Becky’s just coming out of a meeting with her math teacher and on her way to football practice when she noticed a couple of students run by her. The school day was officially over about fifteen minutes ago so she didn’t understand why they would be running until she overheard someone say the words fight and Freen in the same sentence.
Becky was on the move before she could even register that she was heading towards all the commotion. There’s a group of students gathered and she tries to squeeze by to get a better view but she can just barely see the top of Freen’s head before Mr. Pringles gets involved.
"Principal's office, both of you. Let's go,” Becky hears the teacher say before he’s escorting Freen away.
It’s not until the crowd starts to disperse that she notices JB is there too looking as pitiful as ever. As more students leave, Becky spots Nam standing on the opposite side of where the circle had formed too and they’re just left staring at each other as Becky tries to get a grasp of what just happened.
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“That can’t be good,” Becky comments as the two come together.
“Yeah. Hopefully they don’t call her parents,” Nam says worriedly, “They’re going to be so pissed if they have to leave work for this.”
“What happened?” Becky asks as she glances at the Principal’s Office door.
“One guess,” Nam says cryptically.
Becky frowns at Nam, “What do you mean?”
“JB’s involved,” Nam replies knowingly, “He knows exactly what to say to get under Freen’s skin. Whatever it takes to get a good story, no matter who has to suffer.”
Becky nods. She remembers what Freen told her the other day about how JB took part in having her outed. It makes her feel sick to think he’s bothering her now, but it also makes her feel extremely angry and she isn’t usually an angry person.
“I hate people like that,” Becky says softly despite the growing fire within.
Nam looks at her and nods, “Yeah. Me too. People just need to leave her the hell alone already. They can’t handle what she’s like when the claws come out.”
Becky can only imagine considering what she knows of Freen so far. Maybe Becky will get a glimpse of this infamous Satan? She wouldn’t be surprised if that did happen though. Sometimes playing nice doesn’t get you very far, Becky had to learn that the hard way.
“Seems like people here love pressing her buttons,” Becky comments, “They don’t notice her when she’s being kind.”
Nam lets out a dry chuckle, “An understatement of the century.”
“There’s so many things I don’t get about this school, but that might be my biggest issue. People hate on her for being a so-called bitch but they also hate on her when tries to be different. People think she’s such a bad person,” Becky finds herself saying, “She really isn’t, at least she isn’t to me.”
Nam looks to her and there’s this pleased smile on her face, “You must be special.”
Becky’s not sure what that means but she smiles anyway.
“You’re here for like five minutes and you already get it,” Nam notes, “Meanwhile, we’ve gone to school with these same kids for literally all of our lives and they still treat her as if she’s a villain. Okay, maybe she can be a villain sometimes but there’s more to her, you know?”
Becky nods, “I know.”
“Good,” Nam says, “Well I’m going to my locker. It’s just over there.”
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Lost in the Lights
FanfictionBecky P. Armstrong is new to WMHS and quickly finds that the students there aren't as open-minded as the ones she's used to, especially when she takes over as the Titans' starting quarterback. Many heads are turned including Cheerios Co-Captain Free...
