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10. Good Times = Food Fight

10. Good Times = Food Fight

"Me?" I asked, confused at Zack's sudden statement.

"Uh, n-nothing! I thought you were someone I knew. Sorry... " Zack apologized.

"It's cool. I'm anyway the girl you're sitting next to in chemistry. That's how you know me." I brushed it off and instead paid attention to the food lying I'm front of me. Cue the awkward silence.

"Sooo, I'm officially a mathlete!" Dayna chimed in, breaking the silence.

" Woah there, Dayna! You're passing all the nerdy limits!" I exclaimed. Even though I'm a nerd, I'm not that big of a nerd to be a mathlete. Mathletes are the next level nerds and they didn't like me even though I was a brain in math. They'd rather not have me in the group than face my almighty rage and tantrum when we lose a mathlete competition. Huh, reminds me of a good old memory of me chucking my math book in class when I couldn't solve a problem. Turned out that there was a printing error, making the sum impossible to solve. Good times.

"Someone's gotta be the alpha." Dayna chuckled.

"Hey! Beta is awesome. Beta has got swag. Alpha can go kiss my ass." I chuckled at Dayna's math joke attempt.

"Umm, what's going on?" Zack asked Chase, pointing at Dayna and I.

"The nerds are talking. Be quiet if you don't want to seem like an idiot with an IQ level of a second grader." Chase warned. He was all too familiar with our nerdy banters and jokes and also my constant jabs at him on his low IQ level.

"We'll I'm going to make them look like idiots. Just watch." Zack challenged. I smirked at him and motioned him to go on. There's nothing that Dayna and I wouldn't know that he would know.

"Vivre sans aimer n'est pasproprement vivre." Zack whispered.

"Huh?" Dayna and I said at the same time.

"Vivre sans aimer n'est pasproprement vivre." Zack repeated.

I just looked at him blankly. I take it back! What I said earlier about us knowing whatever he knew. I take it back.

He pulled the French card on us. Jerk.

"See, they look like two fishes out of the water with their mouths hanging open!" Zack laughed. Chase fist bumped Zack and looked at me, "How're you feeling like a second grader now, Mayaaaaa!"

"Not fair. We don't know French!" I argued.

"Not my problem. Your nerdy conversations seem like another language to us. It seems fair." Zack argued back.

"Touché"

That very second something splashed on my head. Sticky liquid ran down from my head to my shirt. I watched Chase open his mouth and then close it, while staring behind me. I turned and it was none other than Ashley McCormick. She had a shocked expression on her face but I wasn't buying it. Anger coursed through my veins but I had to stay calm. I couldn't give her that satisfaction. "I'm so sorry! Your big head was in my way!" she exclaimed, trying hard to be apologetic, but that insult didn't go unnoticed by me.

I got up from where I was sitting. Ashley cowered in fear. Somebody give this girl an Oscar! She can act. She wants to portray herself as a weak pretty girl and I know why. She wants Zack's attention. She wants him to defend her from me.

I picked up my soda, "Cut the act, McCormick. No one's buying it but - FOOD FIGHT!!!" I exclaimed and chucked the soda at her. Dayna following my lead, chucked her sandwich at Chase.

In a matter of seconds, a full blown food fight had erupted in the cafeteria.

I was busy chucking food at random people, but every nerds' target was Ashley. Even though the nerds aren't a big fan of me, they aren't a bigger fan of Ashley. So a plus point to me.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON! STOP THIS NONSENSE." Principal Jameson's voice brought us all back to reality from our food fight.

All of us had guilty expressions on our faces.

"Who's responsible?" Principal Jameson asked, in a calm voice. I knew she was damn pissed and was trying to hold back her anger.

In an instant the nerds pointed towards Ashley, the populars pointed towards me. My group pointed towards Ashley and well it was evened out but the normal students. Some pointed at me and some at Ashley.

Principal Jameson looked at both Ashley and I, "You both, in my office now."

"Busted." I muttered.

"You bitch!!" Ashley screamed, lunging at me. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact but it didn't come. I slowly opened them to see Zack in front of me, holding Ashley back.

"That's not very nice of you to say. We all know that you purposely dropped your soda on Maya's head. So quit your damsel in distress act." Zack said, sternly. Ashley backed away. I know she doesn't want to spoil any possible relations she could have with Zack. She glared at me and stormed off from the cafeteria.

"Thanks batman." I smiled at Zack.

"Anytime, wonderwoman." he smiled back.

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"Maya, I didn't expect this from you." principal Jameson said, looking at me disappointingly.

I was currently in her office with Ashley sitting on the chair next to me. We were still covered in food so we had to put newspapers on the chair before we sat on them. Who knew Principal Jameson was a neat freak.

Ashley smirked at me. I rolled my eyes at her, "Miss Jameson, it was partly my fault but Ashley did throw soda on my head. That's when it started."

"SHE STARTED IT!"Ashley screamed. Nice arguing skills. I chuckled at her immaturity. Atleast I admitted that it was my fault.

Principal Jameson was fuming, "This is not a blame game. You both are responsible for it. And Ashley, this is not the way you talk to your principal. Detention for both of you."

Ugh, I gotta bear this witch for an hour.

The door to the principal's office opened and two guys stumbled in with Mrs Hartnett in tow, "These boys were starting their own fight club in the middle of the corridor."

I looked at Ryan and Zack. Both of them were covered in food due to the food fight but there were bruises forming on each of their faces.

Why were they fighting...

"Well ladies, you've got company in your detention."principal Jameson sighed.

We nodded and scrambled out of the her office not before hearing her screaming at the two boys.

Zack, the new kid, is already on the bad side of Ryan Avery. Huh. Good times.

Who doesn't love a food fight!
Ashley and Maya together in detention.
Bound to be a disaster.
Ryan and Zack. Enemies or nah?