Chapter 3 – The Week of Torture
The rest of the week was torture. Every single time Nick saw me he'd always say 'hey neublet' and I'm not afraid to say that it was driving me crazy! Not only did he refuse to tell me what it meant, he refused to tell me why he was calling me it! It's so annoying, I'm thinking about him all the time, wondering why he chose me to annoy.
"Morning class," Mrs. Overwood greeted us on Monday morning. There was something in the tone of her voice that sent shivers down my spine.
"Now I know that we've only been back at school for a week, but this weeks' assembly is about co-operation so I think we should do I little skit," She suggested. I think I felt a smile crawl across my face, I loved acting but almost as soon as the smile came, it left.
"So I've planned a Bob the Builder play," She announced. I tried to stop my eyes from opening wide.
"I thought it would be a good thing to show cooperation," She continued.
I couldn't believe it, we were a year six to seven class not ages six to seven.
"I need volunteers," Ms. Overwood chimed. 'Please don't pick me, please don't pick me' I couldn't help thinking to myself. I didn't want to be known for playing someone in Bob the Builder, which was the kind of reputation that I would never live down… ever.
Eventually she chose Evan for Bob, Ally for Wendy and Nick for Spud the scarecrow (sucked in). The look of horror on his face was so priceless worth it though. I couldn't help giggling.
"Shut up, Neublet," He smirked.
"Ok that is getting really annoying. Seriously what does it mean?" I demanded.
"Ask, David," Nick shrugged.
"Can't you just tell me?" I whined.
"No," was all he replied.
I literally counted down the minutes until recess where I could go and find David, I was so desperate it wasn't funny, for a whole week Nick had tormented me and I was finally going to be finding out how.
Ninety minutes left until recess.
"Are you ok, you so jumpy, you're starting to act like Nudge?" Sophie asked me.
"Oh god, am I that bad?" I asked horrified.
"Yeah," Sophie mumbled. Sophie had only met Nudge a couple of times and she already figured out that Nudge never ran out of energy. Sophie was beginning to talk more and I know that I've only known her for a week but still something was missing, I liked talking to her and everything but I don't know.
The ninety minutes ticked down to nothing and I was finally free. I rushed outside and saw the person I was looking for.
"David!" I yelled as I ran towards him.
"Why is Nick calling me a Neublet?" I demanded.
"Huh?" David questioned.
"He told me to ask you what it meant," I explained.
"Oh, it the girl version on a neub," David explained casually.
"What? That horrible excuse for a human being has been calling me a neub without my knowledge!" I exclaimed.
"Well I never thought about it like that, but, yeah," David shrugged. I stormed off to go and find Nick.
"Now where are we going?" Sophie asked.
"To go kill Nick," I growled.
"Ooh, fun," Sophie replied sarcastically. I searched everywhere for Nick and I finally found him… by the basketball ring awaiting his death.
"Nick!" I yelled. I swear his face went white and Nick has dark skin.
"You spoke to David," He guessed.
"Yes and mark my words I will pay you back for this," I threatened him and stormed off.
"Max!" Ella yelled.
"Yeah," I replied.
"What's going on between you and that boy?" Ella asked me.
"Oh that's just Nick, Nick who will die if I have anything to say about it," I replied with a smile.
"Oh, is that the Nick who's been picking on you?" Ella asked.
"Yes," I growled through gritted teeth.
"Oh, well consider yourself lucky, he's cute," Ella smiled and turned around before I could punish her.
I was so going to get Nick back for his name calling but that would have to wait until I could think of a name for him and it was going to stick. If it was the last thing I would do I would get revenge on him.
A/N Yeah, Nick is so mean but we love him. I've had a comment saying how weird it is that they are eleven and I get that but I'm not going to keep them eleven forever. If you've read High School Ride I'm doing what that person did in the sense that they will age. This is kind of based on me and my own best friend and we started talking when we were eleven so that's why I've started it here. Tell me what you think in a review. Thanks!