Chapter 5
(Fang's P.O.V)
I was not in a good mood. Firstly I got up late that morning. I was going to be late for school again. Then Angel's dog, Total, decided to do his business in my sneakers. The same sneakers that I was planning to wear to school that morning. I had to drive Angel to school and then come back and wash my sneakers because I refused to change my shoes because a certain dog decided to do his business in my shoes. Then Mom and Dad tell me that I had to get home early because they wanted to 'go out'. so I was going to miss basketball.
I got to school at Lunch time to hear Nudge in one of her speeches.
"Nudge," I said.
"Whoops. Sorry."
"We call her Nudge because she's always talking," I heard Iggy tell a girl who was sitting with my friends. "Sometimes we're too far away to nudge her, so we say 'nudge'. eventually it became a nickname. Anyways, Max," A girl named Max. Hmm, I thought. "This is His Royal Excellency, Nick Walker, more popularly known as Fang." Max turned around.
I could barely contain my shock. Words can't begin to describe this girl. Pretty was insufficient. Glamorous, too dull. Radiant was still not enough. She had her hair in gentle curls, barely there make-up. And a bonus? She was wearing black, my favourite colour, or shade, whatever. She was beautiful without trying. Graceful unconsciously. But she had that 'Mess-with-me-and-I'll-kick-your-ass' badass look, that girls rarely had. Nothing like the girls at this school. They were always overly dolled up, wearing the most revealing clothes in an attempt to get my attention. Little did they know, they turned me off. Big time.
"Nicholas." Speaking of turning me off. I took my eyes off of Max and turned to see Brigid walking towards me quickly, of as quickly as could be expected considering she was wearing six inch high heels. My expression soured further as I saw what she was wearing. She wore a hot pink, micro-mini, pleated skirt, a pink crop top-with no tank top underneath-, exposing her pink belly ring, and previously mentioned her infamous six-inch, bubble-gum pink, heels. Her red hair hung straight down her back in a ponytail with a pink ribbon. She wore more make-up than usual.
I turned to Iggy, grimaced and turned back to face Brigid.
"Hey, Brigid," I smiled.
"I missed you in English class today," she pouted.
"Really?" She nodded.
"Anyways, to make up for it, I was wondering if you wanted to sit with me and my friends today," she said, gesturing to Lissa, Skky and Jamie. Three other red heads in Brigid's 'Be in love with Fang' club, of Nick as they preferred to call me.
"No, actually," I told her. "Max here is new, and I want to get to know her a little better since she'll obviously sitting with me and my friends now."
Brigid shot Max death daggers, as Max waved innocently at her.
"Oh, okay," she said, but her smile was forced and her voice, a little less cheery. "I'll see you later then."
"Really Fang," Iggy chastised. "Using poor, innocent Max as an excuse to not sit with them." He shook his head mockingly. I rolled my eyes and Max snickered. "Though I am surprised she didn't push the matter further." I took a seat beside Max.