Hey everyone! Sorry this took a while, I'm back at school and some of my classes are EVIL. But today, I was fasting for Yom Kippur and since I did basically all my homework over the weekend, I decided once I finished some problems that I would write. And apparently writing while hungry and tired works out well for me. :)

Many thanks to beanieluver101, whose very kind reviews gave me the umph needed to update.

And lots of hugs and love to libaka, my awesome beta who reads over my stories and makes me happy. And teaches me to knit. :P

Disclaimer: I don't own Sisters Grimm, much to my unending agony. -tears-

Chapter 26. Smirk

(this is during the second book, before everything went crazy but after Puck joined Sabrina at school)

Sabrina hurried down the hall towards the cafeteria, grumbling to herself about school. Ms. Heart was a complete horror, and Sabrina could feel herself dragging. The fact that she hadn't eaten dinner the night before because she was so upset about Mr. Grumpner's death probably didn't help. She sighed and rubbed her forehead, feeling the headache recede slightly at the thought of getting lunch. Sabrina hoped that Puck didn't do anything too gross, because she really did need to eat something.

Sabrina pulled the door open, glancing around quickly for any food being thrown her way. 'You'd think with such a small school, the teachers would have better control over the kids,' she thought sarcastically.

Seeing herself in no danger, Sabrina went to the front of the cafeteria and hurriedly bought herself some food. Without looking for Daphne, who was probably perfectly content with her little band of happy kindergartners, Sabrina sat down at an empty table and looked at her lunch.

She sighed. At least it looked more appetizing than Granny's meals. Steeling herself, Sabrina began to eat.

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Puck wandered into the lunchroom, looking around curiously. School had been much more fun than he had expected. There were so many prank victims! Even Heart had looked slightly scared when the first time she told him off, Puck had responded with a slightly evil grin. He wasn't there, but he knew that when she entered the teacher's room to eat lunch, a bucket of very cold, very pink water would be landing on her. The thought of it made his grin widen.

He saw Sabrina sitting by herself, quietly eating lunch. It looked like Natalie and Toby were laying off her today, probably because Natalie didn't want to get punched again. Puck started over, planning out how to ruin her meal, when he heard some boys talking.

"She's really pretty, you know?" A freckled boy whispered to his friends.

"Who? The new girl?" His red-headed friend picked up his head to look over at Sabrina. Puck looked as well, and saw her absently tucking some of her hair behind her ear while taking a bite of her sandwich. The boy cocked his head. "She's alright, I suppose. Her hair's a bit funny though."

The group of boys nodded. Puck grinned to himself. It was one of his better pranks, he figured. Sabrina's hair was still puffy from the glue, although that blonde girl, Bella, had managed to pull it back into something resembling a ponytail.

The freckled boy shrugged. "But she's still really pretty! And she's cool, too. Who else would slug Natalie on her first day?" The other boys nodded thoughtfully.

Puck scowled, all thoughts of his brilliant prank derailed. Grimm, pretty? No way. Boys in this age just didn't know how to treat girls. You weren't nice to them. Girls were evil, of course.

Puck decided to set the boys straight. Anyone seeing one of Sabrina's temper tantrums would NEVER like her.

He marched over to Sabrina's table. "Hey Ugly," he began.

"You buy your food at the front, here's your money," Sabrina answered without looking up, pushing the lunch money Granny had given her across the table to Puck.

Fuming, Puck grabbed the money and went to get lunch. He considered ways to piss her off. He couldn't just dump his lunch on her, that was too obvious and besides, he was hungry. He could insult her, but recently she just seemed to ignore it and insult him in kind. Puck grinned. He knew exactly what to do.

Setting his food next to her, Puck leaned his mouth close to her ear. "Hey Ugly," he said softly.

"Uh-huh?" Sabrina wasn't even paying him any attention as she flipped a page in the book they'd been handed in class today.

Puck scowled. "Hey Ugly," he said louder.

"What?" She looked up, only to lean back slightly when she saw how close they were.

"What is it, Puck?" Sabrina asked, frowning at him.

Puck smiled innocently. "I just wanted to say how nice your hair looks today." Pecking her cheek, Puck sat down and smirked at her face, which was rapidly reddening. He glanced over at the boys across the room.

With some discomfort, Puck realized that Sabrina blushing (either with anger or embarrassment, he wasn't sure) didn't make her any less attractive to the boys across the room. The freckled one seemed to be setting the room on fire with how red he was.

Bringing his eyes back to Sabrina, he saw that she seemed to be bringing herself back under control. She smiled sweetly at him. "Why thank you, Puck. That was very nice."

Puck blinked when she stood, holding her empty tray and half-full carton of milk. She continued angrily, "Maybe you should think of that the next time you dump me in a vat of spoiled buttermilk and glue!" With that, she dumped the rest of her milk on his head and stormed off.

The fairy boy snapped his mouth shut when he realized it was hanging open, and glared at the boys who were laughing across the room. He turned his glare to Sabrina as she strode out of the cafeteria. Before she left, however, she glanced back.

The blonde, ugly, infuriatingly pretty girl smirked Puck's way, gave him a cheerful little wave and a wink, and skipped out the door. Puck cursed in Shakespearean as he felt his cheeks start to flush under the milk dripping down his face.

He hated it when Sabrina turned the tables on him.

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That's Smirk, I hope you liked it!

The next few chapters should be coming out soon, since I've figured out a lovely little schedule to fit in writing in between class and homework.

I love you all, and

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Tam :)