Chapter 4: Easy Now. Hush Now Hush

"Hey, do you want a sandwich cake?", Nicole asked Ricky as she tries to calm him down. But, he wouldn't budge and continued to stare into the distance without saying something. "Ricky, please don't let Joshua destroy you with his arrogance," she continued. "Why don't you eat to calm down?" . "Okay. Thanks for that," replied Ricky. "Forgive me for that commotion." "Yeah, it's okay. I would have done the same thing. He's a pain in the butt to the faculty," Nicole answered. "Don't you think we're better off without him and his company?", Ricky asked while eating the sandwich cake.

"Yes, of course," she answered. "We all do."

"I think the school is doing very little to students like them."

"No, they're not. They exist in all schools. Don't you have them at your former school?"

"Well, now that you mentioned it, there were. Seems like I only noticed misbehaved students now I'm in high school."

"Of course, they do. No one is perfect. Their environment they're raised at home or in their community defined their present behavior. But they can choose to change in the future."

"Nahh. I don't think that can happen. They refuse to change and now they're villains."

"But even if they aren't changing, weren't we supposed to put up with people we hate?"

"I have issues with that mantra of yours."

Nicole replied with a hug and a pat on the back. "You probably only need someone to hang out with," she said. Ricky answered, "No I am skeptical about what you're planning." "No man. We'll just be eating a sandwich," she continued. "Tomorrow after class?" "Okay, I'll accept your offer but I have to be home by 5," Ricky answered again to which Nicole responded with a yes.