Scarlet had taken the short cut to school that morning so she was earlier than she usually was and she enjoyed the quiet in the hallways when everyone was not there yet. She considered coming this early every morning, so she could calmly get ready for her day, before Mia started talking to her. She was just putting her books in her locker when she suddenly felt a presence behind her and turned around to find herself blocked into her open locker by none other than one of the jocks. She had a feeling this was not going to end well. He had a hand on either side of her and was grinning at her; she didn’t much like the look in his eyes. What did he want with her? The jocks had basically all but ignored her existence when she had been proven to be a nerd and not a cheerleader or social but

