Little Boulders

Reading between lines?

A/N: I am so sorry guys. I am just caught up in many things and I have too much on my plate. I really wanna update soon, but never got the time. I wrote this riding on a bus. please bear with me, if it is terrible. I will try to write better. comments are always welcome, even if you have to scold me for bad writing. It helps me write well. Thank you guys

Marlon Teixeira as Roderick Peterson

That evening when I walked out of class with Cas, I was ambushed from the back, by something heavy and before I could pick myself up, it started constricting me more.

"Oooh...Maxie, I missed you so much", my face grew red before I could free myself from the grip of she-wolf behind me. I should have seen this coming, for her physical absence in my life for the past week, except for the late night, long phone calls were too good to be true. Here I am, slammed against the wall, kissing the paint while my best friend is bullying me under the pretense of affection. Cas was cackling like a madman, while Natalie who walked around the corner had a puzzled expression on her face.

"If you don't leave me now, I am gonna fork all your apples to rot" I threatened Claire, which granted my freedom, not before my head was smacked.

"Is this how you greet your best friend?" She huffed, trying to dust her hands;

"Friends? Friends don't greet each other with bruises, every time they meet" I was rubbing over my chest, glaring at Cas who was laughing hard now.

"Aww... Poor Maxxie got hurt by a simple hug" She was trying to hug me back, but I dodged it.

"don't come near me reincarnation of Medusa", I added more distance between us, hiding behind Cas.

"Medusa was a powerful gorgon, and even the almighty Olympian gods were scared of her. you really think I am so great!" Claire was smirking.

Now, when you hurl insults at a nerd, you should know that it would bounce back like the light on a mirror, refract like a light through the lens. Never causes any intended harm.

"Besides, she was fairest of her time, so much that Athena cursed her biased.So, choose your names better next time Maxie", as she winked at a group of guys who walked past us.

Natalie reached us by then, hesitant to near us, a mixture of fear and curiosity in her expression.

"Where is Erik?" I tried to look for my escape route since Claire lives to embarrass me with her brazen and loud nature.

"I am hurt that you care more about him than me MAx. We met first. Should I remind you the day we met? The day when you made me cry"

"No, I distinctly remember the day. You made me cry! third grade, I joined the new school and you claimed me as your friend, like a possession and by the end of the day, I cried, not able to bear your orders" I huffed.

"Yeah! I was just checking your memory. Anyway, I didn't order you around. at least not much. If any, I was very gentle with you"

"You made me carry your bag for half the day. It was child labor"

"No, it wasn't, if one getting the work done is also a child silly. Besides, it was a test and you aced it flying colors" she smiled sweetly.

"A test to check the strength of a 7-year-old?" I rolled my eyes.

"A test to check if you could bear a day with me and here we are, fourteen years, still together"

"Did I really have a choice in it"

"You act like a deprived old woman. Lighten up will you! Besides, I bring the fun in the team"

I rolled my eyes at her. arguments with her would never be easy. be it banter or fight, she would win at the end.