Cheaters: Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: X

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"He's got yellow eyes…"

"Yeah, kinda like a wolf."

"Sure they're not contacts?"

"Who knows?"

"He's sooo cute!"

"Shut up, Marina. You've already got a boyfriend."

There was a pause in conversation as Asa's eyes flitted over their table, looking helpless, holding a brown paper bag.

"Hey, Dale! Over here!" Dale nudged the new kid and motioned him toward the table. They sat down.

"Hey… you're in my second period Chem class," one of the girls concluded. Her brown hair cascaded down her back in ringlets. "I'm Valentina."

Asa smiled slightly at her.

"Who're you?"

"Asa."

Another boy, whose name was Ross, munched a potato crisp thoughtfully. "My cousin's dog is named Asa…"

Asa opened his lunch with a sarcastic smile. "Gee, thanks."

"So where'd you come from?" Asa blinked at the girl who had introduced herself as Valentina. She was staring at him intently with big brown eyes.

After an uncomfortable eternity of deciding whether or not to lie, he said, "Bloor's."

"The Academy?"

"Hey, are you one of those…special people?"

Questions bombarded him from every side. Asa looked to Dale for help. "QUIET!"

"Thanks." Dale smiled. "Alright. I was sent to Bloor's because I am endowed, but it didn't work out so I transferred here."

"Dude… what do you do?"

Asa raised an eyebrow at Ross. "You really want to know?" Ross thought this over, munching a second bag of crisps.

"Yeah. Kinda curious."

Asa sat back in his seat and watched the half-eaten sandwich Mrs. Pike had packed for him. "Well…they call it shape-shifting."

"Wow, you can like, turn into stuff?" The wide-eyed blonde girl at the end popped her gum.

"Not anything…just after dark."

"What after dark?"

"It's like the werewolf thing, alright?"

They sat in thoughtfulsilence for a while.

"You get a nickname," said the boy who hadn't spoken. He shook his black hair out of his eyes. "You know X-Men, right? Wolverine." He smirked. "That's you. X."

Everyone stared at him for a minute.

"Trust the gaming sci-fi freak," muttered Marina.

Dale nudged Asa, who hadn't said anything. Asa pointed at his full mouth. He swallowed. Set his sandwich down. "Sure."

Ross gave him a weird look. "You're trusting him with a nickname on the spot?"

"Can't I?"

Dale, Valentina, and Marina shrugged it off. Ross went right on eating his crisps.

Asa rolled up the plastic wrap into a ball and stuck it inside the paper bag, which he also rolled into a ball. Stress relief. At last. "I think it's fine. Thank you…" He gave the black-haired boy a significant look.

"Koji." He raised an eyebrow. "Of Japan. Not exchange, here to stay." His tray was empty, but the look in his eyes was ravenous.

Wary, Asa nodded. "Alright. Thanks, Koji of Japan."

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End Chapter.

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