Joan stepped closer to Charity she could hear Linkin Park blasting from her headphones. Sensing someone was standing over her, Charity looked up and glared at Joan.

Just ignore it, Joan thought. She glared back at Charity. Frustrated, Charity pulled her headphones down around her neck. "What?" she asked. "Come to stare at the freak?"

She jumped up and Joan stepped to stop her from going around her. "I'm Joan Girardi," she said.

"Well, Joan Girardi, move before I slam you into the ground," Charity said. She wasn't smiling she staring, cutting through Joan. Joan felt like a dozen knives were being pushed into her body. She stepped to the side and Charity walked past her as the bell rang.

She looked up at the school. "I woke up for this?" she asked herself. She ran up the steps and into the school.