Run Wild • Ackley Bridge

•nas and missy•

" Hey" I hear a voice call, distracting me from my work.

It's a free period therefore I don't have any lessons, which is good, I can focus on my own studies.

" Hi" I say, looking up to see an Asian girl ahead of me.

" Is that the practice paper Mr Hyatt gave to us on Monday?" She questions me, taking the seat next to me.

" Umm yeah" I say.

"Oh sorry, I'm Nas by the way, I'm in your biology" she tells me with a warming smile.

" I'm Julianna, nice to meet you" I smile back.

" What did you get for number 7?" She questions me, as I turn back the pages to number 7.

" oh okay, thanks" she says , but doesn't even look at it.

" Do you have something with Cory Wilson?" She whispers to me.

" No, no no no I just tutor him." I tell her laughing, which brings a relieved look onto her face.

" Thank god, I mean he's a player, and I wouldn't want you, clearly a very intelligent girl to fall into his trap" she tells me.

" What do you mean?" I question her.

"I mean that Cory will have sex with anything that has a heart beat, I would steer clear of him" she says.

" oh don't worry, I'm not into that" I tell her.

" You're a lesbian?" She asks surprised.

" No, I'm not a slut" I say laughing, which is when her facial expression changes.

" Whose this then Nas?" Another girl asks, walking up to where we are sat.

She has blonde hair that's tied up into a bun, and a black leather jacket with a pink fur hood

" This is Julianna, she's new" Nas tells her.

" Hey I'm Missy" she says smiling.

" Nice to meet you" I smile back, the bell rings quickly after and then Missy speaks up.

" You want to hang out with us?" She questions me.

" Umm sure" I say, a little confused about how easily she just invited a pretty much stranger to hang out with her.

" come on , we'll go to canteen" she says, as Nas stands up and I follow their actions.

We all walk to the canteen and take a seat on a table, them both on one side and me on the other.

" So how are you enjoying Ackley then?" Missy questions me, as she takes out her lunch from her bag.

" It's great, if you don't count the people, the rubbish, the teachers, or lack there of" I say, which makes them both laugh.

" I like you. And it does get better here, you just need to find a group of friends, us, who make it good" Nas smiles.

" You don't have to be my friends" I smile as it feels as though I'm slightly intruding their group.

" We want to be, I mean unless you are anything like her" she says, pointing to the girl, Alya who had the pink hijab on the other day.

" Oh shit I met her the other day, by meet I mean she laughed in my face when I told her my name, but she's a right bitch" I say, as I grab my water out of my bag and take a sip.

" Ohhh we already hate the same people this is exciting" Missy says, voice at a higher pitch towards the end of the sentence

" Seen any boys that interest you yet, or girls if you swing both ways" Nas asks me.

" Nas just because your lesbo doesn't mean everyone else will be" Missy says to her, which warrants a hit from Naz.

" No boys, not yet" I laugh.

I look behind Nas and Missy, around 5 metres behind them is stood Cory whose making direct eye contact with me.

He smiles at me and winks before returning to talking to his friends.

" Cory Wilson?" I hear Missy say, turning around and looking in my that direction, snapping me out of my thoughts.

" No... no" I say laughing, as the idea of being with someone as much of a dick head like him is hilarious.

" As I said earlier, steer clear of him, he is well bad news, his brother Jordan even worse" Nas says, as Missy snaps her head back.

" There's this party this weekend, if you'd want to come? " Missy asks me.

" Oh no I don't want to intrude" I tell her.

" It would be fun, I'll text you the deets, give me your phone" she tells me, to which I oblige and hand her over my phone.

Maybe I will have friends here after all?

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