Chapter six

Nicole's POV

I had tears in my eyes, from laughing so much. Lexi was a great company, she had a great sense of humor and we had a lot in common. 

She was almost as smart as me, she had a w*****d account like me although I never told her about mine, didn't feel comfortable enough, and she was an army.

That explained why we sat there just laughing our asses off

DRING! DRING!!DRING!!!

The shrill voice of our own nightmare timer went off, signalling the lunch period.

I suddenly felt bad, Lexi had to skip three of her classes just to keep me company

As if reading my thoughts she spoke up

"don't worry Nikky, being here with you was way better than listening to a man groan about his life frustration or a lady who desperately needs to be laid" 

I laughed at her description of both our math and physics teachers.

"We should get going though as I'm starving and the only good thing about this place is that  their cafeteria food is suitable for human consumption " I told her getting up as I spoke 

"Of course" she stood up as well

Being a great observer I caught on to how she was hesitating, she opened her mouth to say something but decides against it

" What's bothering you lex?" I asked placing a hand on her shoulder

She contemplated, as she fought her inner battles to tell me or not.

Seems like she made a decision as she spoke up

"Can I ask a favour from you?"

"Since I actually like you, sure" I answered sincerely

"Would you please accept Mrs Conway's offer and work on the project with Tyler? " she rambled

My features darkened and I felt a wave of anger wash over me replacing the joy I felt minutes ago

"Why?"

I saw as she physically shivered from my tone

"I-i it cost half of our grade this semester and you want to get out of this hell right?" She jumbled out her words

She had a point though, I wanted to get out of here as soon as possible, and failing a class would not help me

"Fine! I'll do it"

She smiled so bright, it was blinding.

Now let's go

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We got to the cafeteria and ordered our lunch. Well I did but for some reason Lexi refused to get anything and instead settled for an apple and a banana.

"Let's go to that table over there" Lexi suggested  pointing at a table situated at the middle of the cafeteria.

"Hell no" I turned it down

The table Lexi was pointing at was close to the table housing the nerds and geeks, and they were horrible humans. 

I'm not bullying them or anything like that but the nerds of our school were the absolute worst.

They felt like anyone who gets an 89 on a test is a dummy and an inferior human. And they were the biggest gossips in the entire school. Due to the lack of social life they have no choice but to talk about other people's social life.

And they were a bunch of suck ups, they all cling to the popular kids every word because they want a shot at high school fame. They did everything the popular kids wanted from doing their assignments, to gathering dirt on a student or creating a website to send threats to a person.

I shuddered as I recalled memories of how they're activities had affected my life. Safe to say I hated them more than the popular kids.

So there was no way I'm sitting there.

"How 'bout over there?"

I directed my gaze to were she was pointing, it was a table at the far side of the cafeteria and it looked peaceful, no surrounding human activities, I liked it.

"Sure"

We made our way to the end of the cafeteria, food in hand, Lexi behind.

The I heard a thud I turned around to find Lexi on the ground scrambling to get on her feet as her apple rolled a few fit away from her.

I looked further and saw she was directly in front of the popular table. Putting two and two together, I was enraged. 

They made her trip, they fucking made her fall.

"Lexi, are you okay" her high pitched voiced reached my ear and I felt them bleed in agony.

Shannon commented and laughed along with the other kids at the table.

I moved to launch at her but felt a hand hold me back. It was Lexi who had finally gotten up from the floor.

"I see you made a friend...oh wait! OMG, it's nikky, as in Nicole Thompson" she announced and the cafeteria went dead, no single sound was heard.

"How are you, it's been so long, what was it like five or four years ago?"

I just stared at her, I had now moved closer to the table she was sitting at. 

Lexi was clearly panicking behind me, and so was the whole school. It's been five years since they witnessed a Shannon X Nicole's fight.

"The last time I saw you, you were in a closet, I'm I right?" 

And I snapped, I slapped her so hard that she tumbled over the table filled with food and landed on the ground,releasing a high pitched scream.

I moved closer to her, her supposedly designers were covered in gravy and other food materials.

I crouched down to her level and she flinched, good. I wanted her to be afraid of me, that was the only way to ensure she stayed away from me.

"The last time I saw you was in the hospital remember?"

She just stared at me

"Who do you need a memory refresher, I can help you with that"

I eyes widened as she scrambled away from me

"Miss Nicole Thompson to my office now!" The principal voice boomed.

Shannon started crying probably thinking that would make matters worst for me.

"I'm coming Sammy, I just need to finish my lunch, don't worry I'll meet you there " I replied to him, now standing in a more upright position.

"Miss Nicole," he ordered again

"Sammie!" I growled at him

"I'll see you in my office" he mumbled before leaving the cafeteria.

I turned around to find Lexi holding my plate of food and her apple, the banana was long gone.

"Come on Lex, we have eating to do" I swung my hands over her shoulder and we began our original plan of going to the far end of the cafeteria.

Just before I leave, my eyes caught Tyler's and the look on his face made me uneasy. He looked disgusted.