Ch. 4 Catfight
Rating: PG
"Emma?" Mrs. Kwan snapped her out of her own little world.
"Yes Mrs. Kwan?"
"Can you answer the question?" She folded her arms and gave her a glare.
"Could you repeat the question?" Emma blushed slightly as her classmates giggled at her.
Mrs. Kwan sighed and turned around. "Ah! Richard. Maybe you could help out Emma?"
"Sorry Mrs. Kwan, I really don't know."
Mrs. Kwan frowned. "Okay..." Never before had two of her brightest students been unable to answer the same question. She shook her head and moved on.
"Aw. Is Emma too busy daydreaming about her new boyfriend to care about Hamlet?" Alex whispered loud enough for everyone but Mrs. Kwan to hear. Again, most of her classmates snickered.
"And who's that?" Paige asked nosily.
"A Richard Murry." Alex grinned.
Emma couldn't take it anymore. Without thinking, she turned around and slapped Alex hard in the jaw.
"You little..." Alex stood up and lunged at Emma. Jay and another guy pried the two apart.
"Emma! Alex! Principal's office now!" Mrs. Kwan yelled at both of them as she pointed to the door.
Before leaving, the two gave each other a look of hatred. After they left, all eyes turned to Rick. He started blushing and slumped into his chair trying to hide.
Emma winced as she tenderly rubbed her right eye. Alex had managed to give her a nasty black eye before being pulled off of her.
"I cannot believe you Emma Nelson. Getting into a skirmish with Alex over a male? Rick nonetheless??"
Emma took a deep breath and turned around. "Liberty, if you don't get the hell off of my back I'm gonna get in a skirmish with you!" She got right in Liberty's face.
"Sorry, just don't turn into Rick on me." Liberty huffed and walked off.
Emma squealed in anger as she whipped back around. In doing so, she ran right into someone, sending them both flying. Papers and books flew everywhere.
"I'm so sorry," Emma apologized as she gathered her things up.
"It's fine," someone mumbled.
"Rick." Emma realized whom she had run into.
"Yeah, thanks." He took the book Emma was holding out to him. "I gotta go."
"Oh no you don't." Emma grabbed his shoulder and twirled him around. "You are going to talk to me if I have anything to say about it."
"I can't, I gotta go." He tried to walk away, but Emma wouldn't let go off him. "Do you mind letting go of me?"
"Not until we talk." Looking defeated, Rick rolled his eyes and turned around.
"I've got five minutes. Talk."
"You haven't said two sentences to me the whole time you've been here."
"So." He shrugged. "I haven't known your name over two hours."
"Do you have any idea how many times I've stuck up for you? I don't even know you and I'm defending you!" Emma threw her hands in the air.
"Well I thank you for the gesture," Rick muttered through gritted teeth, "but you needn't concern yourself with me anymore."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Emma put her hands on her hips.
"If it's so inconvenient for you, don't bolster me anymore!" He stormed off.
"You're welcome," Emma muttered, watching him leave.
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