While Tifara and her friends walked through the hallway, they walked in the same position as before. The majority of students didn't even bother looking at Tifara when they were minding their own business. A portion of students behaved the same way as the ones before, still mentioning her sexual harassment incident, which caused Tifara to hold onto her necklace. Oh, my Elohim! Make it stop! Make it stop! Make it stop already! Tifara thought, tightly closing her embarrassed eyes, tightening her grip onto her necklace.

As Sam and Dalila chatted with one another, they focused on the crowd before one of them turned to Tifara. May patted on Tifara's shoulder for comfort while also being on the lookout. Tifara tried to ignore the rude ones, but fear and anxiety took hold of her heart and made it beat faster. Looking up at the ceiling, she thought, Dear Lord, please give me strength to overcome my persecution. I can't do this without You, You know. In Yeshua's name, Amen.

"Yo, Tifara. Are you alright?" May asked after noticing her best friend's anxiety.

Tifara turned to May. "Oh, I'm fine. It's just hard to ignore the rude people here on my own, so I prayed to Elohim in my head for His spiritual strength to overcome this. Sorry I troubled you."

May smiled at Tifara and shook her head. "Oh, no. Not at all. You're doin' great. Keep doin' what you're doin', and you'll be fine and be able to overcome this, big time."

Tifara smiled back at May. "Thanks, May."

"Sure, no prob!" May grinned and closed her eyes.

"So Tifara," Sam said.

Tifara turned to Sam. "Yea? What's up?"

"What's your first period room number?" Sam asked. "We need to take you there and come to get you after the second passing period bell rings."

"Oh, uh, it's Room Waw-One, I think?" Tifara answered, looking up at the ceiling with her index finger touching her chin. "I'll go check my schedule in case I was wrong."

"Good idea," Sam said when he and his friends stopped moving for a moment.

Tifara pulled out her backpack and dug through it, searching for her schedule. She then examined it. "Okay, so it turns out I was wrong. It's Room Waw-Three, and I have Mr. Baker as my first period teacher."

"Good," Sam said while Tifara placed it back into her backpack and wore her backpack on her back. "Now let's keep moving."

"Mhn," Tifara, May and Dalila said when they walked towards Tifara's first period class.

"And about your first passing period…" Dalila frowned at Tifara at first. "Why the hell didn't you just enter your homeroom class?! I heard that you got in trouble today, and I wasn't the only one who was worried sick about you! I bet May and Sam were worried too, y'know! We didn't even get a chance to call or message you, because our homeroom teachers didn't allow their students to do so unless it's considered an emergency, which they didn't consider your situation as an emergency! You shouldn't make us worried like that!"

After May and Sam shook their heads, Tifara told them everything that happened and added, "Ms. Acerbi didn't even give me a chance to call or text you guys either. I'm sorry I caused you guys to worry. I just wanted to help that girl. That was all."

"We understand that, but still…" Dalila roared when she, her boyfriend and May gave Tifara a serious look on her face, then smiled at her. "You still coulda just entered the homeroom class, y'know."

"I know, Dalila. I know. You don't need to repeat that phrase twice, y'know," Tifara said, turning her annoyed eyes to the right.

While Tifara and her friends continued to look out for the rude students as well as Calpurnia and her friends, they walked through the hallway. Tifara looked around the hallway and she saw them either chatting with one another or they just walked straight to their classrooms. Then her eyes spotted David standing there in the hallway, listening to music with his red ear buds in his ears. Tifara turned her annoyed face back to the front and moved her eyes to the left with a frown, closing her arms. Look, I don't wanna look David in the face right now, 'cause I jus' can't stand him, especially after he treated me like that in my first homeroom period?! No way, girlfriend! No way I'll wanna see his freakin' face ever again! Tifara angrily thought.

"Look, Calpurnia and her friends are going after one of the students now," Dalila said, pointing her finger at Calpurnia and her friends.

Huh?! Tifara curiously thought. She, May and Sam looked at what Dalila was pointing her finger at. There they saw Calpurnia and her friends walking towards David, smugly looking down at him. David gave them his serious face as Calpurnia pulled his headphones out of his ears.

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"Hey!" David roared, kneeling down on the floor, picking up his earphones.

"I'm 'bout to talk to you, loser!" Calpurnia said, twisting one of her ponytails, chewing her bubble gum. "I don't need you to have your earbuds in your ears while I'm speakin' to you, little boy."

After the crowd laughed at David, including Calpurnia's friends, he growled and glared at Calpurnia. "Well, what the hell do you want, Calpurnia?! I don't want anything to do with you."

After Calpurnia popped her bubble gum, she responded, "So…I heard you're plannin' on runnin' for Secondary School Presidency, huh?"

Whoa, hold up! Tifara thought, widening her eyes while gazing at David, Calpurnia and her friends, David wants to run for Secondary School Presidency against Saul?! Well, that was…an interesting goal he got there. I wonder why he's doin' that though…

"Yea, why the hell do you care? It's not like it's any of y'all's business anyway," David snapped.

Calpurnia gave David her annoyed look on her face. "I'm sorry, but what makes you think you can become a Secondary School President? You really think people will pick a short loser like you over Saul? Let's face it, bruh. You will never, ever become Secondary School President, no matter how hard you try. Saul's very popular 'round here, and will continue to do so. And there is nothing you can do about it, so jus' do me a favor and give up already."

Well, I hate to break it to David, but Calpurnia's got a point, Tifara thought, closing her eyes while she walked straight to her first period class with her friends. Not judging his physical appearance or anything, but I really don't think he has a chance against Saul. He's way too popular to lose reelection.

"No freakin' way!" David roared, glaring up at Calpurnia. "I'm not gonna give up runnin' for Secondary School Presidency, even if it's a long shot!"

"And then what?" Calpurnia asked, raising her eyebrow at David. "If you lose this race, you'll run for Secondary School Presidency again? If you think that's the case, you're jus' flat out delusional, bruh. You might as well give it up and find something else to do."

"Yeah, bruh," Jecolia agreed, shaking her head with her eyes closed, giving her wicked smile at David.

"Yeah, you tell 'em, girlfriend!" Abby exclaimed, viciously smiling at David, gazing at him with her fist raised.

"Um, did I ask you two for your help?!" Calpurnia snapped, moving her eyes left and right.

"Oh, uh, no...I guess not…" Jecolia said, expressing her guilty face when looking at Calpurnia, placing her index fingers together.

"Mhn…" Abby said.

"Hm, just as I thought," Calpurnia said when the five minute warning bell rang.

More students quickly head for their first period classrooms, and some remain in the hallway, watching David, Calpurnia and her friends standing still in the hallway.

"Well, David. I'll give ya one last chance," Calpurnia commanded, "Give up runnin' for Secondary School Presidental Race and hand it over to Saul or else…"

"Or else what, ya freakin' bitch?!" David roared, glaring at Calpurnia.

"Or I'll do somethin' like this," Calpurnia answered, popping her bubble gum one last time, trying to place it on David's hair.

"Wh-Wh-What the hell?!" David asked, widening his eyes. "Get that shit away from me, ya freakin' bitch!"

David tried to avoid Calpurnia's chewed up bubble gum, yet he missed her hand. Tifara put her head down with her shadow covering her forehead and eyes. Look, I still hate David, but there's no way I could jus' walk away and do nothin' to help, Tifara thought, He's bein' judged for his physical appearance jus' like me. I gotta help him at this point, even if he hates me. It's still better to do something than nothing at all. Looking up at the ceiling, Tifara thought, Dear Lord, please help me deliver David from his bullies, and bring him justice. In Yeshua's name, Amen.

Tifara turned around and walked towards Calpurnia and her friends, when Calpurnia grabbed David's arm and retried to place the gum onto his hair.

"Ah! Tifara, what do you think you're goin'?! It's this way, not the other way around!" May cried, quickly walking towards Tifara.

"Leave, David alone, Calpurnia! He doesn't deserve to be treated like this," Tifara roared, moving her clenched fists behind her.

"Ugh!" Calpurnia stopped what she was doing, and she and her friends turned around for Tifara's attention. David just glared at her as Calpurnia stood up from the floor and held up her bubble gum in her hand. Then David managed to quickly run away from Calpurnia and her friends to his first period class.

"Oh, you. It's this sexual harassment girl again," Calpurnia roared. "She would always come here to ruin our fun, does she, girls?"

"Yes…" Jecolia replied, glaring at David.

"I know, right?" Abby responded, also glaring at Tifara.

"Tifara, no!" May cried, grabbing onto her best friend's arm. "We gotta get you to class, not cause trouble! We gotta hurry before that final bell rings."

"Yeah, May's right, Tifara!" Dalila agreed, shaking her head before touching Tifara.

"Let's go!" Sam said, grabbing onto her arm.

"I'm not causin' trouble, you guys," Tifara responded, turning to her friends behind her. "I helped David with his persecution, didn't I?"

"Well, since Titsfara successfully prevented David from gettin' gum in his hair, I guess I'll do it to her. What do you say, girl?" Calpurnia asked her friends.

"Uh-huh!" Her friends agreed, closing their eyes, turning to Calpurnia, raising their fists underneath their chins.

"Oh, hell no!" Tifara said, turning around and walked towards her first period class while Calpurnia quickly walked towards Tifara. "Let's go, guys!"

"Oh, hell yes!" Calpurnia disagreed, getting ready to place the gum on Tifara's hair.

Okay, gettin' gum on my hair and bein' late to class was the last thing I need to do right now, Tifara thought as she quickly walked away from Calpurnia. As soon as Calpurnia got close to Tifara and tried to place the gum onto her hair, May looked up at Calpurnia's hand and shoved Tifara over.

"No!" May said when the gum was accidentally placed into her hair instead of Tifara's.

Calpurnia widened her eyes. "Ugh! What an another, such loser!" She pushed May onto the floor.

Tifara turned to her best friend, widening her eyes. "May!" She tried to run for May, yet Sam prevented her from doing so. Dalila ran for May while May was touching her hair and felt chewed up gum on it.

"No, Tifara. We gotta go! Let Dalila handle this. She got May covered. Let's go!" Sam said, pushing Tifara for her first period class.

"But-" Tifara cried, looking at both Sam and May at the same time back and forth.

"Don't worry about it, damn it!" Sam roared. "Jus' turn around and go! You'll see each other again at lunch time! Jus' go!"