There was an awkward silence between Ed and me as we headed down the path to school. I had gotten bored and decided to listen to my music. I turned on my Ipod and listened to one of my favorite songs, the Geek in the Pink, and started to sing along. When I finished I realized I was at school, I looked at Ed to see him looking awestruck.

"Ed, are you alright?" I asked in my emotionless voice as I turned onto the path towards the school doors. Ed shook his head, and continued to stare at me as we walked. I knew the morning routine, and pushed Ed out of the way as Rachel and her crew jumped me from the bushes.

"Why'd ya do it, huh Wilks? What did my Chad do to you?" Rachel asked as her goons held me down on the ground.

"He got in my face because of a stupid rumor you spread whore, now if you don't mind, why don't you just let Chad pay you then rape you. Since that's your job, or at least that's what your fashion sense says," I hissed in reply. She gave me an icy look then snapped her slender fingers. Right on cue her goons started beating me up, which just made me madder. I took a deep breath then pushed one of the girls off, giving her a bloody nose in the process, then sucker-punched the other in the jaw.

When she fell to the ground I turned to Rachel to see her frozen with fear in her eyes. I smirked then growled," What's the matter Rachel? Are you afraid that I might hurt you? But I thought poor Aminta Wilks was just a cheap hooker that would do anything to get a boy to do her. I guess you were wrong huh? 'Cause now she's gonna kick your sorry ass!"

I tackled her to the ground and pulled onto her hair as she scratched and kicked me. I did the same to her, only biting as well. After a few minutes our clothes were torn, and we had at least one bleeding wound on each of us. I was breathing heavily as was she, and I threw one last punch before getting up and turning away. I walked past a shocked Ed, who soon followed me into the school.

I went straight to the metal detector, and put my things in the box. The parol officer gave me a curious glance, but didn't ask. After I went through clean, I motioned Ed to do the same. But, when he went though, the alarm went off. I quickly stopped the officers before they tackled him.

"He has a metal arm, leave him be will ya?" I growled as I grabbed his hand and walked to where our stuff was. I grabbed both our things then strolled down the hallway. I reached the office and told the secretary that Ed was a new student, and waited while he filled out the forms. When he was finished I led him around and looked at his schedule to point him to classes, fortunately, he was in most in my classes except for the last one, I was in poetry and he was in art.

After school, I met up with Ed and we walked home together in silence. I continued walking like this, until I heard a scream. I turned to see Chad and his friends ganging up on the poor new girl. She had been the new girl for the past week, then Ed came along, so now it was Chad's chance to 'get to know her', as he would put it. Once Ed isn't the new kid anymore, they'll do the same thing. And since he's my friend, they might do it earlier. I shrugged off those thoughts, and ran to the group as they laughed at the girl's cries.

I shoved past them, and punched Eric, who was about to hit the girl again. When he saw me he turned pale and ran for it. The other boys were smart enough to do the same. All that was left was the stupid one, Chad. "Well, well, well, look what the cat brought in, a slut! How's it goin'? Did you come back for more?" He asked in his tough guy tone," But I've seen you've already got yourself some good marks, who gave those to you, the little girl across the street?"

I smirked then replied," No, that whore you call your girlfriend did, but what she's done to me I've done ten times worse to her. She had to be driven to the hospital. You better go and see if she's alright, oh and when you do, tell her I said hi." His eyes widened, and he looked like he was about to lunge, until Ed stood in front of me.

"Oh? So you have a protector now huh? Isn't that sweet, you got yourself a little boyfriend!" Chad falsely cooed as he grinned an evil grin.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING LITTLE YOU STUPID JERK! AND I'M NOT HER BOYFRIEND!" Ed yelled jumping in the air. I felt a smile spread across my face when Chad's face went pale.

"Y-Yeah, well I g-gotta go um, check on Rachel! Yeah that's it, c-check on Rachel so bye!" Chad stuttered out before running off like a scared pup. I started laughing my head off until I heard a soft whimper from behind me. I turned around to see the new girl on the ground, shaking in fear and crying. I gave her a sympathetic look, and crouched down to the ground next to her.

"It's okay now, they're gone, you don't need to be scared anymore," I cooed softly to her. She looked up at me with watery eyes, filled with fear.

"A-Are you s-sure?" She asked uncertainly. I smiled then nodded my head as I extended my hand towards hers, "My name's Aminta, but you can call me Minty if you want." She smiled back slightly then said," My name's Bianca, but you can call me Kitty if you want." I smiled then shook her hand that was still clasped in mine.

"Well it's very nice to meet you Kitty, oh and this is my friend Ed," I replied while turning towards the still fuming teen. He looked up slightly then mumbled," Yeah nice to meet ya." Kitty smiled then replied," Nice to meet you too Ed." I smiled then noticed the wound on her arm. It was a pretty deep gash, and was still bleeding.

"You're hurt! C'mon, let's take you to my house and clean you up!" I said cheerfully as I grabbed her hand again. She smiled, and followed as I led her to my house, with Ed following behind.