My day at school had been long. Each minute seemed to stretch into months and years as the seconds dragged by. As I slowly progressed through the day, I found other people looking at me in that same weird way that they had that morning, though none of them seemed to possess the deep pool of hatred that Talon had.
When the final bell of the day rang, I was relieved. All thoughts of my stress dissolved away as I anticipated the moment I would see May again. I wondered how her first day had gone. I couldn’t imagine people being as rude to her as they had to me. She was just a kid, and high school was evil no matter who went through it.
When I got out of the building, Talon slunk from the shadows. My eyes met his as he gave me a steely smile.
“Have a good day, New Girl,” he said, and walked
