Here is the next chapter. It's short.

Hope you enjoy.


I woke up to white walls and bright lights. I closed my eyes right after opening them because the bright lights hurt my eyes. "Ow..." I muttered.

"Hey, your awake I see," said a voice to the left of me.

I rolled over to see who it was although I'm pretty sure I already knew. "Lash?" I looked over to see him grinning at me. "What happened?"

"Pretty close call, mon ami," he said, smirking. "Lucky I arrived when I did. She could have crushed you," he said more seriously.

"Who?"

"Her name's Rose Eclair. She has power over gravity."

I gave him an odd look like I didn't understand.

"She can create gravity glitches," he said grinning.

I smiled like I understood when, truly, I didn't. It's hard for things to register when your head is aching and throbbing until you think it might explode.

"Why did she attack me?" I asked.

"She's a sophmore," he answered as if that explained everything.

An image of the girl who glared at me this morning popped into my head. "What does she look like?"

"Well, she's about a foot taller than you, with tanned skin." He closed his eyes and leaned back in the chair he was sitting in, obviously thinking of a mental image. "She has black hair with hot pink highlights and green eyes."

Oh boy... "And what does her being a sophmore have anything to do with this?"

He gave me one of those "Think about it" looks.

"So she was on the bus this morning. So what?"

"She likes me," he said with a hateful look on his face.

"So... Why did you help me? I thought you were a bully?"

"So what if I am?" he said smuggly. "Besides, I can't stand her," he said avoiding my eyes. "Anyway, me, Ace, 'n' Loki are the only ones that have the right to bully the side-kicks and freshmen." He must have saw my puzzled face because he quickly added, "Ace is my best friend here. I'd introduce you to him, but he's at his house with the stomach flu, Loki will be here next week, I think.

I tried to sit up but quickly went down again, clutching my sides.

"Yeah, I wouldn't try that if I were you," said Lash, sympatheticly. "She got you pretty bad," he said looking at his hands. It must have been pretty awkward for him to be nice, especially to someone he hardly knew. He looked back at me. "You're not hurt too badly though. Just bruises and a cracked rib." He looked down again and then back at me. "She's done way worse to other people."

"You mean today isn't the only time that's happened?"

"No, and I believe you mean yesterday," he said smirking at me again. "You've been out for a while now," he said getting up and leaving.

"Hey! Where are you going, Lash?"

"Have to tell Powers that your awake, Rihana," he said, now out the door.

"Well...I want to talk to you tonight!" I yelled after him.


Okay, I still didn't do anything on Lash's background, but I think it's going to be in the next chapter.

Oh and I might not be able to update until Saturday or Sunday, or even later. I'm going to Washington to be with my dad and I don't know if I'm allowed to use the computer, or if they even have one.

Laterz,

Rihana