Six of Crows AU

Chapter Two: Jesper

"Holy crap, who is that dad?" Jesper asked his dad, grey eyes widening as a sleek black limousine swung in front of them in car line. Jesper's dad, Colm Fahey, honked his horn three times then drummed his square fingers against the wheel of the car.

"Idiots, that's who. Pulling in front of me. What if I'd been pullin' up!" Jesper shook his head, it was probably that rich new kid Kaz had figured out was coming. Probably another snobbish, idiotic popular. His dad ruffled his hair.

"Be a good lad, see you later. Matthias is driving you home?"

"Yeah. See ya dad," Jesper said, opening his door and slipping out of the old, slightly rusted, chipped blue truck. Jesper shouldered his black backpack and headed into school, shutting the door to the car with his foot. His dad drove off, and Jesper saw a shorter, red-curled boy stumbling out of the limousine, brown leather satchel almost getting stuck in the door as a woman leaned over and shut it. Jesper strode over to the kid and heard him mutter,

"Thanks dad." Then the car was off, leaving tire marks on the ground. Jesper tapped the kid on the shoulder and he jumped, turning around and covering his face with a hand. Then he relaxed quickly, pulling down his white shirt that hung a bit loosely on his thin frame.

"Who are you?" he stammered, a blush blossoming on his cheeks cutely. Jesper smiled crookedly.

"Jesper Fahey. You?"  The boy looked at him blankly.

"Get to class boys!" yelled a teacher.  Jesper dragged the boy into the building by his arm.

"Your name?  Don't you know it?" he teased.  The boy shook his head,

"Wylan Van Eck."  Jesper nodded.

"What grade?  Tenth?" The boy–Wylan–moaned, rubbing his eyes.

"I don't look that kiddish do I?"  Jesper shook his head and told the kid to follow him.

"No, I'm supposed to go to the office. But thanks."  Wylan dumped him in the middle of the hall, walking towards the glass door that was the only entrance and exit to the office.  Jesper shrugged and kept walking, seeing Nina and Matthias parting. He walked up behind her and teased,

"No public displays of affection Ms. Zenik." Nina turned around, seeing Jesper standing behind her.

"Nice to see you too," she said, smiling at him before turning and spinning the dial on her locker, he went to his to do the same. He spun it a moment for fun before unlocking it. He put his stuff in it, getting out a pencil, notebook, and textbook for math.

"Crud," he mumbled, realizing he'd forgotten to grab the calculator off his countertop. He slammed his locker closed, then pat his left coat pocket, the hidden one on the inside of the coat.

"Got something in there?" asked a familiar voice.

"Hey Kaz. You're talking more than usual, did you end up in all the same classes as Inej?" Kaz glared at him, straightening the collar on his trench coat and cleared his throat. Jesper rolled his eyes and said,

"I'm gonna be late for class if I don't get going. Is there something in particular you wanted?" Kaz tapped the left side of Jesper's chest with the beak of the crow's head on his cane.

"You still carry it?"

"Of course."

"Keep it on you. There's a new gang, and their leader is very rash and gets mad easily."

"Who is it?"

"The gang calls themselves the White Alligators, I don't think they pose much of a threat, but I just wanted you to know."

"Aww, you really do care Kaz." Kaz just scoffed and limped off, his cane clicking on the ground. Jesper headed to math. Most people didn't know, but Jesper loved math, and it was his best subject. Jesper headed into class and sat down. Geels was the teacher, after giving up on his gang.

"Good morning class. Today we will be doing geometry. How was everyone's summer break?" droned the oily man. No one said anything and so he carried on. Jesper listened aptly, and the hour and a half long class felt like only a moment. He walked out into the halls when Mr. Geels grabbed his arm.

"You're wanted in the office."

This is my second fanfic, and it's not very good, sorry. Please leave behind any suggestions and comments! Thanks!