Chapter 4

To say Alex was thrown off-guard would be an understatement. Never had she encountered someone with the audacity to bump into her, much less sneeze on her. Sure, Alex had a feeling that it took the freckled girl a while to recognise just exactly who she was when she had bumped into her, but that thought put her off even more.

After spending the last few minutes in the bathroom, wiping herself off with tissue and hand sanitizer, Alex went to rejoin her friends in their special area.

Their special area was a small classroom in an abandoned block of the school campus. Since the school was so big, no teachers had thought (or cared) to check there for delinquent students who may be skipping classes. It was an unspoken rule throughout the student body that Alex and her crew had marked that block as their territory and anyone who dared to tell administration would face the consequences.

"Surprisingly, Freckles didn't leave that much snot behind," Alex commented to her friends.

"Why the fuck would you tell us that, Lex," Kaden wrinkled his nose in disgust before taking a drag from the spliff he lit.

"Oh, sorry I didn't realise that hearing about the event would be more traumatising than being a victim to the event," Alex bit back, grabbing the spliff from Kaden.

Jason scoffed at the two's antics, playing with his switchblade. His legs were perched on a desk as he rocked back and forth in his chair. He had never been one for much words. He was tall and muscular and had a knack for intimidating people with his build and silence.

"Why call her 'Freckles'?" Sam asked, "Hers aren't even that prominent. I hardly think it's a feature that's worth a nickname."

"Because," Alex started, flicking Kaden on the back of the head to annoy him, "It's unique. I've never seen freckles on a brown girl before."

"Woah, is it even okay to call her that?" Kaden asked, looking at Sam.

"Kaden stop looking at me because I'm the only black person in the room," Sam rolled his eyes. He shifted towards Alex, "I get what you mean. It's not every day you see freckles on a brown girl."

"You guys are talking way too much right now," Jason gruffed.

"Calm down, Grumpy Pants," Kaden retorted, rolling his eyes. In the blink of an eye, Jason was holding Kaden by the hair with a blade to his neck.

"Okay, okay, okay," Kaden repeated with his hands up, surrendering. Jason tightened his hold on him and growled, before shoving him off. Though he was also kind of built (and kind of slow), Kaden knew that he was no match for Jason.

The bell in the small classroom rang, announcing it was time for the next class.

Alex got up from her chair and grabbed her bag, "Well boys, it was nice spending first period with you but I gotta bounce."

"You don't have to," Sam replied, "You just know you have the same free period as Freckles right now and you probably want to intimidate her."

Alex smirked at him, "What can I say? I'm a predictable gal."