Max:
"So, Max..." Fang said, as we walked to my locker. "Why'd you miss two weeks?"
"I uh," what do I say?! If I tell him the truth, then he'll treat me weirdly, but if I don't and he catches me in a lie, then what? I'll just lie. He probably won't want to get close to me anyway, he is friends with El so he must be popular, right? "Had a lot going on at home, with my friends and dad...mom figured I wasn't ready."
Total lies right there. I don't have any friends and El and I's dad left when mom found out that she was pregnant, with me. Does a lot for your self esteem, right?
"Oh..." he said.
He was wearing a black t-shirt and black jeans. He was very hot. That's all I am saying.
"Um, this is your locker" he said, pointing at the blue locker that read, 666 at the top.
"Figures, I would get the devil's locker." I mumbled and he laughed slightly.
"It used to be mine, but I switched with my neighbor, who recently transferred schools...so, now it's yours" He said.
I looked at the combo at the top of my schedule.
14, 0, 5
Of course, not the easiest combo in the world, but I'll deal.
I saw that most people had already disappeared into their classes.
"Are we late?!" I asked, shoving my books in, in a panic.
"No...this school's just full of people that can't stand the thought of being 1 second late so get there like 10 minutes early."
I released the breath that I'd been holding.
"Oh, good." I said, throwing my one shoulder bag on and standing up.
"English is this way. Iggy and Ella are in your 2nd class, 4th class, lunch and gym class. They have all the same classes." He told me. That made me feel a bit better, that I wouldn't have to be with only total strangers all day. I mean, I know Fang or Nick(?) but I'm closer to El.
"Okay, thanks"
Ella:
"Iggy! I don't wanna go to History...it's SO boring in that class" I whined to my best guy friend.
"I know, I don't either. Parkway?" He asked. I had been ditching classes all my life, I was used to it by now. I smiled.
"You know me so well." I smiled. Iggy and I had gotten extremely close in the last 3 weeks. I met him and Fang the first week that we moved here.
We went upstairs to the one exit that, did have a camera, but this school board was so stupid. Why? The camera is facing only one way and is easy to be in it's blind side.
This made it very easy to just walk out of the building and then return later in the day. Iggy and I pushed ourselves into the wall as much as we could and slowly moved toward the door. Finally, we got outside.
"I always feel like I'm a spy in a movie when I do that!" I said, once we at least a block from the school.
"I know." He said, "lets go"
We ran to Parkway [If you don't know what that is, it's a place that is my town, not sure if it's anywhere else but I wanted to be original, that serves deli and coffee drinks].
"Get me a medium mix." I said, I watched to make sure that nobody from the school followed us. I know that we're paranoid but we have to.
"K. Be right back, then we'll go to the park." he said, running in.
-Line Break-
-7 periods later-
Max:
"So, how do you like Jackson High?" Fang said, catching up with me after French let out.
"It's a good school." I said, giving a short answer before picking up my pace.
"Max!" he said, running to catch back up with me.
"Why are you talking to me?"
"Huh?"
"Why," I stopped at my locker and looked at him. "Are you talking to me?" I asked.
"'Cuz, I wanted to be friends...I don't know. Why do you ask?"
"In my last school, talking to me, would be considered worse than social suicide...it'd be considered digging your own grave, laying in it and then killing yourself." I replied. I turned on my heel and headed to gym class, leaving him to realize that he didn't want to be friends with someone like me.