Usernames || A Garmau Fanfic

Four

The school day is over before I know it and soon the courtyard is crowded once again with teenagers waiting for their parents to pick them up. Laurance and I stand at the back, as always, so we can somewhat hear each other.

Why do people feel the need to scream everything they say?

"Any news on the 'treacherous trio'?" Laurance asks, using the dorky nickname he uses for the juniors who like to pick on us.

"I saw them during lunch; they didn't notice us."

"Yeah, same."

Okay, here's a bit of context as to why we're so paranoid about these guys. Gene Howard is the "leader" of the meanest group of misfits in this entire school. He and his lackeys, Zenix and Sasha, have been antagonizing me, Laurance, and all the other "losers" for years.

I first met Gene and his gang when I was in third grade. They weren't as bad back then, but that's not saying they were the star students either. They were the kind of kids who took bathroom breaks every hour just to get out of class which, to be fair, everyone has done at some point.

It was the start of sixth grade where things went sour. Like I've said, I did not go to the greatest middle school in the world. Gene and the others basically owned the school; no one spoke out against them and most of the teachers bent over backwards for them. Even the principal let them off the hook for everything they did.

Now, in high school, they still believe they're invincible so they think they can do whatever they want, including picking on the weaker kids like me. They do get in trouble, but that's only when there's someone who actually has the courage to speak up against them, which doesn't happen often. For a couple of juniors, they're pretty terrifying.

"Irene, when's Hayden getting here?" Laurance mutters, looking at his lime green cell phone. "I want to buy OkO so badly."

"Hopefully you get it soon. Vylad has some study group he's going to after school, so I'll be bored out of my mind once I'm home waiting for you."

"That boy." Laurance chuckles. "When's he transferring?"

"February."

Vylad is in eighth grade right now, but he's being bumped up so he'll be a freshman soon. I'm happy for him, but I really don't want him to get involved with Gene. He's managed to avoid him all these years, but he's sweet, innocent, and smart which is always a recipe for disaster.

Besides, that's one more person to tease me about Aphmau and he does that enough at home.

"Garroth." Laurance nudges me and I glance over at him, seeing him staring at the other end of the courtyard. I follow his gaze and spot them.

Gene Howard. Junior. Midnight black hair and cold blue eyes able to terrorize the whole school with a single stare.

Zenix Shadow. Junior. Dark brown hair and olive black eyes that say words he doesn't have to. He doesn't really talk that much, but that doesn't make him any less threatening. He actually had been a friend of mine in elementary school, but I soon realized that it was all just a ruse.

Sasha Nether. Junior. Snow white hair and piercing purple eyes that have got to be just contacts. Though, if they are, no one knows what her real eye color is.

"Let's just..." Laurance lightly tugs on my arm. "...move away from them."

I nod: "Y-Yeah... good idea."

I start to follow him through the crowds, when I hear Gene say something that causes me to freeze.

"Kitty~ Where are you~?" he calls out, sending chills down my spine. I know exactly who he's looking for, and I don't like it.