Principal Walker leans forward and rests his forearms on the table, looking between the three of us.
"Why?" he asks
"Why what?" Legacy questions
"Why are you three here?" he says
"Ask her, this is all her fault" Aaron accuses, still holding his nose
"Go see the nurse" Sir orders. Aaron nods and then leaves the room.
"Legacy, you tell me how this whole incident happened" the Principal says to him.
"Okay" Legacy agrees "Well basically, Lauren and her friend were moved up to our art lesson. Sir sat Lauren in between Aaron and me. We were fine with it until she started distracting us from our work. Aaron and I tried to ignore it but it just got out of control so we stood up for ourselves, that's when the argument started. The three of us were sent to your office. When we got outside, me and Aaron tried to make peace but Lauren obviously didn't want that. That's when she threw the punch at Aaron"
"WHAT?!" I shout "That is not what happened!"
"Lauren" Principal Walker scowls. I stop talking.
"But Sir I-" I begin
"Shh!"
"But-"
"Another word out of you without permission and I'll have you suspended
"...but...”
"Shh!" he frowns "Is there anything else Legacy?"
"I think so, I don't want to dwell too much on the past" he sniffs as he attempts to shed a tear, but it doesn't fall.
Then the door opens. And Aaron with a bandaged up nose walks in, sitting himself back down in his seat.
"Are you okay?" I ask bravely, but my question comes out as more of a whisper. He looks over at me with a scowl but nods anyway.
"Is anything broken?" Sir wonders
"A little, not too much damage" Aaron explains. Sir nods.
"Lauren, tell me your side of the story" Principal Walker says
"Well you see, since the day I first started at this school. These two have been..." I begin, about to explain my entire story, when I notice Aaron and Legacy glaring at me from the corner of my eye. I figured it would be best not to tell Sir about the whole 'Bullying' thing.
"They have been what?" Sir asks
"Err...they err..." I think "They've been very nice to me" I lie.
"So then why did you annoy them, and punch Aaron in the nose?"
"It's not the first time she's hit us" Legacy mumbles
"What?!" Sir snaps at me
"I...I..."
"Shush Lauren, you've said enough" the Principal scowls "You two may go" he waves Aaron and Legacy off. They smirk at me then leave the room.
"So what's my punishment" I wonder with a sigh
"You will clean the cafeteria every day after school for 2 weeks and..."
"There's more?" I gasp
"Yes" he nods "You will attend the Saturday detention this weekend with-"
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in" Sir says.
The door opens and the most gorgeous boy I've ever seen in my whole life, steps forward. He was fair-skinned black, with beautiful brown eyes and a smile to die for. He had short dark brown curls and muscular arms. He was wearing a wife beater with a pair of washed out jeans, black, red and white sneakers and a Miami Heat snapback.
"Ah Trey, just the guy I was talking about" Principal Walker says
"It’s Roc Royal Sir, and what do you mean?" he wonders
"Sorry, Roc" Sir corrects "Have you met Lauren before?"
When he says my name, this Roc guy immediately looks over at me and smiles.
"Not really, I've only been here a week Sir"
"And you're already in trouble"
Trey chuckles "Can't help it"
"What's going on?" I butt in, scowling with confusion
"Trey here, I mean Roc" Sir begins "Will be joining you after school for the next two weeks and he'll also be joining you this Saturday"
Roc winks at me.
"How long have you been at this school?" I ask him
"A week. Me and my boys moved here with our girls last Monday" he explains
"And you're already in trouble?" I wonder. He nods. "Shameful" I say, getting up and leaving the office. As I leave I see Derek and Christine sitting down on the bench Aaron and Legacy had previously been sitting on, except both of them were smothered in different coloured paints
"Err...what happe-"
"Don't wanna talk about it" they both snap, folding their arms and turning away from each other
"...okay...well I'll catch you later at lunch Chrissy. Meet you in the cafeteria" I add, heading off down the hallway.
The bell rings for next lesson.
Skipping to lunch...
I leave my maths classroom and head to the lunch hall. I see all my friends sitting around a table, so I join them. Chrissy is still looking as colourful as ever.
"Hey" I smile, sitting down
"Hey" they reply
"What happened between you and Derek Chrissy?" I grin
"I stood up for myself, he didn't like it, and somehow, the paint got involved" she explains.
All of us giggle.
"I'm guessing you told them about Me, Aaron and Legacy" I say to her
"Yup" she nods "By the way, what happened in Principal Walker's office?"
"Well I've got to clean the cafeteria every day after school for two weeks. And I've got to attend a Saturday detention this week"
"Really?" they gasp
"Yup" I nod "With that guy" I point towards Roc who was sitting at the 'Cool' table with his mates and their girlfriends
"Ooo he's cute" Bonita smiles
"Yeah but he's taken" I sigh "And besides, I don't trust any boys now. For me, all boys are the same"
The girls nod in agreement.
We quickly go and buy our lunches then sit back down and begin to eat.
"This food is disgusting" Birgitta cringes, poking the pale green mush which sat on the edge of her plate
"Tell me about I-" I pause as a massive blob of mush lands in the middle of our table, landing on top of Martha's course work
"Ohhhhh!" we hear boys laugh in the distance. We turn and see a massive group of about 20 senior boys laughing in our direction; one of them with a bit of mush left on his hand, he must have thrown it.
"So they think this is funny?" Martha mumbles, pushing the food off of her work and picking up a handful from her plate. The whole cafeteria 'Ooo-es' as they wait for her to throw. She aims in at the guy in the centre of the group, and then throws. It lands right on top of his snapback.
He takes off his snapback and looks at the mush, he looks mad.
"FOOD FIGHT!" someone yells; and suddenly the air is filled with flying foods
"Our first reaction is to hide under the table. We huddle in a little circle whilst the food fight continues.
"We can't stay here forever" Christine says
"We can try sneaking out" Martha suggests. We all agree.
"3...2...1...go, go, go" we stand up from under the table and pick up our trays. We head for the washing area when our path is suddenly blocked by one other than Aaron.
"Hey there Lauren, where are you and your little friends running off to so fast?" Aaron wonders
"We...we were...just..." I stammer
"Not so tough now are ya? Now that you're away from teachers. No-one to protect you" Aaron teases
"I...I..."
I gulp as him and his friends stand behind him. They smirk as they look down at my big plate of mush.
"Please don-" he grabs hold of the back of my head and pushes my face into the mush; after a few seconds, he releases, allowing me to pull my face out of my food; my entire face and hair is smothered in mush. By now, the whole lunch hall is watching.
"Ohhhhhh" they chorus
"Lauren...are you okay?" my friends stammer, not sure what to do. I drop my tray at Aaron's feet and push past. I can hear him and his friends laughing as I run straight into the toilets and I sit down in my usual spot and cry; wiping the food off of my face with my sleeve, but bits of it stayed in my hair.
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