Chapter 06

          Days passed and months fly by; it was almost the end of school. My friends and I were planning a pool party at my house, I let them talk it out, but some of their idea�s sounded a bit too much. They wanted to invite a lot of people, more than my pool can handle! But the more they talked about it, the more them saw it was a silly idea.

            The topic soon enough changed, and this times something different. Jenny had moved, so now we have to find gossip another way. Ashley always provided us with a topic, but it would usually be the stupid stuff. What we wanted was something that can spark our interest! And soon enough that came and hit us smack in the face.

             �Have you heard? There�s a gang called the �Jury of Fire�!�  Ashley came in our little circle and quickly became the center of attention. I backed up and let Sarah in; she didn�t change much in the past months. She was still the calm and quiet one, and as always, embarrassed about her cousins actions. �The jury by fire? Isn�t that some kind of welcoming thing? You know when they put a blind fold on a person and he walk by some people as they slap his ass with a paddle.� Said Jenn.

            �No silly! Not jury �by� fire, it�s Jury �of� Fire!� Explained Ashley. �Ohhh� What is it?� Jenn was defiantly clueless. But the title �Jury of Fire� has sparked her interest, as did the others. It wasn�t much to me; I could hardly care about any gang. �Okay, from what I heard, there is a new gang out there that�s just bad-ass people. They go and terrorize people. But no one has actually seen them.� Ashley whispered as she said this, I guess so that others don�t over hear them. She must think that one member of that gang must be around or just a precaution.

            �Okay, what about the people they terrorized? Surly them must know how they look like.� Callie had a good point there, so how did they get to be so unknown? �What do they do? Kill each one?� Said Justin, he was hanging around us today. Just like Jessa, of course, he would have her in his arms. �Oh, come on! Have you heard of any who just died?!� Shouted Jenn, she hated Justin with a passion and wasn�t afraid of showing it.

             �Actually, I don�t know what they did to the people.� Said Ashley in a questioning pose. �So how did you know about this �Jury of Fire� gang?� Jessa asked. � I heard the teachers talk about it in the hall not too long ago.� Said Ashley in an innocent voice. �You listen to teachers for gossip!?� Shouted Justin, Jessa elbowed him in the stomach. �No! I overheard them!� Ashley shouted back at Justin, but he just nodded like he didn�t believe her.

             �So, you don�t know anyone in this gang?� I asked, just curious. �Nope.� Said Sarah. Jenn had her month open and looking directly to Ashley, �So, for all we know. You could be part of this gang?!� Everyone laughed. But all of the sudden she pointed to Justin, �You�re part of this gang, too! Aren�t you!?� Everyone cracked up there, too. �I wish!� was all that Justin replied.

             I looked my watch and saw that it was five minuets till the bell rings. I picked up my books from the floor and slipped away from my gang. My gang doesn�t have a name or anything. I called it my gang because Kevin calls his buddies his Hommies. So I chose �gang� for the indication of my friends, and I like it. But my gang never seems to notice me when I walk away, but if they don�t see me, they know that it�s five minuets till the bell.

             Class was at the other end of the school, so I�ll take the shortcut. The hall by the library is usually empty, and the only people down there are usually the losers of the school. Hence the name �Loser Lane�. But it was the fastest way to class, and I wasn�t going to go in the crowded halls just to get there.

             Sadly though, when I took the turn at the corner, I bumped into someone I really shouldn�t have. I fell on my butt and my books went all over the place, I looked up and saw Jeremy and his friends.

             Damn! What luck I have to bump into him! �Sorry.� I said, my face was down while I was picking up my books. I really didn�t want to look at them, that image from last year is still fresh in my mind� �Sorry isn�t good enough!� Said one of his friends. �You should lick his feet and bow to him! Haha!� said another as all his friends laughed. Jeremy was quiet, he didn�t even laugh with all his other friends. �You shouldn�t be walking that fast anyways��said another one. They were corning me against the wall; they surrounded me!

             �I promise, it wouldn�t happen again.� I said, trying to hide my fear. �Don�t worry, it won�t happen �ever� happen again.� Said the closest one to me. �Hey, do you think she�s the one, boss?� asked another one as he turned to face Jeremy. Jeremy was looking at me, but I don�t think he was interested. �I don�t care whether or not she is or not. But we shouldn�t let people running around here with out being punished�� Another guy said as he looked face to face to me. �I wasn�t running�� I said silently as I turned away. �It doesn�t matter.� He said.

             He took my hands and put them against the wall so that I can�t hurt them. I tried to free myself and almost accomplished that. �My, my. We are strong, aren�t we?� said the guy as he forced his hand closed, hurting my wriest. �Please stop, you�re hurting me.� I said calmly, he just laughed at me. He just closed his hands harder, hurting me more. Soon enough I just couldn�t take it, I kicked him in the guts.

            �Bitch! What the fuck did you do that for?!� Said another one, helping the guy up. �That�s it, she�s mine!� Said the wounded one. Someone came up behind me and grabbed my hands, I shouldn�t have kicked him� because he came up and stand up in front of me with an angry face.

          �You shouldn�t have done that.� He said as he took out a pocketknife. �I wouldn�t call for help if I were you� said the one behind me. �please� don�t�� I pleaded. He took the blade and ran it across the air. �I don�t care if she was what the Mistress wanted. She�s just going to have to have it in pieces.� He than took my shoulder and was in striking position. Everyone was laughing and some would be on the look out for intruders. Jeremy was still in the same place he was when I bumped into him, looking pretty bored. But he was still eyeing me.

            �Cover her mouth, she wouldn�t scream now. But when my blade comes across her chest, she can�t stop herself from screaming in pain.� The guy with the blade said to another one of his friends. He came to me, but I turned my head, trying to avoid his hand over my mouth. But he still came and covered my mouth. They were actually going to kill me� I closed my eyes, hoping that it will pass quickly.

             �Step away from the her.� Said a different voice. I opened my eyes and looked for the person who just said that. �Huh?� Said the guy with the blade. �I said �step away from her�.� Said the same voice as before. I turned around and found a boy dressed in a white shirt and blue jeans. He had Brown hair and the front bangs were to his side, longer and brighter than the rest of his hair.

             The boys around me looked at him and said, �And what are you going to do about it?� The boy just looked at Jeremy and said, �This is really not the place for this, isn�t it?� The boys looked at each other, than to Jeremy. Jeremy was wide eyed, but he quickly gained his composure. He nods his head to the other direction, indication to his friends to go. They looked disappointed, but they let go of me. They turned and walked away. Jeremy grazed at the boy, and turned and walked away with his other friends.

             I kneeled down and started to pick up my books, I had papers all over the place. When I was picking up my papers, I noticed that the boy was helping me too. He handed the papers and textbook he picked up and stand up when I did. �Thank you very much.� I said as nicely as I can. I was grateful for his help at getting me out of that mess I was in. It was also nice of him to help me pick up my papers and textbook, too. I looked up and saw that he was looking right into my eyes.

             He had the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen, they sparkled in the most beautiful way. But his brown eyes wasn�t what caught my eye, it was also his brown hair. His bangs were almost in fronts of his eyes, they add to the effect of his eyes.

            I just stood there, glaring at his hypnotic eyes. And when I noticed, I could feel myself blush. I quickly looked down and said, �Umm� thank you.� He gave a beautiful smile and said, �Don�t worry about it, it was my pleasure.� That just made me blush more and made me feel a bit embarrassed. He turned away and walked the other direction.

            I watched him go, and suddenly asked, �Who are you?� He stopped and waited there for a bit. He than slowly turned and said, �Rick. My name is Rick.� Than he turned and disappeared in the crowded halls. The bell just rang, and I rushed to my class. Rick. That�s his name. He was nice and kind. And we don�t even know each other, well� He did look a bit familiar.

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