CHAPTER 10

Wednesday morning wake up goes well considering I unnerved the hell out of Dad and Katy as I quietly barged in on their training session and added myself into the mix. It was a little awkward at first but Dad warmed up to it quickly and Katy seemed to feel better taking swings at me while listening to Dad. Showered and fed Katy, Liz and I piled off onto our vehicles and headed off to school.

Our arrival isn't some grand event save for when the buses let students off and I see Devin head over to us wearing a military jacket with a hood on it, all camouflage. He seems happy that we've waited for him and it's Jun who gets the ball rolling.

"So is that like your Dad's or something," Jun asks about the coat.

"Nah, my granddad. He served in a war and we got his stuff when he died," Devin says as we walk into school," I'm the only one it fits because he was big like me."

"Well if I ever need a place to hide I'll just have you crouch down and I'll duck behind you," Natsuko says, getting a laugh from everyone.

Day goes by pretty smoothly and during lunch I get the chance to learn up a little on Devin. Apparently Devin's parents moved up here when his dad got some job with an organic farm company or some such shit. He's not used to not having a lot of chores to take up his personal time and doesn't really know what to do most days. Only downer on the day is the white shirts. The new club doesn't even have a name but even if I wanted to stay in my homeroom I don't have a choice about it. Heather is already in my homeroom sitting with her friends working on club business and while she knows I'm there I don't think she's happy to see me. I get my pass and almost get out the door when a pretty boy and a couple of his friends decide to have a word.

"Not so fast degenerate," the pretty boy says, getting my attention," We got some things to go over with you."

Pretty boy's friends have him flanked and are staring. One on his left is about 5'7" and very thin, scraggly brunette hair and generally unkempt clothes even though they're dress clothes. It's the thick glasses that have me not paying attention to him. It's the girl on his right that draws some of my attention, 5'10" and built more like me than I'd care to admit. She's also a blonde and is currently staring a hole through me with some steely blue eyes. I turn my attention back to the ring leader as he resumes talking.

"You left Heather out in the rain last night," the pretty boy says grumpily," Do you not have any decency in your body?"

"Not towards people who cross me," I reply coldly.

"She needed you, a person in need of assistance needed your help and you didn't bother to even show some decency and help her out," the pretty boy says, getting more upset.

"Oh my lord, what have I done? I left my bat shit crazy cheating ex girlfriend on the side of the road for stalking me," I say with mocking shock before turning serious," Get out of my way."

I watch the three parts and I pass through them unscathed. I get to the gym where everyone else is waiting and going over their own homework. Being last however gets me some serious attention and Katy is the first to comment.

"You get held up by something more pressing, Guy," Katy asks.

"Not really, I don't know what they're calling themselves but my ex has some really stupid ideas about how to get my attention," I reply sitting down.

"What do you mean Heather is trying to get your attention," Kori asks, visibly upset with the news.

"She tried to get me to give her a ride home last night as I was on my way home from Mathilda's house," I tell them all.

"She did what," Kori says angrily, getting up," I'm gonna kick her head in."

"Babe, before you do that let me give you some news first," I tell her getting up and keeping her from marching down the bleachers," She stopped me, is convinced we're still in a relationship and I left her ass on the side of the road. Now do you really need to jump on her for being a stupid and honestly crazy bitch?"

Kori sits back down and I move to sit behind her and keep her wrapped in my arms till our final bell rings. The rest of the crew heads out but I keep Kori in my arms and she finally nudges me to let me know she's okay. We catch Liz and Greg on our way out and follow them a little but Liz notices me and gets a sour look on her face.

"Hey Greg, how are you doing man," I ask him as Kori and I catch up.

"Hey Guy, I'm okay. What's going on," Greg asks in reply, seeming a little nervous.

"Nothing much man, can I talk to you privately," I ask him before heading towards his car.

I can tell he's following me but Kori is keeping Elizabeth away while I get some alone time with Greg. I lean on his decent family car and watch him walk up confused.

"So what do you want to talk about," Greg asks plainly.

"Well if you didn't notice I'm doing some recruiting for my little group of 'pariahs' and I wanted to extend an invitation to you if you are interested," I tell him, smiling under my hood.

"Ummm wow, I don't really think I should," Greg tells me, getting nervous," I'm kinda in a different type of group for school activities."

"Really, which one would that be," I ask now curious.

"Our group you degenerate," I hear from my right.

I turn and see the pretty boy is back and has brought the dork with the glasses and Heather with him. Heather looks a lot drier than the night prior but her mood is a little sour seeing Kori within shouting distance. I stop leaning on the car and turn to address the assembled group.

"Wow, so you're dating my sister but you're a goody church boy and you're fronting for the new Mormon faith at school," I say to Greg not taking my eyes off of the pretty boy.

"Hey Kyle, everything is okay we're just talking," Greg says trying to explain.

"Well I'm pretty sure this degenerate is trying to bring down your good sense and standards," Kyle says with an air of superiority," You should clear off filth."

"Wow, people still actually name their children Kyle," I say starting to laugh," wouldn't it have been easier to name you a prison bitch and just dispel the illusion?"

"Guy back off now," Heather says, intervening," You didn't want to be a part of this and now you need to back off and figure out what your priorities are."