The Hacker College Nerd

Chapter Eight

[What does life means to you?-June 14, 2018]

A new Monday has begun. It was too warm for Hailey's grey sweater and her loose black pants with her rubber shoes, but she was wearing it anyway. As she steps through to the corridor, she heard some students' chatting.

"Have you watched the news? Michael's father is missing." a girl with bonnet asked her friend. The conversation quickly snapped Hailey's ears and she walks slowly. She never listens to imbecile humans or she called it 'zombies'  but with the said name she is smiling inside her mind.

"Yeah...with my dad." the bonnet girl's friend replied.

"Isn't your dad a cop?"

"Hmm...He doesn't want to talk about it. But before I came here, I heard him with someone..." she paused.

"...he said when they found Mr. Hoffman's car it was burned along with a dead body."

"Do you think--", before the girl with bonnet persist. A fist did throw a punch to a tough wall and produced a loud thud. The girls were scared and so the others. Hailey stops her steps; she saw how Michael almost hit the girl. It made Hailey's heart pounding; it's not like she's afraid but more than excitement.

"If you Fuckin' continue! I'll sew that big mouth of yours, till you die!" Michael shouted with rage. It can be heard fifteen meters away because of his raspy voice. He was later held by his friends, halting him from his arrogance. The girls had apologized and able to run from him.

"Fuck!", Michael have been controlling his anger but when he noticed Hailey standing near from them, he rejoiced. This will be fun, he thought. He took few steps and is on front of her.

"If you're going to your class, then fuckin' don't.", Michael said with his stern face seeing Hailey shaking. Apparently, Hailey was acting to let him play, she's waiting. Although she's not a shaman or a person that dreams about the future but she knows about what will be him, the bully, and her, the bullied, moment.

The school's bell rang and so as the 'Hailey's game'.

Visible small beads were forming on her forehead, her neck, beside her eyes and even on top of her nose. She likes what she sees, a modern house painted with white and black. But what's more she makes her happy was the person who brought her into it.

**At the same time***

The two girls earlier did escape their doom and entered their designated classroom catching their own breathe.

"Hey Ciara, that was close.", the bonnet girl's friend lightly spank her friend, Ciara, above on her left elbow.

"Haha it was, Megs. If we didn't ran, we would be like a sand bag to Michael.", Ciara-the girl with red bonnet- said jokingly.

"Yeah but...did you also saw Michael approached the nerd?"

"No. Why?"

"I think..maybe..just maybe...the nerd is going to be Michael's next victim.", they stare down before reminiscing an old rumour where Michael is the cause. It happened last year, it says he did a horrible thing to a student which was hospitalized for six months and never came back to school again. Yet, Michael didn't lockup behind the jail because he has not found guilty.

Ciara laughed bitterly. "Impossible.", she said. But it made them felt worried and conscience if something bad happen to her. On the back of their seats, Samantha was eavesdropping into them; she bit her lip in vexation. What will she do to save Hailey?