After Lunch

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As I leave the library, I'm stopped by Nick. 

"Hey there buddy chum pal friend buddy pal chum bud friend fella bruther amigo pal buddy friend chummy chum chum pal i don't mean to be rude my friend pal home slice bread slice dawg but i gotta warn ya if u take one more diddly darn step right there im going to have to diddly darn snap ur neck and wowza wouldn't that be a crummy juncture, huh? do yuo want that? do wish upon yourself to come into physical experience with a crummy juncture? because friend buddy chum friend chum pally pal chum friend if you keep this up well gosh diddly darn i just might have to get not so friendly with u my friendly friend friend pal friend buddy chum pally friend chum buddy"

I look at Nick straight in the eye.

"Back off. You didn't care about her."

"Excuse me?" Nick says.

"You're excused." I run to my next class.

In class I text Liam.

Can you drive me home today?

I mean, I don't have my car with me. You can hitch a ride with me and my friends if you want.

Who?

The people who you saw me with at the library. Kat's driving.

Sure, I guess. Where are you guys going? 

Oh, just to the arcade. We can drop you off at home though, it's on the way there.

Okay

I look up and check the clock.

Five minutes until class is over.

After class I go to my next one, every second makes me more nervous. 

I can hardly pay attention.

After this class, I bolt to my locker. I take all of my stuff, shove it into my backpack, and wait outside of the school. I wait for Liam and his friends to pull up, but I don't see anything. 

I hear Nick come from around the school with his friends. 

Before I can say anything, I feel a backpack cover my head. I can feel myself being dragged. 

"Your fault." One of Nick's friends says.

I can hear Nick shouting some curse words and punching his friend's hand for "p ractice"

Before I feel the first punch, I can hear a loud honking noise, and a big crash. 

I lift the backpack from my head.

I see a stunned football player under a car, with Kat as the driver.

"WHOOPS!" Kat screams, "I DID NOT MEAN TO DO THAT!"

Nick and his friends look at each other, and run away.

I get into Kat's car and she drives away, while I watch the football player on the ground rub his head, moan in pain while holding his leg, and pull out his phone. 

"Is he gonna be okay?" I ask her.

"I HAVE NO CLUE!" She replies.

I see Liam and the others get into the car.

"Do you guys wanna go to the car wash?" She asks everybody, "There's some blood on my car I need to get off." 

Everybody shrugs their shoulders in agreement, and we drive to the car wash to remove the blood of the football player.

"Let's hope he didn't call the cops."

We wait in the car wash for a while, and when we drive out we hear police sirens.

"KAT ALEXANDER. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. EVERYBODY STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE."

I hear a small "oops" and we step out of the car.

I text my mom.

I might be home a little late, don't worry. Liam's friend is only getting arrested. That's all.

Okay! :)

I watch Kat get escorted into the police car while winking at us.

She mouths the words "You're welcome," and smiles.

Liam and his friends look at me.

"Well, I guess I'll drive. Shall we go bail Kat out of jail?" Liam asks like we have a choice.

He takes the wheel and everybody gets back into the car.

"That was really short." I hear Nico say from the front seat.

"Well," Liam says, "I have no clue how people actually get arrested so.."

Liam drops me off at our house.

"You gonna be okay my dude?" He asks from the window.

"Yeah. Bye."

Liam drives off.




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