Giggles and snorts are the first things she hears when she steps into the school which means the porky divas are here. I have no idea why they even bother going to school, all they do is gossip and give unpopular kids like me a hard time. Xinexa rolls her eyes as she hears the infamous Three LPs strut down the hallway.
Not too long ago, Xinexa was popular. She transferred to this school because, being a science and math prodigy at the age of 12, she was already coming for classes far too advanced for her grade. All the older kids would flock around her and tell her how cute she was back then. They didn’t believe that a 12-year-old was actually taking classes at their high school. They also didn’t believe that she was 12. She was sort of small for her age...well, really small for her age, and still is.
Most people have gotten used to her being here now that it’s been about three years. Most people have forgotten about how popular she used to be. But, there are three individuals who haven’t forgotten and are extremely jealous of her and her dear ole’ brain which therefore causes them to bully her. Can you guess who they are? If you guessed the Three LPs, you’d be correct.
The three LPs consist of the twins, Portia and Petra Stickman, and Penelope Stickman, their “leader.” The twin’s parents own a high class purse company so they always have new bags to brag about. Penelope’s dad is the mayor of the town, Humpty’s Wall. Her mom is an employee of my mom’s real estate company but Penelope doesn’t know that. That’s blackmail material for later.
Anyways, watching the Three LPs walk down the hallway is like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that happens every day for some people. But to Xinexa, it’s just the painful reminder of how horrid they are and it's torture to see.
Just as Xinexa was turning away from the pig-devils, Petra called out,
“Hey! Xinexa! Fetch!”
“Huh?” she replied, confused.
Suddenly, an empty lip-gloss tube went flying over her head.
“Darn it! She’s so short that it messes up my aim!”
“As if you have aim Petra,” that was the other twin, Portia.
Xinexa, uninterested in the twins’ bullying this morning, just started to walk away, but the twins blocked her path.
“Where’dya thinks you’re goin, dog brains?” Portia asked.
“Why do you care, pork rinds?” Xinexa replies, already tired.
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Both girls turned the deepest shade of pink she’d ever seen.
“Who’re you calling pork rinds, dog breath?!” said Petra.
“You, pork chop,” Xinexa said.
Her saying this, of course, led to a ricocheting of insults.
“Mutt!”
“Ham!”
“Shorty!”
Shorty? Seeing Xinexa’s shocked face, Petra and Portia both grinned, knowing that they had hit a nerve.
“What’s wrong, small stuff?” said Portia.
“Miss your mommy munchkin?” added Petra.
It was then Xinexa knew that they knew that they were starting to affect her, so she just ignored them and tried to walk away again. But, she ran into someone. That someone was very tall. She looked up and saw the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen in her life.
“Hey, are you okay?” he asked.
Xinexa was confused for a second before she realized she was still on the floor.
“W-what? Huh? Oh, y-yeah I-I’m good,” she stammers.
“Um, well, you’re kind of sitting in my way, so…” he said awkwardly.
“W-what? S-sorry,” Xinexa stutters, quickly standing up.
Gosh! I’m such a klutz!! She started to stand up and the handsome stranger looked as though he was about to say something when suddenly she was shoved away aggressively.
“Who are you gorgeous?” says the culprit, Penelope, flirtatiously.
“Careful!” He says catching Xinexa before she falls.
Both Penelope and Xinexa are shocked. No one ever pays attention to her instead of paying attention to Penelope. Penelope gets over her shock quickly though.
“Oh don’t mind her, she’s just a mangy dog,” she says, trying to get his attention.
He just ignores her and stares at Xinexa. It makes her a bit uncomfortable because it feels like he can see through her, into her soul. She quickly jerks her eyes away from his. She can’t pull out of his embrace though because he’s a freaking tree compared to her…she would’ve most definitely fallen hard and landed in a splat on the floor.
“Could you put me down please?”
“What? Oh, sorry, it’s just that you looked familiar,” he says with an apologetic smile.
He carefully sets her down and Xinexa takes a step back, observing him. He then turns to a fuming Penelope who tries to cover up her rage with a sweet-yet-venomous Barbie smile.
“You just called this beautiful girl here a dog. Why is that?” he asks.
“Because that’s what she is. A wolf is technically a dog you know,” she says with a smug look on her face.
That smug look disappears when she sees the dark look he’s giving her.