to handle the 'tough' guys. The smallest made the first move. He punched Brandon on the knee. He fell down, but quickly got back up again. He swiped his fist at his opponent, the small teenage boy's nose began to bleed. As another one of the gang began to move forward, a football hut hard against his head. The fighting stopped. Trevor, Ben, Charlie and Christopher stood at the doors, with the girls behind them. Oh, no. This is only going to get worse, thought Marcus. He flinched when Christopher walked over. "Step away!" he barked. He wasn't in the mood. His parents were called earlier, and they weren't so pleased with him. "Getting your cousin involved, four eyes." shouted one of the boys in the gang. Lewis rolled his eyes. "No, I'm getting myself involved, you shitebag. If you don't get the fuck away from them, I will seriously crush you like a bug!" Christopher whispered towards the teenage boys. They took a step back when they noticed the fire within his eyes. "Chris!" called Sophie. Chris rolled his eyes. He wasn't in the mood for her. "Fine. But just you wait Gilligan! I'll get-…" Harry began, when Nellie walked into the Lunch hall. He stopped dead. Marcus turned around, he noticed her too. "Causing trouble again, I see." she said, directly to Harry. He looked at his shoes. "If you don't stop this, I'm afraid I'll have to stop tutoring you." she called. Harry sneered at the boys, before turning away from them. His gang walked outside, and the drama had ended. "Are you okay?" Nellie asked worryingly. The boys were closed friends of hers, also she didn't want to explain to their parents what happened. "Yeah, we're fine." replied Lewis. Marcus was still staring at her. Nellie blushed softly, before walking towards Rosie and Gail at another table. "Next time just tell us if there is any trouble." Angela said. Marcus sulked. He didn't want to be rescued all the time. Sophie calmed down Christopher who was deciding to punch his lunch.
A loud noise was heard from the basement. Chris had just finished his work-out for today. "What is up with you? Sophie is worried sick, ya fool." asked Angela. She was sipping her apple juice. "Nothing." he half barked. She took a step forward. "I know you like the back of my hand." she replied. She placed a hand on his shoulder. "Please tell me." she pleaded. He sighed. "I just don't like seeing my family get hurt." he replied. He hung his towel over his shoulder. "It was because you saw Angela getting tortured, wasn't it?" she asked. A scar still remained on her neck. That would never leave her. "Yes. I don't want to lose anyone to bullies, or psychopaths." he said. Tears fell down his face. She hugged him tightly. Underneath the anger and rage, was a sad and scared boy who didn't want to see his family getting hurt. She wiped away his tears with her sleeve. "Right lets get some ice-cream." she smiled, as if she was a grown up and he was a child. "I'm not a child." he said seriously. She looked at his face. "So you don't want the ice-cream then." she replied. He jumped up with excitement. "Of course I bloody do." he smiled. "But first, you better apologise to Sophie." she replied, with seriousness within her tone. He nodded. "Yeah, I've been a pig lately." he hugged his sister quickly, and ran upstairs to the phone. Angela smirked. What a big baby, she jokily thought.
As Marcus was about to turn off his computer, a message beeped from the screen. He stared up at the screen. KimiBeatles304 has appeared online. He stared at the username. Why was she messaging him?.. Probably to discuss make-up or boy problems, thought Marcus. He clicked the message open. It read:
'We know you like Nellie. Sophie and I can help you. Meet us before school at our house.' He stared at the screen with an open mouth. Was it that obvious that he liked Nellie so much… He wrote back with an okay. As he tried again to shut the computer down, another person messaged him. He was quite popular. SnakeQueenNellie has appeared online. He almost jumped out of his skin. That was freaky. He opened the message, and began to talk like he usually does.
Hello. How are you doing. What are you doing. Mr Graham is such a boring guy.. And so on and so forth until midnight.
The door bell rang loudly. Mr Beatles had just left for work. Mrs Beatles was busy tidying the place. It was too early for visitors. Lucky was barking at the door, he often got too excited. Kimi opened the door with a smile. She yanked him in and slammed the door. Ben grumpily told them to keep it down. He still had half an hour until he had to get up for school. "So.. What are you going to do to me?" he asked, as he sat down on the couch. Kimi pulled Sophie from the kitchen, she was still eating her cereal. Lucky jumped excitedly on him. His face was licked all over. "Lucky!" shouted Kuki from the kitchen. Lucky whimpered and sat nicely down on the rug. As Sophie finished her cereal she pulled out her materials, while Kimi brought in some hair gel, a comb and other necessary things. "Just a little…. Makeover." they both grinned. His face turned into a frown. He was not going to like this at all.
As the bell rang for home time, a few students looked like zombies. They had obviously stayed up for the World of Zortag gaming marathon which lasts until five in the morning. Silly teenagers, when will they learn. Nellie slid by the teenagers, she hated walking behind them as they were too slow. She sighed with great relief. As she placed her books inside her locker, a bang was heard. She jumped a little. "McCormack, I don't like to be kept waiting." said a voice. Harry's older brother, Garth stared down at her. She rolled her eyes. "I sent you a text half an hour ago. I need to look after my mum." Nellie closed the locker. She began to walk away, until Garth twisted are arm. "No one cancels on Garth." he whispered threateningly. She yelped. "Let me go." she screamed. He slapped her across the face. She looked furious, and scared. Nellie was going to have teach this punk a few manners… But yet she just remember she had on her lime green dress. Shit, she thought. She couldn't do her awesome flip move. Since he was big, she couldn't do any other moves. "Plotters step away from her!" shouted a voice. Nellie looked up with hope, she needed to be rescue. Here's hoping he is a good fighter. Marcus stood at the other end of the hallway. Garth began to laugh. Nellie nervously shook. He was not a good fighter, and she knew it. "And what are you going to do about it!" sneered Garth. The big oath finally let go of Nellie's arm, it was inflamed. A few students circled them. "I'm gonna kick your ass into space!" barked Marcus. He sounded… brave. Not like him. "Bring it Gilligan." shouted Garth as he held up his fists. Marcus laughed. The tall guy began to blow steam out of his nose. Marcus continued to laugh.
What the fuck am I doing?, Marcus mentally asked himself. Garth charged at him like a raging bull. Marcus slid out of the way. Garth tried to slow down but he was going too fast. He fell head first into a trashcan. Everyone stared down at the big guy. He was knocked out unconscious; and to make sure, Chris (who was magically hiding inside an empty locker) sprayed Sleeping Spray in his direction. All of the students stared at the Wimpy Marcus. How could he defeat such a big oath like Garth. They couldn't believe their eyes. "Thanks." smiled Nellie. Marcus grinned. His hair was much shorter, as if someone had cut it this morning. The clothes he wore was more trendy, and the colours blended in with each other. A black leather jacket, a dark blue t-shirt with denim jeans and a pair of grey converse. Even his new glasses looked cooler, they had black frames. He looked quite good for someone who was extra geeky. But Nellie liked his geeky side.
He was holding a heart-shaped box. Nellie stared down at them. "Is that for someone special." she smiled softly. Her hands were a little bit shaky. She thought Marcus was going to be crushed, like a bug. "Yeah.. They're for you." he grinned. He felt as if he could conquer a whole army. He felt invincible. "Really?" Nellie asked surprised. Talk about a big surprise attack.
He nodded, while placing them on top of her books. She stared down at them. "Thank you." she giggled, as she kissed him. He almost jumped, but his feet were glued to the ground. A couple of boys whistled. A girl in the year below shouted, "Ask her out." with a few nods and 'yeses'. "Well… will you?" Nellie asked playfully. Marcus nodded. "Will you Nellie, be my girlfriend." he said softly. "I thought you would never ask." she said honestly. She kissed him softly on the lips. No make-out sessions in school. (School's Strict Rules.) Marcus looked over Nellie's shoulder. Both Sophie and Kimi smiled. He gave them two thumbs up. Everyone had now left the hallway, yet this couple continued to stay near the locker discussing the world, and other topics. 'LEAVE THE SCHOOL ALREADY!' the Principal had said to them. He was the only teacher left to 'escort' them out. Practically thrown them out.
How did you like it? I am typing this really fast, so if it doesn't make sense at some parts please Review about it, or Message me. Anyway sorry it took sooooo long. (Been about three-four months) Been busy with exams and other activities. Also I don't think I will be able to post another chapter until after Prom; which is on the 14th of June. Wish me luck guys for my exam results, because I'm going to need all the luck I can get.
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P.s I love Nellie, she is just awesome and weird; just like me.
