Afterlife ↠ Argent [1]

07. Spies

"He's not lying," I say to Allison, looking up to see Gerard walking inside the school. He was wearing a suit and seemed to have a little name tag on his shoulder as well.

Allison looks over at Gerard. "How is he the new principle? What happened to the old one?"

Stiles shakes his head. "I don't know. Apparently he just left."

Allison closes her eyes for a moment before opening them again. "Where's Scott?"

"At the lacrosse field-" Stiles starts to say before someone walks over to Allison. I raise my eyebrows when I see that it's Lydia, looking stunning if I do say so myself. She really did step up a notch; since the last time I saw her she was naked and had crazy hair.

"Allison," Lydia says, tugging on her best friends arm. "Can you come with me?"

Allison nods, her eyes a little wide. "Yeah sure."

Lydia tugs Allison away as she gives Stiles a look, saying that this conversation wasn't over yet. I trail after Allison and Lydia as they make their way up to the school doors, myself not helping but notice Lydia's long legs. She was wearing a dark red dress with creme heals that made her look gorgeous. Her hair was in lose curls and she had more makeup on than any other girl I've seen before. She looked really good.

But she wasn't as pretty as Allison.

"What are we doing?" Allison says as they stop in front of the two doors. Lydia stands there for a moment, fixing her hair and make up.

Lydia sighs. "I needed someone to walk inside with me."

Allison raises an eyebrow. "For what?"

Lydia glances over at Allison. "I have been running around in the woods for days and people are going to notice, mostly because I lost 9 pounds from being out there. That's why I needed you to make sure they draw their attention away from me to you."

"But why me?" Allison says, pulling her purse closer to her.

Lydia pops her lips before smiling. "Because I'm not the one who's Aunt is a serial killer."

I widen my eyes as Lydia turns and opens the doors, leaving Allison and I outside. She looks over at me, giving me a look saying that she couldn't believe she just said that before rolling her eyes. Allison walks first before we both walk into the school after Lydia, who was now staring at everyone in the hallway.

I chuckle softly as everyone in the hall stops and stares at Lydia, almost disgusted looks on their faces. Allison hides her smile as well as Lydia stands there completely still, her eyes flicking around at everyone in the hall.

Allison leans closer to Lydia before whispering. "Maybe it's the nine pounds."

Lydia nods slightly before gulping, lifting her hand and flipping her hair. She trots forward, her heals clicking as everyone watches her carefully. Allison stands there next to me as we watch Lydia shove someone out of the way, mumbling under her breath something that I couldn't understand. Allison sighs before looking over at me, laughing a little.

I smile and shake my head before Allison walks off after Lydia, myself doing so as well. As I walk after the two girls, I look around the hallway, seeing that it was quite similar to my school. Except the lockers were a different color and my school had more levels. As I glanced around, I noticed someone who looked oddly familiar. It was a boy with gelled up hair; almost like mine. I remembered seeing him at a Lacrosse game, but I didn't know his name.

I turn back around and catch back up with Allison, seeing Lydia walking far up ahead. Allison looks over at me before smiling. "So, ready to ditch me yet?"