The very next day was school, unfortunately for David and Janet. However, the day past by quicker than they'd hoped.
Isabella was coincidentally off from school, so part of the bullying duo was no concern for the Barret siblings. Brenda, on the other hand, did attend school, but she didn't bother David t all and pretty much ignored him. At the same time, however, she had become very popular amongst the class, no doubt because of the information of mirror people she had ripped from Janet.
Despite Isabella and Brenda being of no concern for either of the two, David and Janet were still feeling kind of odd. Janet practically shut down from the rest of the class and David just brushed off the other kids. Nevertheless, school ended and David, Janet and Brenda left for home.
As Janet caught up to David, she said, "Are you worried?"
"About what?" David asked, though he already knew the answer.
"About the play date," Janet answered. "Brenda and her parents are coming over."
David shrugged. "I'm not scared of Brenda," He insisted. "As long as we keep her in the dark on Sam and his abilities, we should be in the safe until the play date ends."
"Yeah, I guess so," Janet agreed. However, a hand suddenly grasped the two by the shoulders. David rolled his eyes and Janet flinched. The two siblings spun around, expecting to see Brenda, but were instead met with a new face.
"Hey, who are you?" Janet asked when she saw a blonde girl about Isabella's age. She was wearing a shirt similar to Isabella's signature red shirt, but was blue instead. She was wearing a black skirt and black and blue stockings, along with dark blue shoes.
"I'm Lizzy, Janet," The girl replied.
"Hey, you're that girl in my class," David said. "Always hanging around with Izzy whenever Brenda isn't around."
Lizzy sidestepped past David and flipped onto a large rock.
"You know David, I've always wondered what it's like being like you," Lizzy said. "Well, a creature like you, to be precise."
"Creature?" David said, then realized something. "Wait a minute, Lizzy? Izzy?"
"Coincidence, much," Lizzy said, balancing on the rock.
"You are kidding me," David snorted. "You guys really suck when it comes to names. You guys couldn't come up with a good name so you just decided to rhyme it with Izzy?"
"Don't be rude, David," Janet whispered nervously. "We're dealing with a mirror person here."
"I'm not exactly a mirror person, exactly," Lizzy said, jumping off the rock and landing upside down on her hands.
"Then what are you?" David asked. "Sam's caregiver or guardian or something."
"No, I'm Bella's," Lizzy corrected. "Kizzy is Sam's guardian."
"Kizzy?" Janet asked. "Who's that?"
David folded his arms. "You guys really have to come up with way more creative names," He sneered. "This is getting old."
Lizzy mock giggled. "That's sweet of you," She sarcastically said. "Hey, maybe you could use that kind of smart talk in actual negative situations, okay."
With that, she playfully smacked David's cheek.
"Oh shi-" David shouted but stopped himself. Janet jumped back in surprise as David stumbled backwards, holding his cheek. He took a few deep breaths and removed his hand.
"Um, how does it look?" David asked. Janet gulped when she saw his cheek.
"Uh, you may want to ask the mirror that," She replied nervously.
David, upon reaching his house, took off to the mirror in the washroom. Upon looking at his reflection, he immediately saw that his cheek was incredibly red and bruised, and a few cuts were there.
Sam entered the washroom, along with Janet.
"Janet told me about Lizzy," He said. David turned to him and Sam winced upon seeing him.
"What happened to your face?" Sam asked. David's face twitched in a mixture of pain and annoyance.
"Lizzy happened, kid," David said angrily. "That freaking hurt more than it should have!" He massaged his aching jaw.
"That's Lizzy for you," Sam said, shrugging apathetically. "She gets like that sometimes."
"You don't even care?" Janet asked, tapping Sam's shoulder.
"Well, it was just one slap, right?" Sam asked. David glared at him in response, as did Janet. For some reason, Sam felt more uncomfortable that Janet was staring at him angrily, which hadn't happened before.
"Sorry, it's, uh…" Sam simply retreated from the washroom, leaving David and Janet alone.
"Something weird happened there," Janet said.
"Thank you, Captain Obvious," David said, rolling his eyes while still clutching his jaw. "That kid is hiding something, and it's more than just his powers."
"Actually, let's not worry about him, right now," Janet said. "I think he needs some time alone. In the meantime, let's worry about someone worth worrying about."
"Brenda Collins," David hissed.
"I wonder what she's planning back at her house," Janet whispered, tugging on her ponytail.
Brenda sat on her bed, lost in her thoughts.
"Who knew popularity could be so aggravating," She grumbled to herself. "All everyone wanted to do was ask me more questions, and questions, and a bunch of compliments here and there…"
She began gripping her bed covers tightly.
"I didn't even get any time to talk to David or Janet," She whispered to herself.
Wait, why am I concerning myself with those losers? She thought, confused. They don't mean anything to me, they're just geeks.
She gritted her teeth in irritating. Her head was beginning to hurt from all the stuff she was thinking.
Our play date is coming up in about an hour, Brenda thought. Oh boy, this ought to be fun. I'm going to the houses of the kids who have probably listed me at the top of their "Most Hated Kids' list.
She sat up as she remembered something.
"Hey, what about that Sam kid," She said to herself. "Didn't he defend David when Izzy and those other kids ganged up on him. But he's never shown concern for David."
Her eyes widened a bit.
"And his hair was a different colour at that point," She remembered. "And nearly every time I've seen him, he wears black and blue. And David and Janet seemed to know so much about mirror people at around the same time I've seen him with them."
She sprang from her bed.
"I got it!" She shouted. "He's a mirror person fanatic just like me!"
She raced downstairs where her parents were watching a soccer game.
"Mom, dad, we have to go to the Barrets house RIGHT NOW!" She shouted, startling Bob and Mary. The two turned to their daughter.
"But your play date is in another hour!" Mary complained.
"I don't care!" Brenda said. "We go to their house or I go alone!"
With a groan, Bob and Mary got up from their couch, shut off the television, and followed their daughter out the house.