Saved Again

Neon in front of his locker, switching books from his locker to his bag, just after closing the locker he sees Max standing right beside him, startling him a little bit.

"What happened," Max asked, surveying the area like he was searching for something.

"Don't worry, they won' t be bothering us for now," Neon assured him, seeing his restlessness. Neon has always had his back at all times since they were kids, and he has always had the tendency to stand up for others in trouble.

"You didn't have to stick your neck out for me again like that," Max said.

"It was nothing," Neon said shrugging his shoulders, trying to convince Max that nothing serious happened.

"Well you got a uhm…, a little bruise on your cheeks," Max said touching Neon on his cheeks.

"Oww!" Neon jerked as Max touched his face, he realized it was the punch from Carl that had caused it.

"Oh this?, it's just a scratch," Neon said trying to clear the worry from Max's face.

Suddenly Max eye brows jotted up and he had a change of expression on his face, glancing over Neon's shoulders who was facing him directly, he said. "Don't look now but Jennifer Wilson is walking towards us."

On hearing this, Neon suddenly felt his heart pounding, as he turned around, Jennifer Wilson was already standing beside him.

"Hey Max, hi Neon what's up," she greeted both of them, she was holding a big textbook, balancing it on her body with her right arm.

"Her long blonde hair falling perfectly on her shoulders," Neon thought in his head.

Pushing his dark hair back with his hand, trying to look cool, he replied. "Hey Jenny, how are you."

Max noticing Neon's voice and attitude has suddenly changed, couldn't help but let out a little chuckle.

"What happened to you?," Jenny asked pointing to Neon's face. "Did u get yourself into trouble again?," she asked with a concerned look.

"No I didn't," Max replied almost immediately as Jenny finished her statement. "I…uhm.."

"He slipped and fell, that's what happened," Max said, intervening and completing his statement.

"Yeah, that's it," Neon said in agreement. "But am fine though," he added.

"Oh ok, oh well, i came to thank you properly, I aced my physics text on electrical forces, your summary notes was a big help, thanks," she said, taking a piece of paper from inside the textbook she is holding and showing it to Neon.

Neon with a big smile from ear to ear. "Really, this is great, am glad I could help."

"Thanks, you are really good at these stuffs," she complimented.

"Yeah, I guess." Neon said with a nervous chuckle, scratching the back of his head.

"Stay out of trouble Neon, see you guys around," she said to both of them as she walked away.

Neon still staring at her as she walked away in some kind of daydream, -Slap- , Max tapped his head.

"Ouch!" he groaned as he snapped out of it.

"You're always like this when she's around," Max said smiling at Neon. "You should talk to her more often, and maybe tell her how you feel."

"What!" Neon exclaimed. "Yeah, that'll be the day, besides she already has a…."

"Edison!" A boy screamed angrily, Max and Neon lifted their head and saw Jason Baker, walking towards them, and it didn't seem like it was ganna be a happy union.

"Sigh!, could this day get any worst." Neon thought to himself.

Jason Baker was a 16 old teenage boy, he's a year older in age and class ahead of Max and Neon, he is a rich popular kid, he is muscular with good looks, curly hair and he is the school's Futsal (small pitch, five-a-side football) star, and...more importantly he is the boyfriend of Jennifer Wilson.

As Jason got close to Neon, he grabbed his shirt and pushed him to the lockers behind him. "I told you to stay away from my girlfriend," he blurted out directly at Neon's face.

"Leave him alone Jason, don't you have better things to do knuckle head." A voice said from behind.

Jason seeing who it was, slowly left Neon's shirt.

It was Hannah Baker, his beloved younger sister, she's the same age as Max and Neon, she has short black curly hair and she's a computer geek, loves coffee, she's always seen with a laptop and other cool gadgets. She, Max and Neon have become quite close, she joined their group over a year ago when the three of them were given a project to work on together, and ever since then, the trio have been inseparable.

"Don't call me that in front of everyone." Jason whispered to his sister as he walked towards her. "You're embarrassing me," he said feeling quite embarrassed.

"Oh this is embarrassing ?, wait till they see your dance video then," she said smiling and opening her laptop."

"Ha ha ha," Jason chuckled nervously, rubbing her head. "You cute little devil, you know that won't be necessary, alright i'll see you around, bye." He said as he left hurriedly.

Hannah was one of the few students who could actually go against Jason.

"Wow, you really roughed him up like Optimus Prime to Sentinel Prime." Max said still surprised at how Jason left.

"Thanks Hannah, you're a life saver." Max said feeling relieved.

"Anytime, am here for you Neon," she said smiling continuously at Neon.

"So…., how'd you get his dance video anyway?," Max asked to break up her awkward smile.

"Oh, I hacked his phone," she said with pride. "And there's tons of embarrassing stuff in there, I don't wanna talk about it," she said making a disgust face.

"But isn't that like, an invasion of privacy," Max said adjusting his glasses.

"Yeah, duhh, you're so stiff Max," she said rolling back her eyes.

"Wow, cool, can I see?," Neon asked, regardless of Max's opinion about it.

"No!" She exclaimed. "That's my secret weapon, it's for my eyes only," she replied, dragging back her laptop.

"But guess what, you're not gonna believe what happened yesterday, i was playing around and I hacked into Kylie's Restaurant and ordered a free cup of coffee." She said while looking at both of them, like she's expecting a surprise reaction.

"Rea…, Really?," Max stuttered. "You know that's illegal right," he asked in a low tone with a bit of fear in his voice.

"Uhhh, Maxx…" Hannah said dragging the words in her mouth.

"You did that without being caught?, your hacking skills are getting really good." Neon complimented.

"Awwn, thanks, see Max, Neon gets me," she said smiling and staring intensely again at Neon.

"Oh!" realizing that she's been staring for too long. "I got some new gadgets and upgraded, so it can't be linked back to me."

"OK cool, but you hacked into Kylie's Restaurant and what you ordered was, coffee, I mean they have good burgers," Neon said.

"And chicken wings," Max added in support of Neon.

"What?, I love coffee," she said shrugging her shoulders.

-Ring- Just then the school bell rang, echoing in the hallway.

"Alright guys, I have chemistry class now, let's meet up at the usual later today," hannah said as she turned to walk away.

"OK then. Bye hannah," Neon replied as she left.