Dark Alley

Chapter 26

     It was Monday and it felt good, it feels good to have my first Monday of the future. Monday means I get to go to school again, which is pretty odd because I already am getting used to it - not yet close to boredom unlike Tracy whom I heard swearing the whole morning. She says she always do that during Monday, 'because Monday's are bad days' she quoted.

     Days didn't matter to me; it means I'm still alive as I am counting. Seeing the sun passes by as it gets replaced by the moon in the evening and then goes back again in the morning is already something for me.

     Calvin sent us to school after breakfast, then the usual I saw Q and R and exchanged 'heys'. I had fun with them since I met them, especially when we went to see a high school baseball practice on my birthday. They already told me a lot of things, even if some of them don’t need to be learned or heard.

     The four of us went to Math class, and then parted after the class to go meet the other classes. I went to Speech, then to History, and last was English, which I did not realize it has a big time jump on the schedule on Mondays only. Now I get to see Mrs. Dekker and the rest earlier.

     Mrs. Dekker slowly shows her hate on me for the past few days, we never really talked anymore since the day I was on her detention but I can still feel her not wanting me on her class.

     "What were the birds in the book represents?" She asks a follow up question on TKAMB, of course I tried to participate by raising my hand, and it looks like I am the only one who had the guts to raise a hand - but like what I said, she hates me. So she acted like I was invisible and not even a single person in her class volunteered to answer the question.

     Mrs. Dekker ignoring her student for her personal issues made me remind of the scandal she just mentioned, Tracy's scandal or whatever. I kept thinking about it until the class ended. I got curious and now I'm frustrated for answers.

     As the bell rang I knew it was time to go to the cafeteria and sit next to Q and R.

     "So tell me about this scandal," I asked them first, I said it calmly so they could less hesitate to answer. I quickly slid my tray on the table and sat next to R (it could be Q, I really can't tell) who is facing Q (who could be R).

     "What scandal?" Either of the two asked. He raised his right sleeve and the scar on his wrist tells he's R, so I assume the guy beside me was Q.

     "Tracy's scandal?" I ask him in a whisper. In case Tracy suddenly appears in front of us.

     The twins looked at each other’s faces. Like Mrs. Dekker, I think they don't have the intention to tell me about it. "How'd you know about the scandal?" They both ask me at the same time. It still amazes me how they do it.

     "Mrs. Dekker mentioned a part of it," I told them half the truth. Not to ruin Mrs. Dekker's name.

     "Tracy doesn't want us to either remember or hear us mention about that anymore," R says, "it was a reputation killer you see. I thought all of her relatives know."

     "Well yes somebody mentioned about that - silly me!" I lied. I have to do something to unlock something, "thought I really didn't get much of the detail, forgot about it already I guess. You don't mind if you tell me more about it right?"

     "Well yeah, if you already know then maybe we could share a bit," Q says. The twins both agreed to tell me a part of Tracy that was already buried from the past.

     "Well this is much of the story," R says, "before Tracy met us, she used to hang out with Dean and formed this bullying institution since second grade."