Beginning Of A Major Shock
Tori and Dustin jumped out of the car and walked to the front of the school, ignoring any of the comments that were thrown their way by the jocks. The two walked down the hall to their lockers and Tori whipped hers open, always whacking Dustin in the process. He gasped but moved it out of the way an inch or two.
"Careful dude." Dustin said.
"Sorry." Tori replied sincerely.
"No problem, but dude, just don't let them get to you."
"I have been letting them get to me for the last three years, it's about time I did something about it."
"Okay, but don't do anything you'll regret." Dustin smiled.
"I won't, see you next period." Tori replied, also smiling.
She had Phys. Ed., with the girls she loved the most. It was nice, watching Shane in the next room sometimes when the girls were being shown how to do something. The lady teacher yelled for them to start running laps and Tori took the front with her gym pal, Hailey. They were not best friends but they said hi to one another in the halls and wherever else they saw each other. They didn't hang out that much but realized that when they were in gym they had a relief friend.
Dustin wandered into Metal Shop, hoping he wouldn't have to be paired with Blake again. That kid got on Dustin's last nerve everyday. Dustin always did the work, all of the work. He wanted to sit with Carter, a guy he had known since third grade and they never fully grew apart. They were still good friends, he would hang with Tori and Dustin sometimes but only when he needed some help or something along those lines.
Tori and Hailey were in the back row for volleyball. It was Tori's serve and she aimed it directly for Melanie's head. She nailed her in the face instead as Melanie turned around to get ready, the ball plunged right into her face, making her nose bleed.
"I'm sorry." Tori lied.
"Just leave me alone."
Melanie retorted as she ran into the change room, which doubled as a bathroom. She looked in the mirror and almost cried. Her face was bruised and her nose was still bleeding. The teacher appeared in the change room a few minutes later, assuming the prissy girl didn't know how to stop a nosebleed.
Hailey and Tori were giggling. Trying to hide their grins from Molly and Kate who were arguing over what to do about Melanie. The rest of the girls on the opposing team were laughing hard, not caring what would happen to them, they were usually left alone and most were part of the wrestling or boxing teams the school had.
"My bad." Tori whispered into Hailey's ear.
"Nice aim, just do it again for volleyball finals." Hailey grinned.
