Assassin / Deadly Class

|7- How To Be a Failure 101

"Tonight, you and I are going on a date," he said to Marcus while dropping the blade from his neck. "And wear something nice to bury you later."

" Oooh, how romantic. A date" I teased.

"Oh, do you want to come too?" he said back

" Gladly, " I said

" Really? " Maria asked

" Yeah sounds like fun," I had to say something that won't bother me and I'm too in the mood either. When I said this, Marcus quickly looked at me while looking pale as a ghost. Wait, did he beviled that? She just looked at me and said " Well someone got lucky."  When I said that I saw Billy in the corner of my eye holding his skateboard in one hand and the other, holding a mega drink from 7- elven. Chico glanced at me and then saw Billy as well. He went up to him and ripped his drink and dumped it all over Marcus. He gasped and I wasn't sure whether to laugh or to stay quiet. He was laughing as well as his gang. He left as well as everyone else. I just knew because of this I'm going to miss my first period, but I didn't mind. I hate this school as much as I hate the people here.

I will rather be any else than here. Or even better, dead.  You know what, I can't just let him here because if I do he probably going to call me out as he did with Saya. 

" Come on," I said grabbing his sleeve and dragging him to the nearest bathroom to clean him up. He's going to be the death of me. I pushed through people on the way to the bathroom. What a fucking great way start to this fantastic day.

"Bye Maira,"

"adiós."

B A T H R O O M

I just finished squeezing out the extra water from the towel I found on the floor of the halls.  Marcus is leaning on the countertop while whipping down his jacket, pants, and shoes because I refused to clean below his waist. I dragged him to the girl's bathroom for causing a scene.  I sit down waiting till' his finish.  I've already had a shitty day.  I got up and made him stick his head under the sink to wash out the drink and sugar the best I could with the time we had. After trying to dry out his hair with napkins, I began to brush his hair with my hands and it began to turn curly fast without being completely dried. 

He looked at me and I tried to avoid eye contact as I tried to continue to brush his hair. He smiles at me and reaches out to hold one of my hands. I just looked at the ground.

" Look, I know this might sound stupid, but thank you, Ari. At least someone here isn't completely narcissistic asshole here," he tells me while looking down at me with a small smirk on his face. 

" Oh, so I am a bit of an asshole?" I teased as his smirk slowly grew into a small, soft smile.

"Well, I think you want to go to this school, you  have to be at least 30 or 40 percent of an asshole to meet the standers and qualifications of the school." I chuckled because he was right. "You got a little bit of the slurpy on your back and your shoes," I pointed out as he passed me a wet towel. I counited helping clean him up in silence.  

"Seriously, why are guys treating girls with disrespect? Like that guy from earlier.  Hurting a girl like that. Some macho he is." he's scuffed and shacks his head. I agree with him but the thing about Chico is that he has a lot of power because of his father. 

 When he mentioned that, I remembered my ex-Aaron. He left leaving me with bruises when he got mad. I knew he never intended on hurting me but when he did he would apologize because he would get mad at something and sometimes hurt me. At first, our relationship was good and he was nice, sweet, and caring. But while we were dating, people got jealous, upset, and started to talk shit and because of that, we got into arguments and eventually broke up. After our break up, I left after a month and now I'm back. I know my relationship isn't like what Maria is going through but no one should go through that. 

"Chico's father is one of the biggest drug cartels out there, that's why Chico has so much power around here. He's been thought to kill or hurt those who are weaker than him or cross his way. And let me tell you, Marcus, he will kill you." I pause for a second to let the informant sink in and make sure he got all that I just told him. 

Marcus looked pounded and then said, " That girl who he pushed, Ummm, Maria was her name right?  Why is she even with a guy like that anyways?  She looked scared and then tried to play it off after he came." he tells me while bending his head down and brushing his head with his fingers. We were friends at a point then we just drifted away but slowly becoming closer again. I can't wait to change the subject. 

"She's only with him because of his rep and as she told you, it's dangerous without a gang here. But at this point, I think it's because  Chico won't let her leave. He has power and money, and if he wanted to, he would search the whole earth to find her and not let her go. All because he can't stand the fact that she doesn't want to be with him." I informed him while fidging with my fingers. Marcus is sitting down on the floor with anger at what I just told him. I decided to sit down with him and rest my head on his shoulder to get his attention. 

"Chico isn't one to take stations like that one back there lightly. He will come for you whether he is blatant or conspicuous about it is all up to him." I tell him most things I know about him to try to ease things down a bit. 

" Yeah, but you saw the monk guy back there. Chico backed off when one of his guys came and told him that they were watching us. So, he can't really kill a student here, can he?" He first said this like it was a rhetorical question but I didn't say anything at first so that made him a bit hesitant and then back to serious. 

" If I tell you that he doesn't care about the rules, will that tell you anything?"I tell him lightly. He looked alarmed for a few minutes before a scowl takes over his face. 

" Fuck that shit. There are supposed to be rules here that Lin set, so if Chico can't follow the rules, doesn't that make him look weak? Like, if he can't control a student who tries to kill and treat people like shit, then doesn't that cause a problem? " He looks over me.  I mean Chico is trying to overthrow the other gangs and can be a complete asshole. I check my watch and the second period was about to start soon. 

"Shit"

"What?"

"Lin's class is next and we definitely don't want to be late for that, do we punk? And I'll say something to cover why we didn't go to the first period. Like you had a bloody nose or something and you needed a pad or a tampon or some shit." I teased.

"Yeah okay," He laughs along with me while grabbing his worn-out bag from the ground. I grabbed mine as well and head out of the exit sign. 

Maybe it won't be as bad as the last time I was here. 

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