TWELVE - CLIQUE?

"Good morning Alien." Tessy said chirping, when I got to the school compound." Are you going to ignore me?"

"What am I to say?" I groaned and turned around.

"No 'good morning? What's up?' Nothing?" She asked shrugging.

"What's this about?" I stopped to ask, with a sigh escaping me.

"The job. You're officially taking over today." She said simply in her usual feminine manner that made you want to puke - I seriously wonder how guys put up with the that!

"What did you do?" I asked in a rather nonchalant manner.

"Nothing. Why're you looking at me like that? " She asked referring to the bland expression I wore.

"Whatever." I said worth a sigh.

"So I'll meet you at the Caf later?" She asked in her chirping manner.

"Don't. I'd rather sit alone. And besides, no one likes to sit woo the alien remember?"

"Duh. See you at the warehouse then. And online!" She said and walked over to Sophie.

Collin bumped into me, and didn't bother looking back or anything, but continued on like nothing happened.

I felt like screaming"Hey You, I'm here and you literally bumped into me!", but I sighed and walked on.

What was the point anyway? I hate it when people apologize to me, tell me thanks and the likes, but I also hate it when they Don't.

Well, I'm complex. I guess that's why Tessy said in an alien- me being incomprehensible.

"Grrrrrrrr" went the bell, and I officially had chem class.

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Six twenty minute periods later, I was at the Caf, and decidedly sitting alone- not with people- at a table with no voice floating over my ears, except the noisy din of my classmates behind me- which I couldn't make sense of, and having lunch of french fries and ketchup, with a strawberry juice box next to them.

I kept wondering what would happen were Tessy to screw this up. As always, think of the devil, and she walks through the door with a hoard of half-brained girls who all they ever talk about is about eggplant emojis, cucumbers, porn and weird stuff that only served to destroy their pea sized brains further.

I wonder how she's party to that crowd. Well, I am no fan of the friends help each other cliche. If I see you walking into flames, I will sit back and watch you without saying a word....I hate stray bullets thank you very much.

My eyes caught Austin as he walked in through the door on his blue theater jacket and army pants which made him look more like a scorpion than a wolf. A wolf-scorpion? Worpion maybe? Not a nice thought, but whatever, I watched him as he walked in - Worpion and all - in a really eye catchy gait and sat down on the farthest unoccupied table he could find, away from the unoccupied table section.

Watching him, I could almost agree with Tessy - he definitely was a hunk. I wonder why he hadn't landed a girl yet? After all he was quite the face.

Really Kim? Quite the face? Of all the thoughts to run through that skull of yours!!!

I was pretty sure Tessy would ping me soon, and turns out, my gut was right;

T-[I feel like puking!!]

K-[That's what you get when you hang around the eggplant emojis clique!!]

T-[Gee, thanks 😒! I almost forgot I was talking to the emotionless alien!]

K- [You're forever welcome.....]

[ I think I know what you see in Austin now.]

T- [Really? What?]

K- [ He sure as hell is quite the hunk]

T- [ And..?]

K- [ Don't start what you can't end.]

T-[ Screw you!!]

K- [ Gross!]

T-[ You're weird!!]

K- [And I'm not changing that special trait of mine.]

T- [ I know you can't see me, but I just shuddered!]

[I really have to go puke. Catch you in class.]

K- [If I attend that is...]

T- [Don't skip it!]

K- [I've got stuff to do]

T- [Like?]

K- [Thinking. And he doesn't attend music class.]

T- [Uh..Kay...]

[ Gotta go now. Bye]

K- [Whenever]...