The Legacy Of Jewelox

CHAPTER 02

     The fair boy seemed to be a centimetre taller than me. He had his dark brown hair in a neat cut with solidarity dark brown eyes like mine. He was wearing a light blue tee and Fly Emirates jersey along with a warm smile . He looked a lot like me, like how most people often say. I recognized him as Ashton, a boy from my bus.

     The other boy was rather tall and had a dull look on his dark face. His jet black hair standing up straight, wearing a blank expression in his dark eyes. He wore a loose sandy-brown shirt with his tie hanging loose too. He had his hands shoved in his pocket. I recognize him by face, no more.

     “You're Liz, correct?”, Ashton confirmed nervously. I nodded suspiciously. “I take it you already know me of course, but still, I'll introduce myself. I am Ashton and this here is my mate...”, he nodded at his friend who said, “I'm Zepher”.

     “Cool! Now mind explaining what business you have with us?”, Hazel asked them, swallowing her club sandwich and having a sip of chocolate milkshake. I nodded in agreement, stuffing my mouth with French fries. They looked at us awkwardly.

     “What? Just because you guys are a pair of boys, doesn't gimme a reason to NOT shtuff zish incabadhibally sasty eavenly pool", I devoured the taste of what I stuffed in my mouth after saying ‘NOT'.

     “Uh...Pardon them", Rachel shook her head in embarrassment. “What is it that you want from us?”

     “We heard a few of your friends talk about a similar incident that happened to me a few days ago. We can help you", offered Zepher.

     “No thanks. Who knows what you are up to”, shrugged Sky.

     “What?! We're innocent victims. We're offering your best friend a help from a dangerous situation”, Zepher sniffed. “And besides, it's her choice, not yours--"

     “Well, my best friends have my permission to make whatever the choice, mister—what was your name, again? Aah—Flipper”, I said. “What an odd name!”.

     “Do I seriously look harmful to you?”, Zepher chuckled at Sky, running his hand through his hair.

     Mia whispered something to her. “Yeah, you do. What if you're a drug dealer?”, Sky exasperated. They looked at us helplessly. Zepher grabbed Ashton's arm and pushed him forwards. He pointed at him with his index finger.

     “Does this guy convince that we're innocent?”, he barked. My friends gulped and turned to me for help.

    I gave a mischievous smirk that Zepher thanked God for. “So, after school, let’s meet at the Sheraton park. My friend drives", he said to me, sticking his tongue out at Sky who looked the other way defeated.

     “No, we're good", Mia interjected.

     “No further than the park. I promise”, he pleaded. “Especially not near a grocery store”.

     Me and my friends sighed giving in, till something clicked my brain  in remembrance. “May I have the name this ‘friend’ of yours?”, I had a vague idea on who it was. “The one who'll be driving”

     “Oh meh gawd! Did I call him my ‘friend’?”, Zepher pretended to throw up. “Just a buddy. He's not THAT bad!”, Ashton defended. “Name?”, I glared murderously. The two poor guys gulped hard before muttering, “Colin...”

     “AW HELL NAWWWW!”, I screamed with rage earning a few glares. “There is absolutely no way that I’m gonna ride with a walking double raw butt cheek soggy turd looking bucket!”, I hissed, making them gulp even harder. “I'd rather die than be anywhere close to that foul-mouthed creature!”, Rachel rejected instantly. “You're a million light years below us if u think we'd have a drive with that masked demon!”, Sky gritted her teeth ferociously. “There's a -100,000,000,000,000,000 chance", snorted Hazel. The two boys exchanged nervous glances.