My Favourite Geek

24. It would be much more suitable to boil him.

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Dallas' POV

"I'm telling you. You can't compare Black Panther's agility to any other Avenger. He would annihilate Captain America in seconds." Yvonne mentions matter of factly.

"You're talking like you don't know the amount of experience Captain America has been through. It's mostly common sense that matters, not all skills. And by the way, Steve has mad skills coupled with that. He's more experienced than Black Panther who is just a newbie." Alex retorts.

"But Black Panther has the vibranium suit-"

"Which is the same material as the shield that Captain America uses."

"Yeah, and it's impenetra-"

"I swear if this continues for much longer I will leave you guys on the road to continue this ranting. So for the sake of my sanity could you guys quit your endless and pointless arguments?" I finally shout, interrupting them. This discussion has been going on for the past 1 hour. Before we dressed up for school, before we ate breakfast, before we entered my car and before I clogged my ears with music which didn't seem to be working.

"Sheesh."

"Fine."

But they still glance at each other with temporary hatred in their eyes, each one of them thinking of ways to win one over to his/her side in terms of their argument. But they maintain their silence until we get to school. I don't know why but I feel like I've not gone to school in a long while when I just went on Friday. The weekend seemed to expand in time due to all that happened. See what I did there? The Weekend? No? Okay.

When I enter the school corridor, the noise coming from everyone immediately ceases. Silence sets in. Followed by whispers, mumbling, murmuring and the likes. I just casually stroll in like it's a normal school day but I can literally hear the thumping of my heart against my chest. It has been a long time since I was the center of attention. I catch sight of Marianne who shakes her head in pity but I just wink back. Students are whispering loud enough for me to hear.

"Is that the guy Yvonne Daniels is staying with?"

"He's kinda cute."

"He looks so nerdy."

"She's a fool for staying with him."

"She's a slut. What do you expect?"

Those last two remarks make my blood boil. What's with people insinuating rubbish, not bothering to check the full details? I look to my side and realize that Yvonne has been there the whole time. She just looks back at me and grins. She looks unaffected but I know that's not true. I return her grin back with a sympathetic smile. Acting like nothing's happening we begin to create conversation.

"It feels so good to talk to you freely at school, not just at home."

"I know right?" She chuckles. "So what class do you have now?" She asks, cheerfully.

"Anatomy. But we'll meet for lunch right?"

"Right."

Then we go our separate ways.

Before I get to class, Zach and his crew corner me.

"What do you think we should do to him Zach?" Kyle spits, glaring at me. "Make him bungee jump without safety? Throw him into the lake of the Cayman?"

Another shouts. "It would be much more suitable to boil him. What do you think?"

I just shove my hands in my pockets and glance casually at each of them. I have never been fazed by foolish danger, never will be. I'll probably wait until they finish their empty threats and walk to their various classes. Even if they try to do anything, then my good old manipulating skills can come to play. They didn't call me Xander just 'cause I could handle a gun.

Zach speaks. "You're going to pay for humiliating me Dallas. Just watch."

I stare at him with a baffled expression on my face.

"我？我不会说英文。" (Me? I don't speak English.) I start to say in a confused expression. The smirks plastered on each of their faces fall off.

I walk around them. "你们是谁？你们看起来像山羊。" (Who are you? You look like goats.)

They look even more confused. The urge to burst out laughing is so great.

"你站在这里像傻子一样是挺好的， 但是我要去教室里。" (It was very nice of you to stand there like idiots, but I must go to class.) I mention walking away. I wave and shout "再见！" (Goodbye!) as I turn the corner and walk into my class.

Entering Mr. Will's class with a big grin on my face I take a seat on the chair next to Marianne's.

"You look quite jolly Mr Mcgregory. Any reason?" Mr Will says. He takes special interest in me because in a way we see eye to eye. He's a young teacher but doesn't reason like his age. He reasons much older than his age. So do I.

"Nope. No reason." I reply still smiling. Even though fooling those brats is actually the reason why I'm smiling, I believe I need to act like the glares and stares of students has no effect on me. I can feel most people's eyes on me but I choose to ignore.

On noticing that I'm right next to her, Mary gets up from her seat and asks another person to switch places with her. With a shocked look, I watch as she takes a seat on the chair and the other person sits next to me. Okay, now this has got me worried.

I don't concentrate throughout the class because of this. When class is over, Mary immediately gets up and briskly walks out of the class, her red hair bouncing along. It doesn't take a scientist to know that she doesn't want to talk to me. I wonder what I did.

"Mary! Wait!" I shout as I run towards her. But she keeps walking. I grab her arm and spin her around.

"Marianne."

She looks at me with spite. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Ms. Popular?"

"Don't speak like that."

"Don't speak like how?" She says. "Dallas I have tried so hard to reach you. But I thought that maybe I'll get to talk to you today. Imagine spotting you walking through the school corridors smiling with the same person we both shared the same dislike for."

"Just allow me to speak."

"I'm not going to. Dallas I'm your best friend. I'm supposed to be among the first people to know about your whereabouts. It seems like Yvonne's got that spot covered. Don't you see what she's trying to do to you? That kind of girl is not one to be trusted. She has you wrapped around her finger and you don't even realize it. Her reputation is diminishing and she wants you to be dragged into the mud with her. She's-"

"Enough Mary. Just keep quiet. God what's with all the stupid conclusions today? You have no frigging idea what Yvonne and I have been through the past few days, so stop assuming rubbish." She wants to speak again but I raise up my hand to stop her. "I really thought you'd understand. I really did. I still can't think of a tangible reason why you're mad at me."

And at that, I walk away. Leaving her baffled.

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Phew. That is one long argument. And it only took 5 minutes.

I also don't know if I got the Chinese right.

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