Hello! I'm super excited for this story; I've written a lot more of it, and I can't wait to share it. I hope you like this chapter!

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Chapter 3 – Struck a Nerve

As soon as the lunch bell rang, Ezra shot out of his seat and out of the class. The boy, whose name was Rolf as Ezra had found out, had started to fling things at him. First it was pieces of paper, but it gradually turned into pencils and pens. Ezra had to keep his cool to make sure he did not accidentally use the force. He had no clue why the boy had chosen him to be his next play thing, but he knew how to avoid people, which was what he was attempting to do as he made his way to the cafeteria.

When he got there, he almost immediately spotted Sabine with her streaks of color in her hair. He walked over to see that she was at a table with another girl with blonde hair. He walked up to Sabine and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Yes?" She asked, as if she did not know.

"Uh, Monet. I thought we were going to eat together?" Ezra asked, hinting at the fact that they needed to get the plans.

"Who is this?" The other girl asked, looking at Ezra.

"Aida, this is my…younger brother, Dev."

"Hello, Dev." Aida said, smiling at Ezra.

"Yeah, hi, whatever. Sabine, could I talk to you in private?" Ezra asked.

"Okay. I'll be right back." Sabine got up and Ezra followed her into the corner of the cafeteria where they were somewhat in private.

"What are you doing? We need to hurry up and get the plans."

"Oh, relax. We have time. Besides, Aida is totally an art lover. She understands my perspective."

"Sabine, we don't have time for this." Ezra protested further, not wanting to go back into the classroom anytime soon.

"You're overreacting. Go to the basement door and I'll meet you there in five minutes, tops," Sabine said.

"This is not a good idea."

"Need I remind you that Kanan said that I have point on this mission?" Ezra grunted at Sabine's stubbornness, and turned away from her and walked away towards the door. He looked back and saw her go back to the table with Aida, and they did seem to be having a deep conversation. But that gave Sabine no reason to jeopardize the mission like this.

Ezra reached for the door. Deciding not to go in the basement yet, he leaned against the wall. A few minutes passed by and Ezra was growing impatient. He looked again down the hall, but who he saw coming left a sinking feeling in his stomach.

This could not end well.

Down the hall came Roth, with a few followers. He instantly spotted him and a grin formed on his face.

Ezra knew where this was going. He began to raise his mental shields in order to attempt to calm himself. He was going to need it.

Roth approached him. "Hey, stupid. What do you think you're doing here?"

"That's none of your business," Ezra stated, his face in a neutral position.

"Actually, I think it is." Roth grabbed Ezra's collar and pulled him off the wall. Ezra stumbled but stopped himself from falling, and turned back to face Roth. "What's the matter, stupid?" he mocked, shoving Ezra again while the boys behind him snickered.

"Hey! What's your problem with me?" Ezra asked, standing his ground against the bully.

"That's none of your business," he said in a mocking voice. "What did I say, guys? He's so stupid." The shouts of the bully had attracted the unwanted attention of other students, who seemed to stop and watch what was going on. Nervously, Ezra continued to stand up.

"Don't be a jerk." Ezra stood up straight, but Roth continued on.

"You know what? He's right guys. I wouldn't want to waste my time on this poor, stupid loth-rat."

That stuck a nerve.

As soon as the words had left Roth's mouth, Ezra had whipped around and pounced on top of Roth, using his weight to push him to the ground. He threw punches left and right blindly, before he was overpowered by the bully. He was tossed aside and slid a little on the floor before scrambling up. Roth quickly punched him in the stomach and across the face before Ezra regained his balance. Roth threw another punch aimed at his side.

Ezra quickly slid out of the way of the Roth's punch and grabbed his arm. The look on his face was priceless. Ezra spun his body and flung Roth into the wall.

"What is going on here?" Ezra froze in his tracks, as did his attacker, as a teacher broke into the ring of students, who were fleeing away. Ezra looked around and saw his teacher standing at the scene, not looking pleased. But over the teacher's shoulder he saw Sabine, who had a look of shock on her face.

"You're coming with me to the office." The teacher rushed over and grabbed Ezra's forearm, as well as Roth's and began marching towards the office. Ezra looked back at Sabine, who had changed from a shocked look to a disappointed look. Why she was disappointed Ezra did not know. The fight was her fault anyway. If she had shown up earlier, he would not be in this mess. Ezra sighed as he was dragged off to the office.

Sabine was deep in a conversation about art when she noticed something was off. There was a mass of teens running down the hallway that Ezra had gone through earlier. Something was up.

"Hey, what's going on over there?" Sabine asked the blonde-haired girl she was sitting next to.

"Probably some fight; it's best to stay out of them."

"I'm going to check it out. I'll be right back," Sabine said. She stood up and followed the flow of the teenagers to the source. She hoped Ezra had not gotten into trouble.

But like he always said, it did find him. So when she saw that Ezra was in the middle of the ring of teenagers, she was not too surprised. She saw Ezra slide out of the way of the other kid's punch, and flinging him across the hall. Sabine knew that this could not end well. All of the attention Ezra was drawing would not allow them to be able to complete their mission.

"What do you think you're doing here?"

A voice rang out from the shouts of the now fleeing teens, and the teacher who it came from quickly dragged the fighters off. Sabine and Ezra made eye contact, and she was upset at Ezra from screwing up the mission. As least, that's what she wanted him to think. She was actually sort of happy that she got to come back to the school for another day. Sabine turned back and walked towards the cafeteria, a slight smile on her face.

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R & R

~ Kavella ~