The Broken Black Sparrow

CHAPTER 4: SMARTASS

** SARAH’S POV **

‘If she thinks that she is going to let her bully me then she has another thing coming her way!’ I was about to rip her a new one when Angela stopped me. Back in Italy, something similar happened and when I stood up for her, the guy who was bullying her, pushed back harder and ended up scarring Angela for life.

Giving in to her silent request, I whirled around and started in the direction of the table that is close to the garbage bin ‘Sorry bit*h, I am not giving you the pleasure of bullying me!’ I wanted to look back and see the look on her face when I walk past the table but that would mean I give a sh*t about what she thinks.

Angela looks at me with her mouth open, I simply shrugged my shoulders looking at her “What? She did not exactly ask us to sit on the table” I shrugged my shoulders yet again “She just pointed towards this direction with her chin!”

I grabbed her arm tight “Now, come on let’s go have lunch before it is over, I am starving!!”

The corner of her lips tipped up into a smile “You are such a devil” a lopsided smile makes its way to my face as I wiggle my eyebrows, while she starts laughing at my antics.

“Did I ever say I am an angel!” we both burst out laughing as we sat on the bleachers and took out our lunch “Oh, wow your mom knows how much I love her?” I popped a piece of her sausage egg bake. Her mom knows how my mom is, so she always makes sure to pack two lunch boxes, which we share. The second box had veggie sausage strata and to add, her mom is a super cook.

We finished our lunch, thankfully, just before the bell went off signaling the end of our peaceful time “I soooo wanted to see the look on… what is her name again?” I waved my hands “It doesn’t matter… I should have taken a picture of her with my phone, pretending to be taking a selfie, it would have been priceless!!”

“By the way, her name is Elaine” she looks at me with one of her brows raised high “seriously? You want me to believe that you have this amazing memory power, yet you do not know her name?”

I gave her a toothy grin as we got to our next class. No one bothered us in class, which I was hoping would be the case even after school ends, but alas, there was no such luck! I and Angela put our stuff in our lockers and started out the school when Hanna and Camila blocked our way “What do you imbe…” I felt Angela’s hand on my arm, I took a deep breath calming myself down “two want?”

“Just wanted to talk to you, why are you being so bitchy?” ‘Oh! She thinks I am being bitchy, when not hours ago they were bullying us?’

“What do you expect us to think when not hours ago you had us cornered with your friends?” I looked around to see if her friends were hiding out anywhere “where are they anyway?”

They rolled their eyes scoffing “Can you lose the attitude and just come with us? We are just… trying to get to know the new girls, is all!”

“I somehow find that hard to believe” I muttered under my breath glaring at them with my hands folded over my chest.

They shrugged their shoulders “You can believe us and come with us or you can make an enemy out of us by ignoring our request!”

“You see, that kind of attitude makes me think that this truce or the hand of friendship or whatever you want to call it, that your girls are extending, is just to lure us into a trap set by you all” I stepped in closer “Give me one good reason why we should trust you, girls, when you are doing nothing but threaten us?”

“Ok, we tried the easy way, now, get your ass down to the school field before we lose it… you really are grating on my last nerve right now” Hanna hissed stepping into my sacred space.

I waved my palm at her gesturing her to get back “You are not welcome into my sacred space! And seriously? You girls think that if you can bully us into heading to your orders, then you have it wrong! I am no one’s property and no one gets to boss me around… especially bullies like you!” I poked my hand on her chest as I bit out each and every word.

She looked down at my finger then back at me with an evil smile “Careful with your words and who you mess with, Antonov. You don’t know who we are, coz if you did, you would not have laid your finger on me!”

“Oh, I doubt that very much, Black!” ‘Hanna’s last name is Black and since she and her friends are hell - bent on calling me by my last name, it is only fair I do the same, so Hanna’s is Black, Camila’s is Russo, Elaine’s is Valens, Roman’s is Kostof, Sebastian’s is Rube and Alex’s is Bennet’.

They both started laughing “You are just digging your hole deeper by the second, Antonov. If you want it the rough way, then we will give you the rough way!” they looked at each other and in a fraction of a second, I felt a sharp pain shooting through my scalp ‘Stupid bi*ch is holding me by my hair!!!’

My hands went to her hand trying to claw at her and get her to loosen her grip, but it turns out futile “LET GO OF ME YOU PSYCHO BI*CH!” I bit out, but that only made her inch closer.

Her eyes were filled with rage and their colour turned black, which is very unusual since she has green eyes “WATCH IT!” she hissed with her voice dripping to a growl and it sounded pretty manly.

“Hey… what is wrong with your eyes and why is your voice manly?” I do not know what my words did to her, but her eye colour changed to green in an instant.

She cleared her throat and her tone came out in her normal self “We uh… we should go” her voice trembled as she spoke with Camila, who was wearing an expression of shock.