She scoffs. "You're acting like I'm bad when I'm really not, I just don't like bullies. They started it first. And I bunk lessons because your teachers can't teach."
I snigger at the last part.
"Kyrah GET OUT!"
"But I didn't do anything?!"
"Get. Out."
I huff then pick up my bag, whatever then.
"I'll see you in detention." He says as I stand up.
I scoff. "No you won't."
He starts shouting again but I simply leave the room and go to my Geography class. S is picking me up today, and he'll get onto me if I make him wait. I'll go to detention tomorrow.
When it gets to lunch, my eyes search the canteen for Justine, Talia and Felicia. As I start walking towards them, I bump into Shantae again.
"Yooo." I say.
She chuckles. "Wahgwan Mayweather?"
"Nuttin Tyson!"
We both laugh.
"On a real though, thanks for backing me today."
I nod. "It's calm, it wasn't a fair fight."
"Skeen I could've taken them both."
I lift my hands up. "Well sooorry big gyal, my bad! Don't hurt me!"
We both laugh.
"Wanna sit with my group?" I ask.
She shrugs. "Who do you chill with?"
"Justine, Talia and Felicia."
Her face dropped a bit when I said Felicia for some reason. But she shrugs.
"Alright."
I lead her over to the table and we sit down with everyone. "Yooo, this is Shantae! Shantae, this is Justine, Talia and-"
"Felicia." She narrows her eyes at her.
"Erm, okay then..." I look between them in confusion.
Felicia looks down, fiddling with her fingers. Weird. Before I can address it, Justine cuts in.
"Rah I barely see you around! Who do you normally chill with?"
She scoffs. "I usually don't come in. But this year they've been ringing my Mum bare so I can't bunk anymore."
Justine laughs. "Rah you sound worse than me, I used to hide in the library!"
Shantae chuckles.
"So, what form are you in?" Justine asks.
"Erm, I think 10A."
Justine and I laugh.
"I think?" I ask.
"Fam I don't know! I usually come in at 10."
"Rahh how have you been getting away with this for 3 years?" Talia asks.
She scoffs. "I haven't, I went All Saints till year 9. I moved here in April."
"Rah that's where my brother went, you must've learnt hella survival skills." Justine says.
We all laugh. Listen, the things we've heard about that school. Maud.
"Well apparently she did, my girl got kicked out for fighting!" I say.
"Swear?!" Justine exclaims.
"Aye low me please, I'm not bad you know. We got a new head teacher and he implemented a one strike policy. If you got in any fight you got kicked out. So nearly everyone got expelled."
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Red Light
Action🇬🇧London based. Can you leave the hood? Starting in 2012, Red Light tells the story of Kyrah, a girl from Rushton, a fictional borough in South London. After being taken advantage of by guys, she struggles with anxiety and PTSD, which leads her in...
