Blaze felt her heart leap into her throat. Not again, she thought. What does she want now? She looks really fucking pissed.
Selena stormed right up to the table. She slammed both her arms down and looked Blaze dead in the eyes. "We need to talk, bitch," she said, anger seeping through her voice.
Before Blaze had a chance to respond, Amy cut in. "Piss off Selena. No one wants you here."
Selena turned to glare at Amy. "Shut your mouth skank. I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to your boyfriend-stealing slut over here." Blaze's eyes widened.
Alysha and Fiona quickly slid up to the table on either side of Selena. Alysha looked at Sally. "Hey, 'sup Sarah," she said. Sally's jaw slightly twitched. She hated being called by her true name. She inhaled and prepared for the inevitable argument.
"Still being an annoying little attention whore?" Alysha sneered.
"You're one to talk," retorted Sally.
"At least I roll with the attention. You act like you're a pure, innocent little queen. You don't take advantage of what you've got. You could be like me." She pushed hair off her shoulder, flaunting the perfectly shaped curls.
"Who the fuck would want to be like you?"
"Just about everybody. I know you do, Sarah. You just don't want to admit it."
"You wish."
Their argument was interrupted by Fiona sliding up next to Sonic in a flirty manner. Before Sonic could respond, she grabbed his chin in a seductive manner.
"Ooh Sonic," she crooned loudly. "I feel so bad for you. I can't believe you'd date her." She glanced at Amy. "Why don't you dump her and get a real girlfriend?"
Amy flinched. Fiona knew her insecurities. She felt like she wasn't popular enough to date the sports star Sonic. Fiona had been flirting purposefully with Sonic to make her feel uncomfortable.
Luckily, Sonic rejected her advances every single time. "Why don't you . . ." he said, " . . . Leave me and my girlfriend alone." He slammed her hand down on the table. "No one wants to date your clingy ass."
"Tch. You'd be surprised at how many guys want a piece of this. Oh well, your loss. Keep dating that pathetic virgin, see if I care." She sauntered off.
Alysha glanced over her shoulder at Fiona leaving. She turned back to Sally. "Well, I'll see you later Sarah. Enjoy hanging out with your loser friends." She then turned and hurried after Fiona towards their table.
Selena glanced back and rolled her eyes. "Ugh, whatever." She turned back to Blaze. "I'm not done with you." She leaned in close, making Blaze flinch. "I know you talked to Shadow, and I know he's planning on taking you home. I thought I made myself clear. Shadow. Is. MINE!"
Blaze choked on the retort she wanted to say.
"Piss off! Shadow doesn't want to date you!" Sonic shouted. "He hates your guts!"
Selena's expression faltered for a split second, but quickly twisted back into anger. "Shut the fuck up. That still doesn't mean that bitch can take him. She's nasty and—"
"Do NOT talk about my friends like that!" Silver suddenly piped up. His eyes widened as Selena turned her hawk-like gaze towards him. He felt his continued retort die away. He hated to admit it, but he was unnerved by Selena and her friends, especially Fiona.
"He's right!" Amy spoke up as well. "Just go away! Blaze is going home with Shadow and there's nothing you can do about it!"
Selena said nothing. She clenched her jaw and threw her empty sparkling water can at Blaze. It made contact with Blaze's face, spilling a small amount of sparkling water down Blaze's shirt. She turned and stormed away in a huff.
Blaze felt herself exhale a breath she didn't realize she'd been holding. Amy grabbed some napkins and handed them to Blaze to dab at her shirt. "Well, at least they're gone, right?"
Blaze thought for a minute, and nodded. "Yeah, that's true."
The table was silent for about a minute before Sally spoke up. "Hey guys, cheer up! They're gone! And hey, I'll go buy y'all some snacks from the cafeteria. What do you guys want?"
"I'll take a Coke," said Sonic. "And Amy wants an orange Fanta, right?" Amy perked up and smiled. "Aw, you remembered!"
Sonic smiled. "Of course I did!" He rubbed the back of Amy's head and she smiled.
The table resumed their chatter, buoyed by snack requests and ranting about the three popular girls. Blaze didn't say much, other than asking for a bag of barbecue chips.
She smiled to herself. I'm so lucky I have such good friends. They make this year sane and normal. Plus, I've got a meet-up with Shadow! This day is going really good so far!
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