I'm in a club?

"Rachel? Why are you with her?" The little blonde girl asked Rachel, clutching onto her arm like a weed.

"Hello, tiny person." I said to the blonde.

"Hey, who are you calling a tiny you – you tallie!" The girl said indignantly, curling her hands into fists.

"Is this really how two intellectuals should be fighting." Rachel said, finally getting the little vermin off her arm.

"Linda can hardly be called an intellectual."

I was about to slap her – only lightly, honest – when Rachel stepped in the way. "Linda, you should go on to class. You don't want to be late." I nodded. Rachel is right, of course. I really shouldn't take Katie seriously. Nobody else did.

As I turned to leave, I saw Katie stuck out her tongue at me from behind Rachel before wrapping her arms around Rachel's again. I felt my body shake. That's strange. Something like that isn't strange. Katie clings to everyone. So, what if she decides to do it with Rachel? Why am I so frustrated?

On my way to class, I stopped by the exam leader board for last term. I am at the top and Katie is almost second. What did I have to worry about?

For tutor time, I sit next to Steph. Whether this is deliberate or not, I don't know, but I haven't spoken to her since I declined her friendship invitation. So, nothing changed from my normal routine of completing exercises from my textbook.

Although Steph talked a lot, I didn't have much trouble working. As I worked, I heard Steph mention my name. "…the clean-up club and anti-victim club. Linda and I will be running them."

Wait, I'll be doing what now?

"What's the anti-victim club about?" Asked on of the twins in our class.

"Isn't it supposed to be anti-bullying?" Asked the other.

"Kind of, Anti-victim club is more of a modern realistic approach to stop bullying." Steph explained. "Sure, bullies are bad, but bullying isn't if it teaches you to be tough. The world is full of bullies." I guess that made sense. It reminds me of that proverb about teaching a man to fish rather than just giving him one. So, I'm in charge of this club. Almost as a response, Steph added, "If there's one thing that I hate more the bullies, it's the people that let themselves be victims."

As she said this, Steph directed her gaze at me. What did she mean by that? Is she saying something about me? What am I a victim of?

Before I could get some answers, the bell rang for first period.