Chapter 1: Birth of the Clique

"What do you want?" Manny snapped at Alex. She gave Manny a dirty look, & simply sat down in the seat.

"Look princess…it was either you guys, or them." Alex pointed to Paige & Hazel, who were talking, laughing, & giving Jimmy dirty looks. "…And you seem to be more tolerable."

"Hmm…you're right." Manny said as she opened her notebook & started writing.

"What's that?" Jimmy tried to look over at whatever Manny was writing, but she closed it abruptly & glared at him, which made him chuckle lightly.

"One, it's none of your damn business; & two, why are you laughing?" Manny asked sternly as she looked into Jimmy's brown eyes.

"Okay…one, sorry. Two, I'm laughing because I'd of never thought that Manny Santos would go all Goth on us." Jimmy said as Alex nodded in agreement.

"Well, I never would have thought that you would break up with Hazel & isolate yourself from your popular friends." Manny said back, & Alex laughed lightly. Manny Santos actually made a comeback.

"Well…I guess you guys thought wrong, huh?" Alex said as Paige & Hazel walked over to the table.

"Well, if it isn't the slut, the wannabe bad girl, & the horrible excuse for a boyfriend." Paige said coldly as Manny had a hurt look on her face. Paige was the main person that Jimmy was most pissed about. Because of her renegade of thinking that Manny stole Spinner from her, when in the reality Spinner was just attracted to Manny, she ruined him & Manny's prom night. Because of her, Hazel had left for the states to 'clear her stresses'. He seemed to hate her more & more as he looked at her.

"Look Paige, why don't you just go away & paint your nails or something?" Jimmy blurted out, which he immediately regretted. He had nor the time or the energy to deal with Paige. Manny had her mouth & eyes wide open in surprise, & Alex was almost to tears from laughing.

"Excuse me?" Paige said with amusement & anger in her voice. Hazel looked at Jimmy as if he just asked for the death sentence. For anyone else, it would have been. However, for Jimmy, it was his time to tell her how he really felt about her constant nagging.

"You heard me. I am so tired of you blaming Manny for Spinner breaking up with you. He was just attracted to her. Almost all last year, you've been on her back. Therefore, she tried to make things right by helping with the spirit squad when you were with Mr. Oleander. But did you do anything for her? Did you even give her a thank you? No! You took all the credit. Let me tell you something; you deserved to have gotten your leg broken. You're nothing but a stuck up, good for nothing hag, & I don't need people like you or Hazel in my life." Jimmy didn't even bat an eye while saying this, & said it as if he had no regrets for saying what he did. Paige looked almost to tears, but just scoffed, & she & Hazel went back to her table.

"Jimmy…" Manny said as she placed her hand on his. When she did so, a warm sensation filled his body. "…Thank you."

"Alright Brooks!" Alex said as she looked proudly at the blank looking Paige at the table across the room, & Hazel, giving Jimmy death rays, & trying to console Paige.

"No problem…" Jimmy looked dead at Manny as if he was a deer caught in the headlights. "I said it for the both of us."

This moment, birthed the unclassified Clique of Jimmy, Manny, & Alex.