It Started With An Insult

"I'll explain everything."

"Wait, what?! But I alread- no, no, no. I don't think she's that bad, right?"

Let's just ignore the fact that her last name is short of lollipop.

"She's the epitome of evil. A symbol of the snake. When I found out what kind of person she is, I was forced to think about what humanity is. Can somebody be that evil with a human face and body? And one more thing. See those girls standing beside and talking with her?" She asks me and points a finger at them.

I nod.

They were with her before I came to class. The Barbies.

"They are her left and right hand. If she tells them to do something, they'll do it right away. They are her minions as I like to say. Anyway, I don't want to talk about her anymore. Let's just watch the game cause it's starting in few minutes."

"Hannah, can you explain to me why we came here? I mean, we have class and I'm sure teachers would be mad if we don't show up. And it's my first day at the new schoo-"

"Ashley! They won't be mad because they're also watching the rugby game. Do you see Mr.Pevis over there?" She nods her head in direction where out teacher is.

"And Mrs.Smith is over there. There's nobody in the classrooms today. It's a game day which means that the Eastwood High is playing against the Meridian High. They are first in National Rankings. They are so good that we always lose against them. But who knows? One day, we might beat them and go forward from the second to the first place. I hope that day is today." She continued.

"Oh, so you mean that today there's no studying at all? It's just us cheering here for our school?"

"It's not just. I mean, look at everybody. They are so pumped up for the game that even for cheering is required a lot of energy."

"Is this like some tradition at your school?"

"Yep. This today, is a big game that we don't want to lose. So girl, you better get that adrenaline flowing through your veins and start cheering. Cause I'm about to remove all the stress out of me by yelling with this crowd of students." She genuinely laughed which made me smile.

This is a first time for me. That I feel happy to meet some girl and have her as my friend.

"Yeah, let's do it!" I clenched my fists.

A rugby team was on the bench talking about the tactic with their coach while the whole tribunes were yelling and cheering. Cheerleaders were doing what they always do during the games. Even though I call that catching flies in the air but yeah we can call it cheerleading, too. A whistle marked the beginning of the game. The players got up from the bench while the crowd was yelling one specific name. Hunter.

"Come on, girl. Let's cheer! Just say what others say."

"Hunter, Hunter, Hunter! Go, Hunter!!!" It was a loud roar of the tribunes.

I should join them. Seems like this Hunter boy is super popular. I wonder who he is.

"Hunter, Hunter, Hunter! Go, Hunter!" I yelled really loud - thinking that I was in a sync with the crowd - from the depth of my lungs making myself slightly cough.

What?

It was an atmosphere, I may have gotten a little bit carried away.

In that moment, the guy itself turned to me and looked me straight in the eyes. What? This guy is Hunter? The guy from before, the one I'm sitting with in the class? But - I didn't know it was him. Oh, my God! So he's the captain of the rugby team?! No wonder his name sounded familiar.