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The third week of school, the group invited me to a coffee shop they knew. I arrived at twenty past nine, ten minutes early. I thought it would take more time to walk there.

The only one already there was Four. He was sitting in a comfy armchair near the back of the room. I bought a black coffee and sat in another armchair next to him. He looked at me and acknowledged my presence, bowing his head.

"Hi" I said, trying to fill the awkward silence. I failed miserably.

Four intrigued me, to say the least. Starting by his nickname. Why was it Four ? Why not one, two or three ? Why didn't he use his real name ?

Why did he seem familiar ? I'm sure I saw him before but I'm not sure when or where.

In class, he usually sits at the back and is very silent like he wants to be ignored. The teachers usually don't pay attention to him apart in sport, where he is always called for new examples, in computer programming, where the teacher always ask him when the class doesn't know the answer and Four always remembers it and, finally, in music, where Mrs Wu made sure he participated in our project.

He also surprised me when, in music, he offered to play the clarinet instead of the saxophone in 'Changes'.

I looked out of the window and saw a man across the road. He had long greasy hair and piercings covered his face. A sneer was stuck on his face. But his physical appearance wasn't the most disturbing part. I was sure I saw him next to my house this morning. Was he stalking me? I dismissed this idea. Perhaps he was just a neighbour who happened to want to go to the same place at the same time as me. That must be it.

Suddenly the door of the coffee shop opened with a bang.

"Hello everyone" shouted a handsome boy followed by two girls about the same age.

"Oh Uriah" I muttered, face-palming."Why must you be so obnoxious"

Four must have been thinking the same thing as he rolled his eyes.

"A caffe mocha for me" he said "and que vou-dri-ez vous mes-dames" He asked Lynn and Marlene in a very bad French accent. Trying to sound seductive I think. It didn't work, though Marlene looked a bit flustered.

"A White chocolate mocha for me" said Marlene

"And a caffe Latte for me"

Uriah paid and the trio sat next to us.

"Hello little brother" Lynn said

I looked at the time on my phone. Ten to ten.

"You're late" I said

"Did you really expect us to be here at half past nine a Saturday morning ?"asked Uriah jokingly.

"No, you're right, I did not" I admitted

Christina and Will arrived at ten o'clock.

"Did you wait long for us ?" asked Christina.

"Not us" Marlene said "But Four and Tris were here long before we arrived" They shared a knowing look.

I scoffed and Four glared at Christina.

Shauna and Zeke were the last to arrive. They were accompanied by an ecstatic twelve years old boy.

"Oh no, not him" muttered Lynn.

"Be nice " scolded Marlene.

"Mum ordered us to babysit Hector" explained Shauna.

"But I don't want to" whined Lynn.

"Well I don't want to be with you either, cow"

"You're just a stupid di..." Marlene put her hands onto Lynn's mouth before she said anything insulting.

"Well you're just an asshole who thinks she's so much better than everyone else"

I could see Lynn's face become purple with anger. I was afraid she would soon bite Marlene's fingers off. Everyone was either looking at Shauna or Four except Hector and Lynn who were looking at each other in defiance. Four was the one to intervene.

"You calm down or else" His voice was cold and devoid of emotions. It sent chills down my spine.

It worked. Lynn and Hector both stopped fighting though they did send each other dirty looks.

"So, Where are we going?" I asked, trying to ease the tension.

"You'll see" Uriah said, he winked.

We walked for a bit and arrived at a laser tag.

"that's cool, I never played laser tag before" I said

"There's a first time for everything" replied Zeke.

As we entered, a woman asked us who wanted to be team captain. Shauna decided as she was the one that invited us.

"Me and ... Four" replied Shauna.

Shauna decided to lead the red team while Four the green.

"Tris" said Four.

Why did he choose me first?

"Zeke"said Shauna. No surprise there

"Uriah"

"Christina"

"Will"

"Marlene"

"Hector"

"Lynn"

The woman gave each of us a gun and heavy jackets. She quickly explained the rules for me.

We entered a maze through two different doors, one for the red team and one for the green.

"Thirty...Twenty-nine...twenty-eight..." said a mechanical voice.

"So, Hector, Uriah and Will, you play snipers on the balcony. While Tris and I will set up a trap. Okay?"

As they were leaving, Four reminded them of the bomb, whatever that meant.

"sixteen...fifteen...fourteen..."

"So what's that trap of yours"I asked

He explained to me. I nodded showing him I understood it.

"Three...two...one...Go!" We ran

I was waiting at a crossroads for a person of the other team to a arrive. Oh, I hated being a bait but it already worked twice, why not a third time.

I could hear footsteps coming from my left, Christina.

I ran towards Four but it seemed the other team had some sort of a counter plan. I found myself back to back with Four, Christina and Shauna blocking the corridor. We just needed to be quick. I aimed Christina's chest and pulled the trigger. Ten points for our team. I had twenty seconds to run away before her gun and her targets reactivated.

I heard someone running beside me, Four.

"Where did you get her ?"

"Tip of the gun"

"sixty points for us then" I laughed though I didn't know why. Four let out a small chuckle. Improvement from his cold hard self.

The game ended approximately fifteen minutes after this episode. We won four hundred and fifty points to three hundred and sixty.

Uriah was screaming at Zeke's face that he won and Hector was teasing Lynn how bad her aim was. Not a good idea if you asked me, Lynn's face looked like a big red tomato at this point.

We left the building, going to a fast food somewhere in town when I saw him, the long greasy haired man, looking directly at me.

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