Clammylaugh

"Sissy, I brought you a gift."
He shuddered in fear the moment he heard her voice. Whenever he heard her voice, he knew nothing good ever came out of it.
"Please, not today." His voice made it obvious he was scared.
She laughed, then touched his shoulder. He flinched, but she held him down.
"Please." he said in almost a whisper.
*****
"HI." she waved at him.
"You must be the Riley everyone's talking of, right?"
He was left dumbfounded, hearing her say she had heard about him. Everyone who had heard about him made sure to keep their distance, so just why was she trying to start a conversation with him?
"If you are doing this to become popular, then you are very well welcome to be my friend. But if you are just naive, I would advise you to keep your distance." he said to discourage her.
"We do have something in common. You get bullied, so you hate bullies, while I hate them just because they are bullies."
"Hating them does not change the fact that you will get bullied if you befriend me."
"Then I will have you watch me kick their asses if they try messing with us."
"Are we friends now." she asked after they both laugh at her former words.
"We are, as long as you are ready to kick some ass."
"Bring it on."

In Search Of Home

She ran past students, stopped by the door, and took some seconds to balance her breathing.

Opening the door leading to the staff room, she didn't look a bit surprise upon seeing the room nearly empty of teachers. She expected it, that was why she ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She took a deep breath, then she approached a female teacher.

"How may I help you?" the woman said as she took notice of a person standing in front of her table.

"Sorry ma'am, but have you seen Mr Moltenore since the last period ended?"

"Mr Moltenore?" the woman looked up to see just who was asking her such, upon seeing a female student, she just smiled as she believed the student to be another fan of the so-called Mr Moltenore.

"I do know him, but I haven't seen him come to the staff room since two periods ago."

Natasha gritted her teeth, but didn't forget to thank the woman before she dashed out of the staff room. She ran around the school buildings, asking students which way led to the Laboratories. She got a lot of wrong directions, but she finally met herself in the chemistry laboratory. Stepping into the open lab, she took a stop the moment she saw a teacher and students who all gathered round themselves in groups.

She found herself speechless for a second. The voice sounded familiar even though she was sure she had never seen this face before, but she didn't have the time to try to remember where she heard such a voice.

"You are interrupting my class miss."

She blinked her eyes a few times, and composed herself.

"Apology accepted." he said with a dazzling smile on his face.

"Are you a part of this class or is there another reason as to why you are here?"

"I'm actually looking for Mr Moltenore." she said as she walked closer.

Hearing this, the students behind him giggled.

"Is there a reason why you are looking for him?"

"Yes sir. Do you, maybe know where I can find him?"

Now the students could not contain their laughter, as they all burst into laughter, more like a mocking laugh. The teacher looked at them, and they all kept quiet. He turned back to look at the girl in front of him with a smile.

"Do you know who you are looking for?"

"Yes." she said, nodding her head in a hurry. She seriously didn't have time for all these questioning, but she could not just walk out on him.

"And do you recognize who you are looking for?" he asked, now with a face void of a smile.

"I like your straightforwardness girl."

"So sir, do you probably know where I can find him?"

Seeing how serious and nervous she was, he decided to stop wasting her time and his'.

"He is standing right in front of you."

Natasha squinted her face, as she thought of what he said. The only one standing in front of her was the very teacher she was speaking with. Her eyes widen in shock as she bowed her head repeatedly as she apologized.

"Apology accepted. Now, why are you looking for me?"

She looked at him with a face which looked too serious for a student to have, especially a female, or so he believed.

"Some while ago, you asked a student to call a boy named Riley, Riley still ain't back, so our homeroom teacher asked me to check if Riley is still with you or if you already dismissed him."

Looking at his face, she saw him looking confused.

"I did not ask anyone to call Riley over. And to be more clear, I do not even know who Riley is."

"Huh!" Her heart skipped a beat, and her fears came back.

' I told you, but stupid you didn't listen,HE IS NOT SAFE.'

she ran out of the Laboratory, leaving the teacher and students in shock as to how she had the guts to leave while Mr Moltenore was still speaking.

WHERE IS RILEY