Do I Look Stupid To You?

Chapter 1
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Sneaking out of school for lunch seemed to be a regular thing for me and my friends. Well not all of them, not willing to risk getting caught they stayed behind. Which in the beginning I was bummed about ,but after a few close calls I got over it. I mean who would go against the word of five widely respected students, no one that's who. So it was just me and AnaLee. Sometimes our friend Patricia would come too, but that was only when she was feeling daring.
For some reason today I didn't feel like being rebellious at all. I didn't let myself slack off , I did all my work, and right now I was telling AnaLee I didn't want to go. I didn't understand why I was being so straight and narrow like my other friends. The thought of sneaking off repulsed me. Which is weird because it normally excited me,every time we did it. Why was I acting so weird?
"Are you serious? You really don't want to go?",AnaLee shouted.
"Yeah. I just don't feel like it today.", I stated blandly.
"Is..Is there something wrong with you?", AnaLee put the back of her palm to my forehead.
"Nothing's wrong with her. She's finally seen the light. Skipping is wrong. ",Krista stated like it was obvious and AnaLee was dumber than a rock.
"It's not skipping , we're coming right back. " , AnaLee put her hands on her hips.
While AnaLee and a couple of my other friends engaged in a fight about whether or not skipping was healthy for you I let my gaze wonder , resting on a group of rowdy boys. They were laughing loudly about something which apparently was hilarious. What could possibly be that funny? Moving on, my eyes once again rested on a table of my classmates. This group of teens weren't laughing at all. Instead they looked to be in and intense debate about something. It wasn't anything that involved school ,that much I could tell. These boys and two girls were known for 'misbehaving' which was a code word for anything that would cause your parents to have a heart attack if they ever found out.
"You know what ? I'm kind of craving some ice cream now with all this talk of skipping. " ,I yawned.
"Yes! Suck it Krista! Suck it!", AnaLee shouted making her arms into a slight V at the beginning of her legs ,thrusting imaginary gloating juice at Krista's face.
"Whatever.", Krista scoffed at AnaLee , giving me a disappointed look.
I shrugged, walking in the detection of the parking lot.
Ding!
"Hey girls!" ,Clifton waved.
"Hey, ice cream scooper guy!" , we chorused.
We both knew what his real name was,but it was a nickname we gave him when we first started going to his shop. It felt wrong to call him anything but that.
"So what will it be today?' , he leaned on the glass.
"I want Vanilla!" AnaLee shouted.
Clifton nodded and turned to me.
"Uh.. Just a coffee."
"Two scoops?"
"Two scoops."
I felt better now that I had 'Ice cream scooper guy''s ice cream in my belly. I wonder how he made them taste so sweet without adding a truck loud of sugar. One of the many things in the world I'll never know I guess.
I sighed.
"It seems like we're not the only ones that decided to 'skip' lunch.", she gestured to the empty car spots.
" Yeah. I guess it's not that rare. "
A small yet alarming sound came from the left of us , three or four cars down. AnaLee and I slowly removed our startled eyes form the direction of the sound to look at each other. I slowly raised my index finger to my lips and crouched down next to the car we were standing by. Another suppressed sound came to our ears. I looked back at AnaLee and lipped 'you don't have to', but she nodded , following close behind me.
Has we got closer to ,what I could now tell was, the muffled cries that sounded like they came from a male I paused. Looking back at AnaLee making sure she was okay. She just nodded at me and pointed to her ear.
"So, I'm just compensating for my stupidity?!", Some one shouted from the other side of the car. "
A loud bang against the car made it shake from side to side. I could only hope it wasn't the boy's body.
"I don't even try because I know I'll fail!", another bang sent the car shaking.
"Do I look stupid to you?!"
I looked back at AnaLee pointing my two fingers at my eyes and in the direction of the car. She nodded. Hopefully she would have the brains to run if anything went wrong.
Yet again, I slowly crawled on all fours toward the edge of the car. My reddish brown hair swung has I carefully took each step, trying not to alert the people on the other side of my presence. When I finally got a better view I could tell that besides the crumpled boy there was three other people, two boys and a girl. I just couldn't see who they were. Maybe if I inched a little farther from the edge.
"No.",The crumpled boy muttered.
"What?"
"No. You don't look stupid. "
"Not you."
CRAP!
"Watch him."
I tried to scoot back out of his view ,but I was too late.
"What do you think you're doing? , the boy questioned has he pulled my head up by my hair.
I gasped out in pain.
It was.. It was Liam Endorso. I had never seen him this close before. If he wasn't hurting me right now I'd be tempted to eye rape him.
Another pull had me gasping in pain again,
"I asked you a question . Are you going to answer it?"
I couldn't focus the pain was too strong for me to even think of a believable answer. I dropped some money by the tire and got distracted?
"Okay. That's enough.", Liam pulled me up by my neck and arm onto the trunk of the car I had previously sleuthed behind.
"Now why don't you ..."
"There's another one .",Lisa shouted dragging AnaLee into view by her arm.
Why didn't she run?
Liam ran a hand through his hair, "Okay how about this. We'll deal with you two later. We have unfinished business to take care of. "
"Not with him. "
What was wrong with me!?
"Excuse me.", Liam raised an eyebrow.
"You've done enough already, you've proved your point.", I looked him straight in the eyes.
What the hell! I'm going to be dead before I'm eighteen!
" Fine. ", Liam tightened his jaw.
"But, you're dealing with him. Once we've finished I'll deal with you. ", he slowly let me slide off the car.
"Okay. I'll see you then."
AnaLee rushed over to help me pick up the crumpled boy. He wasn't that heavy between the two of us. It looked like he hadn't eaten in days and the cuts and bruises only made him look worse.
"Thank you.", he breathed out.
"It's okay we'll get you to the nurse."
Where did that confidence come from? I never acted like that. I just willingly signed up for my own impending death. How stupid could I get?
"I'll see you then. ", I heard Liam say from behind us.
STUPID!
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